Hand Manus the coordination work around your Adobe craft, safely

Module 1Does Manus Fit Your Creative Work?4 lessons

1. 1What Manus Is and What It Can Reach

   • Describe what happens inside a Manus task sandbox
   • List the outputs Manus can return for a creative job
   • Explain why Manus cannot work inside PSD, AI, PRPROJ or Lightroom catalogue files
2. 2Who Runs Manus Today and Where It Works

   • State who operates Manus as of October 28, 2026
   • Name the three Manus 2.0 modes and when to use each
   • Check regional availability and platform requirements before committing a client job
3. 3Plans, Credits and What a Job Costs

   • Choose the plan a given creative job needs
   • Explain how credits are spent, reset and refunded
   • Verify current prices on manus.im/pricing before committing
4. 4Deciding Which Creative Jobs to Hand Manus

   • Sort a list of studio jobs into suits Manus, partly suits, and keep in Adobe or with a person
   • Spot jobs that would need confidential client material on a Free or Pro plan
   • Write a one-paragraph scope for your practice job

Module 2Setting Up Manus with the Least Access That Works5 lessons

1. 5Creating Your Account and Finding Your Way Around

   • Create a Manus account with a backup sign-in method
   • Locate Projects, Skills, Automations, Connectors and Agents in the sidebar
   • Run a first low-stakes test task in Lite
2. 6A Project for One Client Job

   • Create a Project for a single practice client job
   • Write a master instruction that states required versus optional elements and stop points
   • Upload only approved, non-confidential files to the Project knowledge base
3. 7Connectors: Read-Only and Only What the Job Needs

   • Connect one app with read-only scope
   • Choose which connectors a creative job should never use
   • Disconnect a connector and clear its saved login
4. 8Cloud Browser Logins and What Never to Upload

   • Turn off or review Cloud Browser login storage
   • List the material from your own work that must not be uploaded or connected
   • Handle a take-over request for a login or code yourself
5. 9My Computer on a Working-Copy Folder

   • Install Manus Studio on Windows or an Apple Silicon Mac
   • Authorize a single working-copy folder in My Computer
   • Approve or refuse a local command with Allow Once

Module 3Briefing a Long Task4 lessons

1. 10The Five-Part Prompt for a Creative Job

   • Write a five-part prompt for one task in your practice job
   • Rewrite a vague prompt into a specific one
   • Add agent-style phrases that make Manus ask instead of guess
2. 11The Long-Task Brief Template for Creative Jobs

   • Fill in the long-task brief template for your practice job
   • Specify sources Manus may and may not use
   • Require a source table, assumptions and open questions in the output
3. 12Plan Mode, Phases and Stop Points

   • Turn on Plan Mode and edit a proposed plan before approving it
   • Write stop points for sending, publishing, renaming and deleting
   • Read a phase status and decide whether to continue
4. 13Branch and Credit-Aware Working

   • Branch a session to produce a second deliverable without losing context
   • Split an oversized job into focused sub-tasks
   • Choose Lite, Manus 2.0 or Max for a given step

Module 4Project 1: Client Brief to Shot List and Asset Record3 lessons

1. 14Building the Asset Record

   • Generate an asset record with IDs, sources and permission status from a brief
   • Separate required from optional elements in the record
   • Add a client field for whether generated settings are accepted
2. 15Shot List with Release and Permission Flags

   • Prompt for a shot list with framing, lighting, deliverable and priority
   • Spot shots that need model or property releases
   • Reconcile the shot list against the asset record
3. 16Production Plan and Call-Sheet Draft

   • Draft a production plan with setups in order, gear and crew needs
   • Branch a call-sheet draft from the shot-list session
   • Require cited sources for weather, sunset and nearest hospital
   • Keep crew and talent details as placeholders

Module 5Project 2: Reference Research to a Direction Memo3 lessons

1. 17Briefing Reference Research One Row at a Time

   • Write a reference-research prompt with fixed fields per row
   • Explain when Wide Research will and won't switch on
   • Forbid downloading or reusing others' images
2. 18Writing the Direction Memo

   • Prompt for a one-page direction memo from the reference table
   • Check that each direction traces back to cited references
   • Mark what the work must avoid to stay original
3. 19Checking Sources and Catching Reference Drift

   • Open a sample of links and verify date, project and description
   • Spot a reference that has drifted from the brief
   • Log unverified items as open questions

Module 6Project 3: Shoot Preparation on Your Own Machine3 lessons

1. 20Rename Proposal Approved Before Running

   • Prompt for a rename proposal without any changes made
   • Review the first 10 proposed names and the command
   • Approve the rename with Allow Once only after checking
2. 21CSV Catalogue and Contact Sheet

   • Generate a catalogue CSV from the renamed folder
   • Create a contact-sheet PDF with filenames
   • Reconcile file counts before importing into Lightroom or Bridge
3. 22Captions, Keywords and Alt Text Against Agency Rules

   • Prompt for a metadata CSV keyed by filename
   • Check keywords and disclosures against a cited agency page
   • Correct metadata that describes what isn't visible

Module 7Project 4: Feedback to Change Log and Case Study3 lessons

1. 23Change Log from Scattered Feedback

   • Build a deduplicated change log from mixed feedback
   • List contradictions separately for client resolution
   • Draft, not send, a client reply
2. 24Case-Study Deck from Your Template

   • Import your .pptx template and build a deck from exports
   • Prompt for case-study copy that adds nothing beyond your notes
   • Mark client names for permission confirmation
3. 25Portfolio Site Previewed, Not Published

   • Build a site plan and preview from exports and notes
   • Check credits, crops and copy on the preview
   • Decide when you will publish and connect a domain

Module 8Scheduled Tasks and Team Use3 lessons

1. 26Scheduling a Weekly Change-Log Summary

   • Create a scheduled automation attached to your Project
   • Keep Skip confirmations off for anything reaching clients
   • Pause, test and review an automation's run history
2. 27Team Roles, Guests and Who Sees What

   • Assign Owner, Super Admin, Admin and Member roles
   • Add a Guest reviewer who can view and comment but not prompt
   • Explain to teammates that Super Admins can see all tasks
3. 28Sharing Links, Collaboration and Keeping Your Archive

   • Share a task with Team access instead of public access
   • Prepare a task before inviting a collaborator
   • Set up your own archive of deliverables

Module 9Checking the Work Before Anyone Relies on It3 lessons

1. 29Replay, Source Table and Opening Every File

   • Replay a session and list what was browsed, run and created
   • Test a sample of the source table
   • Open and check every output file
2. 30Three Separate Checks: Visual, Permissions, Technical

   • Run the three checks as separate passes with separate notes
   • Block a technically correct item that fails visual review or lacks a source
   • Compare deliverables against the brief and asset record
3. 31Sign-Off and Revising the Method

   • Record approve, return or hold for each item with a named approver
   • Write an exceptions list for open questions
   • Update the Project master instruction from what went wrong