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What Companions Can Do

Work While You Are Away

Difficultybeginner
Duration12 min
Steps4

Work While You Are Away

The most powerful Companion capability: working for you automatically, even when you are not actively browsing.

Turn Companion Actions Into Workflows

Anything you can ask your Companion to do once, you can turn into a repeatable workflow:
  • Research tasks that you run regularly
  • Data extraction from pages you monitor
  • Actions you take on the same sites every day
Once you have a workflow you like, you can save it and run it again with one click—or automatically.

Set Triggers From Anywhere in the Browser

Triggers let you start workflows based on events:
  • When you visit a certain website
  • When a page you are monitoring changes
  • When you receive a notification
  • When specific content appears or disappears
For example:
  • "When I visit LinkedIn, remind me to check my messages"
  • "When this job board has new listings, alert me"
  • "When this product comes back in stock, let me know"

Run Tasks on Schedules or Based on Changes

Your Companion can work on a schedule:
  • "Check this page every morning at 9 AM"
  • "Send me a weekly summary of news about [topic]"
  • "Monitor this price and alert me if it drops below $100"
Or respond to changes:
  • "Alert me when this article is updated"
  • "Tell me when new comments are posted"
  • "Watch for changes to this competitor's pricing page"
You tell your Companion what to do and when. It handles the rest.

Example: Monitoring a Website and Acting Automatically

Imagine you want to be the first to know when a limited product becomes available:
"Monitor this page. When the 'Add to Cart' button becomes available, add the product to my cart and alert me."
Your Companion will:
  1. Check the page periodically
  2. Detect when the product becomes available
  3. Add it to your cart automatically
  4. Send you a notification
You could be away from your computer entirely. Your Companion is watching and acting on your behalf.

You now understand the four core capabilities of your Companion:
Think with you — conversational intelligence with full context
Research for you — deep, parallel research across sources
Act for you — agent mode for hands-free automation
Work while you are away — triggers, schedules, and monitoring
The more you use these capabilities, the more time you will save. 🍓