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Introducing ElevenLabs on Manus! Generate speech, transcribe recordings, clone voices, and build audio apps by talking to Manus.

Simply describe the audio you need or the app you want to build, and Manus handles the rest. From there, the same chat is where you turn blog posts into podcasts, extract meeting notes, and design sound effects. ElevenLabs keeps doing what it does best in the background — powering world-class AI audio — while Manus handles the day-to-day on top.

The ElevenLabs connector is now live on Manus

Getting Started

The simplest way to begin is to just ask. Tell Manus you want to create some audio — what the script is, whose voice to use, the feel you're going for — and Manus will connect to your authorized ElevenLabs account and start generating. All AI-generated audio should be reviewed before publishing or distribution. You don't have to write code, manage API keys, or set anything up beforehand. By the end of the conversation, you'll have finished audio files, all processed in your own ElevenLabs environment.

When you're ready to start, there's one quick step: connect your account. Click Connect under Integrations, sign in to ElevenLabs, and Manus is ready to generate. Manus will prompt you when it's the right moment, so you don't have to think about it until you need it.

Claiming your ElevenLabs connection from Manus Integrations

What It Can Do for You

If you already use ElevenLabs, tasks that used to require coordinating across multiple tools and scripts now happen in a single chat against the account you already own. This integration bridges your audio workflows directly into your workspace without disrupting anything you already have set up — your ElevenLabs billing and usage history remain governed by your ElevenLabs account terms.

Generate scripts and audio

Manus writes the script and generates the audio before you lift a finger

You describe the content in one prompt. Manus drafts the text, then generates the audio against your connected ElevenLabs account — selecting the right voice, applying the proper pacing, and handing back a finished file.

Use it to:

• Launch a podcast version of your newsletter without recording anything yourself.
• Stand up a voiceover for a product demo video with localized languages.
• Rebuild your onboarding flow around narrated documentation.
• Stage a custom soundscape for a creative project.

Prompts to start with:
"Take my latest blog post, narrate it with a professional British voice, and create a 30-second teaser with background sound effects for Instagram."
"Create a voiceover for this product launch script in Japanese, using a warm and energetic tone."

Manus handling audio generation from the first prompt

Process audio files for insights

Most audio doesn't start as text. It starts as a raw recording. Manus handles that. With the ElevenLabs connector on, upload the audio file securely within your Manus session, and the ElevenLabs connector will seamlessly process it — identifying speakers, drafting summaries, and organizing the insights as it goes.

Use it to:

• Bulk-process customer interviews into clean transcripts and action items.
• Review your meeting recordings for key decisions and organize them into a shared doc.
• Reorganize a rambling voice memo into a structured project brief.
• Extract the five strongest quotes from a podcast episode for social media.

Prompts to start with:
"Here's the raw audio from our all-hands meeting. Transcribe it, label each speaker, and pull the key decisions into a doc."
"Review this customer interview recording. Flag any mentions of pricing or competitors and summarize their main pain points."

Prompting Manus to process audio with the ElevenLabs connector on

Build voice powered applications

With the ElevenLabs connector, Manus can turn your ideas into full voice-powered applications. Ask for a personalized song generator, a language tutor, or an interactive story, and Manus will build the app — using ElevenLabs as the audio engine.

Use it to:

• Clear the hurdle of building a full-stack app by letting Manus write the code.
• Plan a personalized audio experience around a viral trend.
• Double down on a creative idea by giving it a voice.

Prompts to start with:
"Build a personalized song generator web app with a retro UI, support for four languages, and narration using my authorized voice clone. (Note: you must have rights to any voice you clone, and ElevenLabs’ consent requirements apply.)"
"Create a language practice app where users can talk to an AI tutor that responds with natural speech."

Availability

The ElevenLabs connector is available to Manus users with an active ElevenLabs account. Available capabilities depend on your ElevenLabs plan and credit balance. Setup walkthroughs are in the Manus docs at manus.im/docs.

Common Questions

If you're a Manus user

Q: How does the integration actually work?
A: Manus uses ElevenLabs' APIs to generate speech, clone voices, and transcribe audio on your behalf. The workflow is managed by Manus; ElevenLabs processes the audio. Generated outputs are returned within your Manus session. Manus only accesses 3rd party connectors you have already authorized. No new permissions are granted automatically.

Q: Do I need an existing ElevenLabs account to start?
A: Yes. You need an active ElevenLabs account to connect it to Manus.

If you're an ElevenLabs user

Q: Does Manus replace my ElevenLabs dashboard?
A: No. Manus builds a conversational interface that connects to your ElevenLabs account on the backend. Your existing history and voices stay untouched; ElevenLabs keeps managing generation and billing as usual.

Q: Does Manus access my audio data?
A: Manus reads and writes audio through ElevenLabs' API to power features like transcription and generation. Audio data is processed according to ElevenLabs' data retention policies. Manus only accesses 3rd party connectors you have already authorized. No new permissions are granted automatically. Review ElevenLabs' privacy policy for details on how your data is handled.

Bring Sound into Every Manus Task

Most work tools are silent. The ElevenLabs connector changes that, letting anything you create in Manus speak. This is part of a broader direction for Manus: bring the tools and services behind your work into the same place where the work actually happens.

Ready to build something amazing?

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Supabase Stores the Data Behind Your App

Every digital product needs a database to store its working information: customer accounts, orders, subscriptions, product activity, and error logs. Supabase is a popular database platform where many apps keep that information.

If your product was built using Supabase, all of its live data already lives there. However, accessing that information or making structural changes usually requires technical tools or help from an engineer.

Manus Can Work Directly with Your Supabase Project

The Supabase connector gives Manus permissioned access to your Supabase project.

Once connected, you can ask a question in plain English. Manus will find the right project, retrieve the relevant data, analyze it, and explain the answer.

Work with Existing Data or Build with Supabase MCP

Use Manus to query and operate data already in Supabase, or use Supabase MCP as the backend while Manus builds a new app.

Move Legacy Data into Supabase in One Session

You need to move customer records from an old CRM spreadsheet into your Supabase database. Normally, an engineer would need to clean the data, write a script to map the columns, and handle the import.

With the Supabase connector, you ask Manus:

“Migrate this attached CRM export into our Supabase customer table. Clean the data, remove duplicates, and show me the proposed schema changes before you begin.”

Manus inspects the file and the current Supabase setup. It proposes the necessary schema updates, waits for your approval, and then executes the migration. It handles the data mapping and validates the result.

You then ask:

“Check the system logs to ensure the new records are syncing correctly with our email marketing tool.”

Manus reviews recent system activity and confirms the integration is working. The team moves from a raw data file to a live, verified database update in one session.

Sync, Enrich, and Build with Your Supabase Data

When you connect Supabase to Manus, you are giving an AI agent the ability to act as your data engineer. Here is how teams are using the connector to move faster:

Sync Data from Other Platforms

Instead of manually exporting spreadsheets or paying for expensive integration tools, you can ask Manus to synchronize data from external sources directly into Supabase. Teams use this to pull in Slack messages for volume tracking, sync ad performance from Meta, or collect daily judicial publications and filter out irrelevant records.

Enrich Your Existing Records

If your database is missing details, Manus can find them and fill in the gaps. Users routinely ask Manus to scrape web sources for missing product specifications, classify sales leads based on their digital footprint, or use AI to generate image descriptions and canonical categories for e-commerce catalogs.

Construct AI Knowledge Bases

Building a system that can answer questions based on your own documents requires a vector database. You can instruct Manus to acquire documents, process them, generate the necessary embeddings, and store them in Supabase so your AI features have the context they need.

Repair and Audit Complex Systems

When things break, finding the cause often requires digging through the database. Education platforms use Manus to identify missing practice-test questions and correct the data. Other teams ask Manus to audit payroll systems or e-commerce repositories, find the security or integrity issues, and apply the fixes.

Manus Handles Database Work from Query to Deployment

• Execute SQL and migrate schemas: Manus can write and execute SQL queries, apply schema migrations, and design database structures based on your instructions.
• Deploy Edge Functions: Build and deploy serverless compute functions directly to Supabase without leaving the conversation.
• Check security and performance: Surface Supabase recommendations that may help protect data or improve how the system runs.
• Investigate errors: Review recent system activity to understand failed requests, sign-in problems, data errors, or other unexpected behavior.

Try these prompts:

Understand your product data:

“Show me my Supabase projects and find the one with customer subscriptions. Compare cancellations from the last 30 days by plan tier.”

Improve your setup:

“Design a new schema for tracking user feedback, including the necessary SQL migrations, and show them to me before applying.”

