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Scheduled Tasks let an Agent do work later or repeat it on a regular rhythm. They are useful for daily summaries, weekly reports, routine checks, and other work with a clear schedule.

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What Scheduled Tasks do

Each Scheduled Task belongs to one Agent. When the chosen time arrives, that Agent receives the saved instruction and runs a new task. You can choose a one-time date or a repeating interval, daily, weekly, or monthly schedule. Vecbase shows the schedule in the timezone you select.

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Create a Scheduled Task

1

Choose the Agent

Open the Agent that has the right role and access for this work.
2

Add the instruction

Give the task a clear name and describe the exact result to produce.
3

Choose when it runs

Select the frequency, date or days, time, and timezone.
4

Review and enable

Check the summary, confirm where the result should go, and enable the task.

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Write clear instructions

Write the instruction so it is safe to run again. In everyday language, tell the Agent:
  • which dates or records to include;
  • where to save the result;
  • how to avoid creating the same result twice;
  • how much information to check at one time;
  • what to do when an expected input is missing;
  • how to report “nothing new” differently from “the task failed.”
For example: “Every Monday, summarize updates from the previous seven days. Update the existing weekly report in the Project Updates file space. If there are no new updates, say so. If a source cannot be opened, list the source and stop without replacing last week’s report.” Learn how to choose and share a file space.

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Review results

Open Scheduled Tasks on the Agent to see whether a task is active and to review its run history. Check the first few results closely. If a task fails repeatedly, it may pause. Check that the Agent can still open the needed files or Connections, that billing is active, and that the instruction still matches the source.

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Approvals still apply

Automation does not remove approvalA Scheduled Task cannot bypass an approval that the same action would need during a normal conversation. Avoid scheduling destructive or sensitive work unless the review path is clear.
Pause or delete a Scheduled Task when the result is no longer needed. Changing it affects future runs, not work already completed.