Productivity automation

Scheduled Tasks

Automate recurring work by having Manus execute tasks on a recurring schedule. Set it once and let it run automatically for daily reports, weekly research, monthly analysis, and other repetitive workflows.

Quick Start

Use these patterns to start immediately:

One-Time Task

Run this task tomorrow at 9 AM: Research top AI news from the past 24 hours and email me a summary

Recurring Task

Every Monday at 8 AM, research our top 5 competitors and send me a summary of any product updates or news from the past week

Complex Schedule

On the 1st of every month, analyze our website traffic data, create a report with key insights, and post it to our Notion database

When to use Scheduled Tasks

Use for

Recurring research (daily news summaries, weekly competitor updates)
Regular reports (monthly analytics, weekly performance summaries)
Periodic data collection (scraping, mention tracking, price checks)
Automated monitoring (checking updates, tracking changes)

Don't use for

One-off tasks that need immediate execution
Real-time monitoring (these run on specific times, not continuously)

Quick examples

Daily News Digest

Every weekday at 7 AM

Research AI industry news from the past 24 hours. Focus on funding announcements, product launches, and major partnerships.

Output: Email with a 5-bullet summary

Weekly Competitor Tracking

Every Friday at 5 PM

Check these 10 competitors for new blog posts, product updates, pricing changes, and job postings.

Output: Comparison table saved to Google Drive

Monthly Analytics Report

On the 1st of each month at 9 AM

Analyze last month’s website traffic and create a slide deck with visitor trends, top pages, traffic sources, and key insights.

Output: Slide deck posted to Slack #marketing

How to set up

1. Describe the task: Be specific about what you want Manus to do.
2. Specify schedule: Pick a recurring frequency or a one-time window.
3. Define output: Choose email, Slack, Drive, spreadsheet, or another connector.

Schedule options

Daily
Every day at 9 AM
News summaries, daily metrics
Weekdays
Every weekday at 8 AM
Business reports, work updates
Weekly
Every Monday at 10 AM
Weekly reviews, competitor tracking
Monthly
On the 1st at 9 AM
Monthly reports, billing analysis
Custom
Every Tuesday and Thursday at 2 PM
Specific recurring needs
One-Time
Tomorrow at 3 PM
Delayed execution

Managing Scheduled Tasks

View active schedules

Go to Settings → Scheduled Tasks to review all active schedules.

Pause a schedule

Turn a schedule off temporarily without deleting it.

Edit a schedule

Adjust timing, description, or output destination and save.

Delete a schedule

Remove tasks that are no longer needed.

Check execution history

Review past runs, outputs, and errors to track reliability.

Do this

Be specific about timing, such as “Every weekday at 8 AM EST.”
Define clear outputs, e.g., “Email me a 5-bullet summary.”
Include time ranges for research, e.g., “updates from the past 24 hours.”

Avoid this

Vague time windows like “in the morning.”
Unclear outputs like “Let me know what you find.”
Open-ended research language like “recent news.”

Quick use cases

Start automating

Use case	Schedule	Output
News Monitoring	Daily 7 AM	Email summary
Competitor Tracking	Weekly Friday 5 PM	Google Drive report
Social Media Monitoring	Daily 9 AM	Slack notification
Analytics Reports	Monthly 1st day	Slide deck
Price Tracking	Daily 6 AM	Spreadsheet update
Content Curation	Weekdays 8 AM	Email digest

Tip: Test the task manually once before scheduling so you can confirm output shape, timing, and target destination are all correct.