A useful weekly project update builds on the week before, including which blockers were resolved and which decisions are still pending.

When Perplexity Computer prepares that update, it should remember where things stood for the previous one.

Today we’re launching Automations, which bring Computer’s capabilities to long-running agents that work proactively on a schedule or in response to conditional events.

Each agent uses Computer’s connected files, tools , and Projects to carry out its assignment.

It remembers prior work, picking up where it left off without waiting for a new request.

Unlike other agents, Automations don’t start from scratch every time.

For a customer-service Automation, Computer drafts replies with earlier emails in mind.

For a weekly competitor-pricing report, Computer compares the latest prices with the previous ones and flags what changed.

Schedules or events trigger the automation Automations replace Scheduled Tasks, adding event-based triggers and memory of prior runs to recurring work.

Computer can carry out assignments on a schedule or when a specified event occurs in Slack, Gmail, Outlook, Linear, or GitHub.

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