Connect Supabase and Describe the Outcome

1. Open Settings → Connectors in Manus.
2. Select Supabase and authorize the organization you want to use.
3. Start a Manus session with the Supabase connector enabled.
4. Describe the result you need.

Available Now in Manus Connectors

The Supabase connector is available through Manus Connectors. You need a Supabase account and permission to access the projects you want Manus to use. The actions available to Manus depend on the access you grant and the features included in your Supabase plan.[2]

Common Questions

Q: Do I need technical database knowledge?

A: No. You can describe the question or outcome in plain English. Manus can find the relevant data, explain the result, and write the necessary SQL.

Q: What can Manus access?

A: Manus can work only with the Supabase organizations and projects covered by the access you authorize. You can revoke the connection from your Manus integrations settings.[1]

Q: Do I need to build my app on Manus to use this?

A: No. The connector works with any Supabase project. You can use it to analyze data, migrate records, or operate the backend for apps built anywhere.

Bring Live Product Data into Every Manus Task

The Supabase connector gives Manus access to the live product context behind your questions. This makes it easier to understand what is happening, design structural improvements, and verify the result without coordinating the work across several tools.

This is part of a broader direction for Manus: bring the data and services behind your work into the same place where decisions and actions happen.

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Most AI Mistakes Happen Because No One Reviewed the Approach

You write a prompt. You wait while Manus builds a full website. When it finishes, you realize it picked the wrong layout, missed the payment integration, or targeted the wrong audience. You spend the next hour correcting it message by message.

The problem isn't capability. It's alignment. Plan Mode introduces a review step before execution begins. Manus pauses, runs a feasibility check, and surfaces the approach as a structured document. You read it, edit it, and approve it. The mistake gets caught before any code is written, before any time is invested in the wrong direction.

Manus Thinks First, Then Builds

The idea behind Plan Mode isn't new. It's the same principle behind project kickoff docs and design reviews: align on the work before the work begins.

Plan Mode is manual. It stays out of your way until you call it. On web, type / and select Plan. On mobile, tap + and choose Plan Mode. Once active, Manus evaluates your request. If context is missing, it asks clarifying questions. If the path is clear, it generates the plan immediately: a full Markdown document with goals, steps, and constraints.

You can click into the document and rewrite anything. You can ask Manus to edit it for you. When you hit Confirm, that plan becomes the source of truth. Manus follows it precisely.

One critical detail:

Manus will not start building until you confirm or dismiss the plan.

This prevents any unintended changes to your website, slides, or video. You stay in control.

Enable It Anytime, Even Mid-Task

Plan Mode isn't limited to the start of a task. You can enable or disable it flexibly at any point during the process. If Manus is already building and you want to pause, regroup, and plan the next iteration, just activate Plan Mode mid-task. Manus stops, generates a plan for the next phase, and waits for your approval before continuing.

This makes it natural to work in stages. Let Manus finish phase one, then turn on Plan Mode to scope phase two before it begins.

Plan Mode Is Built for Development

Plan Mode is most powerful in development scenarios. You describe what you want to build, and Manus uses the planning process to surface what you haven't considered yet: edge cases hidden in your requirements, business logic conflicts buried in the flow, and assumptions that haven't been clarified.

In practice, the planning process simulates the development process itself. Manus walks through your requirements the way a developer would during a technical review. The difference is that catching these issues in a plan costs far less than catching them after the build is live.

This is where the real value sits: avoiding misalignment that leads to over-investment in the wrong direction, and surfacing hidden edge cases early so you spend less time polishing during acceptance. You see the plan in minutes, not the build in hours. Nothing changes until you confirm. And when you want Manus to revise what it already shipped, just edit the plan again.

One Prompt Is All You Need

With Plan Mode, a single sentence is enough to kick off a full website build. You don't need to front-load every detail into your prompt because the plan fills in the gaps for you. Manus takes your brief input, expands it into a structured approach, and presents it for review. If you want to add more context, you can. But you don't have to. The planning process removes the pressure to prompt-engineer perfectly.

Here's what that looks like in practice:

"Build a landing page for my SaaS product."

That's the entire prompt. Plan Mode expands it into target audience, hero copy angle, component stack, and integrations (Stripe, analytics). You glance at the plan, edit one line to prioritize developer signups over enterprise demos, and confirm. Manus builds the right site the first time.

"Build a task manager with user accounts and a database."

One sentence. Plan Mode maps the data schema, auth flow, and API routes. You spot a flat table where you need relational joins. You fix the schema in plain text. The app launches with the right architecture.

"Add a testimonial section and change the CTA on my live site."

Plan Mode shows exactly where the new section goes and which components it touches. You confirm. The update ships without breaking the existing layout.

"Deploy my app and set up analytics tracking."

Plan Mode lists the hosting config, the events it will instrument, and the pages it will tag. You add one missing conversion event. The deploy goes out with complete tracking from day one.

Beyond Plan Mode: More Ways to Reduce Trial and Error

Plan Mode is one part of a broader set of tools designed to lower the cost of iteration. If the latest changes to your website don't work out, you can roll back to a previous version. If you want to experiment without risk, make a copy of your site and try things on the duplicate. And during the planning stage itself, you can use branches to explore multiple different requirement paths before committing to one. Together, these give you room to iterate without fear of breaking what already works.

How to activate plan mode

1. Type / and select Plan from the command menu.
2. If Manus needs more context, answer the clarifying questions.
3. Review the generated plan.
4. Edit directly or ask Manus to revise it.
5. Click Confirm. Manus builds exactly what you approved.

Available Now on Web and Mobile for All Users

Plan Mode is live today for every Manus user on both web and mobile

Common Questions

Q: Does Plan Mode activate automatically?
A: No. It's manual-only. Your quick tasks stay quick.

Q: How do I turn it on?
A: Type / and select Plan.

Q: Can I enable Plan Mode in the middle of a task?
A: Yes. You can turn it on at any point. Manus will pause, generate a plan for the next phase, and wait for your confirmation before continuing.

Q: Can I edit the plan multiple times before confirming?
A: Yes. Rewrite it as many times as you need until you're satisfied with the approach.

Q: Will Manus start building before I approve?
A: Never. Manus will not execute until you confirm or dismiss the plan. Your existing website, slides, and video remain untouched until you say go.

Q: Can I change the plan after I've already confirmed it?
A: Yes. Edit the plan again later in the session and Manus will adapt its work.

Q: Why not just let Manus start building immediately?
A: Complex builds involve hidden edge cases and unstated assumptions. Reviewing a plan takes minutes. Catching a misalignment in text is vastly cheaper than catching it hours later in a deployed site.

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Generate, edit, and download .pptx files — without conversion.

Manus now generates PowerPoint files directly. Not converted from another format. Not exported from a web preview. The .pptx is the output from the start — with editable charts, structured tables, and AI-generated visuals that open perfectly in Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides.

Build PowerPoint Decks Directly in Manus

Manus has always been able to create presentations. Until now, those decks were generated in a web-based format and converted to .pptx on export. Now, Manus authors a native .pptx from the first slide to the last.

This means every element in your deck is structurally real: charts backed by data tables you can click into and edit, tables with proper cells that support merging and resizing, and layouts that follow standard slide masters. It also means you can now directly download any deck built on Manus as a fully functional PowerPoint file, rather than hoping an export step preserves what you see on screen.

Turn Anything Into a PowerPoint Deck

PowerPoint mode works with every input Manus already supports — but now the output is a native .pptx you can download directly.

• Spreadsheet data → deck.

  Connect Google Sheets through the Workspace connector, point Manus at your data, and ask for a presentation. Manus analyzes the numbers, identifies trends, builds editable charts, and outputs a .pptx where every visualization retains its underlying data. Update a cell in PowerPoint and the chart adjusts.

• Research topic → deck.

  Describe a subject and Manus conducts

  wide research

  across multiple sources, synthesizes the findings, and generates a slide deck with properly cited content and data-backed visuals → all in native PowerPoint format.

• PDF or document → deck.

  Upload a report, whitepaper, or brief. Manus extracts the key points, structures them into a narrative, and builds a presentation you can hand directly to your audience.

• URL → deck.

  Point Manus at a webpage → a competitor's site, a product page, an article → and get a structured analysis or summary packaged as a .pptx.

• Meeting notes → deck.

  Paste raw notes or a call transcript and Manus turns them into a polished recap deck ready for follow-up distribution.

