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Get an AI morning brief with Claude Duet: step-by-step guide

Join the Claude Duet waitlist (US, Claude Pro or Max), connect your email and calendar, tell it what to flag each morning, and approve every draft before it goes out.

Updated· By Mishal Brands Editorial

Why this works

Anthropic says Claude Duet looks across your email and calendar each morning, picks what most needs your attention, and can start the first steps, like drafting replies for you to review. It keeps working on its own cloud computer after you close the app.

Research preview. Claude Duet is new and on a waitlist. Features can change, and Anthropic says it may misread a thread or misjudge what is urgent.

Cheat sheet: Get an AI morning brief. Join the waitlist. Open Claude Duet. Connect email and calendar. Say what to flag. Approve before it acts
Save the cheat sheet. The full steps are below.

The steps

STEP 1 · Claude Duet

Join the waitlist

What to do

Open Anthropic’s Claude Duet page and join the waitlist. Anthropic says the research preview is for Claude Pro and Max subscribers in the US, and access opens in waves.

Plan note: Claude Duet is included in Pro ($20/month, or $17/month billed annually) and Max (from $100/month), and shares your plan’s usage limits, per Anthropic. Team and Enterprise plans are not included yet.

Tip

If you are not on Pro or Max, the waitlist alone won’t get you in.

Our tool page: Claude Duet.

STEP 2 · Claude Duet

Open Claude Duet

What to do

When you get access, open Claude Duet on claude.ai or the iOS or Android app. Anthropic says the memory, skills and connectors from your Claude account carry over.

Tip

Everything lives in one ongoing thread, so you can pick up where you left off.

Our tool page: Claude Duet.

STEP 3 · Claude Duet

Connect email and calendar

What to do

Connect the apps it should watch, such as your email and calendar. For sites with no connector, Anthropic says Claude Duet uses its own browser in the cloud.

Tip

Start with one inbox and one calendar. You can disconnect any app later.

Our tool page: Claude Duet.

STEP 4 · Claude Duet

Say what to flag

What to do

Message it, by text or voice, what you want in your morning brief: for example unpaid invoices, meeting prep, and threads waiting on you. Tell it how often to message you.

Tip

Anthropic says it checks your accounts every few hours, so something urgent can arrive between checks.

Our tool page: Claude Duet.

STEP 5 · Claude Duet

Approve before it acts

What to do

Read every draft and approval request before you confirm it. Anthropic says Claude Duet waits for your OK before it sends a message, makes a payment, signs a document or deletes anything.

Tip

Some actions are off-limits even with approval, such as trading securities or moving money between accounts, per Anthropic.

Our tool page: Claude Duet.

What to ask for in your brief

  • Emails waiting on a reply from you, oldest first.
  • Today’s meetings, with one line of prep for each.
  • Unpaid invoices and draft reminders for you to approve.
  • Threads that went quiet and need a follow-up.

The honest part

  • It is a research preview on a waitlist, US only, for Claude Pro and Max.
  • Its background checks count toward your plan’s usage limits, per Anthropic.
  • You can’t pick the model or watch its browser yet, and it doesn’t call or text people.
  • Microsoft 365 isn’t available yet, per Anthropic’s help center.
  • Read every draft. Results vary.

Sources

Checked Oct 26, 2026.

Editorial note

This guide is written by Mishal Brands Editorial. Plan details come from Anthropic’s official pages, checked on the date above. We are not in an affiliate program with Anthropic.

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