By Kavita Mistry 
Perplexity is gaining traction among users. Recently, the Comet browser has been made available for everyone and also offered a Pro subscription for free for all Airtel users in India. Currently, the Perplexity user base is growing and has the most useful AI features among most of the AI assistants.
For instance, the recent finance feature is a gold mine for stock market analysts to keep track of company financial earnings. Recently, while I was researching its best features, I discovered the task feature, which is one of the best offerings from Perplexity right now. It is a game-changer for me, and it can also be very useful to simplify your everyday tasks.
In this guide, you will learn about how you can use the Perplexity tasks feature to automate routine browser tasks and get detailed briefs.
Understanding Perplexity Tasks
I recently discovered the Perplexity tasks feature, where you can automate Perplexity tasks and run them at specific time intervals. Even when you are offline, the tasks you have created run on the server and notify you on the app or the website, and you can even get an email notification.
For example, if you read the news daily, you can schedule a task that runs every morning to get a summary of the news every day. And if you are a trader, you can schedule a task to get stock market updates for the day every morning, not just that, you can also use it to get price drop alerts, and also get notified about products that are back in stock, and more.
Perplexity Tasks feature is currently available for Pro and Enterprise users. If you live in India, you can get it for free if you are an Airtel user; if you live outside India, you need to subscribe to the Pro account, which costs 20 dollars per month. Once you have the Perplexity Pro subscription, you can schedule up to 10 tasks. Once tasks are created, you can change their status, update and even delete them. Here is how you can use the tasks feature.
How to Use the Tasks Feature in Perplexity
There are two ways you can use the Perplexity tasks feature. First, you can directly enter the prompt with a task prompt and specify the timings and everything in the prompt using natural language, and you will be prompted to create a task.
However, to get more control, you can access the tasks feature from your profile and schedule the tasks. First, here is how you can use it from the query box.
Open Perplexity, I am using the browser here. You can also use the app or the Perplexity app to create tasks. Open the Perplexity and enter the prompt in the query box. Replace the text from the example below and click on Enter.
For example:
Create a Task: Summarize the India market setup in < 120 words, including SGX Nifty cue, top overnight global signals, 3 stocks in news, and one risk to watch each day.
After the results, you will see a prompt asking to create a task. Tap on the task button. From here, you can customize and add the schedule time and select the time you want the task to run automatically, and more.
All the tasks you created here can be managed from the tasks page, which you can find by going to Profile > Tasks and under Scheduled tasks.
To manage tasks, you can select the Task you want to edit and update or delete the task from here.
Next, you can create tasks using the tasks feature in Perplexity. Unlike the previous methodPrompts, you can specify the task, select the schedule, and notification type from here. To create tasks:
Step 1: Open the Perplexity app or website, tap on your profile picture, and go to Tasks.
Step 2: From here, click on the plus symbol in the top right corner and select scheduled or price alert, depending on your task. If you want to schedule price alerts for stocks, you can select the latter option; however, since we are scheduling the tasks, select scheduled, or you can directly enter the prompt in the query box and describe what you want to automate here.
Step 3:And under the schedule tab, you can select once or set a recurring task such as daily, weekly, every weekend, monthly, yearly, and more. If you select once, next you can select the date when you want to run the task, then select the time at which you want to run the task.
Step 4:Next, select the notification type you want to receive. You can get an in-app notification where you will get notified on the Perplexity app, or an email notification to the email that you have used to sign up for Perplexity, or via in-app mobile or browser, which can get notified from the browser. However, to get notifications, ensure your browser notifications are turned on.
Step 5: Next, you can select the model. You can select the mode. You can select Search if you want to search the internet, or select Research if you want detailed reports, Labs, which you can use the model to create complete docs or slides, or go into the dashboard, or the tasks that you have created.
Step 6: Next, you can select the models for the best results. Keep the best option as a default, and next select the sources. You can select the web academic for research papers, social for discussions and opinions, and finance for any finance-related tasks.
Plus, you can also connect apps and schedule app actions; currently, it supports Gmail with Calendar, Outlook, Google Drive, Dropbox, Notion, GitHub, Slack, WhatsApp, and more.