Edit Your Data Without Leaving Manus

Because PowerPoint mode generates structurally real charts, you can edit them right inside Manus before you ever download the file. Click any chart and a toolbar appears with two controls: Elements and Edit Data.

Elements lets you toggle chart components on and off → axes, data labels, gridlines, legend → so you can customize how your chart looks without rebuilding it. Turn on data labels and every bar segment instantly displays its value. Turn off gridlines for a cleaner look. Each toggle updates the chart in real time.

Edit Data opens a spreadsheet overlay directly on top of your slide. The left side shows your data table → rows, columns, the actual numbers behind the chart. The right side shows a live preview. Change a value in any cell and the chart redraws instantly: the bar grows, the label updates, the proportions shift. When you are done, hit Confirm and the chart on your slide reflects the new data. No round-trip to Excel. No re-importing a CSV. Just click, edit, and see the result.

This is what native PPTX makes possible. The chart is not a flat image → it is a real object with real data behind it. Edit it in Manus, or download and edit it later in PowerPoint. Either way, the data stays live.

How to Use PowerPoint Mode

Open Manus and select the Slides tool. In the mode dropdown, choose PowerPoint (you will see it alongside Standard and Image). Describe your presentation topic, upload data, or connect Google Sheets for live data access. Manus outlines the deck, designs the slides, and generates the .pptx. You can edit charts and tables directly in the Manus viewer before downloading, or download immediately and continue in PowerPoint.

Availability

PowerPoint mode is available today in Beta for users on the 1.6 and Max models.

Common Questions

Q: What is the difference between Standard, Image, and PowerPoint mode?
A: Standard is fast and versatile for general decks. Image creates high-impact visual slides powered by GPT Image 2. PowerPoint generates a native .pptx file optimized for data-dense business presentations with editable charts and tables.

Q: Can I pull data from Google Sheets into my presentation?
A: Yes. Connect your Google Workspace account, point Manus at a spreadsheet, and it will analyze the data and generate a PowerPoint deck with editable charts based on your numbers.

Q: Will my charts be editable after I download the file?
A: Yes. Every chart retains its embedded data table. Click any chart in Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides and edit the numbers directly.

Q: Can Manus research a topic and create the deck in one step?
A: Yes. Describe your topic and Manus will conduct research, synthesize findings, design slides, and output a native .pptx → all in a single task.

Q: How is this different from how Manus handled PowerPoint before?
A: Previously, Manus generated slides in a web format and converted them to .pptx on export, which could cause formatting issues. PowerPoint mode skips the web layer entirely and authors the .pptx directly, preserving chart editability, table structure, and layout fidelity.

The best presentations combine sharp thinking with clean delivery. PowerPoint mode means you no longer have to choose between the speed of AI generation and the reliability of a native file. Research, analyze, design, and deliver → all from one place

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Stop publishing manually — your site updates the moment it is ready

Building a website with Manus is fast. You describe what you want, Manus writes the code, and a working version appears in seconds. But getting that version onto your live URL has always required a manual step: open the publish menu, confirm your settings, click Publish. Across an afternoon of iteration — fifteen small tweaks, fifteen manual publishes — that step accumulates into the thing that actually slows you down.

With auto-Publish, a single toggle inside the publish popover tells Manus: every time a build succeeds, deploy it. No confirmation needed for your live site stays in sync with the latest version you accepted, automatically.

Every successful build goes live instantly

When you enable the toggle, Manus treats every successful build as a deployment event. The moment your site finishes building, it goes live at your public URL. If you are iterating quickly — adjusting copy, swapping images, tuning layouts — each change lands on your domain as soon as it is ready. You stay in the conversation. The site stays current.

The toggle is off by default. This is intentional. Not every iteration is meant for the public. You might be experimenting with a layout you are not sure about, or testing a color scheme before committing. Auto-Publish is designed for the moments when you know the direction and want to move fast, when the distance between "looks good" and "it's live" should be zero.

You can turn it off at any time from the same publish popover. Nothing changes about your existing workflow unless you opt in.

You know the direction — now you just need it shipped

Picture this. You are building a portfolio site for a freelance photography business. The first session gets the structure right: a grid gallery, an about page, a contact form. You publish it manually, share the link with the photographer, and get feedback overnight.

The next morning, you sit down with a list: swap the header font, add a client testimonials section, compress the gallery images, update the footer with social links, and fix the mobile nav breakpoint. You know exactly what you want. You are not exploring — you are finishing.

This is where you toggle Auto-Publish on. Each change Manus completes goes live immediately. The photographer can refresh the page between your messages and watch the site evolve in real time. By the time you finish your coffee, the site is done and live, without a single trip to the publish menu.

Auto-Publish is for sessions where you have already decided to ship. It removes the ceremony so you can focus on the work.

One toggle, inside the publish popover

1. Open your WebDev project and click the Publish button in the top-right corner.
2. In the publish popover, scroll to the bottom.
3. Toggle Auto publish when it is ready to on.
4. Continue building. Every successful build will now deploy to your public URL automatically.

To stop auto-publishing, open the same popover and toggle it off. Your next build will wait for manual confirmation before going live.

Go further: queue your changes and walk away

If you already know the full list of changes you want, you can queue multiple messages while Manus is still working on the current one. Combined with Auto-Publish, this means you can drop your entire to-do list into the chat, close your laptop, and come back to a finished, live site. Manus processes each request in order, builds the new version, and deploys it — all without you being present.

Availability

Auto-Publish is available to all users on web, iOS, and Android starting today.

Common Questions

Q: Is Auto-Publish on by default?
A: No. The toggle is off by default. You opt in when you are ready to ship continuously.

Q: What if I share my URL with a client — will they see half-finished work?
A: Only completed, successful builds are published. If a build fails or is still in progress, your live site remains on the last stable version. Your client always sees finished work.

Q: Can I cancel a publish that is already in progress?
A: Yes. The interface shows a cancel option during deployment if you need to stop it.

Q: Does this work on mobile?
A: Yes. The Auto-Publish toggle is available in the publish popover on both iOS and Android.

We built Manus to handle complete work — not just write code, but deliver finished products. Auto-Publish removes the last manual step between creation and delivery: the moment you accept a change, it reaches your audience.

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Work is not linear — your AI shouldn’t be either

A single research report can become API documentation, a user manual, a flowchart, and a slide deck. An initial idea radiates outward into many parallel tasks of different types. Yet most AI tools force all of that into one forward-moving thread, where every new direction dilutes the context the model has already built. The real cost of starting over is not time — it is losing the accumulated understanding.

Branch treats that understanding as a reusable asset. Click the branch icon beneath any message and Manus opens a parallel session that inherits everything up to that point — your instructions, your files, and the full history. The original stays exactly as it was. The new branch becomes a separate space where you can take the same starting context somewhere new, without contaminating what came before.

The result: you can spend the same context many times without depleting it. Each branch keeps its own clean focus, so the work you do in one direction never confuses another.

Your context stays intact — you just iterate from it

When you branch, the new session inherits your files, your instructions, and the full conversation history up to that point. You don’t need to re-upload or re-explain anything. Your original session stays untouched, so the work you’ve already done is not at risk. And because each branch carries its own isolated copy of the context, the directions you explore don’t bleed into each other — Manus stays focused on what that particular branch needs, which keeps output more accurate and focused. A "Branched from" breadcrumb ties every new session back to its origin, so you can always trace where a branch started and navigate between them as your workspace grows.

How you might use Branch

Picture these situations.

You just finished an online meeting and had Manus put together the notes. The summary looks good, but now you need several things from it: a to-do list for the team, a progress update for your manager, and a slide outline for next week’s review. If you try to produce all of those in the same session, the conversation grows long and Manus’s focus can drift. Instead, you branch from the point where the meeting notes were finalized. Each branch focuses on one output, while the notes themselves — the shared starting point — stay intact in every direction.

Or say you’re running a market research project. The research itself is an ongoing effort: collecting sources, organizing data, building up a picture over time. But midway through, you want to produce an investor brief based on what you have so far, and separately, an internal analysis report. You don’t have to wait until the research is complete. Branch from the current point, and each branch inherits everything gathered so far. You produce phased outputs while the main thread keeps moving forward.

Or imagine you’ve spent a session writing and refining a blog post. By the time it’s done, Manus has a deep understanding of the narrative, tone, and key points. Now you want to turn that into a video script. If you keep going in the same session, blog edits and script iterations will get tangled. Branch out, and you can focus the new session entirely on pacing, voiceover, and shot direction — while the script stays grounded in the original piece because it inherited the full context.

