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Choose a bounded job with an identifiable source, expected output and review step. Evaluate the result before connecting more accounts or allowing consequential actions.
A proactive assistant still needs a clear job.
Anthropic introduced Duet as an app that can bring work to your attention and continue tasks while you are away. The announced preview has limited access and shares usage limits with the rest of Claude. Those are product announcements, not results from an Arrow AI deployment.
For an owner, the practical question is where attention gets lost today. Preparing a weekly project summary is a clearer starting point than asking an assistant to manage everything. Write down the information it may consult and what a successful summary must contain.
A useful delegation has a finish line.
- 01Name the jobWhat should be done?
- 02Set the boundaryWhat may it read?
- 03Review the draftWhat needs checking?
- 04Approve the actionWho is accountable?
Separate preparation from action.
An assistant can prepare a proposed response without sending it. It can assemble an agenda without confirming a meeting. That distinction helps you inspect whether it has understood the work before giving it responsibility for an external action.
Use a small permissions brief: the sources it may read, the draft it should prepare, the actions that need approval and the situations it must return to you. This is our suggested operating method, rather than a claim that a product setting catches every possible mistake.
One task. Three controls.
Sources
Only the records needed.
Output
A defined draft or summary.
Approval
A named final reviewer.
Give it a brief you can actually assess.
A good brief names the decision and the evidence. If the task is to prepare a project update, define the projects, date range, approved source and unresolved questions. The output should distinguish completed work from assumptions.
A vague instruction produces an output that is difficult to judge. Compare the two fictional briefs below. The second gives a reviewer concrete checks without pretending that a polished summary establishes the underlying facts.
Which brief would you trust?
“Keep on top of everything.”
No source, deadline or action boundary.
“Draft Friday’s project summary from this week’s approved updates.”
Flag missing dates. Do not send or change records.
Run a small trial before expanding.
Pick a recurring task that currently requires manual preparation. Keep the original source available and ask a reviewer to verify names, deadlines and unresolved items. Include a missing update or conflicting date so the trial tests uncertainty as well as clean cases.
Record accepted outputs, corrections, review time and cases the assistant should have escalated. A short task that requires extensive checking may not save time. Conversely, a useful draft may be worthwhile even when a person still makes the decision.
Decide what to keep under human ownership.
A business still needs someone accountable for customer promises, payments, permissions and published statements. Define who accepts the final result and who can stop the workflow if it behaves unexpectedly.
Check current preview availability before planning around Duet. For a wider implementation method, read our guide to agent guardrails. Evaluate the business job first, then the software supporting it.
Sources and editorial scope
Announcement and documentation facts are attributed to the primary sources linked below. Availability can change. The visual frameworks and trial methods are Arrow AI editorial guidance; examples are illustrative, not measured product tests or customer results.
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