Travel & Bookings
Flights, hotels, restaurants, tickets, and appointments booked for you.
Decide between points and cash for every trip
Skills and MCP servers that let Claude Code search award flights across 25+ mileage programs, compare cash fares, and check loyalty balances.
Claude Code · OpenCode · MCPHN 95 · Apr 2026Plan a family trip and pre-fill bookings
A reporter had ChatGPT Agent plan a 4-day San Diego trip: it searched flights, compared hotels, built an itinerary and pre-filled booking forms, stopping before purchase.
ChatGPT Agenttech.yahoo.comPlan a trip and book flight, hotel and shuttle with an always-on agent
A user had Dots plan a trip and remind them to book the shuttle; the agent filled booking forms but kept asking for confirmation and wouldn't enter 2FA codes, so it only got partway.
DotsHN · Sep 2026Plan family vacations with Deep Research
Author uses ChatGPT Deep Research with detailed family prompts to find destinations, attractions and schedule trips; it can't yet filter and book accommodation.
ChatGPT Deep ResearchHN · Jun 2026Book an airport hotel with ChatGPT Agent
Author had ChatGPT Agent pick and book a Gatwick hotel on Booking.com; it reached the card confirmation screen, then needed the author to take over.
ChatGPT Agentwow.pjh.isBook a hotel in Rome from a loose request
ChatGPT agent went to Booking.com and made a hotel reservation, pausing for the author to enter personal data.
ChatGPT Agenthospitalitynet.orgFind and book a business lunch restaurant
NN/G tester had ChatGPT's agent find and book Brennan's in Houston; it took about 11 minutes and needed human help with details and guest count.
ChatGPT Agentnngroup.comFind and book a restaurant table with ChatGPT Agent
A writer used ChatGPT Agent to find and book a Bristol table for a set time with vegetarian options and a per-person budget.
ChatGPT Agenttomsguide.comBook restaurant tables via OpenTable and Resy
In a hands-on test, Claude showed Resy availability but could not book, and ChatGPT's agent clicked through OpenTable but set the wrong party size.
ChatGPT Agent · Claudeexplainx.aiSearch for cheap round-trip flights from JFK
ChatGPT agent returned a table of dates and prices per destination that matched on checking, but gave no booking links so the reporter had to search manually.
ChatGPT Agenttomsguide.comPlan and book a movie date night
ChatGPT Agent picked seats on a theater site, paused for payment details, bought tickets after confirmation, and created a calendar event.
ChatGPT Agenttechradar.comBook a New Delhi to Mumbai flight with computer use
The author ran Claude's computer use in a Docker demo to book a flight from New Delhi to Mumbai; Claude opened Firefox and started the search, but the outcome isn't shown.
Claude computer userittikajindal.medium.comBook flights with AI trip planners
A blog tested five AI trip planners on completing flight bookings; Kayak's agent finished through its own checkout, while ChatGPT Operator only partly completed bookings via form-filling and needed manual cancellation.
Kayak AI · Operatortravelanywhere.blogFind and book a Paris hotel
ChatGPT Agent compared hotels and chose a room on Booking.com, but stalled at checkout for missing guest and payment details.
ChatGPT Agentninetwothree.coFind London tours and order groceries
Operator found top-rated London walking tours on TripAdvisor, but its Instacart order went wrong by searching in the wrong city.
Operatorplatformer.newsPhone a restaurant to book a full table
When online booking failed, OpenClaw built a calling app with an AI voice, phoned the restaurant and secured a last-minute cancellation.
OpenClawthedrum.comBook restaurant reservations by phone call
Jacob Klug gave his OpenClaw a phone number and it called a restaurant and booked a reservation.
OpenClawXSearch round-trip flights under a price cap
Claude in Chrome filled in Google Flights for Islamabad to London under $800 and summarized the top five options in about three minutes.
Claude in Chromeaitoolanalysis.comBook a restaurant and draft a reschedule email with Comet
A reviewer had Comet find and reserve a Friday 7pm table and fill in a Gmail reschedule email, leaving the send to the user.
Perplexity Comettomsguide.comStart a London steakhouse booking with Comet
A TechRadar writer had Comet work on a steakhouse reservation while he wrote, but did not give it personal details to finish the booking.
Perplexity Comettech.yahoo.com · Jul 2025Search flights with airline constraints using Comet
Comet searched Lisbon-to-Taiwan flights across chosen airlines with no 737 Max and one stop max, pulling live prices and reaching the passenger info page.
Perplexity Cometusaii.orgPlan a London walking tour and hunt cheap flights
The author used Comet as default browser for a month to plan a walking tour, search flights in set windows and draft emails, noting where it struggled.
Perplexity Cometpub.towardsai.netResearch hotels and pull tax documents with Chrome auto browse
A tester used Gemini in Chrome to research Lisbon hotels across sites and fetch tax documents from payroll portals; it stopped before placing a grocery order.
Geminiblog.imseankim.comBook restaurant reservations and Uber rides by voice
A reviewer had Alexa+ book an Italian restaurant via OpenTable successfully, but it got addresses wrong when ordering an Uber.
Alexa+consumerreports.orgResearch and help rebook a flight with an always-on agent
An Every writer's Dot researched a flight change and flagged a clash with a colleague's recording, learned from a Slack discussion.
Dotsevery.toFile airline delay compensation and rebook a flight
A user had Muse file for compensation after a 7-hour delay, getting a $250 Delta credit, rebooking a new flight and answering the support email.
Meta Musetech.yahoo.comBook flights with credits and manage reservations
A user had Muse use unused Southwest credits to book a flight, watch for better seats, handle OpenTable reservations and keep a trip dashboard for a visiting friend.
Meta Museapplevis.comMonitor United fares for price drops
A FlyerTalk user had Muse watch United fares for days; it found a $1500 drop and they booked; others warn terms may bar automation.
Meta Museflyertalk.comAttempt to book a couple's flight (failed)
A Slate reporter asked Muse to book flights; it hit a captcha, was kicked from the browser and achieved nothing, so he booked himself.
Meta Museslate.com · Sep 2026Track Las Vegas flight prices and find return flights
The author asked Muse to check Vegas fares daily and find returns to San Diego; it gave only three options and ignored his preferences, so he found it underwhelming.
Meta Musetheautomatedoperator.substack.com · Sep 2026Shop hotel sites for a New York stay
In a Skift test, Muse opened a browser and searched hotels for Nov 1-2 at $350-450 a night, suggesting the Marlton Hotel first.
Meta Musedeeparrival.com · Sep 2026Find and rebook flights for a trip
A former travel worker had ChatGPT search flights via Kayak and suggest earlier return options, then booked a Houston-to-NYC flight.
chiefhouseholdofficer.substack.comBook a flight with Operator
A user used ChatGPT Operator to book a flight; commenters said the travel site's UI got in the way, and the booking outcome isn't shown.
OperatorHNReserve a restaurant table through OpenTable
In a demo, Operator booked a 7 p.m. table at Beretta in San Francisco via OpenTable, first searching the wrong region before correcting and asking for approval.
Operatorgulfnews.com · Jan 2025Make a dinner reservation with Operator
Marily recorded her first try using Operator to make a dinner reservation, liking that it skipped searching and detail entry, but found it slower than expected.
Operatormarily.substack.comCheck in for flights and send boarding passes
An OpenClaw mobile agent watches the airline site, logs in, picks a window seat, completes check-in and sends the boarding pass; it also checks for delays (vendor account).
OpenClawopenclawmobile.aiBook flights and hotels from saved preferences
Boris Cherny's Cowork agent used his stored preferences to browse sites and book 8 flights and 5 hotels in one run.
Claude Cowork · Claude Codethreads.comShortlist business-trip hotels into a Google Sheet
A Claude in Chrome shortcut searches Booking.com for hotels near downtown under a price cap and logs each with price, rating, distance, amenities and booking link in a Google Sheet.
Claude in Chromeapp.therundown.aiBook flights and hotels, stopping at payment for approval
Claude Cowork drove the browser through Claude in Chrome to book 8 flights and 5 hotels, filling traveler details and seats and pausing at payment for approval.
Claude Cowork · Claude in Chromemikareyes.comBook travel and find restaurant reservations
Claude books flights and hotels in a company travel system, and a prompt finds top-rated restaurants, identifies their reservation systems and checks Saturday 6pm availability for two.
Claude in Chrometechnicallycurious.substack.comBook flights and hotels with Cowork
Boris Cherny gave Cowork his flight preferences and it drove his browser to book 8 flights and 5 hotels while he worked on something else.
Claude Cowork · Claude CodeXBook trips and concert tickets with Cowork
Cherny says Cowork booked eight flights and five hotels in a couple of hours; one hotel was far over budget so he had it rebook, and he also uses it for concert tickets.
Claude Coworkplatformer.newsBook a restaurant table through a Resy connector
A PCWorld writer asked Claude to book a table for three in Midtown Manhattan via the Resy connector; it picked a restaurant but the exchange was clunky, with raw JSON and permission prompts.
pcworld.com · Apr 2026Book a stack of flights and hotels automatically
A user fed travel preferences into Claude Cowork, which browsed multiple sites and booked 8 flights and 5 hotels for him.
Claude Coworklearnaiwithmariah.comPlan a vacation with a custom Codex-built website
Claire had Codex research hotels, map them on Google Maps and deploy a trip site from her phone; its browser also navigated to checkout for an item.
Codextechnicallycurious.substack.comRecommend a hotel from client notes using Codex
A travel advisor had Codex use client notes to recommend a Belmond hotel in Italy, checking live booking engines and generating a detailed Word doc.
Codexworldviatravelnetwork.comBook a Southwest flight from a search
A Travel Weekly reporter had Comet book a chosen Southwest flight on a logged-in account, selecting the fare and entering personal details.
Perplexity Comettravelweekly.comFind and book airport parking (partly failed)
A reporter asked Comet to find cheap parking near SFO and book it; it entered the wrong dates twice and still pushed checkout.
Perplexity Comettechcrunch.com · Jul 2025Shortlist destinations and compare stays
Comet shortlisted sunny destinations by flight time from Amsterdam, then pulled Airbnb and Booking.com listings into a comparison table.
Perplexity Cometrentalscaleup.comSearch for a wedding flight to New York
The author gave Comet and ChatGPT Atlas the same flight-booking task; Comet mostly pointed to aggregators instead of specific flights.
Perplexity Cometmedium.comResearch restaurants and hotel availability for trips
A writer used Comet to browse Michelin restaurants for Copenhagen, check Japan hotel availability, and look for deals.
Perplexity Comettechradar.comBook hotel rooms across booking engines
Manus was tested on 11 hotel booking engines and got through date and room selection on 8, but handed back at payment details so no booking was completed.
Manushotelnewsresource.comResearch hotels for a 14-day Japan trip
Manus searched Booking.com for well-rated hotels, cross-checked reviews and transit, and returned three options per city; the author rated it 7/10 on availability handling.
Manusflowith.ioPlan a regional China trip with a toddler
Manus researched transport, chose a high-speed train, checked schedules and built an itinerary including a stop at a specific supermarket chain.
Manussubstack.comBook hotel rooms on real booking engines
Testers asked Manus to book a room for set dates and it succeeded on 8 of 11 engines, judged somewhat behind Operator on varied flows.
Manus · Operatorrevenue-hub.comResearch hotels and propose options for approval
Chrome's Gemini auto browse opened about ten listings, read cancellation policies and returned three options for the user to approve; it once missed a buried resort fee.
Geminidigitbin.comBook a restaurant table with Alexa+
A reviewer asked Alexa+ to book a sushi restaurant, but it couldn't because the restaurant isn't on OpenTable; he also tried booking an Uber.
Alexa+fortune.com · Jul 2025Book tickets, rides and services via Alexa+
A reporter linked OpenTable, Ticketmaster, Uber and Thumbtack to Alexa+ for booking, but found it beta-like, error-prone and sometimes not hearing them.
Alexa+techcrunch.com · Aug 2025Plan a last-minute business trip by phone
In OpenAI's demo, a Dot found a refundable policy-compliant flight and hotel options and prepared a booking, though the flight was still pending at the end.
Dotscmarix.comPlan business trips and learn from each debrief
A demo travel-ops agent searched flights and hotels, applied stored preferences and produced one recommendation pending approval, then updated its memory; nothing was booked.
Hermes Agentdev.toRun a restaurant voice assistant for reservations and orders
n8n backends let an ElevenLabs voice agent check tables, manage reservations, take orders and request callbacks, plus Vapi travel and home-service booking agents.
n8ngithub.comTurn reservation calls into calendar bookings
An n8n workflow takes Vapi call transcripts, extracts reservation details, creates Calendar events, logs to Sheets and sends follow-ups.
n8nclixlogix.comTake restaurant reservations over Telegram
An n8n AI assistant collects guest count, time and requests over Telegram, saves the booking to Google Calendar and emails confirmation.
n8nn8n.ioPlan business trips by voice message in Telegram
An n8n workflow transcribes Telegram voice notes, extracts destinations, dates and lodging needs, and searches flights and hotels for business travel.
n8nn8n.ioBook trips by speaking to a voice agent
A voice agent built on Retell AI and n8n finds flights, compares hotels, totals costs and emails a full itinerary.
n8nchronoai.gumroad.com
Money, Bills & Benefits
Unclaimed money, refunds, cancelled subscriptions, lower bills, taxes, and insurance.
Shop for umbrella insurance through your personal agent
Personal AI agents use Coverage Cat's Agent API/MCP to size umbrella coverage and compare carrier options with price ranges, backed by a licensed broker.
MCPHN 54 · Sep 2026Tell Indian citizens which government schemes they're owed
An agent built on Sanity queries real content to tell people in India which government schemes they are entitled to.
SanityDEV 18 · Oct 2026Find airline food-fee reimbursement emails buried in the inbox
A user asked Meta's Muse agent to handle an unresolved SAS refund; it dug through airline emails and found the food fees had already been reimbursed.
Meta MuseHN · Sep 2026Negotiate retention discounts on bills by phone
A voice agent calls service providers, navigates IVR menus, waits on hold and negotiates retention discounts for users, pausing for OTP verification.
HN · Feb 2026Triage care, estimate visit cost, and negotiate medical bills
An app directs people to the right site of care, estimates insurance-based visit costs, and uses an AI voice agent to negotiate bills down after the visit (US only).
HN · Nov 2025Get a billing dispute refunded by a support agent
A customer disputed an incorrect Vercel bill and the company's support AI agent produced and offered a refund on its own.
HN · Sep 2026Let AI agents file employment tax returns with the IRS
An MCP server in development lets agents submit tax returns (employment forms 941 and 940 first) to the IRS as a tool call; it is still in IRS certification and not yet live.
MCPHN · Apr 2026Run your side of a home insurance claim
After a burst pipe, the user has Claude read the policy, organize receipts, track adjuster messages and delays, log correspondence and estimates, and challenge coverage decisions.
ClaudeHN · Sep 2026Find unclaimed money and start the claim
Meta's Muse agent found over $1,500 in unclaimed funds in about five minutes and helped fill out paperwork; the claim was filed but unpaid.
Meta Musecolombiaone.com · Sep 2026Search state databases for unclaimed property
A user had ChatGPT Agent search state unclaimed-property databases for name variations and list matches, amounts and holding states.
ChatGPT Agentthreads.comCancel streaming subscriptions with ChatGPT Agent
A writer had the agent cancel Peacock, Disney and Netflix after logging in; it needed a nudge and may be blocked on some sites.
ChatGPT Agenttomsguide.comPick and cancel streaming services to drop
ChatGPT recommended which streaming services to drop based on family viewing, then Agent mode carried out the cancellations.
ChatGPT Agenttomsguide.comNegotiate a lower Comcast bill via chatbot
DoNotPay's ChatGPT-based bot chatted with Comcast support for an engineer and secured a $10 monthly discount.
ChatGPTvice.comNegotiate an Xfinity discount through support chat
A DoNotPay bot dealt with Xfinity's assistant then a human, cited outages, verified the account and got a $10 discount.
bgr.comNegotiate Comcast bills with a voice agent
Dip's voice agent calls Comcast retention with the customer's authorization, uses promo and competitor levers, and the customer approves any offer.
dip.bot · May 2026Find forgotten money and negotiate insurance refunds
Users had personal agents like Meta's Muse search state databases for forgotten money and negotiate an insurance cancellation refund, recovering hundreds of dollars.
Meta Museforbes.com · Sep 2026Fill in flight delay compensation claim forms
An agent checks what happened to a flight, works out compensation owed under the law, and fills in the airline's claim form, stopping before Submit.
dev.toPrepare personal taxes from documents with Claude Code
Claude Code read tax forms, categorized 2,000+ card transactions into business expenses and walked the author through TurboTax; he reports a $6,500 refund.
Claude Codemattpaige68.substack.comFile a complex tax return with OpenClaw
OpenClaw built a Schedule C P&L from bank transactions, guided TurboTax entry for 4+ hours and caught an error in a prior accountant's work.
OpenClawXCompile deductions and Schedule C with Claude Code
Claude Code gathered charitable contributions and itemized deductions from sheets, email and statements and built a Schedule C; some categorizing stayed manual.
Claude Codeclaudeblattman.comFill in a tax organizer and review last year's return
Claude in Chrome captured the organizer's fields and entered data, Claude Code filled them in, and Claude reviewed the prior return; it sometimes claimed work was done without the info.
Claude in Chrome · Claude Codetheautomatedoperator.substack.comPrepare S-Corp tax filings from bookkeeping data
Claude Code wrote scripts parsing QuickBooks and bank statements, and Codex reviewed the code and caught errors like a wrong Schedule L mapping.
Claude Code · Codexcommon-sense.comFill out a Form 1040 with computer use
A tester gave Claude Computer Use data stored on disk and checked whether it could find the fields and fill a simplified Form 1040 accurately.
Claude computer usedev.toAppeal a denied health insurance claim
A woman used Counterforce Health's AI, including its voice agent, to fight a roughly $2,000 maternity claim denial, reportedly overturned within weeks.
Counterforce Healthcbsnews.comWrite appeals and phone insurers on denied claims
Counterforce Health's AI writes appeal letters against claim denials and a voice agent calls the insurer to follow up for the user.
cityviewnc.comAppeal an insurer's drug coverage denial
A patient used Counterforce Health's AI to generate appeal letters from her policy and past successful appeals, changing the outcome; mostly letter generation.
nbcnews.comSend an AI voice agent to call your ISP and cut your bill
A reporter used a generative AI voice agent to phone her internet provider about a bill that rose $15 a month; it pushed hard but hallucinated competitor rates.
aol.comFill out an IRS Form 1040 with a computer-use agent
The author tested Claude Computer Use on reading the form, finding his data on disk and filling fields; the PDF editor failed so he switched to a simplified web form.
Claude computer usemedium.comReconcile monthly business transactions
Claude Code pulled a month of transactions over MCP and matched bank rows to receipts, proposing categories; it reconciled 200 rows but miscategorized 11, caught in a manual audit.
Claude Code · MCPdev.toKeep company books with terminal coding agents
The author has kept books for several Swedish companies using Claude Code and Codex, which read receipts, matched bank rows, posted entries and caught a VAT error before filing.
Claude Code · Codexigdrasil.seTrack personal finances with a Claude Code assistant
The author built a Claude Code financial assistant using macro data over MCP and his own financials to track his finances, assess health and support investment decisions.