There’s also the running-record pattern: one ongoing session that acts like a living project log, accumulating notes and context over time. Whenever you need a specific deliverable, you branch from the current point to produce it — a plan, a summary, a presentation — and the main thread continues recording and growing. Your “main line” stays a complete project memory, while each branch turns one moment in that record into a finished output.

The common thread: your work doesn’t have to follow a single straight line. Branch lets you say “I want to go in a new direction from here” at any point, without starting over.

How to create a branch

1. Hover over any previous message in your conversation.
2. Click the branch icon that appears beneath it.
3. Wait a moment while Manus spawns the parallel session — you'll see a "Session branched" confirmation.
4. Continue in the new branch, which already carries all of your prior context. Repeat from the same message to explore as many parallel directions as you need.

Availability

Session Branching is available to all users in standard Manus chat sessions. It is not currently supported in Web Builder sessions — branching applies to regular conversations and tasks, and support for additional session types may follow.

Common questions (FAQ)

Q: Does branching delete or change my original conversation?

A: No. Branching creates a separate, parallel session. Your original conversation stays intact and unchanged.

Q: Does the new branch keep my files and context?

A: Yes. Everything up to the branch point — instructions, uploaded files, and history — is inherited by the new session automatically.

Q: Can I create more than one branch from the same message?

A: Yes. You can branch from the same point as many times as you like to explore multiple parallel directions from one shared context.

Q: Can I branch from a branch?

A: Yes. Any standard session can be branched, so you can explore deep decision trees without losing your place.

Q: Can I branch a Web Builder session?

A: Not yet. Branching is currently supported in standard Manus chat sessions and is not available for Web Builder. We may extend it to more session types in the future.

What comes next

Branch is a step toward AI that mirrors how you actually think. You don’t hold a body of knowledge and ask one question — you ask many, in many directions, simultaneously. By turning every conversation into a reusable foundation you can build on without depleting, we want the question "what could this become?" to cost nothing but curiosity.

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Mobbin + Manus: Turn Proven App Designs Into Finished Work

Building an app, a deck, or a design critique from a prompt is no longer the hard part. The harder question comes right before that: what should the checkout screen look like, where does the pricing toggle go, how do the apps people already trust handle their onboarding?

Mobbin, a UI design reference library with over 600,000 real screens from shipped products, gives you proven foundations so you start from what works rather than from a blank slate. Once connected, Manus reads the screens, flows, and sections Mobbin returns and turns them into the finished thing, whether that is a coded app, a stakeholder deck, or a marked-up critique.

See What Works. Manus Builds It.

On its own, a research library shows you the screens, flows, and sections that real apps have shipped. What it does not do is build the thing. You still have to take what you learned and turn it into a coded app, a deck, an analysis, or a critique somewhere else. That handoff is where the connector pays off. Manus picks up exactly where the research ends.

4 Ways to Put the Mobbin Connector to Work

The connector exposes three search tools inside Manus: searching single screens, analyzing multi-step user flows, and reviewing specific website sections. The point is not the tools themselves, but what happens when the references they return flow straight into the work. Here is how that plays out across a slide deck, a mobile app, an industry analysis, and a design you already have.

1. Turn KYC Research Into a Stakeholder Deck

If you are presenting to a product or compliance team, the hard part is not the slides, it is the evidence behind them. Saying a sign-up flow should feel reassuring lands better when you can show how the apps people already trust actually handle it.

• Researches real KYC screens from leading global fintech and cryptocurrency platforms through the connector, reading what each one does.
• Builds the deck with its Slides Generation capability, annotating each screenshot with the pattern, its strength, and its trade-off, and closing on recommendations tied back to the apps that use them.
• Delivers a deck that exports to PowerPoint, PDF, or Google Slides, so it is ready to present, not just to read.

Prompt: "Create a stakeholder-ready slide deck titled 'How the top apps in fintech handle KYC onboarding,' using the Mobbin connector for research. Research how around ten leading fintech apps handle KYC onboarding, capture representative screenshots, and identify the key patterns, strengths, and trade-offs. Build a deck with a title slide, individual slides for each app or pattern with annotated screenshots, a synthesis slide, and a recommendations slide. Include speaker-note rationale and Mobbin deep links."

2. Research Patterns and Build the App in One Pass

The same handoff works for mobile. Instead of generating an app from a blank slate, you can have Manus study how similar apps handle their core screens first, then build on top of those findings.

• Researches camera app patterns through the connector, looking at how top-tier photography and social media applications handle the viewfinder, the capture controls, and the gallery grid.
• Builds the app on top of that research, generating the artwork and a working camera screen with a film-stock filter dial, a film rolls tab with a develop timer, unlockable skins, and an achievements tab.
• Delivers a working prototype, not a moodboard, that you publish straight from Manus and open on your phone in Expo Go, the testing app that runs a build before it goes to any store.

Prompt: "Using the Mobbin connector, research the best UI and UX of photo camera apps. Then build a cross-platform mobile app: a retro keychain digicam that captures lo-fi photos with grain, auto-flash, an orange date stamp, twelve vintage filters, and a small washed-out LCD viewfinder. Add a blind-box onboarding that unlocks seven collectible camera skins, plus a gallery, sharing, achievements, and a film roll develop-delay mode. Make it charmingly imperfect and uniquely differentiated."

3. Turn a Category Into a Pattern Atlas

Not every job ends in a build. Sometimes the deliverable is a decision, and you need to see how a whole category handles one journey, across many apps, with the numbers behind what is common and what is rare.

• Researches the top ten apps through the connector, then runs Wide Research to study every flow across all of them in parallel, dozens of analyses at once.
• Builds the findings into two outputs: an Excel spreadsheet with one row per app and flow via its Data and Spreadsheets capability, and a hosted site via its Web Development capability that groups the apps by pattern.
• Delivers a category teardown with receipts, including how often each pattern appears, without downloading a single app.

Prompt: "Build a 10-competitor pattern atlas for the language learning category using the Mobbin connector. Use the connector to pick the top ten apps, then use Wide Research to analyze their onboarding, checkout, and paywall flows. For each app and flow, record the pattern type, the number of steps, two to three notable UX choices, a representative screenshot, and the Mobbin deep link. Compute the frequency of each pattern per flow. Deliver a spreadsheet with one row per app and flow, and a visual website that groups the apps by pattern, shows the frequency stats and screenshots, and ends with a 'So what' section of the top takeaways tied to the evidence."

4. Critique a Figma Mockup, Then Mark Up the Fixes

Sometimes you already have a design, but you need to know if it holds up against what is shipping now. Instead of relying on subjective feedback, you can have Manus compare your draft against real, proven pricing pages.

• Researches pricing sections through the connector, pulling real references from industry-leading design, project management, and web development tools.
• Builds a structured critique against your Figma mockup, calling out what to keep, like a clear monthly and annual toggle, and what to fix, like a missing comparison table, no FAQ, and no social proof near the toggle.
• Delivers notes you can act on in plain language, and a short follow-up turns those written notes into a visual:

Prompt: "Using the Mobbin connector, research the best practices of pricing page design, then critique this Figma mockup: [your Figma link]. Search the connector for web pricing page sections with plan comparison, review my mockup against what you find, and deliver a report covering what works and the specific areas to improve."

Follow-up prompt: "Using image generation, annotate these recommendations onto the Figma screenshot in a hand-drawn style, and crop out the footer."Manus marks the fixes directly onto your design, circling the plan to highlight, pointing an arrow to where a 'Most Popular' badge should sit, and noting where to add the comparison table, the FAQ, and the customer logos. You end up with both a written critique and a marked-up image your team can act on at a glance.

Setting Up Your Mobbin Connection

Connecting Mobbin to Manus requires a paid Mobbin plan (Pro or Team) and takes just a few clicks.

1. Open your Manus workspace and navigate to the Connectors tab.
2. Select the Mobbin connector and click "Connect."
3. Follow the prompts to sign in and authorize secure access to your Mobbin account. Your credentials and data remain under your control. Manus only accesses the Mobbin library when you explicitly authorize it for a task. The connector is strictly read-only. It cannot edit, delete, or manage your saved collections. You can monitor or revoke access at any time from your Manus Connectors settings.

Common Questions

Q: What do I need to connect Mobbin to Manus?
A: A paid Mobbin plan (Pro or Team). Once that is in place, you connect and authorize access from the Connectors tab in your Manus workspace.

Q: Can Manus change or delete anything in my Mobbin account?
A: No. The connection is strictly read-only. Manus can read screens, flows, and sections, but it cannot edit, delete, or manage your saved collections, and you can revoke access at any time.

