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Anthropic's Claude Duet uses Claude Code Routines for scheduled check-ins

Anthropic is admitting some waitlisted users to a research preview of Claude Duet, a persistent assistant that runs on iPhone, Android and the web, according to a first-look report from VentureBeast cited by RuntimeWire. Claude Duet uses Claude Code Routines to check connected accounts roughly every three hours, prepare morning briefs and draft documents, with Anthropic positioning the preview as a test of whether a persistent assistant can stay useful across connected accounts while keeping consequential actions under user control.

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Anthropic's Claude Duet uses Claude Code Routines for scheduled check-ins
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The waitlisted research preview checks connected accounts about every three hours, prepares morning briefs and drafts documents across iPhone, Android and the web.

        By [Ryan Merket](https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket)
        · Published 

Primary source: [Claude](https://x.com/claudeai/status/2112984666437546104)

Why it matters #

Claude Duet tests whether an AI company can make a persistent assistant useful across connected accounts while keeping consequential actions under the user's control.

Anthropic, the San Francisco-based AI company co-founded by CEO Dario Amodei and president Daniela Amodei, is admitting some waitlisted users to a research preview of Claude Duet. VentureBeast's first-look report says users can try it on iPhone, Android and the web.

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