Claude Code · MCPadlrocha.substack.comResearch stock positions as an AI analyst
A Claude Code agent twice weekly covers about 15 positions and a watchlist with news synthesis and bull/bear cases, while a human sets risk limits and approves trades.
Claude Codeexplainx.aiProduce investment memos with Claude Cowork
The author walks non-developers through using Claude Cowork to produce a full investment memo in about 15 minutes and track the investment afterwards.
Claude Coworkinvestwithai.substack.comBuild an Excel portfolio tracker from trade logs
Claude Code reads a trade log, writes and runs Python, pulls live Yahoo Finance data and exports Robinhood trade history to build an Excel portfolio tracker.
Claude Codemispricedassets.substack.comNegotiate a car price over email
A secondhand anecdote says a user's OpenClaw negotiated $4,200 off a car purchase by email with the dealership overnight.
OpenClawmylegalacademy.comFill in a tax form with Claude Code and Playwright MCP
The author tried Claude in Chrome to fill a tax form but dropped it for its older model, then used Claude Code with Playwright MCP instead.
Claude in Chrome · Claude Code · MCPcloudnativeengineer.substack.comDraft a tax filing from bank statements with Claude Code
A roundup of user reports, including one who had Claude Code draft a tax filing from bank statements and invoices, and another who organized 1,400 screenshots.
Claude Codemasteringai.ioFill forms and review tax filings with Codex computer use
Secondhand accounts of OpenAI staff using Codex computer use for forms and PDFs, including one tax filing review that caught an error worth thousands.
Codexmindstudio.aiDodge car dealership upsells and find gift cards
A user said Muse helped avoid upsells and fees at a car dealership, saving $1,250, and another said it found an unused $200 Verizon gift card.
Meta Museuk.news.yahoo.comFind cheaper car insurance
A startup founder said Muse found car insurance costing $3,500 less per year than his original plan.
Meta Museaol.comNegotiate bills, handle returns and cancel subscriptions
A Meta employee said Muse negotiated an AT&T bill, found Amazon returns, returned IKEA furniture and filed a vet claim; another had a forgotten subscription cancelled and refunded.
Meta Musetekedia.comFind subscriptions and cheaper phone plan to save money
A reporter's Muse flagged Patreon and Substack subscriptions and a cheaper phone plan, about $35 in useful savings, far below $1,000.
Meta Musetech.yahoo.comFind idle cloud charge in receipts and get refund
Muse reviewed a year of receipts, found an idle Google Cloud database costing $9.54 a month, and drafted a follow-up that got $114.14 waived.
Meta Musesidsaladi.substack.comCatch fraudulent charges and recover subscription money
Users said Muse caught a recurring fraudulent charge the bank missed and found a forgotten book subscription and got the money back; savings unverified.
Meta Musethenextweb.comHaggle internet bills and get subscription refunds
Users reported Muse calling Xfinity to lower a bill, patching the user in for verification, and cancelling a subscription to win a year's refund.
Meta MuseXRecover money through returns, bill cuts and claims
A user itemized $2,120.95 recovered by Muse: Amazon and IKEA returns, an AT&T bill cut and a $516 vet claim; figures are self-reported.
Meta Museaiwithsuny.comCancel a stubborn subscription and re-shop car insurance
One user said Muse found a book subscription they couldn't cancel for a year, and a founder said it found auto insurance $3,500 a year cheaper.
Meta Musedigitaltoday.co.krAudit AI tool subscriptions from email receipts
A tester had Muse scan connected accounts and receipts and list over a dozen AI tool subscriptions, flagging overlaps, though it missed some accounts.
Meta Musemindstudio.aiTrack subscriptions and renewals from Gmail
The writer used ChatGPT Agent to search Gmail for renewal emails, extract service, date and cost into a list, and ask before unsubscribing; it also found cheap gas nearby.
ChatGPT Agenttomsguide.comNegotiate bills by emailing providers to match competitors
A ChatGPT workflow finds bills in statements, looks up competitor prices, emails providers via Gmail asking them to match, and summarizes outcomes, with user review before sending.
ChatGPT Agentmavgpt.aiTurn vet charges into ready-to-send pet insurance claims
A personal OpenClaw agent spots vet charges in the bank feed, finds the invoice in Gmail, fills the insurer's PDF form, drafts the email and tracks replies for the owner to review and send.
OpenClawgithub.comDo bookkeeping and tax prep from a folder of documents
Cowork sorted tax documents, built a bookkeeping spreadsheet, estimated refunds, flagged missed deductions and wrote a briefing for the tax preparer.
Claude CoworkXFind recurring subscriptions in bank statements
Cowork reads a folder of bank statements, finds recurring charges and builds a dashboard of active and cancelled subscriptions and monthly savings.
Claude Coworkartificialcorner.comPrepare and file overdue German VAT statements
Cowork with Claude's Chrome extension prepared accounts from invoice PDFs, then logged into Elster and submitted the overdue Q3 2025 VAT forms.
Claude Cowork · Claude in ChromeX · Feb 2026Turn forwarded receipts and bank data into expense and tax summaries
Users report Cowork building a Monday expense report from forwarded receipts and a tax-prep summary from a year of transactions, plus home maintenance logs.
Claude Coworkchristopheralarcon.comNegotiate a billing credit from AT&T
Claude in Chrome negotiated a $100 credit from AT&T in a billing dispute with no human involvement, one of five use cases tested.
Claude in Chromenatesnewsletter.substack.comFight consumer claims and recover refunds
The author uses Claude and its Chrome extension to file complaints and dispute charges, reporting ten wins and over $12,000 recovered, while still reviewing emails and making calls.
Claude in Chromesudomoin.comFile FSA reimbursement claims from invoice PDFs
Claude Code with the Chrome extension parsed Amazon invoice PDFs and spotted duplicates, but couldn't upload files and was slow, so the user had to step in.
Claude Code · Claude in Chromeb2.broom9.comGet an outage refund through AT&T support chat
A user had Claude in Chrome take over an AT&T support chat, escalate politely and secure a refund of about $100, and it prepared an FCC complaint as backup.
Claude in Chromeaimaker.substack.comReview IRS Tax Court case files and draft a settlement letter
A Tax Court defendant used Claude in Chrome to open and summarise portal documents in about 20 minutes, then Claude Desktop and Claude Code to organise evidence and draft a settlement letter.
Claude in Chrome · Claude Codemedium.comPrepare federal and state tax returns from a folder
A Redditor pointed Claude at their tax folder and asked it to do their taxes; they say returns for 2024 and 2025 came back in 15 minutes and matched TurboTax, but needed mailing.
inc.comAudit subscriptions and email companies to cancel them
Claude Code pulled transactions across credit cards, flagged recurring charges, and drafted cancellation emails, recovering $700.
Claude Codemoneywise.comBuild a personal tax refund calculator instead of paying a CPA
A user had Claude Code build an interactive tax calculator using 2025 tables to avoid a $300 CPA fee.
Claude Codemedium.comTrack personal finances nightly from bank emails
A non-coder had Claude Code build a finance tracker that pulls bank emails, categorizes spending, and runs nightly on a Raspberry Pi.
Claude Codefahadhasin.substack.comPrepare federal and state tax returns from a folder of documents
The author gave Claude Code their W-2, 1099s, bank statements and last year's return, and it prepared joint federal, NYS and NYC returns using sub-agents to extract PDF data.
Claude Codeklmn.shExtract expenses from credit card statements into Excel
The author had Claude Code read a folder of credit card statements, learn his patterns, and put relevant expenses into an Excel sheet, saving hours; he plans to review subscriptions next.
Claude Codetechnicallycurious.substack.comHave Codex prepare taxes from a decade of records
After selling his company, the author had Codex read tax forms and 214 pages of acquisition documents, where it spotted a forgotten escrow payment, and emailed his accountant to reconcile.
CodexXBuild a spending-insights app from bank transactions
Plaid describes a Replit connector that lets non-coders prompt the Replit agent to build an app reading their own bank transactions (vendor post, no named user).
Replit Agentplaid.comLog spending from a Telegram message into a sheet
An n8n workflow parses messages like 'groceries, 45, yesterday' with AI into amount, date and category and logs them to Google Sheets.
n8nxda-developers.comSort and file receipts and forward business expenses
An n8n workflow classifies submitted receipts as personal, business or shared, extracts details with Gemini, files them and forwards business ones to accounting.
n8n · Geminigithub.com
Shopping & Errands
Groceries, price hunting, returns, and the errands you keep putting off.
Order groceries online with a local LLM skill
The author built a grocery skill for a local Qwen 3.6 27B model that knows their fridge contents, past orders and real-time stock, and it ordered products for them online.
Qwen 3.6 27BHN · Jun 2026Build group grocery carts through a Signal-based agent
A self-hosted Signal agent drafts a grocery list from past orders, lets group members edit it, then logs into the store and builds and validates the cart; the author finishes checkout manually.
HN · Feb 2026Buy items on Amazon from a photo
Author used ChatGPT Agent to reorder an item from a photo of its wrapper, handling the whole Amazon purchase until Amazon blocked agents.
ChatGPT AgentHN · Nov 2025Plan meals, build grocery list and order food
ChatGPT Agent made recipes, a categorized grocery list with local prices and a Sheets export, and placed a DoorDash order but handed off for payment.
ChatGPT Agenttomsguide.comBuild a grocery cart from purchase history
Instacart's AI assistant built a 27-item cart from the shopper's purchase history, turned dinner ideas into carts and flagged unavailable items.
Instacart Clementinecreators.yahoo.comPlan meals and fill an Instacart cart
The author used ChatGPT with the Instacart plugin to build a daily meal plan and put the ingredients into a ready-to-order shopping list.
ChatGPTyear2049.substack.com · Jul 2023Find a toy and start checkout with Operator
OpenAI's Operator picked a toy matching criteria and opened Target.com but did not complete the purchase, walking the user through checkout.
Operatormelina.substack.comLet AI agents place DoorDash orders
DoorDash's dd-cli beta lets agents order food, with a demo of Claude completing a full order end to end.
Claudeca.finance.yahoo.comOrder pizza for a group with computer use
Anthropic engineers had Claude computer use navigate DoorDash and choose pizzas for a group.
Claude computer useaol.comNegotiate a car purchase between dealers
OpenClaw researched prices, searched dealer inventory, filled contact forms and played quotes against each other for $4,200 off; it messaged a wrong dealer once.
OpenClawcloudship.co.ukGet competing car quotes from dealerships and negotiate a lower price
An agent filled out web forms at 8-10 dealerships and emailed competing quotes against each other, reaching a deal that saved over $4,200 in three days.
MoltBotmikemason.caHaggle with car dealerships on a buyer's behalf
CarEdge's agent uses a dedicated email and phone number per customer to negotiate; in one example it countered a $37,357 quote and the final price saved over $1,500.
6abc.comFind coffee makers under $100 and add options to the cart
Perplexity Comet searched Amazon for coffee makers with a grinder, built a comparison table and added two options to the cart, stopping before purchase.
Perplexity Cometdreamhost.comHunt Black Friday TV deals against stated requirements
ChatGPT Agent searched deal guides and retailers for several minutes and returned five discounted TVs with buy links plus two cheaper alternatives.
ChatGPT Agenttomsguide.comCompare phone prices across stores and add the best to cart
Comet searched Amazon and Flipkart for a Samsung Galaxy S24, compared prices, ratings and offers, and added the best option to the Flipkart cart in under a minute.
Perplexity Cometgrowwstacks.comLaunch and run an online store with AI agents
The author used an AI store builder to launch a retail shop taking real payments in one sitting, with five agents watching orders, stock and customers.
ryrob.comShop for shorts and handle email via an agent
A TechRadar reviewer had Muse find shorts in their size and request an Amazon login to buy, and also work on their email.
Meta Musetechradar.comBuy homemade pizza ingredients from Walmart
A reviewer had ChatGPT Agent shop at Walmart for pizza ingredients, handing control back briefly for an anti-bot check.
ChatGPT Agentandroidauthority.comTurn a handwritten grocery list into a cart
ChatGPT Agent transcribed 15 of 16 items from a photo, found the nearest store and added them to the cart, but missed onions and struggled with login.
ChatGPT Agentunderstandingai.orgBuild a Walmart shopping cart with an agent
A ZDNET writer had Agent mode navigate Walmart and fill a cart nearly to checkout in about 10 minutes, struggling with pop-ups and preferences.
ChatGPT Agenttech.yahoo.comOrder flowers and groceries with an agent
ChatGPT Agent researched bouquets but struggled with delivery details; a grocery order at Kroger eventually completed after login trouble.
ChatGPT Agentthegrocer.co.ukFind a vintage lamp on Etsy
ChatGPT Agent worked 50 minutes and reported adding five lamps to the cart, but the user's own cart was empty as it ran on a separate computer.
ChatGPT Agentatoms.devOrder pens and search for reservations and resorts
Operator found a 144-pack of pens on Staples after Amazon blocked it; restaurant booking failed and the resort search chose random dates.
Operatorvktr.comOrder groceries with computer-use agents
The author tried Operator and two other computer-use agents on grocery shopping and found the experience too poor for ordinary consumers.
Operatorunderstandingai.orgTrack prices across favorite stores
Claude in Chrome watches the writer's usual stores, compares prices on chosen products and returns a table with links.
Claude in Chromemakeuseof.comFill an Amazon basket with Claude computer use
A writer had Claude computer use search Amazon and add needed items to his basket; it asked sensible questions but was slow and hit tool-call limits.
Claude computer usehowtogeek.comShop for Raspberry Pi parts on Amazon with Claude
Claude searched Amazon for a Raspberry Pi, asked about mic and speaker options, and added items to the basket in about 15 minutes, slower than manual.
Claude computer usetech.yahoo.comBook a gym tour and compare memberships with Comet
NBC tested Comet on job applications, shopping and a gym tour; it needed intervention, booked the tour after prodding, and built a price comparison chart.
Perplexity Comettech.yahoo.comFind and add high-meat cat food to a basket
A reviewer had Comet's assistant find the cat food with the most meat and add it to the basket, plus some product comparison and form filling, though imperfectly.
Perplexity Cometcybernews.comCompare laptop prices across retailers
Testers had Comet compare MacBook Air prices on Amazon, Best Buy and B&H, returning a table; about 65% of 40 tasks completed fully, 20% needed help, 15% failed.
Perplexity Cometopenaitoolshub.orgOrder dinner by voice via Grubhub and Uber Eats
A writer ordered dinner conversationally with Alexa+ through linked Grubhub and Uber Eats accounts, including customizing and changing the order.
Alexa+tomsguide.comOrder food from Grubhub by voice on Echo
Fox News staff linked Grubhub to Alexa+ and ordered food by voice on an Echo, changing the order on screen.
Alexa+foxnews.comHandle an IKEA return end to end
Muse dealt with IKEA customer service and scheduled the pickup, which showed up at the user's door after he had forgotten about it.
Meta MuseXBuild and order a grocery cart from an idea
Through the Instacart connector, Muse turns an idea like Taco Tuesday into a cart at the preferred store, checks out and arranges delivery.
Meta MuseXTurn recipe ideas into delivered groceries
A Meta employee uses Muse to go from a recipe idea to a shopping list to ingredients delivered via Instacart.
Meta MuseXBuild an Instacart grocery cart from a chat request
A reporter connected Instacart to ChatGPT, which assembled the cart for formula, ice cream and fruit and opened a checkout confirmation in chat.
techradar.comOrder office groceries from Slack requests
A startup's OpenClaw agent collects Slack requests, compiles a list, gets approval, builds the Instacart cart via ChatGPT's app, and posts the link back.
OpenClawnekuda.substack.comBuy specific earbuds within a $50 budget
The author had ChatGPT buy a specific pair of earbuds; it failed twice, then dropped incomplete listings, compared total cost and bought from the cheaper one.
rewarx.comFind and buy a same-day-delivery fern as a gift
In Agent mode the author had ChatGPT search local plant shops and fill the checkout form, stopping for him to click buy, then reported the order with tracking.
ChatGPT Agenttech.yahoo.comPre-stage household grocery carts from Instacart history
An OpenClaw add-on scrapes Instacart order history, predicts what the household is running out of, fills the cart twice weekly and texts; nothing ships until the user taps Place Order.
OpenClawgithub.comAutomate the weekly grocery order with an agent
A user gave an OpenClaw agent card access for a weekly grocery workflow via an MCP server; it worked for three months, then picked the wrong unit and ordered about 40 heads of garlic.
OpenClawstandardcompute.comBuy products through an agent and track the order
Per Rye, a user had his OpenClaw agent find products and check out via Rye's checkout API, with items delivered and order status polled afterwards.
OpenClawrye.comDraft refund emails from a photo and Gmail receipt
Cowork finds the receipt in Gmail, extracts the order number and date, and drafts a refund email for the user to review and send.
Claude Coworkchatprd.aiDraft refund requests from email receipts
Nicole Ruiz uses Claude Cowork to find receipts in her email and draft refund requests when a product fails.
Claude Coworklennysnewsletter.comFill a grocery basket from a regular-items sheet
Claude in Chrome added about 24 items to an ASDA basket from a Google Sheet, but the user still had to fix items and check out.
Claude in Chromechristinasouch.comProcess shopping returns and order food with Cowork
Aakash Gupta uses Cowork for computer tasks such as shopping returns and DoorDash orders, noting where it breaks.
Claude Coworknews.aakashg.comEmail Houston dealerships to shop for a car
Cowork built a dealership tracking sheet, sent outreach emails, filled web forms and managed replies; a separate 100+ receipt expense job hit limits and moved to Claude Code.
Claude Cowork · Claude Codebuildtolaunch.substack.comSearch Amazon for a product and list options
Claude in Chrome searched Amazon for a red lipstick and listed results with names and prices in the side panel.
Claude in Chromexda-developers.comShop on Amazon and build pages with the Claude Chrome extension
A reviewer used the Claude Chrome extension for Amazon shopping, building an interactive model timeline from one prompt, and translating and summarizing pages; one screenshot bug appeared.
Claude in Chromedaily.devFind vegetarian restaurants and save notes via computer use
The author ran Anthropic's computer-use demo in Docker and had Claude find 5 vegetarian-friendly restaurants near Bond Street and save details to a notepad file.
Claude computer uselovkush.substack.comClip weekly grocery coupons automatically
A scheduled Claude Code task logs into a grocery site each Saturday to clip eligible coupons and report results.
Claude Codeblog.adafruit.com · Mar 2026Move Alexa shopping list items into a Walmart grocery cart
Claude Code built a script that pulls an Alexa shopping list, logs into Walmart+, orders items, and clears the list.
Claude Codeengageevolution.com · Mar 2026Fill grocery carts across stores for manual checkout
A Claude Code session drives Chrome via Playwright MCP to fill carts in DoorDash, Amazon, and H Mart for the owner to approve and checkout.
Claude Code · MCPgithub.comBuild an Instacart list for a charcuterie board
Comet added about 20 items to an Instacart cart from ShopRite in about five minutes, choosing cheapest or bestselling items, and declined to purchase.
Perplexity Cometyahoo.comFind cheapest coffee and book a waste tip slot
Comet found the lowest price for Lavazza beans and added them to a basket, and filled in a recycling-centre garden-waste booking form.
Perplexity Comettomsguide.comTurn a recipe into a grocery order
Comet found a Caesar salad recipe, filled in email and address on a grocery ordering page, and queued the items for confirmation without checking out.