Q: What can Manus actually build from the research?
A: Whatever you ask for, including a coded app, a stakeholder slide deck, an industry analysis with a spreadsheet and a hosted site, or a marked-up critique of a design you already have.

Q: Which apps does Manus pull references from?
A: It surfaces real, shipped screens from leading apps across the categories you research. References returned through the connector link back to their source for verification.

Q: Who can use this connector?
A: Any Manus user who connects an eligible paid Mobbin plan. Manus only accesses the connector after you explicitly authorize it for a task.

Stop Guessing What Works

On its own, Mobbin answers the design question, and Manus on its own can build whatever you describe. Connecting them puts the research and the work in one place, so the proven screen you found becomes the app you ship, the deck you present, or the critique you hand back, without a handoff in between. You decide what to make and which patterns to trust, Mobbin supplies the credible references, and Manus turns them into the finished thing. Your data stays yours, the connector reads from the Mobbin library only when you authorize a task and never writes to it, and you can revoke access at any time. Connect your account and start building from what already works.

Manus only accesses 3rd party connectors you have already authorized. No new permissions are granted automatically. AI-generated outputs may contain errors. Users should independently verify any data, screenshots, or recommendations before finalizing designs or deployments.

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Take Control of How Your App Runs

Not every website works the same way.

When you build a standard landing page, traffic might spike during a launch and then drop to zero overnight. But when you build a live-streaming dashboard, a real-time webcam viewer, or a Discord bot, your server needs to stay awake 24/7, holding connections open and processing data without interruption.

Traditionally, moving a project from a standard auto-scaling setup to an always-on persistent server meant dealing with complex cloud configurations, adjusting deployment pipelines, and managing infrastructure.

With the introduction of Hosting Modes in Manus Website Builder, you can now toggle between a flexible, cost-efficient server and a dedicated, always-on engine with a single click.

Hosting Modes give you the power to dictate exactly how your web application behaves behind the scenes. Whether you are optimizing for zero-cost downtime or ensuring a continuous data stream never drops, you can choose the engine that fits your build.

Two Engines for Different Workloads

• Autoscale (The Smart Default): This mode scales from zero to five instances based on traffic. It is incredibly cost-efficient because you are billed only for active request duration—when your site is idle, it costs $0.
• Reserved (The Always-On Engine): This mode runs on a single persistent instance. There are no cold starts, no request timeouts, and the server stays warm continuously. It is built for workloads that cannot afford to sleep.

Pick the Right Mode for Your Build

The real power of Hosting Modes lies in matching the server to the project. If you are only using Autoscale, you might be missing out on building entirely different categories of applications. Here's a quick gut-check for each.

Stick with Autoscale when your app responds on request.

It's the right fit when traffic comes in bursts and the server can rest in between:

1. A product landing page or portfolio that sees a spike during a launch, then sits idle overnight at $0.
2. A dashboard or internal reporting tool that only computes when someone opens it.
3. A form-based app or lightweight API that fires a response per click and never needs to stay awake.

Switch to Reserved when your app has to stay awake.

It's built for anything that holds a live connection or runs in the background:

1. A live-streaming dashboard pushing scores, prices, or telemetry to viewers in real time.
2. A real-time webcam viewer that keeps a continuous video feed open without dropping the connection.
3. A chatbot or background worker (think a Discord bot or a message queue) that needs to run and listen 24/7.

How to Switch Your Hosting Mode

Changing your hosting engine takes seconds, and you don't need to touch a single line of code.

1. Open the Hosting mode dialog from your published project's settings.
2. Compare the two cards—Autoscale for everyday sites and general workloads, or Reserved for background jobs, long-running tasks, and persistent connections.
3. Pick the mode you want and click Save. (Need the fine print? Tap View full specs in documentation right inside the dialog.)

Availability

Hosting Modes are available now for all users. Each account includes a complimentary monthly $10 budget of credits shared between hosting and database cloud usage.

Common Questions About Hosting Modes

Q: Will my site go offline when I switch hosting modes? A: No. Manus handles the transition smoothly behind the scenes, ensuring your application remains accessible while the new hosting configuration is applied.

Q: How much does the Reserved mode cost? A: Reserved hosting is billed by actual CPU and memory consumption, up to approximately $36/month at full utilization. Remember, your $10 monthly complimentary credit applies toward this usage.

Q: Can I use WebSockets on Autoscale? A: While possible, it is not recommended. Autoscale instances spin down when idle, which will drop persistent WebSocket connections. For real-time features, you should use Reserved mode.

Build Beyond the Basics

Hosting Modes are more than just a technical toggle; they are an invitation to build more ambitious applications. We are excited to see the real-time tools, bots, and streaming platforms you create next.

References

• [1] Manus Documentation: Publishing & Hosting Modes - https://manus.im/docs/website-builder/publishing#hosting-modes
• [2] Introducing Manus Projects - https://manus.im/blog/manus-projects

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How You Normally Do It vs. How You Can Do It With Manus

For most non-designers, creating visual assets involves juggling multiple steps. You start with an idea in a document, search for inspiration, open a design tool, hunt for a template, and then spend time manually placing text and adjusting layouts. If you need to turn a blog post into a social media carousel or generate event invitations for multiple clients, getting those assets ready across different platforms takes dedicated time and attention.

The Canva connector changes that reality. By linking your Canva workspace directly to Manus, you bring core design capabilities into your chat window. Manus can generate new designs from scratch, repurpose written content into multi-slide visuals, and even turn repeatable design tasks into reusable Skills you call with a single command.

Once you connect and authorize access, Manus can assist with creating, editing, resizing, and organizing your visual library within your Canva workspace. You stay in control of what it can access, and you can revoke permissions at any time.

The Workflow | How You Normally Do It | How You Can Do It With Manus

Content Repurposing | You copy-paste blog excerpts into text boxes, manually hunting for icons and images for each slide of a carousel. | Manus reads your blog, extracts the key points, and generates a fully designed, multi-slide carousel.

Repeatable Design Tasks | Each new invitation requires providing the full brief again, including event details, style preferences, and color choices. | You call a saved Manus Skill, fill in the details once, and receive 3 design options with editable Canva links.

Format Adaptation | You redesign a square social post into a vertical story and a horizontal banner, adjusting layouts each time. | Manus resizes the original design into multiple platform-specific dimensions and organizes them in a new folder.

What the Connector Can Actually Do

The Canva connector exposes a full set of design tools inside Manus. Understanding what is available helps you write better prompts and build more ambitious workflows.

Design Generation.

Manus can generate entirely new designs from a text description. You describe the visual you want, including format, color palette, and text, and Canva produces an editable design you can refine further. Available on all Canva plans.

Editing Transactions.

Manus can apply targeted modifications to existing designs through natural language commands. You can ask it to translate text across every page, change the tone of a deck, add recurring elements like page numbers, or update specific sections. The edits are applied programmatically while preserving your layout and formatting. Available on all Canva plans.

Template and Design Discovery.

Manus can search your Canva workspace by title or keyword and retrieve the full content of any design. For Enterprise users, it can also search and retrieve brand templates that your Canva role has permission to access, presenting the options directly in the chat so you can choose before proceeding. Available on all plans for general search; Enterprise for brand template search.

Resize and Reformat.

A single design can be resized into preset or custom dimensions. This is the fastest path from one asset to many: a square post becomes a story, a banner, and a presentation slide without manual layout work. Available on Pro plans and above.

Import and Export.

Manus can import external files (PDFs, PowerPoints, Word documents) into Canva as editable designs, and export finished designs as PNG, PDF, MP4, or PowerPoint files. Available on all plans.

2 Ways to Put the Canva Connector to Work

1. The Full Loop: Research, Write, and Repurpose

The most powerful workflows connect multiple capabilities. Instead of treating design as an isolated step, you can chain it to the content creation process. In this workflow, you ask Manus to research a topic, write a blog post, and immediately repurpose that post into a visual social media carousel for distribution.

Use Case Playback:

Prompt:

"I want to create a content package about 'The Impact of Autonomous AI on Retail.' First, use Wide Research to find the latest trends and statistics on this topic. Second, write a 600-word blog post based on those findings. Finally, act as my design team: read the blog post you just wrote, extract the 5 most compelling points, and use the Canva connector to generate a 7-slide LinkedIn carousel (1 title slide, 5 content slides, 1 CTA slide). Use a modern, dark-mode tech aesthetic with neon green accents. Generate the design and send me the link so I can review it."

