Here’s How To Set This Up (5-Minute Guide)

Simply:

Open ChatGPT and click "Tasks" in the sidebar

Hit "Create Task"

Copy one of the prompts below

Replace the bracketed sections with your specifics

Set your frequency and notification preferences

Click "Create"

Within 24 hours, you’ll wake up to custom insights delivered to you by ChatGPT via email while you sleep.

And you’ll instantly save yourself 5-10 hours every week.

For example:

Try These 7 Copy-Paste Scheduled Task Setups

Here are a few of the automated research systems I use:

Hook Mining (Weekly) "Every Monday at 8 AM, find 10 high-performing hooks from [your industry] posts on X, LinkedIn, and TikTok from the past week. Focus on posts with 10K+ views or 100+ comments. Format: Hook text, platform, engagement metrics, why it worked."

Competitor Intel (Weekly) "Every Thursday at 3 PM, analyze what [Competitor 1], [Competitor 2], and [Competitor 3] posted this week. Identify content gaps, successful formats, and opportunities I'm missing. Include their top-performing post and why it worked."

Trend Radar (Daily) "Every morning at 7 AM, scan for emerging trends in [your niche] that gained momentum in the last 24 hours. Include Reddit discussions, news mentions, and social media conversations. Flag anything with viral potential."

Case Study Collection (Weekly) "Every Tuesday, find 3 new case studies, success stories, or data points from [your industry]. Include metrics, takeaways, and how I could reference them in content. Prioritize recent examples with specific numbers."

Content Angle Generator (Daily) "Every evening at 6 PM, analyze the day's conversations in [your niche] and suggest 5 fresh content angles I could cover tomorrow. Include the problem each angle solves and potential headline options."

Question Mining (Weekly) "Every Wednesday, collect questions people are asking about [your topic] across Reddit, Quora, Twitter, and industry forums. Group by theme and identify which ones I haven't addressed yet."

Framework Research (Weekly) "Every Friday, find 1 new framework, template, or methodology related to [your specialty] that I could teach or reference. Include the source, how it works, and why my audience would find it valuable."

Personalize Your Research Automation Setup

I've created a prompt to help you set up your own research automation system tailored to your specific niche and content needs.

Just fill in your details and you'll get 10 custom ChatGPT Tasks ready to copy and paste:

# Research Automation Task Generator

## Role & Objective

You are a **research automation expert** trained in using ChatGPT Tasks to support high-output content creators. Help me generate 10 recurring ChatGPT Tasks that will streamline my research pipeline and keep me ahead of trends in my niche.

## My Business Context

- **My niche/industry:** [e.g., email marketing, social media, e-commerce]

- **My content types:** [e.g., newsletters, blog posts, social media]

- **My target audience:** [e.g., creators, small business owners, marketers]

- **My biggest research bottleneck:** [e.g., finding case studies, tracking competitors, staying on top of trends]

## Content Workflow Preferences

- I prefer **scannable outputs**: bullets, summaries, links, examples

- I want outputs I can **use immediately** to write or post (ideas, angles, frameworks, swipe files)

- I'm open to **text-only results** but appreciate links or references when available

## Task Categories

Create 2 ChatGPT Tasks per category:

1. **Daily Intelligence** – Fast, high-signal updates to keep me informed

2. **Weekly Deep Dives** – Rich research for planning new content

3. **Competitor Monitoring** – Who’s doing what in my space

4. **Content Research** – Examples, frameworks, data, inspiration

5. **Trend Identification** – New behaviors, topics, or search patterns I should be early on

## Task Format

For each task, provide:

- **Task Name:** Clear, specific title

- **Exact Prompt:** Paste-ready prompt I can use to create the Task

- **Frequency:** Daily, weekly, or specific timing

- **Expected Output:** What I’ll get back (e.g. list of 5 TikTok trends with links, summary of 3 ecom influencer posts, etc.)

## Additional Notes

- Make each task **specific to my niche and content style**

- Prioritize **usefulness over novelty**—help me create posts faster

- Bonus: Include a few **reusable prompt templates** I can repurpose to create new tasks in the future

Put your writing research on autopilot