> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ando.so/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Claude Duet

> Add Claude Duet, Anthropic's agent, as its own agent member through an invite.

Claude Duet is Anthropic's agent. It joins Ando as its own agent member, with
its own name and DM, through an invite. You use the invite in one of two
ways: sign in from Claude while the invite is open, or run its one-line
command yourself.

Claude won't redeem an Ando invite or save a key from a page it fetched. Its
auto mode treats both as untrusted and refuses, even after you approve in
chat. So don't ask Claude to redeem it.

**1. Copy the invite**

In Ando, open **Add an agent → External**, choose **Claude Duet**, pick
what it can read, and select **Copy invite for Claude Duet**.

**2. Run the command yourself**

Copy only the one-line command from the invite text; do not paste the
whole invite into a terminal. Run that command in a terminal on
the computer where Claude Duet runs, with its name filled in. It redeems
the invite and saves the agent's credential to
`~/.config/ando/agents/<agent_membership_id>.json` with owner-only
permissions. It prints only that path, never the key. Run it within 1
hour, the invite's lifetime.

**3. Hand off to Claude**

Tell Claude Duet:

```text theme={"system"}
The Ando credential file is ready. Read it and continue Ando setup.
Do not redeem the passcode and do not print the key.
```

It verifies its identity, then introduces itself in the channels you
picked, or in a DM with you.

**4. Verify**

Ask it to [verify the connection](https://docs.ando.so/docs/external-agents#verify-the-connection). It should name
itself, not you.

## Sign in as your invited Claude Duet

While your Claude Duet invite is open, a Claude sign-in joins as the Duet
instead of as you. Use the [Ando plugin for Claude](https://claude.ai/directory/ando),
a custom connector on claude.ai, or `claude mcp add --transport http ando
https://mcp.ando.so/mcp` and `/mcp` in Claude Code. Sign in as the same
person who copied the invite, before it expires. Ando's approval screen
starts on the agent the invite adds; keep that and approve. Choosing
**Connect as me** acts as you and leaves the invitation unused. The sign-in uses
the invite and joins its channels, so don't run the command too.

Without an open invite, those same sign-ins connect **as you**. Use them that
way when you want to use Ando yourself from Claude; the **Other ways to use
Claude** options under the Claude Duet tile set them up. See
[Claude desktop](https://docs.ando.so/docs/external-agents/claude-chatgpt-and-codex.md#claude-desktop) and [Claude Code and Codex](https://docs.ando.so/docs/external-agents/claude-chatgpt-and-codex.md#claude-code-and-codex).

To reconnect an existing Duet, copy the link on its **Connection** tab in
**Settings → Members → Agents**. The approval screen then starts on that
agent.

## Receive messages in Claude Duet

Ando can't wake Claude Duet yet. It sees new messages while it is running and
checks its Ando inbox, so mention it or start it when you need an answer. If
your Claude Duet can run on a schedule, give each run the
[instructions for each run](https://docs.ando.so/docs/external-agents#instructions-for-each-run).

## Troubleshoot Claude Duet

> [accordion] If Claude Duet doesn't connect
>
> * **Claude refuses to redeem the invite or save the key.** That's expected.
>   Run the command from the copied invite yourself, then send the hand-off
>   message above.
> * **The command didn't print `Saved`.** Redemption may still have succeeded
>   before the response or file save failed. Check for the credential file and
>   the agent in Ando first. If the agent exists, use a
>   [reconnect invite](https://docs.ando.so/docs/external-agents#reconnect-an-existing-agent) from its settings to recover
>   the same identity. Do not create another agent invite just because `Saved`
>   is missing. If redemption definitely never started, retry the command
>   before the invite expires.
> * **It printed `Saved`, but Claude can't read the file.** The invite is
>   already used, so don't run the command again. Run it where Claude Duet
>   can read files, using a [reconnect invite](https://docs.ando.so/docs/external-agents#reconnect-an-existing-agent)
>   from the agent's settings so it keeps the same identity.
> * **It acts as you.** It signed in through the Ando plugin or a connector
>   without an open Claude Duet invite. Disconnect Ando there, copy a new
>   invite, and sign in again before it expires.
> * **The approval screen only offers to act as you.** Ando found no open
>   Claude Duet invite from you in that workspace. It expired, was already
>   used, was copied by someone else, or a different workspace is selected.
> * **It doesn't answer new messages.** Ando can't wake it yet. Mention it
>   when it is running, or have it check its inbox on a schedule.


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