# Scheduled tasks

Set recurring workflows once, and your agent keeps drafting, researching, and reporting on schedule.

Scheduled tasks are recurring workflows your agent runs on a schedule you set. Describe the routine once, and it keeps happening: daily recaps, weekly post ideas, Monday planning sessions, whatever fits how you work.

This is how the agent works while you're away. Set a task before a busy week, and drafts are waiting when you come back.

## Creating a task

You create scheduled tasks by asking in [chat](https://docs.paragraph.com/agent/chat). Phrase the request with a schedule, and the agent sets it up as a recurring task.

Describe the task with a schedule. For example: "Every Friday at 5pm, review my best posts from the week and suggest one follow-up to write."

The agent confirms the task. It now runs on that schedule, and you'll find it in the Schedule area of your workspace, alongside your [suggestions](https://docs.paragraph.com/agent/suggestions).

## Ideas worth scheduling

| Rhythm | Example request |
| --- | --- |
| Daily | "Every morning, give me a short plan for the day and a few post ideas I can start now." |
| Weekly | "Every Friday at 5pm, review my best posts from the week and suggest one follow-up to write." |
| Weekly | "Every Monday, draft my newsletter from what I published last week." |
| Weekly | "Each Wednesday, search the web for what people are saying about my topic and suggest three angles." |

Anything you'd ask for in chat can become a routine. If you find yourself making the same request twice, schedule it.

## What happens when a task runs

When a task runs, its output waits for your approval before anything ships. A weekly newsletter task produces a draft for review, not a send. A recap task produces a suggestion, not a published post.

That changes only if you've granted a standing approval for that kind of work. Approve the same output a few times, and the agent stops asking for it. See [Approvals](https://docs.paragraph.com/agent/approvals) for how standing approvals work and how to revoke them.

Completed runs also show up in your daily report, so you always know what your tasks produced.

## Managing your tasks

Your tasks live in the Schedule area of your workspace. From there, or from chat, you can adjust them:

- **Change the schedule.** Ask the agent to move a task to a different day or time.
- **Refine the instructions.** Tell it what to do differently ("shorter recaps", "focus on my essays, not my link posts").
- **Pause or delete.** Ask the agent to stop a task that's no longer useful.

Scheduled runs use the monthly credits included with your plan, just like chat. See [Plans and credits](https://docs.paragraph.com/account/plans-and-credits).

## Tips for reliable routines

- **Be specific about timing.** "Every Friday at 5pm" beats "weekly". Include the time you actually want it.
- **One job per task.** A task that drafts a recap and researches trends and plans your week is harder to steer than three focused ones.
- **Review the first few runs closely.** Early feedback shapes the routine. Once it's reliably right, consider a standing approval.
- **Lean on your voice settings.** Task output follows your [brand voice and goals](https://docs.paragraph.com/agent/voice-and-memory), so tuning those improves every run.