Manus assists across the content pipeline. It gathers the facts, drafts the narrative, and translates the written word into a structured, editable visual asset. You skip past the blank canvas phase and start your work at the review stage, with the Canva link ready for final tweaks.

2. Create a Reusable Invitation Generator Skill

If you regularly produce event designs for clients, you can turn the entire workflow into a reusable Manus Skill. Once created, anyone on your team can call it with a single command, fill in the event details, and receive three distinct invitation options with direct Canva links to edit and finalize each one.

Use Case Playback:

Prompt (to create the skill):

"Create a Manus Skill called /invitation-generator. When called, it should ask the user for: Event Type, Names, Date, Venue, Style Keywords (with examples like 'romantic, floral, minimalist, bold'), and Color Preferences. Once the user provides the details, use the Canva connector to generate 3 different invitation designs based on those inputs. Export each design as a PNG preview and provide the editable Canva link for each one so the user can open their favorite directly in Canva to refine and finalize."

Once the skill is saved, calling /invitation-generator walks you through the inputs and delivers three design options, each with a direct link to open and edit in Canva. You pick the direction you like best, click through to Canva, and make any final adjustments there. It turns a repeatable creative task into a two-minute conversation.

Save the skill below, and upload it on Manus to try it out yourself!

Download skill here.

Cross-Capability Pairings

The Canva connector is most powerful when you combine it with other Manus capabilities and connectors. Here is how Canva fits into broader workflows.

The Pairing | The Workflow Outcome

Canva + Wide Research | Manus researches a topic across multiple sources, synthesizes the findings, and generates a visual summary or infographic in Canva using visuals from Canva's licensed media library.

Canva + Skills | You save a reusable Manus Skill that generates multiple Canva designs on demand, turning a repeatable creative task into a single command.

Canva + Notion | Manus pulls Canva project data (design status, comments, file links) and organizes it into a Notion database for project tracking and team visibility.

Canva + Scheduled Tasks | Manus runs a recurring workflow that pulls fresh data weekly, generates an updated Canva report design, and exports the visual to a shared folder on a set schedule.

Connecting Your Canva Account

Getting started requires just a few clicks to authorize the connection.

1. Open your Manus workspace and navigate to the Connectors tab.
2. Select the Canva connector and click "Connect."
3. Follow the prompts to authorize secure access to your Canva account.

Your credentials and data remain under your control. Manus accesses only the Canva assets you explicitly authorize for each task. Your design files and workspace data are encrypted in transit and at rest, and are not retained after task completion. You can monitor, manage, or revoke access at any time from your Manus Connectors settings.

From Copy-Paste to Creative Direction

The Canva connector changes your role in the creative process. Instead of spending your time on text placement, template searches, and repeating the same brief for each new project, you step into the role of creative director. You define the message, the audience, and the format. Manus handles the execution layer: researching the content, generating the initial designs, and running the repeatable workflows that make your team faster. Your visual library grows faster, stays more consistent, and costs less effort to maintain. Connect your account and start your design process faster than ever.

Disclaimers

1. Connector Permissions: Manus only accesses third-party connectors and workspaces that you have explicitly authorized. No new permissions or data access rights are granted automatically.
2. Output Verification: AI-generated designs, layouts, and translations may contain errors. Users should independently verify any generated assets before publishing or sharing them publicly.

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Zoom meetings hold decisions, customer feedback, objections, and follow-ups.

The Zoom connector helps Manus turn the meetings you can access into answers, recurring updates, and shared team knowledge.

The useful part of a meeting often comes later

A meeting rarely ends when the call ends. Someone still needs to find the customer quote, confirm the decision, write the follow-up, or explain what changed to the rest of the team.

That work is usually slow because meeting context is scattered. A transcript may have the quote. Notes may have the decision. The recording may have the nuance. The follow-up may depend on someone remembering the right moment.

The Zoom connector gives Manus a clearer place to start. When Zoom is connected, Manus can work with meetings and meeting assets your connected account can access, then help you summarize, search, organize, and reuse that context after the call.

Start with one meeting

The simplest use case is also the most common: you know a meeting happened, but you do not want to rewatch it or scan the notes.

Ask Manus a direct question about a meeting you can access. It can summarize the call, list follow-ups, pull out key quotes, or help you draft the next message.

1. Connect Zoom to Manus.
2. Choose a meeting or describe the meeting you want Manus to review.
3. Ask for the output you need, such as a summary, follow-up list, customer quote, or product request.

Example prompt:

“Summarize my last customer call from Zoom. List the main pain points, follow-ups, and product requests. Include source links if they are available.”

Make repeated review automatic

Some meeting work repeats every week. Product teams review customer calls. Sales teams look for objections. Customer success teams track risks and follow-ups. The question is not new each time; only the meetings are.

For recurring work, ask Manus to review a defined set of accessible meetings on a schedule and prepare an update. You can choose the meeting scope, timing, and destination, then review the first outputs before sharing them broadly.

1. Define the scope, such as customer calls, sales demos, onboarding calls, or project meetings.
2. Choose the rhythm, such as every weekday afternoon or every Friday morning.
3. Choose the destination, such as Slack, email, a Zoom Doc, or a project note.
4. Review the early outputs and refine the prompt if needed.

Example prompt:

“Every Friday, review the accessible Zoom calls from this week that mention onboarding. Summarize repeated themes, include useful customer quotes, and draft a short update for the product and growth teams.”

Let patterns surface across calls

One meeting can answer a question. Many meetings can show a trend.

When your team has enough calls, Manus can help group repeated requests, objections, decisions, and themes. That makes Zoom useful not only as a record of what happened, but as a source for trackers, charts, documents, and project knowledge.

1. Pick a question worth tracking over time, such as feature requests, sales objections, support risks, or open project decisions.
2. Ask Manus to review the relevant accessible meetings.
3. Group repeated themes and include source links when available.
4. Save the result as a tracker, chart, document, or project knowledge base.

What Manus can work with

Manus can use meeting assets that exist and that the connected Zoom account can access. Depending on the meeting, that may include summaries, transcripts, recordings, notes, Zoom Docs, agendas, whiteboards, participant information, or basic meeting metadata.

This access boundary matters. Manus cannot use assets that do not exist, were not generated, or have not been shared with the connected account.

With the right context available, Manus can help you:

• Find the important moment: Search for a topic, quote, decision, or follow-up.
• Turn context into action: Draft follow-up emails, team updates, trackers, charts, or documents.
• Keep teams aligned: Bring customer feedback, sales objections, and project decisions into a shared workflow.
• Make recurring work easier: Convert repeated meeting review into a daily or weekly update.

Available where your workspace enables it

The Zoom connector is available when it is enabled for your Manus workspace and connected to a Zoom account. Results depend on the connected account’s permissions and on which meeting assets exist for each call.

Common Questions / FAQ

Q: Can Manus access all of my team’s Zoom meetings?
A: No. Manus can only work with meetings and assets that the connected Zoom account is allowed to access.

Q: Does every Zoom meeting have a transcript or summary?
A: No. Availability depends on how the meeting was set up and what Zoom generated.

Q: Can Manus summarize meetings automatically every day or every week?
A: Yes. You can set up a recurring workflow to review accessible meetings and create a daily or weekly update.

Q: Can I review the output before it is shared?
A: Yes. Review-before-posting is the safest default for new workflows.

Meetings should become shared memory

The Zoom connector starts from a practical idea: meetings should stay useful after they happen. By bringing meeting context into Manus, teams can turn calls into searchable records, recurring updates, and knowledge that keeps improving over time.

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You can now connect multiple Gmail and Google Calendar accounts on Manus and use them across your tasks and Projects.

Before, Google account access was more limited. For Teams users, the connected Google account was the one tied to the Manus account. In other cases, users could only work with one Google account at a time.

Now, you can connect the accounts you actually use: work, personal, client, team, or project accounts. When a task needs email or calendar access, Manus can use the relevant accounts for context and take action from the account you choose.

In simple terms: bring the right inboxes and calendars into the task, then choose where Manus acts from.

Why This Matters

Most people do not work from a single inbox or calendar anymore. Your work meetings may live in one calendar, personal commitments in another, and client conversations in a separate Gmail account.

When those accounts are disconnected, the work becomes manual. You switch tabs, compare calendars, copy details between accounts, and make sure the final email or calendar invite comes from the right place.

With multiple Gmail and Google Calendar accounts connected, Manus can help you work across those accounts more naturally. You stay in control of which accounts are connected and which account should be used for the final action.

Use Cases

Coordinate Across Work and Personal Calendars

If your availability is split across calendars, Manus can help check them together before scheduling. For example, you can ask Manus to look at your work and personal calendars, find open time, and draft a scheduling reply from your work Gmail account.

