> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Scheduled Briefings & Monitoring

> Set up automated research, competitive monitoring, and recurring briefings

Dialog agents can run research and monitoring tasks on a schedule, delivering results automatically so you start each day with the intelligence that matters.

## What scheduled tasks can do

Scheduled tasks run on a recurring cadence (daily, weekly, or custom intervals) and execute within your agent's workspace. They have access to the same tools and memory as your interactive sessions, which means they can:

* **Monitor competitors** -- Scan competitor websites, social media, and community discussions for changes
* **Track trending topics** -- Surface what's being discussed in specific subreddits or communities
* **Generate briefings** -- Produce daily or weekly summaries of activity across your monitored topics
* **Update databases** -- Append new data to your workspace databases for longitudinal analysis
* **Flag changes** -- Alert you when something noteworthy happens (pricing changes, product launches, trending discussions)

## Setting up a scheduled task

Tell your agent what you want monitored and how often:

```
Set up a daily scan of r/SaaS and r/startups for any mentions of AI agent tools. Summarize the top posts.
```

```
Every Monday morning, give me a competitive briefing on what our top 3 competitors have shipped or announced in the past week.
```

```
Check our competitor's pricing page weekly and flag any changes.
```

Your agent creates the scheduled task and stores it in your workspace. For more details on the scheduling system, see [Scheduling](/core-concepts/scheduling).

## Receiving results

Scheduled task results can be delivered through multiple channels:

* **In-app** -- Results appear in your session history, ready to review when you open Dialog
* **Telegram** -- Get briefings pushed directly to your Telegram chat
* **Slack** -- Pushed to DMs or an allowed channel, routed to the agent you chose for that channel
* **Discord and WhatsApp** -- Coming soon

Set up delivery via [Channels](/core-concepts/channels) or by telling your agent:

```
Send my daily briefings to Telegram
```

## End-of-day recaps

A popular pattern is having your agent generate a daily recap of everything that happened:

```
At the end of each day, give me a summary of:
- Bookmarks captured
- Research completed
- Tasks updated
- Any competitive signals detected
```

This turns your agent into a true Chief of Staff that keeps you informed without you having to check in.

## Tips

<Tip>
  Start with one or two scheduled tasks and expand from there. A daily Reddit trends scan and a weekly competitive briefing cover a lot of ground.
</Tip>

<Tip>
  Scheduled tasks share your agent's workspace. This means a weekly competitive scan can append to the same database your interactive research uses, building a longitudinal dataset automatically.
</Tip>

<Tip>
  Combine scheduled monitoring with [skills](/core-concepts/skills) for more sophisticated workflows. A custom skill can define exactly how your agent should format competitive updates or what criteria to use when flagging pricing changes.
</Tip>