Step 7:And finally, click on the Save button to add the task. To edit or delete the task, under the scheduled tab, select the task you want to update or remove. From here, you can change the active status and tap on the delete button to remove the task.
5 Everyday Tasks You Can Automate with Perplexity
Get News Briefs every morning
If you follow news daily, this automated tasks can be really helpful to get latest news to direclty to your inbox without you manually visiting every single website, whether you are a regular consumer of news or a stock market analyst or researcher and even a student looking for a specific update, you can set this automated tasks and get news briefs and summary of the news.
You can ask the AI to display a summary of all the news or summarize individual news into multiple bullet points, or even value sentiment if you want to know whether it is positive or negative news.
Plus, since it is a search assistant, it can also ask AI to visit specific websites and get news updates for you. You can use the task template below and replace the sources, set the time and frequency, and select the way you want to get the news, whether to send via email or get a notification from the app.
Prompt:
Summarize the latest news from trusted sources [Add sources here]. Show short summaries of each story with clear headlines and key takeaways in bullet points. Highlight whether each story is positive, neutral, or negative. Keep it brief and easy to read
Know when the product is back in stock
Another useful method is you can use Perplexity AI assistant to check whether the out of stock product is back in stock, simple you can ask the Perplexity AI to notify you when the product is back in stock, and it notifies you if the product is back in stock, you can use the template below and replace the URL with the product URL you want to track and get stock alerts. Similarly, you can also set price drop alerts for the same product.
Task Prompt:
Check if the product at [paste product URL] is back in stock. If available, show the current price, availability status, and any major changes in a short summary
Get Price Drop Alerts
Check if the product [paste product URL] price has dropped compared to yesterday. If available, show the current price, availability status, and any major changes in a short summary.
Learn a New concept daily
If you are a student or a researcher, you can ask the AI to explain a new topic daily and even summarize new research papers every day or on the every week, you can also select the sources AI to collect and get detailed briefs depending on your schedule, likewise you can select the source you want to get notified to stay updated on the latest trends.
Task Prompt:
Explain one new topic or summarize one recent research paper from [your field or subject] published in the last 24 hours. Keep the explanation simple and clear with key takeaways and real-world relevance.
Get movie suggestions
Lately finding the best movie or the show to watch has become a task especially now the content platforms has abundance of the content and finding the right content to watch has become harder but now you can use Perplexity Ai assistant to find the content you want, you can even personalise it with exact genres and specific shows you want to watch and get AI suggestions every week. You can copy this prompt and create a task, and paste it into tasks. You can replace the genre, make similar suggestions, and get 3 movie recommendations to watch every week.
Task Prompt:
Recommend 3 must-watch movies or web series in the [replace with genre, e.g., thriller, sci-fi, or comedy] category that are currently streaming. Include platform name, IMDb rating, short plot summary, and one line on why it’s worth watching
1Create a summary of your emails daily or missed events every week
The best part about Perplexity AI assistant is that you can connect with external tools and services and automate the tasks. Since most of us use Gmail for work and personal communication, and often miss important emails, you can use AI to read all your emails and get a brief. You can also create a personalized reply and convert it into actionable tasks, and create a to-do list from your emails to get the most out of it.
However, to use it, you need to first connect your Gmail account to Perplexity. To do this, tap on your profile picture, and from here, tap on Connections and from here, select Gmail with Calendar Connect with your Perplexity account. Once you are connected, follow the steps below on how to summarize your emails and get a brief every day. Replace the template with the preferred timings.
Task Prompt:
Summarize all important emails from my Gmail inbox received in the last 24 hours. Group them by work and personal categories, and show the sender name, subject, and a short summary in one line each. Highlight any emails that require action or follow-up.
Automate Your Day with Perplexity Tasks
Perplexity tasks feature can be very useful to automate common tasks we follow regularly, from getting news briefs daily to getting notified about products back in stock, movie recommendations for the weekend, and more.
With the AI, the possibilities are endless. Based on your job, you can also automate the most frequent tasks using this assistant. You can also run multiple tasks for the same category, and currently, you can create up to 10 tasks and run all simultaneously. I hope you find this guide helpful. Let us know in the comments below how you use the tasks feature in Perplexity.