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Scheduled tasks

Have Monad run a standing instruction for you automatically, on a schedule.

A scheduled task is a standing instruction you set up once, and Monad runs it automatically on a schedule — as you, using the apps you've connected, and sends the result privately to your direct message with Monad. No one else sees it.

For example:

  • “Every morning, check my email and give me the top five things I need to respond to.”
  • “Every weekday at 5pm, draft replies to anything in my inbox flagged urgent.”
  • “Every Monday, summarize what changed in my projects last week.”

How it runs

A scheduled task runs on your behalf: it sees what you can see and uses the integrations you've connected (like your email or calendar), and it always delivers the result to you privately — never to a channel. Only you can create, pause, or delete your own scheduled tasks.

Two ways to set one up

  • Just ask Monad. In your direct message with Monad, say what you want and how often — for example, “every morning, check my email and give me the top five things to respond to.” Monad will set it up and confirm.
  • From settings. Go to Settings → Account → Scheduled tasks, choose New task, and fill in a name, the instruction, when it should run, and your timezone.

Managing your tasks

In Settings → Account → Scheduled tasks you can see each task, when it last ran, and:

  • Run now — try it immediately and get the result in your DM.
  • Pause / Resume — temporarily stop a task without deleting it.
  • Delete — remove a task for good.

Good to know

  • Tasks run at the time you set, in your timezone. Automatic daylight-saving adjustment is coming soon — until then, a task may run an hour off for part of the year, and you can update it if needed.
  • A task can run at most every 15 minutes.
  • If an app a task needs (like your email) isn't connected or its access has expired, Monad will DM you to reconnect it instead of failing silently.
  • A scheduled task needs your connected apps, so Monad always runs it as you — that's how it can actually reach your email, calendar, and other integrations. It won't quietly set up a task that can't see your apps and then come up empty.
  • Scheduled tasks are different from Monad's automatic check-ins: a check-in is Monad keeping an eye on things on its own; a scheduled task is a specific instruction you wrote, on a cadence you chose.