Run a consulting business with an AI chief of staff
A consultant uses Manus for daily briefings, competitor monitoring, inbox triage, market mapping, and making decks, reports and websites, delegated via Telegram.
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- What they did
- The consultant sets up one Manus Project per client with contracts, bios, goals, past deliverables, and brand rules, then runs most work inside that stored context. They use scheduled tasks for a daily 7 AM news digest, Monday competitor reports, Friday client summaries, Wide Research for 500-company market maps, Telegram to launch tasks by phone, and Mail Manus to process forwarded emails and attachments; the human mainly writes detailed prompts, reviews outputs, and tweaks slides or documents.
- How it went
- They say Manus turns research into client-ready decks, reports, microsites, and even simple web tools, with a research-to-slides flow taking about 10 minutes instead of a full day. The stated downside is credit use: Wide Research in particular can consume a lot, so they plan prompts carefully and track each task in the usage log.
- Worth knowing
- They report having over 20 scheduled tasks running each week, and say adding more detail up front reduces retries and credit spend.
Try it yourself with Manus
Act as my chief of staff for my [type] consulting business. Each morning at [time], send me a briefing covering my calendar, a triage of important emails in [inbox], and news about these competitors: [list]. When I message you a request, such as a market map, deck, report, or website for [client/topic], deliver it as a file or link. Never send emails or messages on my behalf without showing me the draft first.
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Source: Reddit · Mar 1, 2026
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