Perplexity Comettechradar.comResearch buying a yak
Manus navigated sites, handled pop-ups and summarized findings, but took 15 minutes, used 300 credits, and needed manual takeover when stuck.
Manusaiwithallie.beehiiv.comCompare grocery prices across stores from a list
A tech worker built a Gemini browser agent that takes a typed or scanned handwritten grocery list and compares prices on Amazon Fresh and Flipkart Minutes.
Geminimedium.comFind holiday gifts and check stock and sales
A writer used the Gemini app and its agentic feature to find gift ideas and retailers and check stock and sales, noting some features weren't fully ready.
Geminitech.yahoo.comAuto-buy items when the price hits a target
Alexa's shopping assistant sets price alerts and can auto-buy Amazon-fulfilled items at a target price with the default payment method, and schedules recurring purchases.
Alexa+techlicious.comOrder watched products automatically when they go on sale
Alexa+ watches a named product, cart or wishlist items and orders automatically once the price falls below the user's threshold.
Alexa+engadget.comBuy items automatically when prices drop overnight
A mom of three describes Alexa+ monitoring deals around the clock and checking out automatically when an air purifier drops in price.
Alexa+tomsguide.comTrack price history and auto-buy at target prices
Alexa+ shows 30, 90 or 365 day price history to spot fake sales and can notify or buy automatically at a target price.
Alexa+consumeraffairs.comSchedule recurring restocking of household essentials
Users create Scheduled Actions in Alexa for Shopping to add kids' snacks monthly and restock pet food, paper towels and detergent; vendor material.
Alexa+aboutamazon.comTurn a handwritten list into a grocery order
A TechRadar writer scans a handwritten shopping list into Alexa and places an Amazon Fresh or Whole Foods order from it to avoid crowded stores.
Alexa+techradar.comOrder groceries from Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods
Alexa+ orders groceries, tracks past purchases and remembers recipes and dietary preferences.
Alexa+grocerydive.comHand consumer errands to an always-on agent
A journalist tested Dot on ISP signup, an Ikea account and food ordering; it finished only some with human help, blocked by browser checks and payment steps.
Dotszetik.comTrack rare coffee beans with a scheduled Dot
A user had a Dot monitor rare US coffee beans twice a day using context from old chats, and it returned Gesha options priced per cup.
Dotsgrokbot.shGet Telegram alerts when a tablet's price changes
An n8n workflow scrapes local retailer pages daily, stores prices, and sends an AI-written Telegram alert on changes; the author uses it to watch a tablet price.
n8nn8n.ioMonitor Amazon and eBay prices and email on changes
An n8n workflow checks product URLs from a Google Sheet three times a day, compares prices, emails changes and logs every check.
n8ndev.toAlert on eBay deals below a price threshold
An n8n workflow scrapes eBay's deals page, has an AI agent structure the data, flags items under a threshold and sends Telegram alerts.
n8nblog.stackademic.com
Life Admin & Home
Forms, paperwork, health, family logistics, personal assistants, and the smart home.
Get a second opinion on an MRI
One person's account of using Claude Code to analyze their own MRI.
Claude CodeHN 566 · Jun 2026Run a personal doorman agent on a $7 VPS
A public agent greets site visitors over IRC while a private one handles email and scheduling, capped at $2 a day.
ClaudeHN 340 · Mar 2026Build e-ink fridge shopping list firmware
Claude Code wrote ~2,400 lines of C++ firmware for an ESP32 e-ink fridge magnet shopping list synced with a phone web app, now used by the family.
Claude CodeHN 152 · Sep 2026Run an offline car assistant on a Raspberry Pi
A local Qwen model on a Pi reads car OBD data and the manual to answer car questions, controls AC and locks via cloud, and alerts other agents to a breakdown so they can look up train tickets.
QwenHN 146 · Aug 2026Analyze your chess games into commented videos
A Claude Code skill uses Claude vision plus Stockfish and your audio notes to turn a Lichess game into a commented video analysis.
Claude Code · StockfishHN 75 · Sep 2026Update a household wiki with an LLM via MCP
The author's wife plugged an MCP server into their household Wiki.js so an LLM can update the wiki.
MCPBluesky 54 · Oct 2025Give an agent persistent memory and identity
A developer gave a Claude Code agent memory and an identity, then reported back on what it was doing four months later.
Claude CodeDEV 45 · Mar 2026Audit your posting history for unkept promises
An agent was given the author's social posting history and found a promise the author had never actually made.
DEV 30 · Sep 2026Manage macOS contacts through an MCP server
The author open-sourced an MCP server that lets agents manage macOS contacts.
MCPBluesky 24 · Apr 2026Book weekly restaurants and surface daily discoveries from your data
An OpenClaw agent with access to ChatGPT, Google and Instagram history books weekly restaurants, sends daily recommendations, and proposes memory updates for the user to approve.
OpenClawHN · Mar 2026Set up a home chat server and manage accounts from your phone
A Hermes agent running on a local Qwen model set up an Open WebUI server and handled account management via phone, giving the author's teen their own account.
Hermes Agent · Qwen3.6-35B-A3BHN · Jun 2026Run a personal assistant that handles repo issues and groceries
The author uses an oh-my-py agent setup as a personal assistant: it opens repo issues, has another agent ship code and run tests, and orders groceries with a limited virtual card.
oh-my-py · OpenRouterHN · Sep 2026Fill PDF forms with an AI copilot using tool calling
An in-browser copilot fills PDF form fields from data sources or user input, helps with foreign-language forms, and explains contract clauses before signing.
HN · May 2026Call a dental insurer on your behalf
Meta's AI agent phoned a dental insurer, gave the member ID, answered a security question and waited on hold before transferring the user to a representative.
Meta MuseHN · Sep 2026Add handwritten appointments to calendar and file PDFs
A commenter describes a self-built agent that OCRs a photo of a handwritten appointment into their calendar, searches the web, and files an emailed PDF into paperless.
HN · Sep 2026Auto-fill job applications with tailored CVs and cover letters
Commenter says an agent customizing CV and cover letter for job applications, with the user reviewing, eases the process.
HN · Jul 2026Apply to jobs with a self-built application agent
Author built an application agent and says it led to interviews at Cohere and Scale AI.
HN · Jul 2026Run Claude on a cronjob for morning briefings and email tasks
User built a Claude-in-a-loop with cron that produces morning briefings and podcasts and handles tasks emailed or texted to it.
ClaudeHN · Apr 2026Add todo items to Todoist from Telegram
A Telegram bot with an LLM and an orchestration platform (n8n or windmill) adds todos to the author's Todoist account from natural language messages.
HN · Apr 2026Add home TODO items by Telegram message
The author told an OpenClaw agent over Telegram to add items to a home TODO list via a custom API while at the office, before they stopped using it.
OpenClawHN · Apr 2026Find a stylist and prep a salon appointment
A CNET reporter had ChatGPT's agent research stylists and request booking details, but stopped it before it booked.
ChatGPT Agenttech.yahoo.comProcess referrals and book patient appointments by phone
PocketHealth's Conductor agents process physician referrals, call patients and book imaging appointments, live at dozens of hospitals.
theglobeandmail.comBook doctor appointments by phone with a voice agent
Zocdoc's Zo voice agent handles inbound scheduling calls around the clock to book doctor appointments.
fiercehealthcare.comCall a doctor's office to book an appointment
An agent phones a dermatology office for a member, finds a slot, checks insurance and texts a confirmation (vendor demo).
elementum.aiFill out PDF forms like a W-9 from saved personal details
A Claude Code skill fills PDF forms from supplied details, saves the file and remembers reusable info; flat scanned PDFs are a limitation.
Claude Codedaveswift.comSearch LinkedIn and submit tailored job applications
Claude Code drives a real Chrome browser to find matching jobs from a resume, collect them in a CSV, write cover letters, fill forms and submit.
Claude Codegosu.teamHunt for an apartment with an agent (partly failed)
A self-hosted agent surfaced broken links and mismatched descriptions at over $100 in credits; ChatGPT then compared listings and scheduled searches until it lost site access.
ChatGPTmedium.comFind an NYC apartment with a listing-watching agent
Andrew Kordampalos built an agent with Zapier and Vercel for about $20 to find an NYC apartment, saying it did; replies questioned its inventory.
X · May 2026Apply to marketing jobs on LinkedIn in bulk
A Comet user had the agent submit about 100 LinkedIn applications in 40 minutes, with no interviews resulting.
Perplexity Cometaiforbeginners.substack.com · Sep 2025Fill job applications and rank job leads in the browser
An open-source plugin for Claude Code and Codex fills applications on LinkedIn, Greenhouse, Lever, Workday and others, and searches and ranks jobs against preferences.
Claude Code · Codexgithub.comApply for Dutch rentals and schedule viewings
Uprent's agent submits viewing requests, reads landlord emails, drafts replies and schedules viewings; one complaint is duplicate applications to the same ad.
au.trustpilot.com · Sep 2025Label school emails and draft parent replies
A parent's agent labels school and parent emails, drafts replies she edits and sends, and asks before adding dates to her calendar.
chiefhouseholdofficer.substack.comControl Gmail, calendar and errands from a chat agent
OpenClaw users manage Gmail and Calendar from Telegram, unsubscribe from emails, get daily briefings, and submit health reimbursements and find doctor appointments.
OpenClawthenuancedperspective.substack.comManage Home Assistant automations with Claude Code
Adam uses Claude Code via an MCP server to search entities, read automation traces and build and debug automations like a shed motion light.
Claude Code · MCPblog.beguelin.comSet up a new smart home with Claude Code
Claude Code ran scripts against the Home Assistant API to configure 60+ lights, build scenes, bind switches and produce a printable manual for family.
Claude Codecommunity.home-assistant.io · Mar 2026Let Claude Code manage a Home Assistant setup
The poster gave Claude Code SSH, SSHFS and custom MCP access to manage their smart home, and it is also building an iOS control app.
Claude Code · MCPcommunity.home-assistant.ioImprove Home Assistant automations with Claude Code
A user runs Claude Code on their HA OS instance with helper CLI tools to query entity states, call services and manage the device registry.
Claude Codecommunity.home-assistant.ioRun family logistics and kids' education agents
A founder runs OpenClaw agents including a household logistics assistant and a kids' education agent; her first attempt wiped the family calendar.
OpenClawaol.comRun a homeschooling family on OpenClaw agents
A mom runs five OpenClaw agents that plan lessons from curriculum photos, manage the family schedule, and built a kids' TV app deployed to a TV.
OpenClawshippingskool.comSend family morning briefings in a cloned voice
An OpenClaw user's agent sends daily iMessage briefings to family covering weather, school schedules and reminders in a cloned voice.
OpenClawbusinessworld.inAnalyze years of health data to track thyroid episodes
Claude Code processed Apple Health, lab and appointment data, engineered 51 features, and built a labeling UI, yielding 691 five-day windows with 270 labeled.
Claude Codemedium.comAutomate Instagram DMs to potential matches
A developer built an OpenClaw and Claude script that browses Instagram, finds potential matches and sends DMs for him.
OpenClaw · Claudetechbuzz.aiSearch rentals and negotiate with landlords
An OpenClaw agent used browser automation to send 8 listing inquiries, tracked replies in a sheet and negotiated rent over three rounds in one example; showcase-style page.
OpenClawopenclawcases.comMark student homework and generate targeted practice
A private tutor has Claude Code mark students' test photos from Drive, classify each mistake, and write targeted practice questions.
Claude Codeaskatechteacher.comBuy games, get mover quotes and book dinner with Muse
A reviewer had Meta's Muse buy a Switch 2 game, call four movers for quotes and help book an OpenTable restaurant.
Meta Musefinance.yahoo.comPlan date night and a move with a personal agent
A CNN reporter used Muse to plan a date night, build a packing schedule and email a friend, compiling her replies into a restaurant Google Doc; it also suggested some closed venues.
Meta Musecnn.com · Sep 2026Find unpaid bills and suggest recipes from inbox
A WSJ reviewer connected her inbox and calendar to Muse, which found unpaid bills and suggested a recipe based on a produce delivery.
Meta Musethecurrency.newsPlan Saturday errands and book haircuts
ChatGPT Agent planned errands, found salons with online booking and worked on booking kids' haircuts, with some steps needing human confirmation.
ChatGPT Agenttomsguide.comReply to LinkedIn messages and order dog food
Kevin Roose used Operator for a week: it bought dog food, booked a haircut and replied to hundreds of LinkedIn messages, and filled in paid surveys.
Operatorlinkedin.comHandle moving errands and reservations
A TechCrunch reporter used Operator for a week; a restaurant reservation needed many interventions and an electrician booking failed.
Operatortechcrunch.com · Feb 2025Sort 2,200 Downloads files into folders with summaries
Cowork grouped a Downloads folder of 2,200 loose files by type and summarized each folder in under 20 minutes, mostly non-destructively.
Claude Coworkwonderingaboutai.substack.comOrganize a messy Desktop into folders
Cowork proposed a plan, organized the writer's Desktop into folders and consolidated several 'New folder of items' folders into one.
Claude Coworkxda-developers.comOrganize a Downloads folder; multi-step workflows fell short
In a live test Cowork organized a Downloads folder in minutes, but complex multi-step workflows with MCPs and the browser failed with pop-ups and connection errors.
Claude Coworkbewarethedefault.substack.comSort and rename 186 Downloads files
Cowork sorted a Downloads folder of 186 files into subfolders by type and renamed generically named ones.
Claude Coworkdatacamp.comTurn spoken rambles into prioritized task pages and set up MCP servers
The author talks through their day by voice and Claude Code makes a categorized, priority-tagged HTML task page, and also installs and configures MCP servers.
Claude Code · MCPxda-developers.comRename files and write daily journal entries with Claude Code
Claude Code batch-renames PDFs, gives photos descriptive names, and creates a tagged daily journal entry in the author's notes vault.
Claude Codemakeuseof.comClean up downloads and drive Blender and FreeCAD with Claude Code
Claude Code proposes a downloads cleanup via dry runs and reversible scripts, converts images in bulk, and drives Blender and FreeCAD to make 3D parts.
Claude Codemakeuseof.comManage an inbox and build courses and budgets with Claude Code
A non-technical user filters their inbox to emails needing replies, turned 15 homeschool PDFs into interactive narrated courses, and built a budget dashboard.
Claude Codemichaelcrist.substack.comRun grocery, email and photo tasks through Comet browser
A reviewer gave Comet access to his Intermarché account and tried it on email cleanup, sorting 8,000 Dropbox photos and calendar planning, with failures and security risks.
Perplexity Cometjulienrio.com · Nov 2025Book restaurants, research and build sites with ChatGPT Dots
The author tested Dots on a restaurant booking, research and site-building; booking completed slowly, research and building were useful, calling failed.
Dotsjuliangoldie.comBatch-rename files with a local model agent
Hermes Agent running a local Ollama model inspected filenames, wrote a script, dry-tested it and applied changes after approval; results depend on model capability.
Hermes Agentxda-developers.comClear leftover installers and fetch a YouTube transcript
Scout ran PowerShell to delete 31 leftover installers (4.4 GB) after asking permission, and installed a tool to save a YouTube transcript when the browser was blocked.
Microsoft Scoutpowerapps911.comDelete old installers and pull a YouTube transcript
Scout wrote a PowerShell script to find and delete old installers after one approval click, and installed yt-dlp to fetch a transcript after scraping was blocked.
Microsoft Scoutmedium.comTurn chat messages into Google Calendar events
An n8n calendar agent takes a chat message, extracts event title, location and times, and creates a Google Calendar entry.
n8nfreecodecamp.orgSend delivery and license renewal reminders from inbox
An AARP writer connected Muse to her inbox, and it messaged her about a signature-required delivery and an upcoming license renewal deadline.
Meta Museaarp.orgUnsubscribe from unread mailing lists via Gmail
Reporters connected Muse to Gmail; it found never-opened emails, let the user choose which to drop, then carried out the unsubscribe requests.
Meta Muse6abc.comTest Operator on legal paperwork, party planning and shopping
The author tried Operator on five use cases; party planning was 'meh' and Amazon shopping failed because it couldn't add items to the cart.
Operatordecision.substack.comSubmit health reimbursements and find doctor appointments
A user says their OpenClaw assistant submitted health reimbursements, found doctor appointments and sent relevant documents.
OpenClawopenclaw.aiHandle household logistics and bills with Cowork
The author ran Cowork for weeks on family logistics, recurring bills, meal planning and a child's activity schedule.
Claude Coworkkotrotsos.medium.comBuild a 12-day homeschool curriculum from PDFs
Cowork read 12 PDFs of worksheets and reading material, organized them by subject and built a 12-day curriculum to the requested schedule.
Claude Coworkmichaelcrist.substack.comTurn receipts into a tax spreadsheet and rank job fits
Cowork turns receipt photos and PDFs into a categorized tax spreadsheet, scores a resume against job descriptions, and builds slide decks from notes.
Claude Coworkabhijayvuyyuru.substack.comAudit and fix a Home Assistant setup
The writer had Claude audit their Home Assistant config, using the Chrome connector to click through the dashboard and paste config blocks into editors when the MCP couldn't edit directly.
Claude in Chromeandroidauthority.comBulk-unsubscribe from Gmail newsletters
A PCWorld writer had Claude Cowork pick newsletters safe to cut, then unsubscribe in bulk via the Chrome extension with a JavaScript function it wrote to click Unsubscribe.
Claude Cowork · Claude in Chromepcworld.comRun life admin and to-dos from Claude Code
A new mom and entrepreneur uses Claude Code to capture to-dos, break overwhelming tasks into 10-minute first steps, and learn her preferences into a file.
Claude Codelennysnewsletter.comHandle family errands and recipe sorting with Codex
A communications professional had Codex email her son's doctor for a refill and sort 240 recipes down to 62 family-fit ones into an index, spreadsheet and Drive folder.
Codexyoubetabelieveit.substack.comRun Codex tasks on your Home Assistant config
An integration starts Codex CLI tasks against a Home Assistant config to diagnose failing automations, check dashboards for broken cards and create scripts.
Codexcommunity.home-assistant.ioWrite and test Home Assistant automations and dashboards
Codex runs inside a HAOS add-on, using real entity IDs to write YAML and Lovelace dashboards, and tests layouts at desktop and phone sizes.
Codexcommunity.home-assistant.ioControl smart-home devices through Codex as Assist agent
An integration lets Codex act as a Home Assistant Assist conversation agent that controls only the entities the user has exposed.
Codexgithub.comBuild a household dinner-suggestion app
A non-coder used Codex to build a local app that suggests dinners from pantry stock, garden produce, diets, appliances and weather.
Codexbeginningwithi.com · Mar 2026Fill out booking forms automatically
A reviewer had Comet fill out booking forms and a questionnaire across several sites, pausing only to confirm completion.
Perplexity Comettech.yahoo.comFind Prague apartments and contact landlords
Manus browsed listings and returned five apartments, but looped and made mistakes when asked to email landlords to schedule viewings.
Manusautogmail.comTurn school and event documents into calendar entries
A parent had Alexa+ extract checklist items and dates from a dance competition document and a term-dates photo; emailing documents didn't work.
Alexa+trustedreviews.comManage a busy calendar with Alexa+
A frequent traveler asked Alexa+ about their schedule and to add an event, and it did both correctly, but it couldn't read or send email well.
