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Understand what a scheduled task is
A scheduled task is a saved prompt Claude runs on a timetable — daily at 7am, every Monday at 8, whatever you choose. Each run is a full Claude session: it can search the web, read your connected apps, and write you a proper brief.
You're not automating a chat message. You're hiring an analyst who works the night shift.
Checkpoint
You can explain it: a scheduled task is a prompt that runs itself on a schedule.