---
title: "Create and Execute Tasks"
description: "A guide on how to create and execute tasks"
url: https://help.crono.one/en/articles/25-create-and-execute-tasks
collection: "Tasks"
updated: 2026-11-06
language: en
---

# Create and Execute Tasks

A guide on how to create and execute tasks

In the _Tasks_ section you'll find all your tasks laid out across the weekly calendar — both the automated ones Crono handles for you, and the manual ones that need your action.

Automated tasks carry a small "**Auto**" tag and look visually distinct from manual ones. You cannot open an automated task to edit it, but you can still select it to reschedule or skip it.

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Tasks either come from steps in your sequences, or are one-off tasks you create for a specific prospect.

## Creating a one-off task

Open the prospect's contact card and click **_New Task_**.

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Choose the type of task you want to create:

-   **Email**
    
-   **Call**
    
-   **LinkedIn Invitation**
    
-   **LinkedIn Message**
    
-   **LinkedIn InMail** — requires an active Sales Navigator licence
    
-   **LinkedIn Voice Note**
    
-   **LinkedIn Profile View**
    
-   **LinkedIn Like Last Post**
    
-   **To-do** — an internal reminder that sends nothing to the contact
    

Then set the date and time, and optionally pick a template.

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Give it a name and click **_Create_**. The task appears on your _Tasks_ page on the day you chose.

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A one-off task is **manual by default**.

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**NB**: if you do not complete a one-off task by its scheduled day, it moves to the **Overdue** section as a reminder rather than disappearing.

## Automated tasks

These are executed by Crono at the scheduled time, with no action from you. You can still select them to reschedule or skip.

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## Manual tasks

Click a manual task to open it. For an email task you can insert or change the template, edit the text, add recipients, and include people in Cc and Bcc.

Click _Send_ and the email goes out from your own inbox.

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LinkedIn tasks work the same way: open the task, choose or change the template, and click **_Send_** to send the invitation, message, InMail or voice note from your own LinkedIn profile.

If a task was due and nothing happened, see [A task did not run: what to check](https://help.crono.one/en/articles/99-a-task-did-not-run-what-to-check.md).