Alexa+exhibit.techBook an electrician and restaurant with Alexa+
Alexa+ found Thumbtack electricians and sent a request with no reply for hours, and booked an OpenTable table for the wrong date before fixing it.
Alexa+oakcover.comSet up nightly smart-home routines by voice
A parent told Alexa+ to dim lights and lower the thermostat at 9 p.m. nightly, and it built the automation on the spot.
Alexa+tech.yahoo.comSend household announcements through Alexa+
A parent uses Alexa+ to broadcast announcements through the house, such as asking the family about paper towels from the store or calling kids to clean up bikes.
Alexa+tomsguide.comBuild Alexa routines to regulate a daily schedule
A TechRadar writer set Alexa routines to check mood and water intake at 11AM and 3PM and remind about lunch, saying it helped their day, with a warning against over-reliance.
Alexa+techradar.comAnswer questions from uploaded documents and school emails
In an Amazon demo, Alexa+ answers questions from an uploaded recipe or HOA document and summarizes forwarded school emails into the calendar.
Alexa+techcrunch.com · Feb 2025Turn handwritten Kindle Scribe notes into to-dos and events
Alexa+ summarizes notes sent from a Kindle Scribe and converts them into to-do lists, calendar events and reminders; a feature description.
Alexa+tech.yahoo.com · Mar 2026Run personal assistant tasks like meetings and itinerary research
After months with Hermes Agent and OpenClaw, the author uses them to book and reschedule meetings and research travel itineraries, with few specifics.
Hermes Agent · OpenClawblog.kentimsit.comRun a 24/7 agent for email, forms and calendar tasks
Users run Hermes on a mini PC for email, browsing, form filling and cron jobs, and one has it manage Obsidian tasks against Apple Calendar with Telegram/Signal reminders.
Hermes Agenthermes-agent.nousresearch.comControl the smart home with a Home Assistant skill
NetworkChuck moved his setup from OpenClaw to Hermes and uses its Home Assistant skill for smart-home control, which he trusts his wife to use.
Hermes Agent · OpenClawthreads.comAutomate home tasks like emails and ticket price checks
Microsoft's Omar Shahine used OpenClaw at home to draft emails and investigate concert-ticket prices.
OpenClawgeekwire.comMonitor and respond to home office sensors
Omar Shahine ran a local OpenClaw agent on his MacBook, extended with home automation so it could observe and respond to physical sensors in his home office.
OpenClawaidevme.comAutomate per-room heating control in Home Assistant
A homeowner built an add-on and MCP server so Cursor could write and deploy Home Assistant automations for per-room temperature control, iterating through five versions over a weekend.
Cursorcoolver.github.ioGenerate and deploy Home Assistant automations from Cursor
The author connected Cursor to Home Assistant via an MCP server and add-on so it reads config, generates automations and dashboards, and deploys them directly.
Cursor · MCPmedium.comManage Home Assistant config with Cursor over SSH
A user runs Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi and uses Cursor over SSH with GitHub webhook deploys, and wants to give it device access for building automations.
Cursorcommunity.home-assistant.ioRun a private personal-admin agent in Cursor
The author uses Cursor for personal admin like drafting a dentist appointment email, using private notes and rules that keep personal details out of public drafts.
Cursorpetralian.comRun morning home routines with n8n and Home Assistant
Home Assistant sends first-movement events to n8n, which checks states and calls services to switch devices, change settings or notify.
n8nxda-developers.comUse n8n workflows as a Home Assistant voice agent
A custom integration sends voice requests and exposed entities to an n8n workflow that can use AI and trigger automations, speaking the reply back.
n8ncommunity.home-assistant.ioSet lighting brightness with an AI agent on presence
A Home Assistant presence sensor triggers n8n, where a Deepseek agent picks a brightness for the time of day and sets the lights.
n8ngrowwstacks.comBuild a free AI voice assistant for the home
A user wired a Home Assistant Voice PE device through n8n to Groq models after a local Ollama model proved too slow.
n8ncommunity.home-assistant.ioLog meals from text, voice or photos and track nutrition
A Telegram AI agent in n8n logs meals sent as text, voice or photos, estimates calories and macros, tracks goals in Google Sheets and sends daily reports.
n8n · Geminin8n.ioManage family schedules, routines and meal ideas
An n8n workflow sends family activity reminders, routine checklists and a weekly plan prompt over email and Telegram, and generates meal ideas.
n8nn8n.ioRun email, calendar and tasks from a Telegram voice assistant
An assistant named Jackie takes voice or text via Telegram to summarize unread emails, check calendar events and manage Google Tasks.
n8nn8n.ioPlace phone calls and send emails from a Telegram assistant
An n8n assistant looks up contacts in Google Sheets, places real phone calls, sends emails and schedules calendar events for the user.
n8nelitesolutions1.gumroad.comManage calendar and tasks by text with an assistant
A review of Lindy as an iMessage assistant that reschedules meetings and schedules from screenshots, with reported failures like hidden invites and unsent emails.
Lindyusecarly.comRun routines via a texting personal assistant
Reviewers tested Lindy as a message-based assistant that texts a weekly summary every Monday and offers routines like meal logging and workout tracking.
Lindyzapier.com
Work & Operations
Planning, inboxes, documents, and the back office that runs a business.
Run a company autonomously
Andon Labs on why they built Pion, an agent designed to run any company on its own.
HN 497 · Sep 2026Read and edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files
OfficeCLI is an office suite built for agents to read and edit Microsoft Office files.
HN 215 · Jul 2026Build a roadmap deck from your own work history
Rowboat keeps a knowledge graph of your email and meeting notes, then uses it for tasks like drafting a quarterly roadmap deck.
HN 205 · Feb 2026Run background agents for everyday non-code tasks
A Claude Code-style CLI for creating and monitoring background agents that use the file system, Unix tools, and MCP servers.
MCPHN 131 · Nov 2025Record how you work, then automate the repetitive parts
Screenpipe records screen and audio locally and gives agents a searchable memory to turn repeated tasks into procedures.
HN 88 · Jul 2026Run a solo company with eight agent departments
A founder set up CEO, CFO, COO, lawyer, accountant, marketing, CTO, and improver agents that share memory and consult each other.
GitHub CopilotDEV 61 · Mar 2026Run background agents with an email-style approval inbox
A self-hosted desktop app runs background agents, with finished work in Unread and approvals in Action; it began as automating CRM activity logging and meeting prep.
MCP · OllamaHN 61 · Sep 2026Mine six months of team retros for missed patterns
A PM handed Claude half a year of retrospectives and it surfaced three things they had missed.
ClaudeDEV 54 · May 2026Run company departments with persistent self-hosted agents
A self-hosted company OS runs Claude Code and Codex agents per department, with memory, schedules, phone calls via Twilio, and document/video editing.
Claude Code · CodexHN 50 · Sep 2026Turn meeting transcripts into Jira bug tickets
A Mac recorder exposes screen, meeting and AI history to Claude Code via MCP; the author had it find bugs from a call and create Jira tickets with screenshots.
Claude Code · MCP · CodexHN 47 · Oct 2026Make auditable rule-based decisions with RAG-written explanations
A Rete rule engine decides loans, fraud and triage cases, then RAG over policy documents has an LLM explain the verdict, with an MCP server available.
MCP · ClaudeHN 46 · Sep 2026Build reusable finance workflows from files with an LLM
An LLM orchestrates finance and accounting workflows from file schemas, executes them locally in the browser, and can pull live data from QuickBooks and FRED.
HN 43 · Sep 2026Plan the workday across calendar, tickets, email, and docs
A planning agent that works across Google Calendar, Linear, Gmail, and Google Docs through MCP.
MCPDEV 38 · Mar 2026Record meetings and suggest answers live from uploaded files
An open-source Mac recorder transcribes calls and, using the user's uploaded files, suggests answers when it hears questions.
ClaudeHN 38 · Sep 2026Manage 18 agents from a Notion workspace
Notion used as the control plane for a fleet of 18 OpenClaw agents.
OpenClaw · Notion · MCPDEV 37 · Mar 2026Let agents edit Word documents via MCP
An MCP lets AI agents edit Word documents, handling the OOXML mechanics, originally built for pharma regulatory document editing.
MCPHN 36 · Sep 2026Book tutoring appointments over WhatsApp
An agency owner built a WhatsApp agent for a tutoring company that books calendar appointments, shipped in two days for a $5K fee.
HN · Apr 2026Let agents fill out web forms using text-grid page rendering
Author built TextWeb, a text-grid browser so LLM agents can fill out job applications without costly vision models.
MCPHN · Feb 2026Run OpenClaw bots for repo upkeep, note-taking and team Slack help
User runs OpenClaw bots that maintain a personal repo, take notes and send news summaries, and in Slack summarize meeting notes and answer team questions.
OpenClaw · ZeroClawHN · Apr 2026Run an autonomous employee-like agent for company tasks
Author runs a self-built autonomous agent on Codex, ChatGPT Plus, systemd and email that handles various company tasks, using a rolling context, diary and markdown wiki for memory.
Codex · ChatGPTHN · Apr 2026Build a voice receptionist that books dental appointments
Author built a VAPI voice agent that takes caller details, checks availability, books into Google Calendar and confirms aloud.
VAPImedium.comAutomate monthly bookkeeping with Claude Code
A newsletter operator has Claude Code rename files, categorize expenses, match invoices to payments and build summaries, cutting about 6 hours to 20 minutes.
Claude Codefuturedigestnews.substack.comTriage and draft replies for three email accounts
An OpenClaw agent drafted routine replies at about 70% ready quality and cut inbox processing from 10 to 2 minutes, though some things broke.
OpenClawdev.to · Mar 2026Let an agent handle email, calendar and tasks for a week
An agent resolved three email threads, declined two invitations and wrote an action summary, but also sent an overly formal landlord reply and a robotic newsletter draft.
medium.comSummarize email and prep briefings from your phone
A Fortune writer used Claude Dispatch with Cowork to summarize and pick out important emails, plus recurring morning briefings and meeting prep from the calendar.
Claude Dispatch · Claude Coworkfortune.com · Apr 2026Manage email, calendar and tasks from Slack
An agent built on Make.com with Gmail, Google Calendar and Notion triages emails, checks the calendar and adds tasks on Slack commands.
aimaker.substack.com · Dec 2025Run an overnight chief of staff for email and calendar
A Claude Code system triages email at 5:30 AM, preps the calendar, updates tasks, adds drive-time events from traffic data and time-blocks the day.
Claude Codethe-ai-corner.comScreen 115 job candidates with parallel agents
A team connected Notion to Claude Code, dispatching one agent per candidate to check data and GitHub evidence against a rubric, producing a ranked shortlist for $65.
Claude Codehappycapy.aiSource and screen candidates with voice agents
An unnamed staffing firm used voice AI agents to contact and screen candidates, reportedly reaching 2,000 in a week; weak, vendor-adjacent account.
thehirehub.aiRun property management with a Claude Code agent
A creator demos a Claude Code agent that handled an overnight maintenance request, sent lease renewals to three tenants and flagged a late payment.
Claude CodeYouTubeLog tenant maintenance requests for rental properties
In a vendor demo, Claude Code connected to TIDY's MCP server logs maintenance requests, notifies a handyman and escalates an urgent issue.
Claude Code · MCPtidy.comSource recruiting candidates on LinkedIn and build valuation models
ChatGPT Agent logged into LinkedIn, filtered YouTube manager candidates in Bangalore into a spreadsheet, and in another demo built an Excel valuation model from company financials in 17 minutes.
ChatGPT Agentleadwithai.coRun browser agents for small admin tasks
An educator tried agentic browsers that made a meeting poll, looked up and summarized colleagues' teaching schedules, and reformatted a slide deck, though clunky and slow.
Perplexity Comet · Claude for Chrome · Claude Coworkannamills.substack.comRevise courses from student evaluation feedback
A professor had Claude Code summarize course-evaluation PDFs, filed themes as GitHub issues, and used agents to revise his security course and two others.
Claude Codepracticespace.substack.comTest AI annotations on student problem sets
A chemistry professor ran 11 students' problem sets through Claude to see if its annotations could help manual grading; the project was accidentally left public, exposing student information.
Claudethedartmouth.com · May 2026Let Claude run a digital product business for 30 days
Claude did about 95% of the work, shipping 8 products and 3 sites; revenue was $0 with about $180 API costs, and agents struggled with distribution.
Claudeagents.moneybrain.netAutomate freelance admin with a morning briefing agent
An OpenClaw agent sends a Telegram morning briefing, drafts weekly client status emails sent after one-tap approval, and chases follow-ups, cutting admin from about 9 hours to 20 minutes.
OpenClawdev.toHand a one-person business to AI agents for a week
A solo owner handed their inbox and scheduler to a network of AI agents for seven days; the result was profitable but uncomfortable, with few details given.
medium.comRun email, social, content and Shopify with a Claude Code agent
A commenter's Claude Code agent handles email automation, social media, content creation, web scraping and Shopify store management.
Claude Codemetacircuits.substack.comRun a personal agent through Slack with memory notes and a live dashboard
The author runs OpenClaw on a dedicated machine, talks to it in Slack, keeps daily memory notes, and tracks its tasks and actions on a dashboard.
OpenClawprompthub.substack.comSchedule a recurring tech-news report and delegate routine tasks
The writer set up a recurring Cowork task delivering a tech-news report, then handed it more routine tasks, dropping those not worth delegating.
Claude Coworkxda-developers.comSchedule meetings, tidy Drive and log reward balances
Claude in Chrome drafted meeting-slot emails from Calendar, sorted 900 Drive files into folders and removed about 50 duplicates, and replayed a recorded reward-balance workflow into a spreadsheet.
Claude in Chrometechradar.comBook a meeting and send invites with an agenda
Claude in Chrome found an open calendar slot, filled details, sent invites and added an agenda in a roughly twenty-minute test, though the author flags security concerns.
Claude in Chrometechtiff.substack.comFill slide decks and turn notes into formatted documents
Claude in Chrome fills a PowerPoint template from a short brief and turns scattered meeting notes into a formatted Word doc exported as PDF.
Claude in Chromemarketsmarterwithai.substack.comRun content research and sponsor outreach with Claude computer use
The author tested Claude computer use in Cowork and Claude Code over two days on six workflows including research, sponsor outreach and product listings.
Claude computer use · Claude Cowork · Claude Codeaiblewmymind.substack.comTriage a founder's inbox with Claude Code and Gmail MCP
A team connected a Gmail MCP server so Claude Code reads the inbox, labels messages and drafts replies, plus calendar prep and reports.
Claude Code · MCPdev.to · Sep 2026Build YouTube analytics reports and lead outreach with Claude Code
Claude Code pulled YouTube analytics via API into a verified Excel file, built a job-tracking app, and found and enriched sales leads with outreach.
Claude Codemindstudio.aiPull action items from emails with Claude Code
After seeing Claude Code extract and organise action items from emails in plain English, Becky tried it and built four apps in three weeks.
Claude Codesmallcreatorbigworld.substack.comSummarize meetings and edit articles in Obsidian with Codex CLI
A writer points Codex CLI at his Markdown notes to write meeting summaries, organize tasks and proofread longer articles.
Codexdev.toCompare flights, fill vendor forms and pull competitor specs
A reviewer used Comet for 14 days to compare flight prices across three sites, fill a vendor portal form and build a competitor spec table; some runs clicked wrong buttons.
Perplexity Comettoolsstackai.comFill forms and run multi-step workflows in your own browser
A review of Manus Browser Operator, which works in the user's Chrome session with their logins for form filling and multi-page workflows.
Manustooltivity.com · Aug 2026Triage an inbox and plan a trip with Gemini Agent Mode
A writer had Gemini archive messages in 100+ unread emails and leave reply drafts, and describes it comparing hotel prices and holding a room.
Geminitomsguide.comTriage inbox, draft replies and manage calendar from a desktop agent
A reviewer used Scout to summarize a Microsoft 365 inbox, draft replies, manage calendar events, browse and work with local files; it needs the app open and can be costly.
Microsoft Scoutintelligink.comOrganize files and notes in a workspace with Cursor
The author points Cursor's agent at a folder to rename and move research PDFs, batch-edit notes and reformat meeting notes into reports.
Cursorhandyai.substack.comDraft email replies and LinkedIn posts with n8n workflows
The author built n8n workflows that draft Gmail replies for approval, generate LinkedIn posts from a topic, and extract tasks from emails into Google Tasks or Notion.
n8nlearninwithak.substack.comSend tone-adjusted overdue invoice reminders
An n8n agent checks customer payment statuses, finds overdue invoices, picks a polite or firmer tone by days overdue, and emails reminders, skipping already-reminded customers.
n8ndev.toScreen job applications and summarize in a digest
A hiring manager used Zapier Agents to pull in applications on a schedule, summarize them, filter out mismatches, and optionally reply to applicants.
Zapier Agentsdev.toResearch calendar guests and send a Slack briefing
The author built a Zapier agent that researches Google Calendar guests via web search, drafts a short summary, and sends it on Slack.
Zapier Agentsxray.techDelegate email, CRM and admin tasks to Lindy
Over several weeks the reviewer had Lindy draft email replies, filter newsletters, summarize customer emails and update the CRM, but it struggled with conditional multi-integration workflows.
Lindygeniusfirms.comFilter email and schedule follow-ups with Lindy
The reviewer connected Gmail and Google Calendar and built an agent that reliably filtered email, scheduled follow-ups and auto-archived.
Lindywebsites2know.comCreate AI notetakers for meetings
A user who moved from n8n to Lindy uses it with Outlook and Slack to create and manage AI notetakers so they no longer take meeting notes by hand.
Lindy · n8ng2.comResolve routine support tickets and prep daily briefings
Lindy agents handle routine support tickets and, for one founder, prepare daily briefings and manage calendar conflicts, per a vendor-published case study.
Lindyanthropic.comRun business tasks like meeting prep and inbox triage with Muse
A reviewer tested Muse on 10 business tasks across Gmail, Calendar and Docs; meeting prep scored best while inbox triage and web page building were weak.
Meta Museaiagentslibrary.com · Sep 2026Prep meetings and check inbox against calendar with Muse
The author ran work tasks in Muse: it found the right email thread for meeting prep and cross-checked emails against the calendar for conflicts, though inbox prioritisation was weak.
Meta Museaiagentslibrary.comRun portfolio, attribution and real estate analyses with Agent Mode
A reviewer ran ChatGPT Agent Mode through five business tests, including equity portfolio analysis, marketing attribution and real estate scenarios, noting where it needed babysitting.
ChatGPT Agentnatesnewsletter.substack.comBuild a PowerPoint deck from a one-line prompt and Drive files
The author had ChatGPT Agent build a full PowerPoint deck from a one-line prompt plus files in Google Drive, recording the unrehearsed run.
ChatGPT Agenttechysurgeon.substack.comRun a VC analyst agent over Telegram
A VC set up an OpenClaw agent as an analyst on a cheap VPS, reachable by Telegram, which he says could save dozens of hours per quarter.
OpenClawshriftman.substack.comDeliver scheduled article digests to Telegram with OpenClaw cron jobs
A developer fixed OpenClaw cron jobs that ran without delivering by turning thinking mode off, after which six articles reached Telegram in 30 seconds.
OpenClawblog.rezvov.comReconcile bank statements with invoices
Cowork cleaned vendor names, categorized expenses, matched invoices to transactions, flagged missing ones, built an Excel file and renamed invoice files.
