How to set up a daily routine with an AI agent

Set it up in six steps

1. 01

   Pick a chore that repeats and lives on the web

   A morning briefing, a stock or price check, a weekly roundup of listings, today's opening hours. If you do it from a browser, a Peb can usually do it.

2. 02

   Write it as one goal with a finish line

   "Check the weather and transit alerts for my commute and give me three lines." The last clause tells the agent when it is done.

3. 03

   Make it stand alone

   Each scheduled run starts a fresh task, so name the page, the place, the product or the filters in the goal itself. Do not rely on an earlier chat.

4. 04

   Run it once now

   Read the result. If it is not what you wanted, adjust the wording and run it again before you repeat it.

5. 05

   Ask for the schedule

   Say "every weekday at 7:30", "every Friday" or "on the first of the month". Pebs runs it at your local time, and a missed run collapses into one.

6. 06

   Choose how to be told

   Turn on the optional email, which tells you when a task finishes or needs you and links to the task. Pause, resume or delete the schedule under Scheduled.

Three routines to copy

• Morning briefing: "Every weekday at 7:30, check the weather and transit alerts for my commute and give me three lines."
• Price watch: "Every Friday, check whether this jacket is in stock in my size and give me yes or no with the link."
• Weekly roundup: "Every Monday, list the apartment listings posted in the last seven days that match these filters, with prices and links."

Tips for routines that keep working

• Ask for sources. Links let you check the answer in a few seconds.
• Keep each routine to one job. Two small schedules are easier to fix than one large one.
• Ask for a file when you want to keep the result, such as a CSV of options.
• Keep approvals on. A routine can read and compare on its own; sends, purchases and submissions still wait for your yes.

What a schedule will not do

A scheduled run starts fresh, so it does not remember what the last run found and cannot tell you what changed since then; ask for the current state each time. It also works through its own Cloud Browser on the web rather than through your phone, inbox or files, and it is not a doctor. For the full list of everyday jobs, see everyday tasks.