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Claude Duet for small business: what it does and recipes to try

Claude Duet is Anthropic's always-on personal agent, in research preview. It briefs you every morning, works on its own computer in the cloud with the apps you connect to your Claude account, and keeps your history in one thread. It asks before sensitive operations such as sending messages or paying.

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Who can use it

  • Claude Pro or Max subscription
  • US only, from the research preview waitlist
  • Team and Enterprise plans not included yet
  • iOS and Android app, or the web at claude.ai
  • Uses your Claude plan's usage limits

What Claude Duet can do

  • Morning brief

    Duet briefs you every morning, drafts next steps, then goes quiet until something needs you.

    Example: Each morning, list the emails that need a reply and draft the replies.

  • One thread with your Claude

    Your memory, skills and apps from the Claude app are there from the first message, all in one thread, and Duet remembers what you said before.

    Example: Keep using the rules you gave me for customer enquiries.

  • Connectors and finished work

    Duet works on its own computer in the cloud with the apps you connect, such as Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive and Slack, and returns finished work like a doc, sheet or deck for your review.

    Example: Check tomorrow's meetings and find the related email threads.

Recipes built with Claude Duet

Each recipe shows what you provide, what you get, and a setup prompt to copy into Claude Duet. Examples are illustrative, not recorded results.

Reply to quote requests faster and ask for the details you’re missing

Find missing job details, suggest priority and prepare a reply for you to check.

What’s needed:
Gmail
Build with:
Grok BotMuseGemini SparkOpenAI DotsClaude Duet
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Find deadlines buried in your emails and put them on your calendar

Paste client and supplier emails and get every explicit deadline with its date, time zone, source and quote, questions for vague timing, and a calendar file you can import after checking each entry.

What’s needed:
GmailYour rulesNotes
Build with:
ChatGPT WorkGemini SparkGrok BotOpenAI DotsMuseClaude Duet
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Prepare a brief for tomorrow's meetings

Get a short brief for each of tomorrow's meetings, built from your calendar and recent email threads.

What’s needed:
Google CalendarGmail
Build with:
Gemini SparkGrok BotMuseClaude Duet
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Follow up on quotes that got no reply

Find quotes and proposals you sent that got no reply, with a suggested follow-up for you to send.

What’s needed:
Gmail
Build with:
Gemini SparkGrok BotOpenAI DotsMuseClaude Duet
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Sort your inbox every morning and draft replies in your voice

Every morning, get a short list of the emails that need you, the promises you made and who still owes you an answer, with reply drafts that sound like you. Nothing is sent.

What’s needed:
GmailYour rules
Build with:
ChatGPT WorkGemini Sparkn8nGrok BotOpenAI DotsMuseClaude Duet
View recipe

Set up your first Claude Duet task

  1. Check that you qualify: a Claude Pro or Max subscription in the US. Team and Enterprise plans are not included yet.
  2. Join the waitlist at claude.com/duet. Once you have access, open the Duet app on iOS or Android, or open Duet on the web at claude.ai.
  3. In Claude, open Customize, then Connectors, select + next to Connectors and connect only the apps your task needs, such as Gmail.
  4. Pick a recipe below, copy its setup prompt and send it in your Duet thread. Duet should confirm the rules before it reads anything.
  5. Check the next morning brief for the recipe's result, and deny any approval request the recipe does not need.

What to check before you trust it

  • Start read-only: ask for lists and draft text in the thread before you let Duet change anything.
  • Test with the recipe's fictional sample before you rely on real accounts.
  • Duet asks before sensitive operations such as sending messages or paying. Deny any approval the task does not need.
  • Duet may misread a thread or miscalibrate what's urgent, and it can miss something that arrives between check-ins.
  • Its background checks count toward your plan's usage limits during the research preview.

Good to know

  • Claude Duet is a research preview: access, connectors, menus and limits can change, and Anthropic has not yet published help articles that describe custom schedules or settings.

We have not run these setups ourselves. Recipes are written from public Claude Duet documentation, and their examples are illustrative.

Claude Duet vs Grok Bot vs OpenAI Dots vs Muse

Claude DuetGrok BotOpenAI DotsMuse
Where it runsIts own computer in the cloud, through iOS and Android apps and the web at claude.aiA cloud computer for your account, through desktop and mobile appsA cloud computer and browser of its own, through ChatGPT on desktop, mobile and the webA virtual machine with its own browser, through muse.ai, iOS and Android
Connected appsYour Claude account's connectors, such as Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Slack, HubSpot, QuickBooks and NotionGmail, Google Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Slack, Notion, Zoom, SharePoint, 1Password and XPlugins installed for your account, such as Gmail, Google Drive (Docs, Sheets, Slides), Slack and GitHubGmail, calendars, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Shopify, QuickBooks, Stripe, Slack, Klaviyo and custom connectors
SchedulingA morning brief every day and check-ins when something needs you; custom schedules are not describedYes: routines on a schedule, up to 50 per Bot, plus event triggers from some account integrationsYes: recurring tasks saved from the conversation and listed under ScheduledYes: tasks repeat daily, weekly or on a custom interval, listed under Upcoming
PlanClaude Pro or Max, sharing the plan's usage limits during the research previewPaid individual Cursor plan, Cursor Teams, or linked SuperGrok, SuperGrok Plus or SuperGrok HeavyChatGPT Pro 100, Pro 200 or Pro 500; Business Premium and Enterprise rolling outFree for most uses, with subscription plans for more
CountriesUS, through a research preview waitlistNot listed in the official getting-started guide; check your plan's termsPro: not in the EEA, UK or Switzerland; Business Premium and Enterprise rolling out worldwideUS and Canada, for people aged 18 or over
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Frequently asked questions about Claude Duet

Who can use Claude Duet?

Claude Duet is a research preview on a waitlist for Claude Pro and Max subscribers in the US. Team and Enterprise plans are not included yet.

Does Claude Duet cost extra?

During the research preview, Duet shares your plan's usage limits with the rest of Claude, and its background checks count toward those limits.

Can Claude Duet send emails without asking?

Duet asks you before sensitive operations such as sending messages or paying. The recipes here also tell it to prepare drafts only, so you send everything yourself.

Which apps can Claude Duet use?

Duet uses your Claude account, including its memory, skills and connectors. Connect apps such as Gmail or Google Calendar in Claude under Customize, then Connectors.

Can I set my own schedule in Claude Duet?

Anthropic's page describes a brief every morning and check-ins when something needs you, but not custom schedules. The recipes ask Duet to include their result in the morning brief.

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