Claude Coworkaiblewmymind.substack.comRun a daily chief-of-staff agent across inbox, calendar and CRM
A surgeon runs about twenty scheduled Cowork tasks that triage email, prep meetings, flag stale deals and leave drafts ready in a dashboard.
Claude Coworksubstack.comDelegate calendar, inbox and travel booking to a personal work agent
Authors use Cowork or Claude Code to schedule invites, triage email, book flights and hotels, pull Airtable data and scrape exhibitor lists.
Claude Cowork · Claude Codetechnicallycurious.substack.comAutomate recurring work with scheduled Cowork tasks
The author tested six scheduled tasks: email briefings, file cleanup, Stripe reporting, invoice reconciliation, notes tidying and flight price tracking.
Claude Coworkaiblewmymind.substack.comTurn trip receipts into an expense report and triage files
The author used Cowork to build an expense report from 47 receipts, pick what to read from 4,992 files and make slide decks via Gamma.
Claude Coworkruben.substack.comReview contracts and flag risky clauses
Cowork with the Legal plugin summarized four PDF contracts, extracted parties and dates, and flagged clauses red, yellow or green in separate reports.
Claude Coworksubstack.com · Feb 2026Extract purchasing-card receipt data into a report cover sheet
A Duke staff member tested Cowork on a receipt PDF; it crashed partway, though it handled a folder of PDFs and wrote results to an outputs folder.
Claude Coworksites.duke.edu · Feb 2026Check hotel reservations and guest check-ins on Booking.com
A small-hotel owner in Riga runs scheduled Cowork tasks that use Claude in Chrome to check reservations and verify check-ins in the Booking.com admin panel.
Claude Cowork · Claude in Chromemedium.comAutomate web-form entry and Gmail cleanup
The author tested Claude for Chrome on repetitive forms, where it started entering wrong data and slowed down, and on archiving newsletters and starring urgent Gmail messages, which saved a few minutes.
Claude in Chromedatacamp.comHand a day of busywork to Cowork
The author gave Cowork a day of busywork, including pulling numbers from three sources into a report that needed light editing and a scheduled weekly metrics report; screen-driving was slower and needed nudges.
Claude Coworkdev.toFlag investor emails in Gmail with Cowork
Claude via Cowork opens Chrome and Gmail to flag investor emails, but the author reports it misreads UI, clicks wrong buttons and once claimed to send an email that never left.
Claude Coworklobstermail.aiVerify a quarterly VAT filing against invoices
Claude Code with a read-only accounting MCP server checks that all invoices and transactions reconcile for a VAT filing.
Claude Code · MCPmetacircuits.substack.comExtract vendor PDFs and create QuickBooks invoices
A custom integration built with Claude Code extracts data from vendor PDFs and creates categorized invoices in QuickBooks Online.
Claude Codegotsheet.xyzAutomate invoicing and expense reports from plain English
A freelancer connected Claude Code via MCP to an ERP and n8n to create invoices, lookup clients, and send payment reminders.
Claude Code · n8ndev.toBuild a newsletter performance dashboard without coding
A non-coding media operator had Claude Code build a dashboard tracking newsletter performance across a network in about 30 minutes; a solo CFO built an expense system.
Claude Codefutureinsidernews.substack.comReconcile vendor invoices weekly with Codex subagents
A consultant set up a Sunday automation spawning a subagent per vendor to reconcile construction company invoices, with reports ready Monday.
Codexsocialmediaexaminer.comEmail scheduled project summaries with Codex
A guide sets up a Codex automation that reads project files on a schedule and emails a weekly summary via the Gmail plugin.
Codexmindstudio.aiSummarize transcripts and build documents with Codex
A guide shows Codex summarizing transcripts into a Word doc, building an Excel revenue model and making carousel images from a document.
Codexmindstudio.aiRename and organize seminar PDFs and readings
An educator had Codex rename 111 article PDFs, reorganize folders, build a readings README and flag 14 tentative slide matches.
Codexaigoestocollege.substack.comDraft and send an email through Gmail
Comet wrote an SEO email and sent it to the author without asking for review; it arrived with markdown formatting problems.
Perplexity Cometjuliangoldie.comHandle email, calendar and Notion work tasks
A reviewer had Comet summarize email threads, write replies, manage calendar items, and update Notion.
Perplexity Cometstarkinsider.com · Aug 2025Turn lead CSVs and sales data into dashboards
Manus turned a large lead CSV into a dashboard in about 20 minutes and charted coffee shop sales data with Python, though it sometimes looped and drained credits.
Manustruvora.aiBuild an expense and inventory tracking app
A user had Manus create an app to track their business expenses and inventory, and says it works as envisioned.
Manusapps.apple.comAnalyze coffee shop sales data into a report
A reviewer gave Manus coffee shop sales data and got best sellers, peak hours and sales trends packaged as a report.
Manustrickle.soSummarize emails and draft replies with Gemini Gem flows
The writer plugged a custom Gemini Gem into Workspace Studio flows that run in the background, summarize Gmail messages and create draft replies to review and send.
Geminitomsguide.comRate customer seriousness in a spreadsheet column
The author had Gemini in Google Sheets ask clarifying questions, build rating logic from the data and add a 1-5 customer seriousness column.
Geminisubstack.comRun shopping, trip planning and project tracking with a dot
A reviewer's dot flagged a failed payment unprompted but only read and reported it; a shopping site blocked it and follow-through was unfinished.
Dots · ChatGPT Agentai.joaoqueiros.comCatch and prepare an unsent invoice for approval
An early tester's dot noticed an invoice to a publication was unsent and prepared it for approval.
Dotsbetanews.comCatch and send a forgotten invoice after approval
A tester's dot spotted an unsent publication invoice, prepared it, and sent it once approved; a vendor-supplied example.
Dotstechnology.org · Sep 2026Run ten business tasks through an always-on agent
A reviewer tested Dots on product research, publishing a webpage, content planning and scheduled jobs; inbox triage and follow-ups needed supervision and a spreadsheet had broken formulas.
Dots · ChatGPT Agentaiagentslibrary.com · Oct 2026Manage email, meetings and project updates with a Dot
A tester assigned a customized Dot to handle email, schedule meetings and track project updates via Gmail, Calendar and Slack; task details are thin.
Dotsgeeky-gadgets.comAutomate SaaS bookkeeping and reconciliation in Zoho Books
Hermes Agent handled payables, bank import, bill posting and Stripe reconciliation alongside a human accountant, but needed 7 corrections including a tax-amount bug.
Hermes Agentsatvasolutions.comExtract action items from Teams and schedule meetings
An early Scout user had it summarize Teams threads across tenants, find a buried meeting request, check calendars, schedule it and send confirmation.
Microsoft Scoutcopilotatwork.substack.comSurface unanswered emails from the past week
Author had Devin build a Gmail API assistant that lists unanswered emails from the past week, since Attio lacks that tab; he wrote the auth part himself in Cursor.
Devin · Cursorjamesin.substack.comAnswer data questions and build dashboards from the warehouse
Cognition's team uses a Devin variant called DANA to query their data warehouse, build dashboards and answer data questions, and Devin fills out report forms.
Devincognition.comHandle Slack data requests like sales pulls and dashboards
Companies tag Devin in Slack to pull sales by channel, check odd numbers and build dashboards; Cognition also used it to pull metrics for its own report.
Devincognition.comTurn Notion PRDs into scoped Linear tickets
Devin's docs describe reading a Notion PRD to create Linear tickets, producing implementation plans for a backlog, and posting customer health summaries to Slack.
Devindocs.devin.aiRun a Slack data analyst that investigates revenue anomalies
Eight Sleep's data team tags Devin in Slack for ad-hoc requests, using dbt, Snowflake, Looker and Amplitude, including investigating a suspicious revenue spike.
Devineightsleep.comBuild an invoice platform that flags anomalies
A non-developer used Replit and Claude to build an invoice platform that flags high-value invoices, sends payment reminders and catches duplicates; on 130 demo invoices it found four anomalies.
Replit Agent · Claude Codemedium.comRun a scheduled personal assistant that builds a task dashboard
A Rippling engineer's Cursor cron agent runs every two hours, reading Slack notes, GitHub PRs, Jira issues and mentions, deduplicating them and posting a dashboard.
Cursorcursor.comAutomate invoice organizing and monthly invoice emails
The author demos Cursor sorting inconsistently named invoice files and handling monthly invoicing by editing a PDF, attaching it, checking the recipient and sending the email.
Cursornote.comUse Cursor for data analysis, recaps and email drafts without code
Cursor's GTM team uses the Agents window for data analysis, meeting recaps and email drafting, including a Zap-triggered inbox recipe with Front.
Cursor · Zapier Agentslearncursor.devExtract invoice data and file it into a bookkeeping sheet
A self-hosted n8n workflow extracts accounting data from uploaded receipts and invoices with OpenAI, then after user review files the originals and appends data to a yearly sheet.
n8ngithub.comProcess supplier invoices from Gmail through approval and payment
An n8n pipeline extracts invoice data, checks duplicates and suppliers, routes high-value invoices for approval, then creates accounting entries and schedules payment.
n8nmedium.comExtract invoices and receipts from email or Telegram into Sheets
Community n8n workflows OCR invoices from Gmail or Telegram, log them to Google Sheets for approval, and can push to SAP Business One.
n8nn8n.ioEmail a weekly digest of payment notification emails
An n8n AI workflow reads labeled payment emails in Gmail, pulls the top three takeaways from each and sends a Sunday digest.
n8nmariannanakos.substack.comExtract invoice emails into a sheet with Slack confirmation
An n8n workflow reads invoice PDFs from Gmail, extracts vendor, amount, date and line items to Google Sheets, and posts Slack confirmations or failure alerts.
n8natman7l.medium.comValidate invoices against inventory and create purchase orders
An n8n workflow built for a client matches invoice data to a Google Sheets inventory, creates ERP purchase orders and notifies purchasing; about 90% of invoices are handled automatically.
n8ndev.toLabel important emails in a catch-all inbox
An n8n workflow passes each incoming email to a Gemini agent that judges importance and labels it so users see only important ones.
n8n · Geminiaws.amazon.com · Dec 2025Handle routine email tasks and follow-up reminders with a personal assistant
Author built an n8n personal assistant that handles about 70% of routine email tasks and sends reminders for tasks waiting on others, after fixing early quirks.
n8ndev.toCall and text appointment reminders every morning
An n8n workflow pulls the day's Google Calendar appointments, places automated voice calls via Retell AI, then sends follow-up SMS through Twilio.
n8ndev.toAnswer WhatsApp and email messages and create bookings
A reviewer uses n8n to answer WhatsApp messages, reply to emails, create bookings and send lead-generation emails, reporting about 70% conversion.
n8naws.amazon.com · Jan 2026Summarize newsletters into a Notion database
An n8n workflow retrieves newsletters, summarizes them with an LLM and stores them in Notion, splitting long summaries to fit block limits.
n8nmedium.comDraft replies to podcast listener emails and log story ideas
Blake Oliver's Zapier Central agent watches Gmail for contact-form emails, drafts replies, and copies each original into a Notion database of story ideas.
Zapier Agentsearmarkcpe.comBatch-process incoming email and draft replies in set tone
The author ran a Zapier Agent for four months that triggers several times a day, batch-processes incoming email, and drafts replies in a set tone.
Zapier Agentsthediscourse.coCollect and summarize async standup updates
Zapier's internal agents gather async standup updates and summarize them, letting teams replace five daily standups with two weekly sessions.
Zapier Agentsgetdx.comSchedule prospect meetings and log them in the CRM
A Lindy agent replied to prospect emails with time options, booked the chosen slot, logged it in HubSpot and sent a pre-call brief.
Lindylindy.aiScreen job candidates and log scores in the CRM
A Lindy recruiting screener transcribed interviews, scored candidates against set rules and logged results in the CRM, per a hands-on vendor-blog test.
Lindylindy.aiParse and rank job applications from a shared inbox
A Lindy recruiter agent watched an inbox, parsed resumes and scored 40 candidates, ranking them roughly as a human recruiter would, with 2 outliers needing review.
Lindytheplanettools.aiTriage inbox and prep meetings (with a failed attempt)
A Trustpilot user said Lindy made their inbox worse by missing urgent mail and hiding meeting invites, while the review says triage, briefs and CRM updates work.
Lindyhackceleration.com · May 2026Automate finance firm memos, onboarding and reporting
A finance firm uses Lindy agents for valuation memos, client onboarding, cap table analysis and reporting, though the excerpt gives few specifics.
Lindylindy.aiSort consulting email into tasks and action items
A consultant uses a Lindy email-triage agent that sorts mail by project, extracts action items and deadlines, creates tasks and sends acknowledgments, claiming 75% less processing time.
Lindymax-productive.aiSummarize customer meetings into a Notion database
A Lindy agent summarizes every calendar event with a customer and pushes action items into a Notion database.
Lindytoolchase.comDraft proposals and research conferences for a consultancy
A two-person consulting firm uses Lindy to draft client proposals, research speaking conferences and edit content, reporting 20-30 hours saved weekly.
Lindylindy.aiTurn Slack messages and sheet rows into Linear issues
Lindy workflows create Linear issues from Slack messages or new Google Sheet rows and write the issue link back to the sheet (vendor description).
Lindylinear.app
Sales, Marketing & Support
Finding leads, running outreach, answering customers, and growing revenue.
Sell services through an agent that takes payment and delivers
An agent runs a transaction flow, creates Stripe checkout links, verifies payment before delivering a service, and asks the owner on Telegram to approve refunds or disputes.
HN · May 2026Let a voice receptionist schedule appointments via MCP
A custom MCP server exposes list, schedule and cancel appointment tools so an ElevenLabs voice agent can handle customer calls against the company CRM.
MCP · ElevenLabsHN · Sep 2026Run customer voice agents on a custom MCP server
A team runs production voice agents that schedule appointments and check order status through an MCP server, usable with ElevenLabs, Vapi or Pipecat.
MCP · ElevenLabs · VapiHN · Sep 2026Send daily trending social posts as content references
An OpenClaw agent uses a social data API to send the author a morning digest of trending posts across X, Threads and LinkedIn to inform their own content.
OpenClawHN · Apr 2026Book and reschedule patient appointments by phone and chat
AI agents handle booking, rescheduling and cancelling across phone, text and web chat for clinics, including after-hours calls.
hellopatient.comResearch companies and fill a CRM for outreach
Claude Code researches target companies, creates Attio CRM records via MCP, builds personalized reports and drafts outreach; a first run contacted 80 companies for one sale.
Claude Code · MCPaimaker.substack.comBuild prospect reports and draft outreach with Claude Code
Claude Code skills pull Apollo contacts, create Attio records, generate researched PDF reports and draft LinkedIn and email messages that a human reviews and sends.
Claude Codemetacircuits.substack.comRun outbound sales workflows with Claude Code
Four workflows cover pre-call research, event attendee scraping, a daily hot-leads digest, and post-call CRM updates and follow-up drafts.
Claude Code · Claude Coworksalesforge.aiRun SDR outreach with an OpenClaw agent
An OpenClaw agent researches prospects, writes personalized cold emails, sends scheduled follow-ups and logs interactions to HubSpot.
OpenClawopenclawmarketing.com · Mar 2026Find and vet ICP leads and plan outreach
An OpenClaw agent uses a CRM, Sales Navigator, Hunter.io and BrightData to find profiles matching the ICP, vet them and plan cold outreach campaigns.
OpenClawgrahammann.netAnswer customer support conversations with a Zendesk agent
A Zendesk AI Agent autonomously handles over 2,000 monthly product-question conversations for a client, letting three support staff move into sales.
Zendesk AI Agentgravity.cxAnswer business phone calls with a voice agent
Small-business owners use AgentVoice agents to take customer calls, update records, send emails, log to HubSpot, filter spam and transfer real customers to staff.
g2.comAnswer after-hours calls and book appointments
The author set up a Synthflow receptionist that captured caller details and booked next-day appointments, and a Retell agent that answered clinic FAQs and flagged frustrated callers (vendor comparison).
Synthflow · Retellretellai.comWork helpdesk tickets with Claude Code and custom GPTs
Support admins built CLIs and skills for Confluence, Jira and Zendesk with Claude Code, and used a custom GPT to draft ticket answers that had to be pasted back manually.
Claude Code · ChatGPTeesel.aiRun social, SEO and content marketing with an agent
The author ran OpenClaw for four weeks with cron jobs, Telegram and MCP tools; one agent analyzed engagement and advised moving focus from X to Bluesky.
OpenClaw · MCPbuildtolaunch.substack.comManage 10 social media accounts with agents
The author runs 10 accounts with OpenClaw agents and cron jobs, reports follower growth, and added health checks after an analytics job silently failed for three days.
OpenClawdev.toSchedule social videos and posts through an agent
Users relay that their AI agent installed a scheduling skill, linked social accounts and scheduled about 100 videos; these are vendor-relayed testimonials.
OpenClaw · Claudegetsocialclaw.comAnswer renter questions and schedule tours
EliseAI's leasing agent inside Zillow Rentals listings answers renter questions and schedules tours for multifamily partners.
businesswire.com · Jun 2026Find outperforming YouTube videos and newsletter advertisers
Manus browsed YouTube for videos outperforming their channel size and identified 20 companies advertising in AI newsletters with contact details, then was set up for scheduled research runs.
Manusnocode.mbaRun an autonomous loop that builds SEO pages and tools
An agent loop reading a revenue dashboard ran 365 cycles, generating 394 interlinked SEO pages and a webhook inspection tool with landing page, docs and drafted outreach.
dev.toCreate a marketing plan and deploy it as a website
A marketer had Manus produce a marketing plan with personas and HubSpot CRM steps, then build and deploy it as a website.
Manusloopagency.ai · Apr 2025Run marketing research and copywriting drafts with agents
The author built OpenClaw-style agents for research, content structure and first-draft copy; research saved 2-3 hours a week and agents needed oversight.
OpenClawcgtech.com.auAnswer sales reps' questions with a Slackbot agent
A RevOps practitioner built a Zapier Agent Slackbot to answer reps' questions; it took an afternoon to work and he concluded agents are imperfect.
Zapier Agents · ChatGPT Agentrevengine.substack.com · Jun 2025Spin up a customer-support agent from a prompt
The reviewer prompted Lindy to build a support agent, connected Google and Slack, and had it ready to run; only setup was described, no long-run results.
Lindyunite.aiScrape leads and email them for recruiting
A talent-agency owner runs Lindy workflows that scrape leads and email them through Gmail, and says it replaced their employees.
Lindyg2.comAudit and rebuild a small shop's email automations
A boutique founder said Muse audited her email automations, removed duplicate flows, rebuilt templates and enabled sales tracking; publishing and spending need approval.
Meta Musecoverager.comRun marketing tasks like getting past gated lead forms
An SE Ranking marketer tested ChatGPT Agent on marketing tasks including a gated HubSpot report; it fully succeeded in only two of five runs.
ChatGPT Agentseranking.comResearch sales leads with Operator
Testers ran Operator on lead research; after a CAPTCHA handover it lost its mission and returned generic company profiles instead of qualified leads.
Operatortheneurondaily.comFind and score leads from social post engagers
A Cowork agent scrapes LinkedIn post engagers via Apify, enriches via Apollo, scores them against an ideal customer, and drafts outreach for the best fits.
