Manus

Delegates long-running research and analysis tasks to an autonomous AI agent that runs asynchronously with parallel processing. You create a task via API, get back a task_id, then poll until it's done. Works well for market research, stock analysis, product comparisons, or anything requiring multi-source synthesis and report generation. Tasks can take 1-10+ minutes and produce markdown reports, CSVs, and charts. The agent profiles scale from lite (quick lookups) to max (deep research with complex reasoning). Honest take: if you're building something that needs to kick off substantial research without blocking, this handles the async orchestration so you don't have to babysit a long-running process yourself.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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$ npx -y skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill manus --agent claude-code

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Manus

Manus is an autonomous AI agent that handles complex tasks asynchronously. Particularly strong at deep research with parallel processing, web browsing, and generating comprehensive reports with data visualizations.

When to Use Manus

Deep research - Market analysis, competitive landscaping, product comparisons
Stock/financial analysis - Company research, technical analysis, price charts
Product research - Feature comparisons across brands, specs analysis
Report generation - Creates markdown reports, CSVs, charts, and visualizations
Multi-source synthesis - Gathers and combines information from multiple websites
Long-running tasks - Anything taking 1-10+ minutes of autonomous work

Research Prompt Examples

Effective research prompts are specific about scope, sources, and desired output:

Product comparison:

Find the best 4K monitors for Mac with Thunderbolt connectivity and 120Hz+ refresh rate.
Focus on BenQ, Samsung, Dell, LG. Only include models released in the last year.
Compare specs, prices, and Mac-specific features. Output a comparison table.

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