This helps reduce double-booking without forcing you to compare calendars manually.

Manage Client Work From the Right Account

If you work with clients, you may have separate inboxes or calendars for different projects. Manus can help review the right client inbox, summarize what needs attention, and prepare a follow-up from the account you choose.

You can use context from multiple places while keeping the final response tied to the right identity.

Run Better Recurring Workflows

Multiple accounts also make scheduled tasks more useful. A weekly planning task might need your work calendar, personal calendar, and project inbox. A client update might need a client Gmail account and a project calendar.

As long as the scheduled task is set up clearly and says which accounts are needed, Manus can use those accounts when the task runs.

How to Use It Well

The best prompts are simple and specific. Tell Manus which accounts matter, what you want it to look at, and which account it should use when taking action.

For example:

Check my work and personal calendars for availability next week, then draft a meeting reply from my work Gmail account.

Or:

Review the latest emails from my client inbox, summarize the open action items, and schedule a follow-up using my project calendar.

You do not need to over-explain. Just make the account context clear.

FAQ

Can multiple accounts be in context at the same time?

Yes. Multiple connected Gmail and Google Calendar accounts can be used in the same task when the task needs them.

For example, Manus can use more than one inbox for context, check more than one calendar for availability, or combine email and calendar context across accounts.

What happens if I do not specify an account?

Manus will follow the context and instructions in the task.

If the task clearly indicates which accounts are needed, Manus can use those accounts. This also applies to scheduled tasks. If you set up a scheduled task clearly and include the accounts it should use, those accounts can be used consistently when the schedule runs.

If there could be confusion, it is best to specify the account directly.

Can I use different accounts in different sessions?

Yes. You can use different connected accounts in different contexts, including individual tasks, Projects, and scheduled tasks.

For example, one Project can use your team and work accounts, another Project can use a client account, and a scheduled task can be configured around the accounts needed for that recurring workflow.

Can I choose which account Manus acts from?

Yes. When Manus takes action, such as drafting or sending an email, or creating a calendar event, you can choose the connected account it should use.

This lets Manus use the right context while keeping the final action in the right place.

The Bottom Line

You can now connect multiple Gmail and Google Calendar accounts on Manus instead of being limited to a single Google account.

That means less account switching, better context, and more control over where Manus takes action from.

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If your team uses Airtable, it is likely the operational heartbeat of your work. It holds the structured data that runs your sales pipelines, inventory trackers, content calendars, and client projects. But maintaining that system of record often means spending hours interpreting data, cross-referencing information, and running routine updates. When database maintenance begins to compete with the actual work it tracks, keeping records updated can become a time-consuming administrative task.
The Airtable connector changes that dynamic. Once you connect and grant permission, you can move from manually managing cells to having an assistant that queries, aggregates, and updates your records for you. You start with a natural language request, and Manus interacts directly with your bases to keep your operations running smoothly.

The Manual Way vs. The Manus Way

The Workflow | The Manual Way | The Manus Way
Pipeline Enrichment | Manually researching prospects across company websites and news platforms to find recent funding or product launches, then typing notes into each record. | Manus uses Wide Research to scan the web for recent signals on your prospects, updating your Airtable base with contextual notes.
Inventory Reconciliation | Manually parsing PDF invoices to extract stock levels, or configuring dedicated multi-step document-parsing pipelines to push data into your inventory base. | With your authorization, Manus can process incoming vendor invoices or PDF stock sheets that you share, extract the updated numbers, and stage them for database updates.
Campaign Reporting | Exporting raw engagement data pulled via API, manually calculating ROI across platforms, and building slides to present the results. | Manus analyzes the raw campaign data already in your base, calculates cross-platform performance, and uses Slides Generation to build a presentation-ready report.
Executive Reporting | Exporting raw data into spreadsheets to manually build charts and write summaries for leadership. | Manus pulls the specific records from your base and builds a live, hosted visual Dashboard you can share right away.

Setting Up Your Airtable Connection
Unlike some connectors that use a standard login flow, Airtable uses Personal Access Tokens (PATs) to give you precise control over what data Manus can access. This means you decide exactly which bases Manus can read, which ones it can write to, and which remain completely private.

Here is how to set it up:
Step 1:
Open the Airtable Developer Hub. Navigate to airtable.com/create/tokens and click "Create token."
Step 2:
Name your token. Give it a clear label like "Manus Integration" so you can identify it later.
Step 3:
Choose your scopes. Scopes determine what Manus is allowed to do. Here is a quick breakdown of what each one controls:
Scope | What It Allows
data.records:read | Read records from your tables
data.records:write | Create or update records (Note: Manus cannot delete records)
schema.bases:read | See the structure of your bases and tables
schema.bases:write | Create new tables, fields, or entirely new bases
data.recordComments:read | Read comments on records
data.recordComments:write | Add comments to records
workspacesAndBases:read | List available workspaces and bases
webhook:manage | Manage webhook subscriptions

If you only want Manus to pull data and generate reports without changing anything, you can skip the "write" scopes entirely. If you want Manus to update records or create new ones, include the write scopes for the relevant categories.
Step 4:
Select which bases to grant access to. You can choose individual bases, entire workspaces, or all current and future bases. For most setups, granting access to specific bases keeps things tightly scoped.
Step 5:
Copy and connect. Copy the generated token, open the Connectors menu in Manus, find Airtable, and paste your token to connect.

Manus only operates within the boundaries you have set. You can always return to the Developer Hub to add more bases, remove access, or regenerate the token if needed.
Manus only accesses connectors you have already authorized. No new permissions are granted automatically.

3 Ways to Put Your Airtable Data to Work
Once connected, here are three workflows that show how Manus pairs your Airtable data with its other capabilities to handle multi-step tasks.

1. Enrich a Pipeline with Live Web Context
   If you manage a pipeline of leads, clients, or candidates, your Airtable base is likely filled with names and stages. Having the name is easy, but having the context to make a meaningful connection requires manual research. Someone has to look up recent news, funding rounds, or portfolio updates for every prospect on the list.
   You can hand that research and updating process to Manus.
   Prompt: "I need to enrich our pipeline base in Airtable. Look at the 'Target Accounts' view and filter for companies tagged as 'Cold Lead.' Use Wide Research to find the most recent major news event, product launch, or funding round for each company. Update the 'Recent Context' field in their Airtable records with a one-sentence summary. Then generate a brief list here in the chat highlighting the ones with the most significant recent growth signals."
   Manus pulls the names from your base, browses the web to find their current business context, and updates the specific fields in your Airtable records. You get a refreshed database and a prioritized list of hot leads, without opening a single new tab.

2. Reconcile Records from Incoming Emails
   For teams managing physical products or complex logistics, keeping records updated is a constant battle against stale data. Because Airtable does not natively extract text from PDFs, getting data out of supplier invoices or shipping manifests typically requires configuring dedicated document-parsing pipelines or manually copying the numbers into your master base.
   You can streamline this process by connecting Manus to both your inbox and your database.
   Prompt: "Check my Gmail for the latest email from our supplier with the subject line containing 'Weekly Stock Report.' Extract the updated quantity numbers for the items listed in the attached PDF. Then, go into our inventory Airtable base, find those items, and update the 'Current Stock' field for each one. Use Data and Spreadsheets analysis to calculate the variance between our previous stock levels and the new delivery quantities, and post a summary of any items where the variance is unusually high."
   Manus reads the incoming report, identifies the relevant items, and updates the Airtable records based on the data in the PDF. It then runs the variance analysis, giving you immediate visibility into any stock issues without the manual data entry or additional document-parsing setup.

3. Turn Raw Campaign Data into Presentation-Ready Reports
   Many teams use API integrations to automatically pull performance metrics from social platforms directly into Airtable. But having the raw data is only the first step. To understand how an influencer campaign actually performed, someone still has to aggregate those metrics across different platforms, calculate overall engagement rates, spot performance trends, and build a report to share with stakeholders.
   Instead of exporting that data into a spreadsheet to build charts manually, you can ask Manus to analyze it and generate the final deliverable.
   Prompt: "Look at our 'Campaign Tracking' Airtable base. Review the records for the 'Summer Launch' campaign. Analyze the raw metrics pulled from the social platforms to calculate the total cross-platform reach, average engagement rate, and cost-per-engagement for each influencer. Identify the top three performing posts. Then, use Slides Generation to create a 5-slide campaign wrap-up presentation summarizing these insights, and save it to my Google Drive."
   Manus processes the raw data already sitting in your base, performs the necessary calculations to find the insights, and builds a presentation for your team to review. It bridges the gap between raw data collection and actionable reporting.
   Note: If you want Manus to confirm before making changes to your base, you can include "ask me before updating any records" in your prompt. Manus will show you what it plans to write and wait for your approval.

