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Here's How to Get This $200 ChatGPT Feature On Your $20 Plan

This guide shows you how to recreate much of ChatGPT Pulse’s proactive briefing experience on a ChatGPT Plus plan by using ChatGPT Tasks.

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Introduction

This guide shows you how to recreate much of ChatGPT Pulse’s proactive briefing experience on a ChatGPT Plus plan by using ChatGPT Tasks. You will set up recurring prompts that run automatically on a schedule and deliver research briefings to your ChatGPT inbox.

The Manage Tasks menu might not show up in the mobile app. The source example had to use ChatGPT.com in a browser to find it.

Step-by-step 4 steps

Instructions

  1. Step 1 of 4

    Understand how Tasks can replicate Pulse

    ChatGPT Pulse, available on the $200 Pro plan, proactively sends you daily news and suggestions based on your chat history. You do not have to ask for it; it shows up automatically.

    ChatGPT Tasks is available on Plus. Tasks let you write a prompt that runs automatically on a schedule, even when you are not logged in. The output appears in your ChatGPT conversation history like a normal message.

    By setting up a few daily tasks, you can get much of the same utility as Pulse on the Plus plan.

  2. Step 2 of 4

    Create your first recurring task

    Open ChatGPT on the web, desktop, or mobile app, then prompt it directly.

    Prompt 
    Create a daily, recurring task that briefs me on the daily stock market moves at 5 PM.

    ChatGPT will confirm the task and set the schedule. The next day at 5 PM, you will get a briefing in that chat without doing anything else.

    You can swap the topic for whatever you care about. Try prompts like these:

    Prompt 
    Create a daily task at 7 AM that summarizes the top 3 AI news stories from the past 24 hours.
    Prompt 
    Create a weekly task every Monday at 9 AM that searches for any news about [competitor name] from the past week.
    Prompt 
    Create a daily task at 8 AM that gives me a 2-sentence summary of overnight moves in crypto markets.
  3. Step 3 of 4

    Manage tasks and turn on notifications

    To edit or delete tasks, go to Settings > Notifications > Tasks > Manage Tasks. From there, you can pause a task, edit the schedule, or delete it.

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    Turn on push notifications for Tasks and for the ChatGPT app on your phone. In the source example, task notifications did not fire until both were enabled.

  4. Step 4 of 4

    Check your scheduled briefings

    Your briefings will start arriving in the chat where you set up the task. Open ChatGPT in the morning and they will be waiting for you: no typing, no searching, and no prompting required.

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Background and context

Who This Is Useful For

  • Anyone paying for ChatGPT Plus who does not hit their daily token limit
  • Founders and marketers who want daily competitive intel without manually searching
  • Anyone who checks the same news, markets, or topics every morning and wants it waiting for them

What You Will Build

You will build a set of recurring ChatGPT tasks that automatically research and brief you on topics you care about, delivered to your ChatGPT inbox on the schedule you choose. Once it is running, no typing is required.

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  • Daily briefings on topics like markets, AI news, crypto, or industry updates
  • Weekly competitor reports for specific companies
  • Scheduled briefings that appear directly in ChatGPT conversation history

What You Need

  • ChatGPT Plus ($20/month) or higher
  • The ChatGPT web app, desktop app, or mobile app
  • Optional: linked Gmail or Google Calendar if you want tasks that summarize your inbox or prepare you for meetings

Going Further

  • You can have up to 10 active tasks at once. If you do not use your full ChatGPT token limit each day, Tasks can help put those unused tokens to work.
  • Create a morning news stack with 2–3 daily briefings on different topics, such as AI news, your industry, and market moves.
  • Schedule weekly competitor reports, with one task per competitor on Monday mornings, covering news, product updates, and press mentions from the past week.
  • Use connected services, if you have linked Gmail or Google Calendar, to summarize your inbox or prepare you for tomorrow’s meetings.
  • Create one-off reminders for a specific date, such as following up on a proposal next Thursday.
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