Claude Coworkpietromontaldo.substack.comRepurpose customer interviews into posts and newsletter copy
A reusable Cowork skill turns one customer interview into a blog post, LinkedIn update and newsletter paragraph, with human review at each stage.
Claude Coworkaidecode.substack.comSet up Google Ads campaigns through the UI
A non-engineer PM had Claude in Chrome operate Google Ads to create four US English campaigns with headlines and copy; a short test showed a strong conversion rate.
Claude in Chromerimo.appBuild prospect lists and run cold email outreach
Claude Code with Claude in Chrome builds target lists from seed pages, reads LinkedIn and team pages in the author's logged-in browser, and handles emails.
Claude Code · Claude in Chrome4thecurious.comTrack jobs and send LinkedIn connection requests
Claude Code drives LinkedIn via Claude in Chrome, counting connections per target company and batching connection requests; replies and applications stay manual.
Claude Code · Claude in Chromegithub.comBuild prospect lists and cold emails from the web
Claude Code driving the author's logged-in Chrome read seed pages and LinkedIn profiles to find 25-30 sourced prospects; about 20 emails sent drew 7 replies.
Claude Code · Claude in Chrome4thecurious.comRewrite low-CTR meta titles and audit sites for SEO
An SEO agency tests Claude Code with a CMS API and Search Console to rewrite meta tags for low-CTR pages, push changes, and audit robots.txt, sitemaps and structured data.
Claude Codestudiohawk.com.auAudit a blog's SEO with a browser
A developer used Claude Code with Puppeteer MCP to browse their blog, check meta tags, speed, structured data and mobile views, and write a report that caught a noindex issue.
Claude Codealexop.devGenerate ad variations and pull campaign data for growth marketing
Anthropic's growth marketing team used Claude Code to flag underperforming ads from a CSV and generate hundreds of Google Ads variations, plus a Figma plugin and Meta Ads MCP server.
Claude Codedev.toTriage support tickets and draft replies
A Claude Code skill builds scripts against support, billing and database APIs to list and triage tickets, gather billing context, draft replies, and run refunds and cancellations.
Claude Codegithub.comRank CRM prospects and draft outreach with Codex
A demo has Codex pull CRM data, rank top accounts, and build a 13-slide deck with per-account strategy and draft outreach emails.
Codexstartuphub.aiMake daily safe SEO fixes with a Codex automation
A scheduled Codex automation reviews analytics and SEO notes each morning, picks five safe fixes like internal links and metadata, and applies them.
Codexdevelopersdigest.techScrape startup directories for leads in parallel
The author used Comet to spawn multiple agents scraping ProductHunt for cold leads who could benefit from Reddit marketing.
Perplexity Cometdolesswork.aiFind laid-off LinkedIn prospects and draft outreach
Comet scanned LinkedIn posts through her logged-in account, pulled names and links, and drafted outreach notes for review in under a minute.
Perplexity Cometjoannastern.beehiiv.comRun marketing prospecting and SEO research
Comet found growth-signal e-commerce companies, built contact lists with Gmail drafts, mined Reddit for SEO questions, and audited a checkout flow.
Perplexity Cometmedium.comRank top LinkedIn posts and post a report to Slack
A guide describes Comet scanning LinkedIn accounts, ranking the top 10 posts by engagement, and posting a report to a Slack channel.
Perplexity Cometaifire.coResearch dentist offices and build an outreach CRM
Manus found 40+ Los Angeles dental offices with contact details across directories, then built a CRM app with dashboard, profiles and notes.
Manusnocode.mbaBuild lead lists of Saudi AI agencies
Manus was prompted in Arabic and English to return 200+ leads with contacts, founder LinkedIn, services, clients and pricing; the author says 100+ were high quality.
Manushossamudin.comReview Meta ad performance inside Ads Manager
An agency tested Manus on a real ecommerce client's Meta ads account; it reported a 14.25x ROAS against an actual 1.76x and corrected itself only when challenged.
Manusskaleit.agencyCompile Meta ad reports and competitor research
Manus in Ads Manager compiles performance reports, analyzes competitors from the Ad Library and researches audiences, without changing live budgets; outputs still hallucinate.
Manuspixis.aiResolve customer calls proactively with AI agents
TELUS uses Gemini Enterprise for CX agents to proactively resolve customer calls; Google's case study reports 30% of calls resolved and issues resolved 87% faster.
Geminicloud.google.comRun voice and chat support assistants with memory
AT&T deploys Gemini-based voice and chat assistants with 60-day memory, reporting 20% more inquiries fully automated.
Geminicloud.google.comBuild scored sales lead profiles and outreach drafts
The author built a pipeline with Gemini Deep Research, NotebookLM and Sheets that produces a scored lead profile and outreach draft in under 20 minutes, tested on three companies.
Geminicashandcache.substack.comResolve bank customer chats with an AI chatbot
Commerzbank's Bene chatbot, now on Gemini, handles over two million chats and resolves 70% of inquiries.
Geminicloud.google.comRun digital PR and link outreach campaigns
The author has a Dot named Jamie run a defined outreach campaign, keep the tracker accurate and flag replies or placements needing attention.
Dotspromptslove.comFind local businesses without websites as leads
Hermes spawned sub-agents per area to scrape Northwest London plumbers lacking websites, filtered them, and returned three qualified leads with pitch angles.
Hermes Agentmindstudio.aiGrow an email list with agent-run cold outreach
Drew Carr used Hermes agents for daily cold outreach and community comments, with email verification and LLM fit checks, reaching 1,000 subscribers in about 80 days.
Hermes Agentryandoser.comFind and qualify sales leads against ICP
Hermes Agent searches and compares company and people context, judges leads on ICP, role fit and timing, and explains why each qualified to feed outreach.
Hermes Agentdev.toFind B2B prospects and draft cold emails from Telegram
A Hermes agent scrapes sources for 25 B2B prospects, looks up emails, and drafts three cold email variants each for review before sending.
Hermes Agentmoltyflywheel.comDraft personalized outbound, recaps and forecasts for sales
Cursor's internal ChatGTM drafts signal-based outbound messages with personalized landing pages, call recap emails and follow-ups, and assembles the deal forecast.
Cursorthesignal.clubInvestigate customer errors and draft tickets in support
Cursor's support team uses Cursor with MCP to pull Datadog logs, search past cases, and draft a Linear bug ticket and customer reply.
Cursor · MCPcursor.comTriage support emails and draft replies for human review
An n8n workflow classifies, prioritizes and summarizes each support email, drafts a reply and posts it to Slack for a person to send.
n8ncommunity.n8n.ioAuto-resolve support tickets and escalate the rest
An n8n agent looks up the knowledge base and order history, replies by email or escalates to Slack with a draft; billing and security go to humans.
n8ncommunity.n8n.ioFind local business leads and send personalized cold emails
An n8n agent scrapes Google Maps for businesses, enriches leads with Owler and Apollo, writes personalized cold emails and logs leads in Google Sheets.
n8ndev.toAlert AI agencies to businesses with bad reviews as leads
n8n agents notify automation agencies when a business receives bad reviews so they can call first and offer a damage-control tool.
n8ndev.toFind prospects and summarize business opportunities for sales
Multi-agent n8n workflow finds company URLs, scrapes prospect websites and summarizes opportunities that sales teams can use to tailor outreach.
n8ndev.toFind Reddit leads for a website and email them
An n8n workflow takes a website URL, works out industry and keywords, monitors Reddit for relevant posts and emails potential leads to the user.
n8nn8n.ioAutomate lead outreach, meeting scheduling and competitor scraping
An AWS customer uses n8n to find leads, reach out, schedule meetings with sales and periodically scrape competitor info into a Google Sheet.
n8naws.amazon.com · Jan 2026Answer WhatsApp customer questions and escalate to humans
An n8n and OpenAI agent answers WhatsApp questions from a knowledge base and escalates low-confidence cases to a human on Telegram with full context.
n8ngithub.com · Jul 2026Run 24/7 WhatsApp support and track application status
A consulting firm used n8n multi-agent workflows to answer WhatsApp questions, collect information, parse uploaded documents and notify clients of status.
n8ndev.toAnswer e-commerce customer questions on WhatsApp
An n8n WhatsApp agent answers FAQs, gives order information and product help for an e-commerce client, routing complex chats to humans.
n8ndevsell.proPre-draft support replies from a knowledge base
A Zapier support agent matches emails to knowledge base articles, drafts replies for the author to approve, and flags uncertain ones as UNSURE.
Zapier Agentsmedium.comTurn new Gmail emails into Notion CRM leads
A Zapier Agent triggers on each new Gmail email and creates a lead record in a Notion database with mapped properties filled in.
Zapier Agentssimonesmerilli.comFind sales leads from press releases and news wires
NisonCo's Zapier agent scans press releases and news wires for industry leads and extracts company names, websites and contacts into a spreadsheet.
Zapier Agentszapier.comFlag churn and expansion signals and draft support replies
Healthie's Zapier agent checks CRM and support tools weekly for churn or expansion signals and posts a summary in Slack; Erewhon drafts personalized support replies.
Zapier Agentszapier.comSpeed up support ticket research and triage
A ClickUp support engineer built a system cutting per-ticket research from 15 to 4 minutes across 5,000+ monthly tickets; Mercari handles first replies for 97% of tickets.
zapier.comResearch signups and write personalized outreach
A Zapier Agents setup pulls company names from signup emails, researches revenue and size, and writes tailored use cases, ROI calculations and outreach emails.
Zapier Agentsagentusecases.comAutomate B2B prospect research for sales teams
A Zapier user built an agent that cut prospect research from two to three hours to under five minutes for Sales and Technical Sales teams.
Zapier Agentszapier.comAnswer calls and book appointments for a real estate client
An agency is building a Lindy receptionist that answers calls, checks live availability in GoHighLevel, books appointments and escalates hard questions; still in progress.
Lindy · n8ncommunity.lindy.aiQualify email leads and propose meeting times
A G2 reviewer built a Lindy assistant that reads new email conversations, checks the lead against their ideal customer profile and suggests calendar times.
Lindyg2.comResearch prospects before pitching them
A Lindy agent built for a side project researched a prospective resort, found a PR risk and avoided pitching it.
Lindyreport.takingheed.comAutomate routine support tickets and escalations
Truemed's support head used Lindy agents to answer routine inquiries, classify tickets and manage escalations, automating 36% of volume per the case study.
Lindylindy.aiRun lead research, support and content with agents
A yacht-software CEO runs 20-30 Lindy agents that research leads, personalize outreach, support users and create and schedule marketing content.
Lindylindy.aiBuild support, calling and content agents for small teams
A solo founder delivers Lindy-based chat support, inbound/outbound calling, content repurposing and negotiation agents to small-team clients.
Lindylindy.aiSummarize demos and draft follow-ups for sales
A sales team launched a Lindy agent that summarizes demo calls for HubSpot, drafts follow-ups, schedules calls and recommends proposals, saving 5+ hours a week.
Lindylindy.aiFind leads and draft outreach with an agent swarm
A creator shows Lindy's Agent Swarms searching for leads with Perplexity and drafting outreach end to end.
LindyYouTubeRun social listening and publish customer-milestone posts
An enterprise client uses Lindy agents to scrape customers, monitor social and G2, draft milestone posts, build content calendars and publish.
Lindyunderstoryagency.comCluster support tickets by root cause and file engineering bugs
A Lindy agent read 1,340 recent support tickets, grouped them by root cause, and filed a Linear ticket for a CSV export timeout (vendor demo).
Lindylindy.ai
Research & Knowledge
Digging through books, papers, and data, and keeping what you learn organized.
Find connections across 100 non-fiction books
Claude Code browses a personal library with CLI tools and surfaces trails of related excerpts across books.
Claude CodeHN 524 · Jan 2026Query 600 GB of Hacker News, arXiv, and LessWrong in plain English
Claude Code writes the SQL and vector queries against a public read-only index, and can set email alerts for nuanced criteria.
Claude CodeHN 397 · Dec 2025Keep a team wiki that agents maintain themselves
A Markdown-and-git knowledge base that agents read from and write to, so context carries across sessions.
HN 260 · Apr 2026Run persistent financial research with an agent
LangAlpha is a Claude Code-style agent for investing research that keeps persistent workspaces and memory so analysis such as models and comps can be updated across sessions.
MCPHN 148 · Apr 2026Turn a messy Word draft into a finished Qualtrics survey
A researcher used Claude Code with a Qualtrics repo to convert a disorganized survey draft into a well-formatted live survey.
Claude CodeBluesky 50 · Sep 2026Summarize months of notes in Logseq via CLI agent
User points Codex at the Logseq CLI docs so it can query and summarize journals and tagged job-application and project pages.
CodexHN · Jul 2026Find thematic connections across 100 books
Author used Claude Code to index topics across 100 favorite books and generate thematic trails linking them, a syntopical reading experiment.
Claude CodeHN · Jan 2026Reverse-engineer a book file format to search it
After the RAG indexer crashed on an uploaded book, Claude used Unix commands to work out the file format and grep the book manually.
ClaudeHN · Aug 2026Research and benchmark competitors into a deck and spreadsheet
ChatGPT Agent mode researched the top 5 UK coffee subscription companies, benchmarked their USPs, and produced a deck and spreadsheet from one prompt in 18 minutes.
ChatGPT Agentmarketsmarterwithai.substack.comCompile journalist lists and search apartment listings
A reporter tested Manus on building a reporter list, searching NYC rentals and finding award candidates; results were thin at first, and a three-hour search yielded only three full profiles.
Manustechnologyreview.com · Mar 2025Build data pipelines and analysis for a research paper
A researcher used Claude Code as the main agent to build data pipelines and do the data analysis for a paper, generating over 98% of the code.
Claude Codeyang3kc.substack.comFind niche job vacancies on LinkedIn
Agent mode searched LinkedIn and returned relevant roles with links and salaries in about 5 minutes, but failed on a more niche task.
ChatGPT Agentbryancollins.substack.comGather three years of meeting minutes into text files
Jeff Adams used the Claude Chrome extension to collect meeting minutes into text files and load them into a notebook, taking 3-4 hours over three sessions.
Claude in Chrome · Claude Coworklists.w3.org · Feb 2026Scrape weekly Substack rankings and write a report
Claude in Chrome runs weekly to scrape Substack ranking data into a dataset, and Cowork analyzes it and writes a weekly report.
Claude in Chrome · Claude Coworkartificialcorner.comResearch a blog post with Claude computer use
The author used Claude computer use with Claude in Chrome to research the post itself, suggesting starting with a logged-in site and a specific lookup.
Claude computer use · Claude in Chromeprosperinai.substack.comTranscribe and summarize customer discovery calls
Martha built a Zapier Agent to transcribe and summarize recorded discovery calls for a white paper, cutting research time by about 70%.
Zapier Agentsunsolicitedemails.substack.comResearch laptops and build a comparison table and deck
The reviewer had ChatGPT Agent research budget laptops over about 30 minutes; research was decent but the deck looked cheap. It also built a multi-tab Excel file.
ChatGPT Agentcybernews.comCompile an annotated bibliography and draft a paper
ChatGPT Agent searched academic databases for recent open-access empirical papers, grouped them by field, wrote an annotated bibliography, noted research gaps and assembled a draft.
ChatGPT Agentdatawithsultan.medium.comCollate WHO data into a multi-tab spreadsheet
Testers had ChatGPT Agent navigate the WHO site, extract the latest data and organise it by indicator, country and trend; it often fails on logins or dynamic pages.
ChatGPT Agenttimeundertension.substack.comCompile genealogy research into a spreadsheet and plan
A commenter had ChatGPT build a spreadsheet for her genealogy research, and agent mode was recommended for compiling and formatting findings into a usable document.
ChatGPT Agentdenyseallen.substack.comResearch AI training case studies and build a summary deck
A team had Agent Mode research case studies from McKinsey, PwC and similar firms and make a slide deck in 32 minutes, with some image and overlapping text issues.
ChatGPT Agentaioperator.comCollect financial data on 100 independent schools
A writer had Operator gather financial data for independent schools in the background; it was slow and was stopped after about 25 schools, then the data went to o1 for analysis.
Operatorfullstackeducator.substack.comBuild searchable knowledge bases from videos and papers
An OpenClaw agent runs a YouTube summariser and a paper-condensing tool, saving Markdown into two indexed knowledge bases for videos and papers.
OpenClawnotesfromzero.substack.comFile notes and inbox items into an Obsidian vault
Each evening Cowork scans notes and inbox, files items where they belong, and can research topics and save compiled Markdown notes.
Claude Coworkhowtogeek.comSummarize 20 articles into a cited document
An agent extracted key insights from 20 articles, found common themes and produced a cited summary; the write-up estimates 18 minutes versus hours by hand.
Claude Code · Claude in Chromecontextstudios.aiSearch literature and write notes into Zotero
A researcher uses Claude to search Google Scholar, follow citations, query a Zotero library in natural language, and write summary notes into Zotero or Obsidian.
groundwater.usu.eduBuild a literature review library in Zotero
A tutorial where Claude finds sources, downloads them, and files them into a Zotero library with PDFs attached, asking permission along the way.
thedissertationmentor.comOrganize a messy Obsidian vault
Claude Code audited a five-year-old Obsidian vault, renamed 63 untitled notes, standardized frontmatter tags and moved files in about 90 minutes.
Claude Codemakeuseof.comLink journal entries and write book reviews in Obsidian
The author uses Claude Code in their Obsidian vault to add backlinks and entity notes to journal entries and to turn brain dumps into formatted book reviews.
Claude Codekyleygao.comSearch years of research files in an Obsidian vault
Claude Code, guided by a CLAUDE.md, searches research papers, scans and PDFs via Spotlight, extracts text, and files daily notes in dated folders.
Claude Codemauriciogomes.comTurn YouTube videos into cited research notes
The author uses Claude Code with NotebookLM and Obsidian to turn 20 videos into cited notes, audio overviews, a knowledge graph and flashcards.
Claude Codeartemxtech.substack.com · Feb 2026Synthesize interview transcripts and PDFs for research
Claude Code is pointed at transcripts and PDFs to produce theme summaries, evidence tables and annotated bibliographies; a UX researcher runs 50-transcript studies this way.
Claude Codeccforeveryone.comAutomate a weekly arXiv paper triage
A weekly Codex automation searches arXiv for keywords, logs new papers to a CSV, sorts them into keep/skim/drop buckets and can check claims against Zotero.
Codexaisagroup.substack.comScreen research papers against criteria
Codex reads a folder of PDFs to find articles that disagree with an argument, screens about fifty papers for a systematic review, and cleans messy CSV or Excel files.
CodexXCompile recent LLM research papers into a Word doc
Comet found major LLM/agent training papers from six months with links and analysis, then saved them to a Word doc via Outlook.
Perplexity Cometanalyticsvidhya.comResearch conference speakers and organize tabs
Comet researched 50 HumanX speakers, surfaced themes and podcast guests, built a camera spec table, and cleaned up tabs.
Perplexity Cometjasonhowell.substack.comFind Reddit threads on reader pain points
A newsletter writer had Comet find Reddit threads on reader pain points, finding extra sources in about 15 minutes without intervention.
Perplexity Cometcashandcache.substack.comEmail a daily AI news brief and build slide decks from tabs
Comet searches the day's AI news, picks the top 5 stories and emails a brief, and merges tagged tabs and reports into a cited Google Slides deck.
