Wake-ups: Agents can now schedule themselves to continue work later

🎯 What is it?

Agents can now set their own wake-up schedules to resume work at a future time within an ongoing conversation. Think of it as giving your agent the ability to "set a reminder" for itself to check back on something, run a recurring task, or wait for a response before continuing.

💡 Why is it useful?

Sometimes work doesn't happen all at once. You might need to wait for someone to respond, check if a condition has changed, or simply run the same process every day at 9 AM. Until now, you'd have to manually come back and prompt the agent again. With wake-ups, the agent handles the timing for you automatically.

⚙ How does it work?

Agents have access to a wake-up tool that lets them schedule themselves to continue the conversation at a specific time or on a regular schedule (daily, weekly, etc.). Once scheduled, the agent will automatically "wake up" and continue where it left off.

✨ Concrete Use Cases

Here's how you could use it:

Follow-up automation: Ask an agent to send an email to a colleague and check back in 2 hours to see if they've responded, then proceed with next steps based on their answer.

Recurring updates: Have an agent refresh a data dashboard every Monday at 9 AM, or check project status every Friday afternoon and send you a summary.

Real-time monitoring: Set an agent to check an external system every 30 minutes until a specific condition is met (like a deployment completing or a document being approved).

📈 Benefits for you

No more manual follow-ups or remembering to re-prompt your agents. You can now set up truly autonomous workflows that span hours, days, or weeks, with the agent managing its own schedule and keeping work moving forward without your intervention.

🚀 How to access it?

Wake-ups are now available to all users. Simply ask your agent to "check back in [time]" or "run this every [schedule]" and it will use the wake-up tool automatically. For more details on how to configure wake-up schedules, check out the documentation: https://docs.dust.tt/docs/wake-ups