Manus AI Agent

Create tasks for Manus, an autonomous AI agent, and retrieve completed work products.

Authentication

Set MANUS_API_KEY env var with your key from manus.im.

Commands

All commands use scripts/manus.sh.

Create a Task

{baseDir}/scripts/manus.sh create "Your task description here"
{baseDir}/scripts/manus.sh create "Deep research on topic" manus-1.6-max

Profiles: manus-1.6 (default), manus-1.6-lite (fast), manus-1.6-max (thorough).

Check Status

{baseDir}/scripts/manus.sh status <task_id>

Returns: pending, running, completed, or failed.

Wait for Completion

{baseDir}/scripts/manus.sh wait <task_id>
{baseDir}/scripts/manus.sh wait <task_id> 300  # custom timeout in seconds

Polls until task completes or times out (default: 600s).

Get Task Details

{baseDir}/scripts/manus.sh get <task_id>

Returns full task JSON including status and output.

List Output Files

{baseDir}/scripts/manus.sh files <task_id>

Shows filename and download URL for each output file.

Download Output Files

{baseDir}/scripts/manus.sh download <task_id>
{baseDir}/scripts/manus.sh download <task_id> ./output-folder

Downloads all output files to the specified directory (default: current directory).

List Tasks

{baseDir}/scripts/manus.sh list

Typical Workflow

1. Create task: manus.sh create "your prompt"

2. Wait for completion: manus.sh wait <task_id>

3. Download results: manus.sh download <task_id>

Advanced API Features

For file attachments, webhooks, connectors, projects, multi-turn conversations, and interactive mode, see the full Manus API documentation:

• API Reference: https://open.manus.ai/docs

• Main Docs: https://manus.im/docs

Security & Permissions

What this skill does:

• Sends task prompts to the Manus API at api.manus.ai

• Polls for task completion and downloads output files from Manus CDN

• API key is sent only in the API_KEY header to api.manus.ai

What this skill does NOT do:

• Does not upload local files (file upload is an advanced API feature not implemented in the bundled script)

• Does not register webhooks or connect external accounts

• Does not send your API key to any endpoint other than api.manus.ai

• Does not modify local system configuration

• Cannot be invoked autonomously by the agent (disable-model-invocation: true)

• You must explicitly trigger every Manus task

Bundled scripts: scripts/manus.sh (Bash — uses curl and jq)

Review scripts/manus.sh before first use to verify behavior.