Pair It With the Rest of Your Stack
The Airtable connector is useful on its own for reading and updating records, but it becomes significantly more powerful when you pair it with other Manus capabilities and connectors.

The Pairing | What It Does
Airtable + Wide Research | Manus reads a list of companies or contacts from your base, researches each one across the web, and writes the findings back as new fields or updated records.
Airtable + Google Drive Connector | Manus saves outputs like reports, exports, or summaries directly to a specific folder in your Google Drive, or pulls reference documents from Drive to inform how it updates your Airtable records.
Airtable + Slides Generation | Manus reads structured data from your base (quarterly results, project statuses, campaign metrics) and generates a presentation-ready slide deck.
Airtable + Scheduled Tasks | Manus runs a recurring workflow on a set schedule, keeping your base current without manual intervention.
Airtable + Dashboard creation | Manus pulls records from your base and builds a live, hosted visual dashboard you can share with your team or leadership.

The Database Becomes the Agent
For years, the goal of a good database was simply to hold accurate information. If it was organized and searchable, it did its job. But a database that just sits there is only half the equation. The real value is not in storing the data, but in acting on it.
Connecting Airtable to Manus shifts your database from a static storage unit into an active participant in your work. It stops being a place where you go to type things in, and starts being the engine that drives your research, emails, and reporting. Your credentials and data stay yours, and Manus only accesses what you authorize for the task at hand. The structure you have already built in Airtable remains exactly the same. The only difference is that now, you have an agent doing the heavy lifting inside it.

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Notion is where your team thinks

It's where strategy gets documented, decisions get recorded, and plans take shape. But documentation isn't execution. The distance between a well-written Notion page and the work actually getting done is still filled with manual steps, context-switching, and copy-paste.

When you connect Manus to Notion, that dynamic flips. Notion stops being just a place where information lives and becomes a place where work happens. Because once you connect and grant permission, Manus can read your database schemas, write structured data, search across your workspace, and update pages in real time, turning your workspace into an active partner that handles the execution for you. You can learn more about the technical details on the Notion connector feature page.

Here is a look at what it takes to manage workflows today, compared to what happens when you hand them off to Manus.

What It Takes Today What Manus Does Instead Manual Data Entry. Copy-pasting research from ten different tabs into a Notion table, formatting each column by hand. Structured Generation. With your authorization, Manus runs the research, reads your Notion database schema, and populates the rows highly formatted. Static Reporting. Manually exporting Notion tables to CSV every Friday to compile charts for the Monday sync. Live Reporting. Manus reads the Notion database directly, builds a live dashboard, and refreshes it on a schedule. Lost Action Items. Typing "@name" in a meeting doc and hoping they see the notification before the deadline. Automated Delegation. Manus reads the transcript, finds the right users, creates assigned tasks in the team database, and leaves a summary comment.

Why the Notion Connector Goes Further Than a Sync

The Manus Notion connector operates by using the same primitives a Notion power user would, but at agent speed. It does not just pull your pages into a chat window to summarize them.

Manus can build new databases from scratch, complete with custom schemas and properties. It can create custom views (like boards, timelines, or charts) tailored to how your team works. It can search across connected sources like Slack or GitHub, map data to specific user profiles, and open discussion threads on specific blocks of text. It is not just reading your workspace. It is actively building and maintaining it.

Setup Is Mostly About Permissions

Before you can ask Manus to manage your workspace, you need to authorize the connection. The setup process is designed to keep you in control of exactly what Manus can access.

1. Open your Manus workspace and navigate to the Connectors tab.
2. Toggle on the Notion connector and click "Connect."
3. Select the specific Notion workspace you want to link.
4. Choose the exact pages and databases Manus is allowed to access. With granular permission controls, you decide exactly which projects to share, keeping the rest of your workspace private.
5. Start a new prompt that asks Manus to query or update one of those authorized pages.

Below are three ways to use that connection to change how your team operates.

1. Put Trend Research on Autopilot

Staying on top of industry trends usually means a messy page of links that gets updated once a quarter and ignored the rest of the year. When you need to brainstorm a new campaign, the pain is not finding the trends. The pain is structuring the research so it is actually useful before the meeting.

Instead of manually checking social platforms and industry blogs, you can set up a workflow where Manus builds and maintains a structured trend library for you. Using your own authorized access to public platforms, you can direct Manus to run the analysis safely.

I prompt:

"Run Wide Research on the latest B2B marketing trends across publicly available information on social media from the last seven days. I need to know the core trend, an example link, and a potential marketing angle for our product. Create a new Notion database called 'Trend Library' with columns for Trend Name, Platform, Example Link, and Angle. Then, create a Gallery view grouped by platform. Finally, set up a scheduled task to run this exact research again every Monday at 9am and add any new findings as new rows."

Manus handles the entire sequence. It uses Wide Research to process the platforms in parallel, pulling the latest viral content and analysis. Then, using the Notion MCP (the protocol that lets connectors expose tools to Manus), it builds the database with the exact schema requested. It populates the rows, generates the Gallery view, and registers a recurring task. Every Monday morning, your Notion database updates itself with fresh, actionable insights.

1. Cross-Reference History to Build a Client Proposal

When you step out of a discovery call with a client, the next step is usually writing a proposal. The friction is not writing the document itself. The friction is hunting down the context. You have to dig through Notion for the client's historical account notes, find the technical specs from a previous project, and manually weave that old context into the new meeting minutes to build a proposal that actually makes sense.

Instead of manually tracking down scattered historical records across your workspace, you can hand the raw meeting minutes to Manus and ask it to run the cross-referencing for you.

I prompt:

"Here are the raw minutes from my discovery call with the Acme Corp team. Use the Notion connector to search our workspace for the 'Acme Corp Account History' page and the 'Q1 Technical Specs' database. Read both of those sources to understand their past pain points and current infrastructure. Then, synthesize that historical context with today's meeting minutes to write a highly specific, client-facing project proposal. Create a new Notion page in the 'External Proposals' folder, format it cleanly with headers and callout blocks, and leave a comment tagging me when it is ready for review."

Manus takes the raw minutes and uses the connector's semantic search to locate the specific historical pages and databases in your workspace. It reads the past context, synthesizes it with the new requirements, and executes a page-creation command to build the proposal. Because it understands Notion's formatting primitives, the final document is not a wall of text. It is a structured page with proper headers, formatted callout blocks for key deliverables, and a page-level comment waiting for your approval.

1. Replace the Monday Pipeline Spreadsheet With a Live Dashboard

Notion is excellent for tracking data, like an early-stage sales pipeline, but it is not a business intelligence tool. When leadership needs a high-level view of the pipeline before the Monday sync, operations teams usually end up exporting Notion tables to a spreadsheet to build a pivot table.

Instead of moving the data, you can have Manus read the Notion database directly, run the calculations, and build a visual dashboard that sits right inside your workspace.

I prompt:

"Look at our 'Q3 Sales Pipeline' database in Notion. Read the database to calculate the total weighted pipeline value using the probability rollups, find the win rate by sales rep, and identify the top five deals currently stuck in the 'Negotiation' stage. Build a native chart view in the database showing the win rates. Then, build a Manus Dashboard with a table for the stuck deals, write a short executive summary of these findings, and update the 'Weekly Pulse' Notion page with that text so the leadership team can read it before the sync."

Manus uses the connector to read your Notion data source directly, pulling the exact figures needed. It uses the view configuration language to embed a native chart directly into your Notion page. It generates a live Dashboard for you to review, and uses the update-page tool to push the written narrative back into your workspace. If you need to present this data live, you could even ask Manus to run Slides Generation to turn those insights into a deck.

An Agent That Understands Structure

A real AI Agent does not just read text. It understands structure. When an Agent can read a database schema, build new tables, map data to specific user profiles, and create relational views, it stops being a chatbot and becomes a capable operator.

Because the Notion connector works directly with your workspace, it respects the organization you have already built. It does not force you to move your data into a new tool. It simply sits alongside you, handling the manual execution so you can focus on the strategy. Automation should never mean losing control of your data. It should mean getting more out of the systems you already trust. Manus only accesses the pages and databases you have explicitly authorized, and you can revoke access at any time. As with any AI-generated output, it is always worth reviewing the results before sharing them externally.

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