# Automated Tasks

Canonical page: `https://nanthai.tech/features/automated-tasks`

Tier: Pro

Schedule recurring AI tasks and let them run in the background.

Create multi-step pipelines — each with its own model, persona, search mode, and integrations — and run them on a schedule. Daily briefings, weekly reports, monitoring jobs, and more.

## How it works

1. **Create a task** — Define what you want your AI to do — write a briefing, research a topic, summarise emails, or anything else. Give it a name and a description.
2. **Build a pipeline** — Add one or more steps to the pipeline. Each step gets its own model, persona, search mode, and integration access. Output from one step feeds into the next.
3. **Set the schedule** — Choose when and how often the task runs — daily, weekly, specific days, or on demand. Edge handles the rest.
4. **Review results** — When a task completes, its output appears in your task history. Review results, re-run manually, or tweak the pipeline based on what you see.

## What you can do

- **Multi-step pipelines** — Chain multiple AI operations together. Each step can use a different model, persona, and configuration.
- **Flexible scheduling** — Run daily, weekly, on specific days, or on demand. Set the exact time and timezone for each task.
- **Per-step personas** — Assign a different persona to each pipeline step. A researcher in step one, a writer in step two, an editor in step three.
- **Per-step search** — Enable web search on any step. The AI can research the web as part of its pipeline execution.
- **Integration access** — Steps can read emails, check calendars, browse files, and search Notion — all within the pipeline.
- **Manual runs** — Trigger any task on demand without waiting for its schedule. Great for testing or one-off needs.
- **Task history** — Every run is logged with its output, duration, and status. Review past results and track how your tasks perform over time.
- **Iterative refinement** — Tweak pipeline steps, change models, or adjust prompts based on results. Improve your automation over time.

## Perfect for

- Morning briefings — a daily task that searches for industry news, summarises it through a writer persona, and delivers a concise briefing.
- Weekly reports — automatically gathering data from integrations, analysing trends, and producing a formatted weekly summary.
- Content monitoring — tracking competitor announcements, product launches, or market changes on a daily schedule.
- Research automation — running deep research queries on a schedule and building up a library of findings over time.
- Email digests — summarising the week's emails every Friday afternoon so nothing falls through the cracks.

## Related features

- Personas (`/features/personas`)
- Integrations (`/features/integrations`)
- Search & Research (`/features/search`)