Claude Duet couldn't connect his HEY email
Paul in Michigan was excited to try Claude Duet on a free week trial, but he says he couldn't connect his HEY email and calendar at all. His Meta Muse had connected to them right away. Personal agents are only as useful as the accounts they can reach, and each one supports a different set of email and calendar providers.
The lesson: Before you pay for a personal agent, check that it can connect to the email and calendar you actually use.
Copy this prompt
Before I set you up, tell me whether you can connect directly to [MY EMAIL PROVIDER] and [MY CALENDAR]. If not, list the ways I could still give you access, such as forwarding, an IMAP connection or a shared calendar link, and what you could and couldn't do with each. Don't ask for my password.
Our own prompt, written from what the source describes. We haven't run it ourselves. Text in [BRACKETS] is what you replace.
Watch out for
- Use the trial week to connect your real accounts first. If that fails, cancel before you're billed.
- Never give an agent your email password directly. Use the provider's official sign-in.
Where this comes from
Original post by @_paulhulford on X, Nov 13, 2026. We rewrote it in our own words. Check the original for the full context.
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