Manus examples: 12 real use cases with prompts
Source-checked cases, each with what happened and the prompt.
Asked to find flights, Manus ran for 16 hours and then picked what the poster called probably the most expensive option, with a 9-hour layover.
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- Write a drama-style ad script modeled on a winning ad with ManusRecreated promptEvidence: Described by posterBeginner-friendly
Manus wrote a drama-format script for one of the brand's top historical winning ad concepts, modeled on a winning drama ad from a beauty brand; the poster says it hit 5 ROAS right away.
Poster says:5 ROAS off the bat
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- Plan a six-week Southeast Asia trip with Manus (hallucinated flights)Improved promptEvidence: Described by posterFailure
The poster used Manus to plan a 6-week Southeast Asia trip, and it hallucinated flights that didn't exist despite having browser access.
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- Find car brands without a web app and email them a pitch with ManusRecreated promptEvidence: Screenshots or logs
Manus searched for car brands without a web app, wrote an email and sent it to them; some replied and the poster built one an app.
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- Write a one-page sales brief on a target company with ManusRecreated promptEvidence: Article or interview
Asked for a B2B sales brief on Google for a tl;dv pitch, Manus produced a one-page brief with revenue, tech stack, key decision makers, recent announcements and a sourced section mapping Google's pain points to tl;dv features; the reviewer says it took two minutes.
Poster says:About two minutes
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Asked to create a professional PDF brochure from the poster's website, Manus browsed and analyzed the site but delivered what was essentially copy-paste into a plain Google Doc; after feedback it only added a coloured first-page background and a different font, and the poster cancelled.
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- Build a B2B SaaS press list of 40–50 journalists with ManusEvidence: Article or interviewBeginner-friendly
Manus produced a Notion-ready press list of journalists covering mid-market SaaS/enterprise software with contacts, recent articles and pitch angles; the author says work that used to take ~6 hours took about 25 minutes, with some contact verification still needed.
Reported by The AI Enterprise:6 hours of work done in 25 minutes
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- Generate 60+ AI-consulting sales prospects with ManusEvidence: Article or interviewBeginner-friendly
A Manus prompt for mid-market AI-implementation prospects returned about 73 qualified companies with decision-maker contacts and outreach notes in a Notion/spreadsheet export.
Reported by The AI Enterprise:73 prospects found
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- Find Southeast AI events for meetup promotion with ManusEvidence: Article or interviewBeginner-friendly
Manus found 34 upcoming AI/tech events in North Carolina and the Southeast suitable for promoting a meetup, exported to Notion with contacts and opportunity type, cutting an afternoon of work to about 20 minutes.
Reported by The AI Enterprise:34 relevant events found
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Manus studied the author's products and writing, researched SEO and keywords, and produced a content calendar in a 30+ minute run that the author says cost about $10.
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