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# Scheduled tasks

A scheduled task runs an agent automatically on a repeating schedule, like a summary every Monday morning or a check that runs every hour.

## Ask the agent to schedule it

Most of the time you don't set anything up by hand. Just ask an agent to do something on a schedule and it creates the task for you:

> Every Monday at 9am, check our competitors' pricing pages and message me anything that changed.

The agent needs the **Schedule Tasks** capability, which the built-in QX agent already has. It writes the task, picks the timing, and can send each result to your chat or a connected channel. See [Capabilities](/agents/capabilities).

Each run starts a fresh conversation with no memory of previous runs, and its result shows up in your [chat history](/agents/chat) and on any channel you chose.

## Set one up yourself

You can also create schedules by hand at **Agents → Schedules**. Click **New** to pick the agent, write the instructions it runs each time, choose where the result goes (web chat or a connected channel), and set the cadence, anywhere from minutely to monthly, with a preview like "Every week on Monday at 09:00". Toggle **Enable Schedule** to turn it on.

To change one later, open it from **Agents → Schedules**. From there you can edit it, disable it with the **Enable Schedule** toggle, or delete it from the list.