Anthropic Duet: a personal agent that messages you first
A walkthrough of Duet's launch docs: 6,000+ connectors, periodic cloud checks of inbox and calendar, one morning brief, drafts and dashboards on Opus 5.5, approval before send/pay/sign/delete, no extra cost but counts against Pro/Max limits, US research preview.
HOLY SH*T. ANTHROPIC LAUNCHED DUET 3 DAYS AGO AND IT WRITES TO YOU FIRST a normal chat waits until you type. duet checks your apps on its own and pings you when something needs a human i went through the launch docs and drew what it does: → plugs into 6,000+ connectors, like your inbox and calendar → checks them every few hours on its own cloud computer, so your laptop stays shut → sends 1 morning brief with only the items that need you → drafts replies and builds dashboards, decks and web apps on opus 5.5 → stops for your yes before it sends, pays, signs or deletes. anthropic's own demo shows a $640 permit fee waiting for approval you wake up and press yes you can't watch its browser. anthropic also says it can misread a thread and miss mail that lands between checks. remember that part no extra price. it runs on your pro or max limits, and background checks count too. research preview, us only, waitlist the video is my sketch of that flow. numbers on screen are demo data no waitlist? run the closest version today. connect your mail and calendar in your ai app, then ask: "be my chief of staff for tomorrow 1. read my inbox and calendar for the next 24 hours 2. pick the 5 items that need me most, most urgent first, and say why for each 3. draft a reply for each one and never send it 4. never send, pay, sign or delete anything. ask me first" start with 1 day of mail and check the 5 items by hand before you trust it would you give it your inbox for a week if it can't send, pay, sign or delete without you?
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