Scheduled Tasks
Routines that run on their own
Set it up once. Deck runs it forever. A morning brief before you open your laptop, a Monday digest of every customer thread, an overnight scan of news mentions for the companies you're tracking — these are things you describe in a sentence and never have to think about again. The result lands in your inbox at the time you picked.
- 3 meetings on your calendar today
- 2 follow-ups still open from yesterday
- 1 deadline this week — flagged for review
- Top story from your industry overnight
Your first task
Pick one starter and live with it for a week. The patterns that win most often:
- A morning brief that summarizes your day before you open your laptop.
- Monitor my competitors — every morning, scan for new hires, job postings, funding announcements, and news for the companies you're tracking.
- A Monday pipeline sweep — list every account you haven't touched in two weeks with the last topic discussed and one suggested follow-up.
How they fit into your day
Each task has a name, a cadence, and a short instruction telling Deck what to do. Once it's set up, you can leave it alone — Deck handles the rest and emails you the result.
Open Scheduled TasksCommon questions
What's the difference between a task and Vigil?
A task runs exactly what you described, on a schedule. Vigil decides for itself what to surface, based on what's changed in your world.
Can a task pull from my inbox or calendar?
What if a task fails?
The failure surfaces in the task's history with a plain-English explanation. Open the task to re-run it once whatever caused it is sorted.