Perplexity Cometthecreatorsai.comFind sources and scrape data for a research database
Comet's agent finds sources on specific information, scrapes sites and extracts images, paired with Notion and NotebookLM for an organized research database.
Perplexity Cometxda-developers.comRun first-pass topic research, then verify references
A commenter uses Manus for first-pass research, then has Genspark double-check every reference and flag problems.
Manusjohnquigginblog.substack.comDraft research by gathering many web sources
A G2 reviewer uses Manus to scrape sites, read images and gather many sources into a summary in the background, but says credits run out fast.
Manusg2.comExtract CRM pricing and ratings into a spreadsheet
A reviewer had Manus visit the top 15 CRM sites and pull pricing tiers, free plan limits and G2 ratings into a spreadsheet; long tasks were unreliable.
Manustoolchase.comProfile 200 SaaS startups into a cited spreadsheet
A reviewer tested Manus's Wide Research on profiling early-stage startups for pricing, teams and funding, getting a cited spreadsheet, with credit and reliability issues.
Manuslindy.aiProduce research reports from the web and personal files
A writer used Gemini Deep Research with Workspace integration to scan hundreds of sites plus Gmail and Drive; found it more useful with personal files but often generic.
Geminimakeuseof.comMonitor public documents for changes affecting teaching materials
An educator's Dot checks public documents for changes, sorts them by impact, and verifies an article's notation against linked pages, offering revision candidates only.
Dotsnote.comTurn voice notes into structured Obsidian notes
Voice notes sent over Telegram become Obsidian thought notes with transcript, cleaned argument, linked context and a draft; Hermes also tracks recipes.
Hermes Agentmetedata.substack.comTry Devin on research tasks (mostly failed)
Answer.AI had Devin fetch an author's recent papers and research transcript summarization; it got stuck parsing HTML and returned generic results, rated a failure.
Devinanswer.ai · Jan 2025Let Cursor maintain an Obsidian notes vault
Cursor reviews vault structure, suggests connections, answers questions about notes and writes a daily done note documenting other agent sessions.
Cursorbeatriz.page · Jan 2026Build a personal research wiki from papers and articles
Cursor Agent writes and maintains interlinked markdown pages from user-supplied sources, summarizing and cross-referencing, with Obsidian used to browse.
Cursorgithub.comUse Cursor for academic paper writing with citations
Forum users write papers in markdown with Zotero citations and a bibtex file for Cursor to pick references from, converting to Word with pandoc.
Cursorforum.cursor.comGrade Cursor on a real data science project
A data scientist tested Cursor on a real project: weak on pandas, data cleansing and scraping, strong at prototyping.
Cursorblog.engora.com · Jun 2025Catalog and summarize papers dropped into Drive
An n8n workflow extracts metadata from new PDFs, finds related papers on Semantic Scholar and PubMed, builds an APA citation, logs to Sheets and creates a Notion summary.
n8ncommunity.n8n.ioTurn any URL into a structured Notion note
An n8n workflow fetches a submitted URL, strips it to readable content, has OpenAI summarise it into structured fields, and saves a Notion note.
n8ncommunity.n8n.ioSave and search links via a Telegram second brain
An n8n Telegram agent reads links sent to it, summarises and categorises them into Google Sheets, and answers questions from the library using Supabase semantic search.
n8ncommunity.n8n.ioGenerate deep research reports into Notion
An n8n workflow turns a topic into up to three Tavily searches, compiles a Markdown report with an agent, and pushes it to a Notion page.
n8nn8n.ioTrack daily arXiv papers into a Notion database
An n8n workflow fetches arXiv papers daily for a keyword, summarizes them with Gemini 2.5 Flash, writes them to Notion and sends Feishu and Gmail notifications.
n8n · Geminin8n.ioFind and read the most relevant new AI papers
A walkthrough of a Zapier agent that collects 50+ arXiv papers, picks the top three, and reads their key sections; no real-use results reported.
Zapier Agentsjmartin.consulting · Apr 2026Research content from Slack and draft Notion guide ideas
A team DM'd Lindy in Slack to summarize a year of guides and research a model, and it created a Notion guide idea after asking for approval.
Lindyapp.therundown.aiCompile a daily digest of Reddit AI tool chatter
A Lindy agent searches Reddit for conversations about new AI tools, compiles popular topics and updates a document daily.
Lindynocode.mba
Content & Creative
Writing, music, video, and design with agents in the loop.
Build your own video-editing agents on a canvas
Mosaic lets you create and run multimodal video-editing agents in a node-based editor.
HN 148 · Nov 2025Generate LEGO CAD models in LDraw with AI agents
A toolset and docs let ChatGPT and Claude agents write LDraw source files that become LEGO CAD models, packaged as a dockerized web app.
ChatGPT · Claude · OpenRouterHN 135 · Oct 2026Edit raw footage by describing the video you want
Cardboard goes from raw footage to an edited video from natural-language instructions.
HN 132 · Feb 2026Produce a track in Ableton Live by talking
An MCP server that lets Codex drive Ableton Live, used to write and mix a full song from chat messages.
Codex · MCPHN 123 · May 2026Let AI agents design in Figma
A CLI that lets coding agents create shapes, text, frames and components in Figma, so agents can build layouts and component systems.
Figma-useHN 115 · Jan 2026Turn a week of GitHub activity into a blog post
A three-agent pipeline that drafts weekly posts from commit history and publishes to Notion and DEV.
MCP · NotionDEV 88 · Mar 2026Keep a personal website's content updated automatically
A developer's setup for automating their site's content with agents and MCP.
MCPDEV 49 · Jan 2026Audit and rewrite marketing copy to strip unverified claims
A dual-agent system scores landing page, cold email and pitch deck copy against strict rubrics, then rewrites it to remove fluff and unsupported claims.
HN · Mar 2026Build a balloon-camel simulator for an LED Burning Man totem
Author used ChatGPT for reference images and Claude Code to build a Go balloon physics simulator with a web frontend, with Claude looping on screenshots and camera control.
Claude Code · ChatGPT · Claude-in-ChromeHN · Aug 2026Run scheduled agent jobs for briefings, research and social posts
The author runs 12 OpenClaw cron jobs on an Oracle ARM server covering briefings, content research, Substack engagement monitoring and social posts.
OpenClawbuildtolaunch.substack.comGenerate a month of Google Business Profile posts in a client's voice
A freelance writer gave Cowork brand guidelines and example posts to draft a month of posts; the client asked them to finish building the workflow.
Claude Coworkmakeuseof.comPlan article topics and draft web articles
A web writer uses Cowork for keyword selection, building a topic table that checks overlap with past articles, and drafting articles that learn from corrections.
Claude Coworknote.comBuild a Great Gatsby lesson plan in a spreadsheet
Ethan Mollick had Claude computer use build a high school Great Gatsby lesson plan with Common Core-aligned assignments in one spreadsheet.
Claude computer useaiiq.substack.comGenerate websites, a course and a 318-page ebook
A newsletter author used Manus over three days to produce websites, interactive courses and a 318-page ebook from simple prompts.
Manusaiblewmymind.substack.comBuild a startup brand, plan and website from scratch
A reporter had Manus produce a brand, logo, business plan and website in about half an hour; the domain turned out to already exist and earlier tests had made-up data.
Manusaol.comWrite a beginner book on programming with AI
A blogger used Manus free credits to write a book on programming with AI for beginners and plans to publish it on Amazon.
Manuswmtips.substack.comDraft a film script outline, biography book and business card
A TechRadar writer compared Manus with ChatGPT on script research, a 10,000-word Adobe biography and a business card design.
Manustechradar.comGenerate social posts from GitHub commits
A reviewer used n8n for about six months on a personal project that generates social media posts from GitHub commits, integrated with WhatsApp, LinkedIn and Twitter.
n8naws.amazon.com · Jan 2026Generate a four-asset launch kit in Canva
The poster connected ChatGPT Agent Mode to Canva and gave it a brief; it produced a social post, story, web banner and email header, replacing about 2-3 hours of work.
ChatGPT Agentthreads.comCreate a presentation on AI career and salary trends
A tester had ChatGPT Agent build a generative AI careers deck; the result was basic with hard-to-read tables, and the Canva connector was read-only so it couldn't improve it.
ChatGPT Agentanalyticsvidhya.comBuild a benchmark image collage in Canva
The author had ChatGPT Agent log into Canva and build a collage of benchmark results; after over 75 minutes the result was poor as it fumbled the interface and drew shapes in Python.
ChatGPT Agentdatacamp.comDraft and publish blog posts with an SEO-aware agent
An author's OpenClaw agent learns his voice, finds SEO gaps, drafts posts, publishes on his Telegram approval and drafts revision briefs when rankings drop.
OpenClawchudi.devMake and post daily trending memes to TikTok
One of Claire Vo's OpenClaw agents searches trending Reddit topics, generates image and video memes, sends them for approval, then posts to TikTok.
OpenClawlennysnewsletter.comEdit video through chat with subtitles and export
A developer built an OpenClaw skill that sends chat requests like Chinese subtitles and mp4 export to a backend video editor and returns the result.
OpenClawdev.toDraft a weekly AI newsletter from 200+ sources
A Substack creator reportedly uses OpenClaw to watch sources, cluster stories and draft a weekly issue, cutting editing to about 30 minutes (secondhand account).
OpenClawtldl.ioCurate a weekly newsletter from RSS feeds
OpenClaw monitors RSS feeds, scores items, compiles a digest with intros and sends a Telegram preview; the owner approves and it sends.
OpenClawsfailabs.comTake a video from thumbnail to published with promo posts
Cowork proposes a Figma thumbnail, uploads the video to YouTube with metadata, and drafts and schedules X, Bluesky and LinkedIn promo posts.
Claude Coworkseancdavis.comGenerate a daily podcast briefing from newsletters
The author tested Cowork on a morning podcast from newsletters via Readwise and n8n MCP, plus video and 3D print design, noting what worked and what failed.
Claude Cowork · n8nishyshkova.substack.comRepurpose a newsletter into social content
One Cowork prompt turns a finished newsletter into a carousel, reel script, LinkedIn post and Substack note; it also built a Notion hub.
Claude Coworktaylaburrell.substack.comWrite and schedule brand-voice social posts
A Cowork skill pulled numbers from a receipts image, wrote three platform-specific drafts, and scheduled them to LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
Claude Coworksabrina.devCreate and schedule social content through Blotato
Cowork with the Blotato connector produces a LinkedIn post with infographic, turns a YouTube video into a carousel, and schedules posts across platforms.
Claude Coworkblotato.comEdit and migrate Substack posts with a browser agent
The author gave Claude in Chrome three Substack tasks (live edit, post migration, note insertion), walked away, and returned to find all three published correctly.
Claude in Chromepriscasolutionsai.substack.comTurn newsletters into branded LinkedIn carousels
A newsletter writer built a Claude Code skill that converts a newsletter URL or text into 5-10 slide HTML/CSS carousels in under 5 minutes.
Claude Codeaimaker.substack.comCompose songs by writing synthesis code
The author ran one-shot experiments where Claude Code wrote Python to synthesize music, including a rock song with sung lyrics via macOS say; sampling a song failed.
Claude Codejosh.ingCompose and produce music through conversation
The author used Claude Code to write music and lyrics and build tooling integrated with Bitwig; one honky-tonk song was made entirely by conversation.
Claude Codegist.github.comAnalyze a piano recording's BPM, structure and stems
With a skill installed, Claude Code installed ffmpeg and librosa and ran a Python pipeline on a local MP3, producing a report on BPM, structure and stems.
Claude Codemager.co · Mar 2026Draft and schedule a weekly newsletter
A /newsletter command in Claude Code finds the week's posts, drafts in the author's voice, gets approval, then creates and schedules the broadcast in Kit in about two minutes.
Claude Codesidbharath.comIndex a newsletter archive and repurpose writing
Per the guide, Casey Newton used Claude Code to index 818 newsletter editions in under 30 minutes, and writers audit note vaults and turn essays into newsletter and thread files.
Claude Codeccforeveryone.comGenerate live-coding music with Claude and perform it
An author had Claude write Strudel music code from a style description, hand-fixed hallucinated sample names, then restructured it for live performance and recorded it.
Claude Codethoughtwax.com · Jun 2025Produce short-form videos end to end from one goal
A creator uses Codex to write the script, drive an avatar and cloned voice, build the motion edit and deliver the final video.
Codex · Claude Codetiktok.comDesign a personal website from a markdown spec
The author had Codex CLI read a design spec and iterated on it to design his personal site, and he can reuse the spec on other projects.
Codexwilbertliu.comEdit article drafts with a style guide
Codex CLI in an Obsidian vault reviews article drafts over several rounds against a style guide kept in AGENTS.md.
Codexamanhimself.devAutomate LinkedIn content creation
The author used Comet to automate their LinkedIn content workflow and reports 5 unexpected Gumroad sales.
Perplexity Cometmedium.comGenerate app icons in parallel and analyze a social profile
Comet opened 10 ChatGPT threads at once to make app icons, and analyzed 40 Threads posts to say which hooks worked and what to post next.
Perplexity Cometrumjahn.substack.comBuild a consultancy-style deck from a vague prompt
The author had Manus Slides research sources and build a 16-slide outline on 2025 generative AI trends in UK English.
Manusbuildingcreativemachines.substack.comGenerate slide decks from titles and a branded template
A reviewer had Manus find content for slide decks and produce a monthly marketing report in an uploaded PPTX template; editing tools were limited.
Manusplusai.comMake an AI trends presentation
The author had Manus 1.6 Lite build a 2026 AI trends deck; research was deep but generation took over 10 minutes and slides were monotonous.
Manuspageon.aiCreate a presentation on agentic AI in retail
The author had Manus Slides research and build a deck, added a slide mid-run, and fixed some overlapping text after export.
Manusiaparaproductlovers.substack.comTurn videos and company research into slide decks
The author describes Manus watching a YouTube video to make a slide deck and researching companies for investment potential into a presentation.
Manusainutpam.substack.comEdit existing video clips with plain-English instructions
A creator tested Gemini Omni Flash over 36 hours, editing clips in place from typed instructions while preserving lighting and camera angle, with variable quality.
Geminialici.aiTurn a blog post into an animated infographic
A content creator fed a blog post into Gemini Canvas, which produced a coded animated infographic using brand colors and audience details from the chat thread.
Geminikimdoyal.substack.comEdit a full video in Descript with a Dot
The author had a Dot find footage, build the B-roll edit, add captions and arrange visuals over several review passes, working from his recorded narration.
Dotsmattpaige68.substack.comCreate a full music video with lyrics, music and visuals
Alex C. had Hermes Agent write lyrics, produce music stems, generate visuals and add audio effects to make a music video on its own.
Hermes AgentXProduce a song and music video entirely with an agent
Nous Research showcased "The Ballad of Hermes", a full song with a music video created entirely by Hermes Agent for a hackathon.
Hermes AgentXProduce a short-form video from research to captions
Hermes Agent researched a JWST topic, wrote the script, generated assets, built Remotion motion graphics, added voiceover, music and captions for a vertical video.
Hermes Agentdev.toTurn written articles into edited videos
The author has Hermes Agent debate and edit an Obsidian draft, then make chart motion graphics, add music and export a finished captioned video.
Hermes Agentparagraph.comGenerate illustrations in a learned visual style
A designer Hermes profile learns a style from reference designs, writes a skill for it, then crafts prompts and generates and saves images via Nano Banana.
Hermes Agentblog.dailydoseofds.comGuide a music video project from concept to deliverables
A Hermes agent walks a creator through an 8-step workflow producing lyrics, Suno prompts, image and video prompts, and YouTube metadata.
Hermes Agentgithub.comBuild a slide deck from a single prompt
Scout used its pptx skill to build a 5-slide quarterly cloud review deck saved to Downloads, with diagrams and HTML artifacts also covered.
Microsoft Scoutaguidetocloud.comExplore code to write technical documentation
A technical writer uses Devin to explore code before documenting it, plus a Slack writing agent built on Devin, reporting about 20,000 lines of docs per month.
Devinbuildwithfern.com · Mar 2026Build an automated podcast website that creates companion resources
A podcaster built and deployed a podcast site with Replit over a weekend that automatically generates companion resources when an episode is published.
Replit Agentreplit.discourse.groupBuild an interactive scroll site for an electronic music project
A creator built the 'Spun From Glass' scroll site in Replit Design, using Agent and visual editing for interaction logic like scroll cues and video crossfades.
Replit Agentbuildathons.replit.appBuild a newsletter and podcast site with Replit
A creator got a clickable prototype in 10 minutes but spent 10+ hours failing to put it on a custom URL, until Val Town staff helped launch the MVP.
Replit Agentthenextnext.substack.comDraft articles quoting Kindle highlights and notes
The author saves Kindle highlights and event notes in Obsidian and has Cursor reference them to quote past reading when drafting articles.
Cursornote.comDraft newsletters and social posts in your own voice
A marketer built a Cursor workflow that learns from his content and scraped posts to write newsletters, LinkedIn posts and threads from raw notes.
Cursornewsletter.qback.aiDraft emails, docs and posts in Cursor
The author uses Cursor with a global rules file of style examples to draft emails, documents, blog posts and tweets, then edits the output.
Cursorjorgesancha.substack.comWrite blog posts via an AI interview and drafting workflow
A blogger uses Cursor with style guides, past posts and interview transcripts to interview, outline and draft posts in his voice.
Cursorclarkdever.comCreate and publish YouTube videos from script to upload
An n8n pipeline writes a script, adds a voiceover and stock footage, assembles the video, uploads it to YouTube and updates a Google Sheet.
n8n · Claude Codecommunity.n8n.ioGenerate and upload faceless YouTube Shorts from a topic sheet
An n8n workflow reads topics from Google Sheets, writes scripts and image prompts, renders vertical videos, uploads them to YouTube and records the URL.
n8ndev.toPublish AI-written blog posts from trending news to WordPress
An n8n pipeline turns RSS news into AI articles with SEO metadata and images, publishes to WordPress and logs them; the author notes generic content and duplicates as problems.
n8ndev.toAuto-publish SEO blog posts from tech news feeds
An n8n workflow researches RSS news, writes long-form SEO posts with images, publishes up to 10 a day to WordPress and tracks them in MongoDB.
n8nn8n.ioProduce YouTube Shorts with AI script, voice and video
An n8n workflow writes the script and image prompts, adds a voice, generates images and video, and renders 6-second clips into a final video.
n8nn8n.ioGenerate YouTube Shorts from trending news automatically
An n8n workflow pulls trending Google News every 24 hours, writes scripts with Deepseek, adds AI images and ElevenLabs voiceover, and compiles short videos.
n8nn8n.ioPublish free game giveaway posts automatically
n8n workflows track free games on Epic, Prime Gaming and Steam, then create and publish WordPress posts with details, images and store links.
n8ncommunity.n8n.ioCurate industry news and draft posts from it
One Zapier agent picks industry news, summarizes it, and logs it to Airtable as memory; a second agent drafts posts from that table.
Zapier Agentsautonomous.activecampaign.comBuild a newsletter-to-social content agent (it failed)
The author built a content agent to research, write and schedule social posts, but it invented statistics, so they rebuilt it as a structured workflow.
Zapier Agentsaimaker.substack.comMine trending Reddit posts for content ideas
A Zapier agent with Apify pulls trending Reddit posts, finds themes, sorts ideas by tone and platform, and organizes them in a Google Doc.
