Build a daily morning news roundup in Manus

Manus can check Reddit, X, and Hacker News each morning, sort the findings, and email or save a short digest.

Done with Manus· Intermediate

What they did
They set up a recurring task in Manus and wrote a clear standing instruction in everyday language. That instruction spelled out which subreddits, Hacker News searches, and X queries to look at, how to judge the items, and where the finished roundup should go. The agent then starts each morning by browsing those public pages, gathering the leading posts, ordering them by usefulness and engagement, and delivering the digest. They tried it once by hand first, then tightened the prompt after seeing the results.
How it went
There were no hard numbers on performance. The guidance says the first version often needs a week of refinement, X results may be spotty, paywalled articles cannot be summarized, and more complicated scraping jobs can break.
Tips
Run a one-off test before switching on the recurring schedule so you can catch blocked sources early. A daily task will likely require a paid Manus plan because the free tier limits task executions.

Try it yourself with Manus

Set up a recurring Manus task for every morning at [time] in [time zone]. Look through [subreddits], [Hacker News topics], and [X searches] for recent posts about [topic]. Choose the [number] items that best match the topic and show strong engagement, then write a short digest with a brief summary and a link for each item. Deliver it to [email address or Notion page]. Before activating the daily schedule, generate one test digest for today and present it to me for approval; do not send or schedule anything until I confirm.

Fill in the [brackets]. Agents can make mistakes, so review anything before it is sent, paid or deleted.

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