Perplexity Computer launched Automations for long-running agents. Agents remember prior work and pick up where they left off. They run on a schedule or when events occur in Slack, Gmail, Outlook, Linear, or GitHub. Users set triggers, define tasks, and specify outputs like Slack or Gmail. Automations can flag missed updates or deadlines. Users create them via the omnibar or the Automations interface. Admins can limit connector permissions. Automations do not use credits while waiting for triggers. Existing Scheduled Tasks can be migrated to Automations. Automations are available to all Computer users.
What changed
Scheduled Tasks ran on a schedule but started from scratch each time and lacked event-based triggers.
What it unlocks
Running long-running agents that remember prior work and trigger on schedules or events.
What you need to act on it
- a Perplexity Computer account
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