In previous posts, we’ve explored agent autonomy—how intelligent agents can work independently to accomplish complex goals. Today, we’re unlocking a new level of autonomy: the ability to schedule agents and teams to run tasks automatically at specific times. With task scheduling, agents can operate in the background—gathering information, performing analysis, and delivering results—without your ongoing involvement.
Some tasks require regular execution over time, especially those that track changeable data. For example, say you’re monitoring market sentiment for a specific stock. Instead of having to prompt Angie, the Web Search Agent, to gather updates every hour, you can now schedule her to collect that data and compile a report without manual input.
Why is Scheduling Important?
This is also ideal for larger, resource-intensive tasks—such as background research, document synthesis, or team workflows—that benefit from being handled asynchronously. You can stay focused on other priorities while your agents work behind the scenes.
How Does this Work?
The Angie Web Search Agent (available in the Agent Marketplace under Document and Content Access) now supports temporal scheduling. Simply configure a time or interval and specify what you want the agent or team to accomplish. Sentienta handles task execution and ensures you receive a detailed summary when the job is done.
This capability isn’t limited to a single agent. You can coordinate multiple agents or entire teams to run collaboratively or in parallel on timed schedules, enabling sophisticated workflows that unfold automatically over time. It’s automation at scale—with intelligence.
To see how this works, consider the following interaction:
User: Schedule a task to run every 10 minutes for 6 runs. The task is to query “What is the latest AMZN quote?”
Wed, 09 Apr 2025 17:50:10 Angie:
Task user-schedule-clscofield997-at-gmail.com-AMZNquoteschedule is scheduled to run every 10 minutes and will stop after 6 runs.
The agent has created a scheduled task to search for the latest Amazon.com stock quote every 10 minutes. This will run 6 time and then complete.
You can get a list of all the scheduled tasks and their status with the following:
User: List scheduled tasks
Wed, 09 Apr 2025 17:56:56 Angie:
user-schedule-clscofield997-at-gmail.com-AAPLquoteschedule complete
user-schedule-clscofield997-at-gmail.com-AMZNquoteschedule running
user-schedule-clscofield997-at-gmail.com-NVDAquoteschedule cancelled
Angie will list each of the tasks that have been scheduled and their status. At any time you can get the latest results from a task with:
User: Get results for task user-schedule-clscofield997-at-gmail.com-AMZNquoteschedule
Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:01:05 Angie:
Here are the current results for user-schedule-clscofield997-at-gmail.com-AMZNquoteschedule:
Wed, 09 Apr 2025 17:50:38 Angie: As of today, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, here is the latest information on Amazon’s stock (AMZN):
– Current Price (Last Trade): $184.14
– Change from Previous Close: +$13.48
– Percentage Change: +7.90%
– Opening Price: $172.12
– Day’s High: $186.22
– Day’s Low: $169.93
– Previous Close: $170.66
Amazon’s stock has seen a strong gain today, rising nearly 8%, indicating strong investor interest or positive market news affecting the company.
When the task has completed, Angie will take all of the intermediate results and compile a report. If there are numerical values (like stock prices), she’ll compile these into a table:
Here is a consolidated table summarizing the key stock metrics for Amazon (AMZN) on April 9, 2025, based on the multiple time-stamped reports:
Metric Value(s) Reported Current Price $187.24, $186.67, $186.68, $187.56, $187.59 Price Change +$16.58, +$16.01, +$16.02, +$16.90, +$16.93 Percent Change +9.72%, +9.38%, +9.39%, +9.90%, +9.92% Opening Price $172.12 (Consistent across all reports) Day’s High $187.92 (4 reports), $187.98 (latest report) Day’s Low $169.93 (Consistent across all reports) Previous Close $170.66 (Consistent across all reports) 📝 Summary of Research Findings:
On April 9, 2025, Amazon’s (AMZN) stock experienced a substantial surge, consistently reported as a ~9.4–9.9% increase from the previous closing price of $170.66. The opening price for the day was $172.12, and the lowest traded price was $169.93. Throughout the day, the high varied slightly between reports, peaking between $187.92 and $187.98.
The final snapshot reported a trading price of $187.59, reflecting a daily gain of $16.93 or 9.92%. The consistency across key metrics such as opening, low, and previous close enhances confidence in these results.
Overall, the stock showed strong upward momentum likely driven by significant investor sentiment or positive news, marking one of the most bullish single-day movements for Amazon in recent times.
Of course Angie will also perform all the necessary task management duties too. For example, you can cancel a task at any time:
User: Cancel task user-schedule-clscofield997-at-gmail.com-AMZNquoteschedule running
Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:12:55 Angie:
The task user-schedule-clscofield997-at-gmail.com-AMZNquoteschedule will be cancelled.
And you can delete the results from former tasks with:
User: Delete results for task user-schedule-clscofield997-at-gmail.com-AMZNquoteschedule
Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:16:29 Angie:
The task results for user-schedule-clscofield997-at-gmail.com-AMZNquoteschedule were deleted.
Beyond Reporting: Orchestrating Workflows with Scheduled Intelligence
Beyond data gathering, scheduled tasks can drive entire workflows—triggering follow-up actions, coordinating hand-offs between agents, or summarizing findings across time. For example, after collecting market data, a second agent might be scheduled to generate trend reports or highlight unusual activity. This kind of orchestration transforms agents from simple tools into participants in a broader, ongoing process that adapts to your needs.
In short, Sentienta’s task scheduling unlocks a new depth of autonomy and responsiveness. By setting your agents on a timeline, you gain continuity, consistency, and clarity—without losing control. Whether you’re monitoring real-time events or streamlining internal analysis, this feature helps you keep pace with the demands of modern work through intelligent automation.
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