Manus AI: Automate structured tasks directly from CrocoClick

Integrate Manus AI into CrocoClick to create, manage and continue AI tasks directly in your automations: configuration, triggers, actions, best practices and advanced use cases.

Written By Baptiste Lorreyte

Last updated About 1 month ago

Connect a structured task-oriented AI system directly into your CrocoClick automations.

Create.
Retrieve.
Continue.
Delete.

All automatically, based on CRM activity.

No more copying and pasting between tools.
No more manually executing AI tasks.


What is Manus in automations?

Manus is a task-based AI system.

Each task:

  1. Starts with an initial prompt

  2. Executes structured AI logic

  3. Returns a result

  4. Can be continued with new prompts

Once integrated into CrocoClick, you can:

  • Create AI tasks automatically

  • Retrieve results

  • Respond to lifecycle events

  • Build multi-step AI sequences

This allows you to combine CRM data + AI in powerful, structured automations.


Available triggers (Manus → CrocoClick)

These triggers allow your automations to respond to AI events.

New Task Created

Triggered when a task is created via an automation action.

Task Stopped

Triggered when a task is stopped or completed.

⚠️ Important:
Only tasks created via automation actions trigger these triggers.
Tasks created directly in the Manus interface do not trigger anything.


Available Actions (CrocoClick → Manus)

Your automations can control the entire task lifecycle.

Action

Description

Create Task

Creates a new AI task with a prompt

Get Task

Retrieves the status and details of a task

Update Task

Modifies the metadata of a task

Fetch Tasks

Retrieves a list of tasks

Delete Task

Deletes an existing task

Continue Task With Prompt

Adds a prompt to an active task

This gives you complete control over AI task management.


Connect your Manus account

You can connect Manus from:

  • The automation builder

  • The Integrations page


From an automation

  1. Go to Automation → Workflows

  2. Add a trigger or action

  3. Go to the Apps tab

  4. Select Manus AI

  5. Click on Connect

  6. Enter your API key


From the Integrations page

  1. Go to Settings → Integrations

  2. Locate Manus

  3. Click Connect

  4. Enter your API key

Once connected, triggers and actions become available.


Obtain your Manus API key

To connect your account:

  1. Log in to your Manus account

  2. Go to API settings

  3. Click Create New API Key

  4. Copy the generated key

  5. Paste it when logging in

Keep your API key confidential.


Example of basic configuration

  1. Create or open an automation

  2. Choose a CRM trigger (Form Submitted, Stage Changed, etc.)

  3. Add a Create Task action

  4. Fill in the AI prompt

  5. Store the Task ID (highly recommended)

  6. Add a Wait step if necessary

  7. Add Get Task to retrieve the result

  8. Add the following actions (email, internal note, pipeline, etc.)

  9. Test and publish

Supported dynamic variables

You can use:

{{contact.first_name}} {{contact.email}} {{opportunity.name}} {{custom_values}} 

This allows you to automatically customize each task.

Best practice: store the Task ID

After creating a task, store the Task ID in a custom field.

Why?

Because this then allows you to:

  • Retrieve the result with Get Task

  • Continue the task

  • Modify the task

  • Delete the task

Without storing the Task ID, you lose continuity.

For multi-step automations, this is essential.


Concrete use cases

Automatic generation of sales proposals

Trigger: Change to "Proposal requested"

Automation:

  • Create Task → Generate a draft

  • Store Task ID

  • Wait

  • Get Task

  • Add internal note

  • Notify sales rep

Result: Automatically
generated proposal, ready for review.


Automatic search on a lead

Trigger: Form Submitted

Automation:

  • Create Task → Search company

  • Store Task ID

  • Wait

  • Get Task

  • Add summary to contact

  • Notify assigned user

Result:
The sales representative receives an AI analysis even before the first contact.


Site analysis for prospecting

Trigger: Opportunity Created

Automation:

  • Create Task → Website Analysis

  • Store Task ID

  • Wait

  • Get Task

  • Generate personalized email

Result: Large-scale personalized
prospecting.


Competitive research and content generation

Trigger: Entry into strategy phase

Automation:

  • Create Task → Competitive analysis

  • Store Task ID

  • Wait

  • Get Task

  • Generate differentiated content

  • Notify marketing team

Result: Strategic
production accelerated by AI.


FAQ

Troubleshooting

If the integration does not work:

  • Check the validity of your API key

  • Verify that the integration is connected

  • Verify that the Task ID is stored correctly

  • Check the execution logs