# How do I schedule a task?

Ask Bluedeer in a chat to run something once or on a repeating schedule, which needs the Pro plan or above.

A scheduled task is work that Bluedeer runs for you later, or again and again, without you starting it.

## Create a task by asking

Scheduled tasks are created by asking Bluedeer in a chat. Describe what you want done and when, for example:

- "Every weekday at 8 am, check my calendar and list today's meetings."
- "On Friday at 5 pm, remind me to send the monthly report."

Bluedeer asks what it should do and when. The schedule can be a single time, or a pattern that repeats. Bluedeer then creates the task and shows it in the chat.

## Plans

Scheduled tasks need the **Pro** plan or above. On the Free, Economy, or other plans below Pro, Bluedeer cannot create them.

## Tools that ask first

Connector tools that are set to ask first do not run in scheduled tasks, because nobody is there to approve them. Built-in actions that normally show an approval card, such as sending an email, can run in a task without one, so describe the task's limits in its instructions. See [What are action confirmations and approval cards?](https://support.bluedeer.ai/bluedeer/account-and-security/action-confirmations-and-approvals.md)

## Find your tasks

Click **Tasks** in the sidebar. Each task shows its name, its status and its next run. The statuses are **Active**, **Paused**, **Completed**, **Failed** and **Cancelled**. If you have no tasks yet, the page says "No tasks yet."

To run, pause, edit or cancel a task, see [How do I run, pause, edit or cancel a task?](https://support.bluedeer.ai/bluedeer/tasks-and-inbox/manage-a-task.md)