Manus 2.0 turns the general-purpose agent into a full working environment

Manus 2.0 reorganizes the platform around the Cascade harness, event-triggered automations, and Manus Studio. Dedicated video and game development environments are joining the workspace, while Cue gives personal agents their own email, phone number, wallet, and computer.

One project, with capabilities loaded when needed

Instead of carrying the same set of tools into every task, Manus 2.0 runs on Cascade, a new iteration of the company's in-house agent harness. Specialized capabilities are introduced only when a project requires them, while briefs, pages, videos, and automations remain connected within the same project.

In one internally tested configuration, Manus reports 23.2% lower token usage, 28.2% shorter task completion time, and 32% lower execution cost compared with its previous system. These figures refer to a configuration reported by the company rather than an average across all workloads.

Automations are also moving beyond schedules. Workflows can now start when an event occurs inside a connected service. A new email, Calendar event, Slack message, Notion update, or change in ad performance can trigger work configured through a prompt. Studio keeps the work between the agent and the user

The desktop application becomes Manus Studio, a workspace where agent-generated work remains directly editable.

Tools change according to the project. Documents, spreadsheets, PDFs, presentations, websites, and code remain part of Studio, with two more specialized environments joining them: Video Editor and Game Dev.

Video Editor can assemble a first cut before handing the user an actual timeline. Clips, images, text, motion graphics, and audio remain separate elements, allowing footage, animations, or music to be changed without regenerating the entire video.

Once manual edits are complete, the project can be handed back to Manus for another pass that incorporates those changes. The editor primarily targets 30-to-60-second product ads, AI UGC, tutorials, vlogs, and motion-graphics-heavy videos. Alchemy combines video generation and code

Video Editor also includes Alchemy mode. Manus combines video and coding models to take on more of the project's creative direction.

The result can still be refined through the standard timeline. Manus positions Alchemy as the option for projects where visual quality takes priority, although it does not provide comparative evaluation data to quantify its claims around improved creativity, motion, or editing rhythm. A dedicated game development environment

Game Dev applies a similar approach to game creation. Code, image, and video models work inside an environment where the game can run while it is being built.

Users retain access to assets, code, movement, artwork, and scenes. Individual elements can be modified without requiring the entire project to be rebuilt.

Games can then be published as websites accessible through a link. Multiplayer projects connect to Manus Cloud Computer, providing a persistent machine capable of hosting the server even when the user's own computer is offline. Computer Use moves onto the local machine

Manus is also expanding its access to personal computers. During a connected and authorized session, Computer Use can operate within a visible workspace on the machine and interact with approved files, applications, and browsers.

The approach extends My Computer, which already connected Manus with local files and tools. Manus 2.0 adds remote control: an instruction sent from a phone can ask the agent to locate a file on a computer, convert it, or continue working while the user is away.

The session can be watched remotely from the phone. Cue gives each agent its own identity

The clearest departure from the original Manus comes from Cue, a standalone application built around personal agents.

Each agent can have its own email address, phone number, wallet, and computer. It can send messages, take calls, make payments within a user-defined budget, and complete tasks on its own machine.

Multiple agents can also share a group conversation and divide work among themselves. Manus gives the example of planning an event: one agent researches venues, another creates a shortlist, and a third prepares the presentation.

Cue also extends the concept into physical services. Manus says an agent can scan a restaurant QR code to place an order or hold a user's position in a queue.

Manus 2.0 is available across web, desktop, and mobile. Cue is starting in early access on web, desktop, and mobile, with iOS following the App Store review process.