Skills | ManyHands

Put Manny to work for you in 2 minutes with simple one tap setups.

World Cup alerts

Live World Cup updates on WhatsApp — kickoff, every goal, red cards, penalties, and full-time — for the teams you follow. Never miss a moment, even when you can't watch.

Add deadlines to calendar

Manny watches your Gmail for any mention of a deadline — payment due dates, contract sign-by, SARS returns, school admin — and silently adds them to your calendar.

Bad weather alert

Manny only pings you when the day's weather genuinely matters — storms, heat warnings, cold snaps, flash floods — with one practical action.

Birthday reminder

Manny remembers the birthdays you care about, warns you the week before, and offers to handle the gift or message.

Book a restaurant

Manny finds a restaurant that fits your night — cuisine, vibe, budget, party size, dietary needs — and books the table without a single click on Dineplan.

Book a service

Manny finds and books local services — plumbers, gardeners, salons, cleaners, mechanics — confirms availability, and locks in the appointment without you switching apps.

Brand outreach

Manny finds the right brands and corporate buyers for your business, gets you to the right person, and drafts the pitch — turning cold lists into warm conversations.

Browse for you

Manny opens a real browser, navigates any website, fills out forms, completes multi-step flows — anything you'd do online, it does, and reports back.

Business procurement

Manny handles buying for your business — suppliers, stock, equipment, services — gets quotes, compares vendors, and tracks the order until it lands.

Business trip log

Manny tracks every business trip, mileage, meal, and meeting — builds a SARS-ready expense claim or reimbursement at month-end, no spreadsheet.

Buy a gift

Manny picks a gift that fits the person, the occasion, and the budget — from the ManyHands directory or further afield — and handles the delivery + card.

Community services

Manny finds and books community services near you — clinics, libraries, municipal offices, NGOs, after-school programmes — with hours, contact, and what to bring.

Content creator outreach

Manny finds South African creators that fit your brand, drafts the collab pitch, negotiates rates, and tracks the campaign — from cold DM to delivered content.

Daily weather

Every morning at 07:00 Manny sends a short, suburb-specific weather brief — temperature range, rain or wind to plan around, and one practical heads-up.

Find local businesses

Ask Manny to find the closest, best-rated, or most-loved local business for what you need — without trawling Google or Maps.

Find & manage bursaries

Manny finds South African bursaries that match your study field and circumstances, drafts the application, and tracks deadlines so you never miss one.

Manny scans retailers and the ManyHands directory for genuine deals on things you'd actually buy — using your purchase history, wishlist, and seasonal context — and surfaces only the ones worth your eye.

Find me a job

Manny scans LinkedIn, Careers24, PNet, and company pages daily for roles that fit your brief, drafts the application, books the interview — until you're hired.

Fit tracker

Manny tracks your workouts, body metrics, and energy across the week, and gives you one short weekly review of what's working and what's not.

Follow-up reminders

Manny watches every email you send and pings you to follow up on the ones that went silent — with a drafted chase ready to one-tap.

Gmail

Manny reads your Gmail to surface what actually needs your attention — drafts replies, summarises threads, and finds any past email by description.

Google Calendar

Manny reads and writes to your Google Calendar — adds events from chat, surfaces clashes before they bite, and gives you one daily glance at your day.

Help me shop for groceries

Manny turns vague grocery requests into a checkout-ready basket from your preferred South African grocery store — you always approve before checkout.

House hunter

Manny watches Property24, Private Property and PropertyFox for new listings that fit your brief — and books your viewings.

Meeting scheduler

Manny finds the right time, sends the invites, handles the back-and-forth — and reschedules without you ever opening a Calendly link.

Messaging triage

Manny watches your Gmail, WhatsApp, and LinkedIn DMs and surfaces only the messages that actually need you — drafts the replies in your voice, never auto-sends.

Morning text briefing

A short, action-oriented morning brief on your phone — your calendar for today, any urgent emails, weather, and one thing Manny thinks deserves your attention.

Negotiate a group deal

Manny helps you assemble a group buy and negotiate a real bulk discount with a South African business — drafts the message, manages the replies, books the order.

Opportunity scouter

Manny scans tenders, RFPs, grants, and public-buyer signals every weekday — surfaces only ones that fit your business + drafts the application or expression of interest.

Plan & run a holiday

Manny plans the trip, books the flights and accommodation, arranges the activities, and keeps you on track day-by-day — from idea to coming home.

Receipt archive

Manny pulls every receipt out of your inbox, files them by category and date, and lets you find any past purchase by asking — no folders, no spreadsheets.

Rent reminder

Manny remembers when your rent is due, warns you 3 days before, and drafts the EFT or payment message so you can settle in one tap.

Save money on what I buy

Manny watches what you buy regularly and surfaces specific cheaper alternatives — a different brand of laundry powder, a better cellphone plan, a swap that would have saved R200 last month.

Schedule a return

Manny finds the right return process for any retailer, books the collection, drafts the return reason, and tracks the refund until it lands in your account.

Sell your used stuff

Manny writes the listing, prices it, posts it on Facebook Marketplace + Gumtree + OLX, fields the messages, and books the collection — you just hand over.

Smart shopping list

Manny keeps a live shopping list that updates from your fridge, your meal plan, and your past shops — and reminds you to buy before you run out.

Stay on grocery budget

Manny sets a weekly grocery ceiling with you and steers each shop to land under it — suggesting cheaper swaps in the basket before you check out.

Subscription watcher

Manny scans your inbox for recurring subscriptions, warns you before a renewal, and flags price increases or trials about to convert.

Track my monthly spending

Manny categorises every receipt and recurring charge across the month, sends a clear month-end digest, and flags when a category is trending over its budget.

Track my orders

Manny watches every order you make on ManyHands (and Gmail receipts if connected), shows live status, and flags anything stuck or late.

Track your deliveries

Manny watches your inbox for order and dispatch emails, surfaces every in-flight delivery with its ETA and tracking link, and pings you when something arrives or is late.

Trend watch

Every Monday morning Manny sends you a tight read on what's moving in your world — the suburbs, brands, topics you've told it to track — with one practical action.

Voice replies

Send Manny a voice note and it does the work — turns it into structured text, sends the message, books the thing, or runs the task — and replies back in your voice.

Warranty tracker

Manny remembers what's under warranty, when each one expires, and pings you a month before — so you can claim, extend, or replace before the cover lapses.

Weekly meal plan

Every Sunday Manny builds your week's meals around what you already have, what's on special this week, and your dietary brief — then turns it into a one-tap shop.

Weekly progress check-in

Every Sunday evening Manny reviews what you said you'd do this week, surfaces what got done, and helps you set up the next week with realistic intent.