Manus for Creators: hand off the legwork and stay the author

Module 1Does Manus Fit Your Production Work?3 lessons

1. 1What Manus Is and What It Can Prepare for a Creator

   • Explain the difference between a one-prompt chatbot answer and a multi-step agent task
   • List the Manus outputs relevant to a content series: research reports, decks, one-page sites, documents and spreadsheets
   • Identify which course workflows are out of scope and why
2. 2Access, Plans and Credits as of October 2026

   • Choose a starting plan based on your concurrency, schedule and feature needs
   • Explain how credits are spent and why Manus cannot quote a task's cost in advance
   • Check current prices and regional availability on the official pages before paying
3. 3Decide What to Delegate: The Last-Twenty Audit

   • Sort your last twenty posts into legwork an agent could prepare and work only you can do
   • Write a one-page delegation list naming the human owner of each delegated job
   • Decide whether Manus is worth trying for your channel this month

Module 2Set Up a Safe Creator Workspace5 lessons

1. 4Create Your Account and Add a Backup Sign-In

   • Create a Manus account with Google, Apple, Microsoft or email
   • Add a second sign-in method under Account Settings
   • Explain why you keep your own copies outside Manus
2. 5Build Your Creator Project: Master Instruction, Voice Guide and Audience Profile

   • Create a Project and write a master instruction for your channel
   • Upload a voice guide and an anonymized audience profile to the Project knowledge base
   • Approve or reject Project update suggestions
3. 6Connect Apps with the Least Access That Works

   • Connect a storage app such as Google Drive or Sheets with read-only scope
   • Disconnect a connector and confirm its saved login is cleared
   • Choose which connectors to leave unconnected for creator work
4. 7Browser, Desktop and Email Settings: Cloud Browser, My Computer and Mail Manus

   • Turn off or review saved logins in Settings > Cloud Browser
   • Set My Computer folder access to Allow Once for commands that delete, move or send
   • Restrict Mail Manus to approved senders
5. 8What Never Goes Into Manus

   • Spot material in a file that must be removed before upload
   • Apply a pre-upload checklist to a comment export or folder
   • Explain the prompt-injection risk of connecting your main email

Module 3Brief a Long Task Well4 lessons

1. 9The Five-Part Prompt for Creator Tasks

   • Write a five-part prompt for a real audience question
   • Rewrite a vague first output into a focused deliverable
   • Read a viewer comment for the real question underneath it
2. 10The Long-Task Brief with Stop-Before Rules

   • Fill in every field of the long-task brief template for a creator deliverable
   • Write stop-before rules covering logging in, contacting, sending, posting, publishing, buying, deleting and changing data
   • Turn a recurring prompt into a standing goal with scope, sources and a stop rule
3. 11Plan Mode and Phased Delivery

   • Turn on Plan Mode on web or mobile
   • Edit a Manus plan before approving it
   • Ask for phase-by-phase delivery with a five-line status and open questions
4. 12Modes, Branch and Spending Credits Carefully

   • Choose a Manus 2.0 mode for a given creator task
   • Branch a task from a chosen message
   • Apply three credit-saving habits to a brief

Module 4Project 1: A Claim-to-Source Research Packet3 lessons

1. 13Brief the Research Packet for a Viewer's Question

   • Write a research-packet brief for a real audience question
   • Name approved and excluded sources
   • Run the task in Plan Mode and approve the plan
2. 14Separate Sourced Facts from Your Own Observations

   • Spot a citation that doesn't support its claim
   • Build two lists: sourced facts and your marked observations
   • Write an honest hook that promises only what the piece delivers
3. 15When a Newer Source Contradicts: Hold Dependent Scripts

   • Add a contradiction stop rule to the research brief
   • List every script and draft that depends on a contested fact
   • Resolve a contradiction and record the decision with a date

Module 5Project 2: An Anonymized Audience-Question Report3 lessons

1. 16Export and Anonymize Your Comments

   • Export comments or survey answers to CSV
   • Remove handles, names and minors' details from the file
   • Decide which columns the analysis actually needs
2. 17Group Questions by Viewer Need and Merge Duplicates

   • Write a brief that groups questions by need, not by wording
   • Merge duplicate questions and attach your earlier answer
   • Check counts and examples against the source file
3. 18Turn the Report into an Honest Topic Queue

   • Choose the next three topics from the report by viewer need
   • Flag ideas whose sources are stale
   • Separate observed results from guesses about why a piece performed

Module 6Project 3: Platform Versions That Stay True4 lessons

1. 19Extract Core Points from Your Long Video

   • Upload a transcript or video and request timestamped key moments
   • Require Manus to keep your wording and not invent quotes
   • Build a fact sheet of every claim and qualifier in the source video
2. 20Branch Each Platform Format

   • Branch once per format from the same message
   • Draft each version in your voice from the Project
   • Mark each version's on-screen text, captions, chapter titles and pinned-comment text
3. 21Run the Consistency Check Across Versions

   • Write a consistency-check prompt that compares versions with the fact sheet
   • Spot a dropped qualifier or a changed meaning
   • Fix the differences and record which version uses which fact
4. 22Optional: Build the Carousel in Canva, Unpublished

   • Connect Canva and create an editable carousel from the approved script
   • Confirm that nothing was published
   • Check every slide's text against the fact sheet

Module 7Project 4: Sponsor Research and a Media Kit3 lessons

1. 23Research Sponsors from Public Sources

   • Write a sponsor-research brief limited to public sources
   • Check each cited sponsorship link
   • Remove any personal contact details from the results
2. 24Build a Media Kit Deck or One-Page Site from Your Own Analytics

   • Build a media kit deck or site using only figures from your dated export
   • Review the plan before building
   • Check every figure against the export
3. 25Plan Disclosure Before Anything Goes Out

   • List the primary rules that apply to your sponsorships and AI use
   • Write a disclosure plan for a sponsored piece
   • Confirm that pitches are drafted and that you send them

Module 8Scheduled Tasks, Automations and Team Use4 lessons

1. 26Schedule a Weekly Question Intake

   • Create a scheduled task from Automations or from inside a Project
   • Keep Skip confirmations off
   • Attach the Project and choose the run options
2. 27Set Up a Source-Check Automation and Read Its Run History

   • Schedule a check of approved source pages for changes
   • Read run history under Automations > Updates
   • Pause, test, edit or delete an automation
3. 28Team Roles, Guests and What Admins Can See

   • Assign roles on a Team plan
   • Invite a guest reviewer who can't prompt
   • Tell team members that Super Admins can see all tasks
4. 29Share and Collaborate Without Leaking Logins

   • Share a task with Team access or a public link
   • Choose between Share and Collaboration
   • Clean a task before inviting collaborators

Module 9Check the Work Before Anyone Relies on It4 lessons

1. 30Replay the Session and Audit the Source Table

   • Replay a session and note the sites visited and the files created
   • Sample and open links from the source table
   • Mark each citation as supports, partly supports or does not support
2. 31Open Every File and Keep Your Own Copies

   • Open and check every exported file
   • Rebuild a key figure from formulas
   • Store deliverables in your own archive
3. 32Trace a Corrected Fact Into Every Version

   • List every place a corrected fact appears
   • Use Manus to find text copies of it across your drafts
   • Decide whether to re-record a spoken line or cut it and correct it on screen
4. 33Write Your Personal AI Policy and Next-Series Checklist

   • Write a one-page personal AI policy
   • Write a next-series checklist another person could follow
   • Record who may publish each type of piece