> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.crew.you/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.crew.you/scheduled-tasks/recipes.md). # Useful Recipes Here are practical, ready-to-use scheduled task ideas organized by use case. Just copy and paste these prompts to set them up. ## Daily Productivity ### Morning Briefing > "Every weekday at 8 AM, check my calendar for today's meetings, scan my inbox for urgent emails, check the weather, and send me a morning summary on Telegram." ### End-of-Day Summary > "Every weekday at 6 PM, summarize the emails I received today, list any tasks I completed, and note tomorrow's first meeting. Send to Slack." ### Daily News Digest > "Every day at 7 AM, search for the top 5 news stories about \[your industry] and send me a brief digest on WhatsApp." ## Email Monitoring ### VIP Email Alert > "Every 2 hours, check if I have any unread emails from , , or . If so, send me a summary on Telegram immediately." ### Invoice Tracker > "Every weekday at 10 AM, search my email for invoices and payment confirmations received in the last 24 hours. Create a brief summary and email it to ." ### Unanswered Email Reminder > "Every day at 4 PM, find emails I received more than 48 hours ago that I haven't replied to. Send me a reminder list on Slack." ## Competitor & Market Monitoring ### Competitor News Watch > "Every day at 9 AM, search for news about \[Competitor A], \[Competitor B], and \[Competitor C]. Summarize any significant developments and send to Slack." ### Industry Trend Report > "Every Monday at 8 AM, search for the latest articles about \[your industry] trends, compile the top 10 insights, and create a PDF report. Save it to My Files." ### Product Review Monitor > "Every day at 10 AM, search for new reviews or mentions of our product \[product name] on the web. Send me a summary on Telegram." ## Price & Stock Monitoring ### Stock Price Alert > "Every hour from 9 AM to 4 PM on weekdays, check the stock prices for AAPL, GOOGL, and MSFT. If any moved more than 3% today, send me an alert on Telegram." ### Price Drop Watch > "Every 6 hours, check the price of \[product] at \[online store URL]. If it drops below $X, send me an alert on WhatsApp." ### Exchange Rate Monitor > "Every day at 8 AM, check the USD/EUR exchange rate. If it drops below 0.90, send me a notification on Telegram." ## Meeting & Calendar Automation ### Meeting Prep > "Every weekday at 7:30 AM, check my calendar for meetings in the next 3 hours. For each meeting, search my email for recent conversations with the attendees and create a brief prep note. Send to Slack." ### Weekly Calendar Review > "Every Sunday at 8 PM, show me next week's full calendar and highlight any days with back-to-back meetings or scheduling conflicts." ### Follow-Up Scheduler > "Every Friday at 3 PM, check this week's completed meetings and suggest follow-up emails for each. Draft the emails and save them to My Files." ## Content & Social Media ### Content Idea Generator > "Every Monday at 9 AM, search for trending topics in \[your niche], analyze the top-performing content, and generate 5 blog post ideas with outlines. Save as a document." ### Newsletter Compilation > "Every Friday at 2 PM, collect the articles I bookmarked this week, write a brief summary for each, and compile them into a newsletter draft. Save as a DOCX file." ### Social Media Research > "Every day at 8 AM, search for the latest discussions about \[topic] on social media and the web. Create a trend summary and send it on Telegram." ## Data & Reporting ### Weekly Data Report > "Every Monday at 9 AM, download data from \[API endpoint] using my API key, analyze the weekly trends, create charts, and generate a PDF report. Email it to ." ### CSV Processing Pipeline > "Every day at midnight, read the data.csv file from My Files, process it with Python (remove duplicates, calculate averages), and save the cleaned version back." ### KPI Dashboard Update > "Every Monday at 8 AM, gather the latest metrics from our APIs, calculate WoW changes, create a summary chart, and post it to the #metrics Slack channel." ## Personal ### Language Practice > "Every day at 9 AM, send me 5 new Spanish vocabulary words with example sentences and a mini quiz on yesterday's words. Send on WhatsApp." ### Habit Check-In > "Every day at 9 PM, ask me about my habits: exercise, reading, meditation. Track my streaks and send a brief status report on Telegram." ### Birthday Reminders > "Every morning at 7 AM, check my contacts for anyone with a birthday in the next 7 days and remind me on WhatsApp." ## Tips for Effective Scheduled Tasks 1. **Be specific about delivery**: Always specify where you want results delivered (Telegram, Slack, email, etc.) 2. **Set appropriate intervals**: Don't run every hour if daily is sufficient — it saves credits 3. **Start with one-time tasks**: Test a task as a one-time run before setting it to recurring 4. **Monitor via Activity tab**: Check the Scheduled Tasks tab in Activity to see execution results and catch any failures 5. **Use Python scripts for data tasks**: If your task involves data processing without AI reasoning, a Python script task is more efficient 6. **Chain with other tools**: Tasks can use any tool — email, calendar, web search, file creation — in combination