Zapier Agentszapier.comGenerate video scripts and newsletter posts from trending topics
A Zapier agent finds a trending niche topic, writes hooks, scripts, captions and a newsletter post, compiles them in a Google Doc and Slack DMs the link.
Zapier Agentszapier.comWrite a weekly AI marketing newsletter automatically
A scheduled Lindy agent researches the week's news, drafts the newsletter plus social posts and scripts, stores them in Airtable and emails the result.
Lindyannikahelendi.substack.comDraft social posts from trending topics for approval
A reviewer tested Lindy's browser-driving Computer Use to check trending topics each weekday, draft three LinkedIn posts in brand voice and send them for approval.
Lindyposteverywhere.ai
Software & DevOps
Shipping code, reviewing PRs, running infra, and fixing things at 3am.
Self-host services on a home server
A write-up on how CLI agents make running your own home server easier and more fun.
HN 775 · Jan 2026Build a C compiler with a team of parallel agents
Anthropic's engineering write-up on tasking Opus 4.6 agent teams with building a C compiler.
ClaudeHN 735 · Feb 2026Create accounts, buy domains, and deploy without a human
Cloudflare's announcement that agents can now create Cloudflare accounts, buy domains, and deploy.
CloudflareHN 658 · May 2026Build a phone voice agent that answers in under half a second
A from-scratch voice agent averaging about 400ms end to end, with streaming speech-to-text, LLM, and text-to-speech and clean barge-ins.
HN 570 · Mar 2026Code from your phone
A write-up on a setup for using Claude Code on the go.
Claude CodeHN 543 · Jan 2026Build old and new apps with coding agents
Terence Tao describes using modern coding agents to create or revive apps, based on the post title.
HN 455 · Jul 2026Keep coding agents running autonomously for long stretches
Cursor's write-up on scaling long-running autonomous coding.
CursorHN 290 · Jan 2026Run parallel coding agents from Markdown specs in tmux
A workflow post on running multiple coding agents in parallel using tmux and Markdown specs, based on the title.
HN 189 · Mar 2026Run a coding agent on a live Excalidraw canvas
Drawgent is a coding agent that works on a live Excalidraw canvas.
Drawgent · ExcalidrawHN 178 · Sep 2026Edit site design visually and have an agent write the code
CSS Studio lets designers tweak a site visually in the browser and streams the changes via MCP to an existing coding agent that implements them in the codebase.
Claude Code · MCPHN 175 · Apr 2026Let coding agents spin up their own cloud VMs and GPUs
A skill and CLI so Claude Code or Codex can start cloud machines to run dev servers, tests, and browsers instead of using your laptop.
Claude Code · CodexHN 138 · Feb 2026Turn tickets into merged pull requests with one-shot coding agents
Stripe describes its internal Minions coding agents that take tasks end to end into code changes; the post is a headline only.
HN 131 · Feb 2026Run a self-hosted, sandboxed software factory
One developer's build log of an almost fully self-hosted, sandboxed agentic pipeline for producing software.
HN 119 · Aug 2026QA a web app with a swarm of browser agents
Tens to hundreds of agents explore a site as simulated users, report bugs and pain points, and propose end-to-end tests for CI.
HN 116 · Oct 2025Speed up Rust code by having agents iteratively optimize it
The post covers asking coding agents to make Rust code faster through repeated iteration.
HN 116 · Sep 2026Review Linux kernel patches
Google engineers launched Sashiko, an agentic AI code reviewer for the Linux kernel.
HN 111 · Mar 2026Build SQLite with a swarm of parallel coding agents
The author recounts using parallel coding agents to build a SQLite implementation and shares experience from it.
HN 106 · Feb 2026Work on mainframes and COBOL
Hopper is an agentic development environment for the mainframe systems behind banking, payments, insurance, and airlines.
HN 97 · May 2026Get Microsoft Office running on Linux via Wine
Claude Code did most of the work to make desktop Office 365 run under Wine on Linux without virtualization, packaged as a Nix flake.
Claude CodeHN 97 · Sep 2026Build a working coding agent in R from three tools
Author builds a functional coding agent in R starting from three tools, then adds tools to make it safer and more efficient.
Bluesky 96 · Jun 2026Write better CSS with an MDN-aware helper
An MCP server that consults MDN docs, reports browser compatibility, and analyzes your CSS for the agent.
MCP · Claude CodeBluesky 94 · Oct 2025Turn tickets into merged pull requests
Pulls tasks from GitHub Issues or Linear, then runs Claude Code or Codex in isolated Kubernetes pods to carry each one through to a PR.
Claude Code · CodexHN 88 · Mar 2026Run multi-stage PR reviews with parallel sub-agents
A Claude Code plugin that reviews pull requests in stages with sub-agents and validation passes, with optional ensemble review via Codex.
Claude Code · CodexHN 85 · May 2026Give coding agents git-native persistent memory
A tool that stores persistent memory for AI coding agents in git so context carries across sessions.
HN 81 · Sep 2026Let a custom agent change its own repository
Author's custom-built agent made its first code change to its own repository.
Bluesky 67 · Nov 2025Turn one goal into an ordered plan of coding-agent tasks
Ordewell takes a single goal and breaks it into an ordered plan of tasks for coding agents.
OrdewellHN 56 · Sep 2026Build a lambda-calculus programming language with coding agents
The author used coding agents to turn an untyped lambda calculus project into a usable Lisp-shaped language built on Racket.
HN 49 · Sep 2026Port the Copilot runtime to Rust agentically
Microsoft reportedly used agents to port its Copilot runtime to Rust for $120K, according to the headline.
HN 48 · Sep 2026Build printable farmers' market seasonality posters with Claude
A Claude Opus session of 731 prompts built a site generating customizable produce seasonality posters for SF and NY, with the full transcript published.
ClaudeHN 47 · Sep 2026Generate Terraform code and bash scripts
A developer says Claude Code is pretty good at generating Terraform code and bash scripts for their work.
Claude CodeBluesky 47 · Oct 2026Give coding agents compiler-accurate Find Usages for C#
Graphify C# lets coding agents find symbol usages in C# codebases with compiler-level accuracy.
HN 46 · Sep 2026Orchestrate a multi-phase RAG migration
A walkthrough of using Gemini CLI to coordinate a complex, multi-phase cloud migration project.
Gemini CLIDEV 45 · Apr 2026Catch intent conflicts between parallel coding agents
Agents publish planned changes before editing so conflicting architecture changes across parallel worktrees get flagged before code is written.
Claude Code · Codex · CursorHN 45 · Sep 2026Debug Windows crash dumps with an AI agent via MCP
ForensicDbg is a post-mortem debugger for native Windows x64/x86 crashes with an MCP server so AI agents can debug from interpreted, interlinked crash data.
MCP · ForensicDbgHN 38 · Sep 2026Test how well coding agents can onboard to your product
ax-check.com runs coding agents in sandboxes to try onboarding to a product, then returns a scorecard, suggested fixes, and full session traces.
HN 38 · Sep 2026Optimize CUDA kernels with agents that benchmark and profile
AI agents run a C++ CUDA test harness, get benchmarks, and profile with Nsight to optimize kernels, built with LangGraph.
LangGraphHN 37 · Sep 2026Add agentic forgetting to an agent's memory
Someone implemented a rudimentary version of Tim Kellogg's agentic forgetting approach and reports it works impressively even in its simplest form.
Bluesky 34 · Oct 2026Audit a codebase for redundant dependencies and polyfills
An MCP server lets an agent check a codebase for redundant dependencies and polyfills, usable remotely or as a local stdio server.
MCPBluesky 33 · Jul 2026Run an AI software factory that opens, reviews, and merges PRs
A guide to building agents that open, review, and merge pull requests.
HN 31 · Sep 2026One-shot a CLI coding agent on top of a Python LLM library
Simon Willison had the Fable model more or less one-shot a CLI coding agent built on his LLM Python library.
Bluesky 29 · Jul 2026Create and read issues from Claude Code via a Tangled MCP server
The author started building an MCP server so Claude Code can create and read issues on Tangled.
Claude Code · MCPBluesky 27 · Oct 2025Catch cloud outage risks before they happen
An autonomous ReAct agent that queries real data to stop cloud outages before they occur, built for the Sanity Challenge.
DEV 24 · Sep 2026Find redundant dependencies in a project with an MCP server
The author asked an agent using the e18e MCP server to check a project's dependencies for redundant ones, and it did a pretty good job.
MCPBluesky 22 · Aug 2026Port Claude Code hooks to pi extensions
After leaving Claude, the author pointed an agent at their Claude hooks folder and had it rebuild them as a pi extension, which it did quickly.
Claude Code · piHN · Apr 2026Let an agent extend its own code inside a Docker sandbox
An agent built on Claude and Agno implements capabilities in its own source code in Docker, with changes validated, committed, or rolled back; it reached 21+ capabilities.
Claude · AgnoHN · Mar 2026Find and fix flaky tests in a broken CI pipeline overnight
Claude monitors CI pass rates, identifies worst flaky tests, reproduces them and proposes fixes overnight; pipeline got 20 minutes faster and pass rate rose 35%, with some bad fixes discarded.
Claude CodeHN · May 2026Debug code hands-free by voice with Claude Code
Author built a local speech-to-text and text-to-speech stack hooked to Claude Code via MCP, and used it to debug a WhatsApp integration hands-free while brushing teeth.
Claude Code · MCPHN · Feb 2026Spec features with AI and hand off to coding agent
Author discusses a spec with an AI agent or ChatGPT, then hands it to an agent to code, and tests the outcome instead of reading every line.
ChatGPTHN · Feb 2026Build a mental models framework with a multi-agent dev team
A solo founder used Claude, ChatGPT, Windsurf and Cursor as role-based team members to design, test and deploy a 120-model mental-models framework and MCP server.
Claude · ChatGPT · WindsurfHN · Nov 2025Vibe-code a pull request dashboard across Azure DevOps repos
Author used ChatGPT for architecture and the Junie agent in WebStorm to build a dashboard aggregating PRs across four repos, flagging approvals, conflicts and comments, in about 3 hours.
Junie · ChatGPTHN · Nov 2025Build a multi-repo PR tracker with a coding agent
Author had the Junie agent write all code for a web service tracking PRs across repos and tickets, task by task, in about 6-8 hours, then added requested features.
Junie · Claude · ChatGPTHN · Jan 2026Recompile a 1991 assembly PC game with Claude Code
The author uses Claude Code CLI with Sonnet to get the source of their 1991 386+ assembly game compiling again.
Claude Code · Claude SonnetHN · Apr 2026Diagnose Swift errors with ChatGPT from symptoms and code
A Swift developer feeds error symptoms and code to ChatGPT to get a starting lead on the cause, then reviews the code it produces.
ChatGPTHN · Dec 2025Pair-program with LLMs on personal projects
The author uses Claude web and Jules (Gemini with GitHub integration) as pair-programming partners, navigating while coding locally and submitting back.
Claude · JulesHN · Sep 2026Build a bare-bones Windows VNC client from an email brief
The author emailed Claude a spec for a minimal VNC viewer targeting Windows 10 over a local SSH tunnel, to be built on a Mac and delivered with a checksum.
Claude · ChatGPTHN · Aug 2026Manage Canvas courses in plain English
The author built a Canvas LMS tool with Claude Code that lets educators list courses, find missing submissions, monitor forums, schedule announcements and export the gradebook.
Claude Codechatwithgpt.substack.comRun coding and screenshot tasks on a personal agent from your phone
Users run OpenClaw on a home Mac Mini to build websites, send browser screenshots over Telegram, and build apps overnight with heartbeat restarts.
OpenClawevery.toWrite and debug code across eight test tasks
A reviewer had Manus build a currency converter, fix a find_max bug and make a landing page, with mostly strong results.
Manussecondtalent.comConfigure a local AI lab and build a knowledge graph by chat
Users had Hermes Agent set up a local AI stack (liteLLM, Postgres, Prometheus, Grafana) and install Gbrain as an MCP server to build a personal knowledge graph.
Hermes Agentkie.aiHand narrow code changes to Devin for pull requests
A team used Devin for a month on small fixes like chart formatting and API edge cases, with tests and PRs; a complex full-stack task went poorly.
Devinfrontierai.substack.comAdd a third-party API integration via Devin PR
Devin opened a PR with the endpoint and backend wiring that was merged, but missed API key logic, code style and abstraction, needing review fixes.
Devindev.toBuild and test a simple endpoint project with Devin
A reviewer had Devin set up a project, write code, install dependencies, test endpoints and add error handling in about 4 minutes on a simple task.
Devinaimadetools.comTest Devin on pulling Notion data into Sheets
Answer.AI testers found Devin completed only 3 of 20 tasks, succeeding at moving Notion data to Google Sheets and building a planet tracker.
Devintheregister.com · Jan 2025Turn Slack and Linear tasks into PRs and fix CI
Cognition staff assign Devin work in Slack or Linear; it posts PRs, fixes bugs flagged by review bots and works CI and lint failures until checks pass.
Devinnader.substack.comBuild apps, debug repos and set up CI/CD with Devin
A review lists Devin building a full-stack to-do app, debugging a public repo with a PR, and doing Docker setup, deployment and CI/CD.
Devinfritz.aiBuild a searchable map of funded companies
A software engineer had Replit Agent build a searchable map of Wefunder brick-and-mortar companies in about 3 hours for about $22.
Replit Agentdev.toBuild a full web app with database, storage and landing page
The author used Replit Agent to build a Postgres-backed web app with image storage, analytics and a landing page; an S3 switch failed and was reverted.
Replit Agentthedatacoach.substack.comBuild and deploy a Hacker News scraper app
Replit Agent generated a scraper, database models, API endpoints and front end that stores and shows Hacker News items, then deployed it.
Replit Agentneon.comShip a backlog landing page from a ticket spec
Cursor's background agent built a pricing landing page from a short spec in about 5 minutes on a new branch and opened a PR.
Cursorthepromptwarrior.comPrototype product features as a non-coding PM
A founder used Cursor agents to find prototype gaps, draw ASCII wireframes, and plan and implement a feature with parallel agents in worktrees.
Cursoramankhan1.substack.comTroubleshoot a production-only performance issue
A developer used Cursor and Warp agents to analyze NestJS database queries and recommend indexes for a production performance problem.
Cursortrevorarnold.substack.com · Dec 2025Build a presentation-generation microservice with Cursor
A dev team uses Cursor Agent to write code and fix bugs, including building a presentation-generation microservice and maintaining existing systems.
Cursoraws.amazon.com · Mar 2026Run background agents that open GitHub PRs
A user ran several background agents that open PRs and follow up with changes; some didn't push because pre-commit lint checks failed silently.
Cursorforum.cursor.comAssign UI tweaks to parallel background coding agents
The author gave Cursor background agents screenshots and plain-language prompts; they made UI and content changes in parallel and opened PRs on feature branches.
Cursordecoupledlogic.com · May 2025Build an iCloud skill with a Muse agent
A screen-reader user asked their Muse agent to build an iCloud skill and it produced something, but accessibility problems with the text field and conversation navigation got in the way.
Meta Musetaylorarndt.substack.comAudit hundreds of pull requests with a terminal coding agent
In an independent test, Muse Code audited 222 pull requests in under five minutes for about ten cents, but also built a plan on a Google project that doesn't exist.
Meta Musecodersera.comTriage issues and open fix PRs with a GitHub bot
A cookbook shows a GitHub bot that triages issues, reviews PRs, answers questions with citations, flags AI-slop contributions, and opens patch PRs for human review.
dev.meta.aiCode in the terminal with worktree-isolated agent sessions
A first-look of Muse Code found it needs approval before merges; in long sessions it drifted from instructions and overlapping subagents caused conflicts needing manual fixes.
Meta Musesitepoint.comVibe-code and deploy an idle clicker game
Gilbert Pellegrom had his OpenClaw agent build a simple idle game from a conversation, commit it to GitHub and auto-deploy it to Vercel.
OpenClawvueschool.ioInvestigate broken builds and merge fixes
OpenAI's internal OpenClaw agent Androidclaw uses Git, GitHub and logs to investigate broken builds, trace problems to incidents, and sometimes prepare and merge fixes.
OpenClawventurebeat.comTriage broken builds and incident questions automatically
The internal Androidclaw agent finds PRs behind broken builds, answers incident questions with SEV links, and traced a vague glitch report to a merged fix with video evidence.
OpenClawopenclaw.aiRun production deploys and port scans from Telegram with OpenClaw
A security professional uses an OpenClaw agent with read-only prod access, PR-only changes and manual approval for restarts to deploy changes and scan a VPS for exposed ports.
OpenClawsimonroses.com · Feb 2026Triage failed GitHub Actions runs and self-heal flaky tests
A QA engineer's OpenClaw agent reads failed CI logs, classifies failures, posts analysis to GitHub and Slack and opens issues; flakiness fell from 8% to 0.8%, though it once wrongly altered an assertion.
OpenClawsuneetmalhotra.comFix web app bugs and deploy to a test URL
A commenter's OpenClaw agent found bugs, cloned the repo, fixed them on a new branch, pushed, deployed to a new URL, tested and reported back.
OpenClawHNTest local web apps and fix errors in one session
Claude Code with Claude in Chrome writes code, opens localhost, clicks through the UI, reads console errors and fixes them without the developer touching the browser.
Claude Code · Claude in Chrometest-lab.aiTest web apps in your logged-in Chrome from the terminal
A developer has Claude Code drive their own Chrome to submit a signup form, confirm the data in Firebase, read console errors and record GIFs of test flows.
Claude Code · Claude in Chromepaddo.devDebug frontend UI bugs with a browser agent
A frontend developer pairs Claude in Chrome with Claude Code to open the app, click through it, read the DOM, check console errors and network requests, and fix UI bugs.
Claude in Chrome · Claude Codeanmol-gupta.medium.comRun a manual QA plan on a local app with a browser agent
Claude Code writes a test plan from the branch's changes, then Claude for Chrome visits the local site, logs into a test account and walks through the plan to check a new feature.
Claude Code · Claude in Chrometgvashworth.com · Dec 2025Build and visually test an app via computer use
A developer used Claude Code's computer use to build an Electron app, spot a misaligned button, fix CSS, and verify the fix.
Claude Code · Claude computer usedigitnaut.comClick through macOS app builds to catch visual bugs
A developer used Claude Code computer use to compile, launch, and click through macOS app screens to find layout bugs.
Claude Code · Claude computer useclaudcod.comAutonomously test an entire iOS app and report bugs
A tool lets Claude Code drive an iOS app through the accessibility tree, tap every screen, and return a structured bug summary.
Claude Codemedium.comDrive the iOS Simulator to test onboarding flows
Vendor docs show Claude Code using computer use to open the iOS Simulator, tap through onboarding, and report slow-loading screens.
Claude Code · Claude computer usecode.claude.comMigrate a SaaS from AWS to DigitalOcean
A developer used Claude Code as a pair programmer for provisioning, database seeding, SSL, DNS cutover and production debugging, finishing in about four hours with zero downtime by his account.
Claude Codedev.toMigrate a legacy product stack with Claude Code
An engineer ran a proof-of-concept that consolidated 4 repos into 2, moved MySQL to PostgreSQL, upgraded frameworks and replaced the auth model, in about 15 work days.
Claude Codedev.toMigrate toolchain, architecture and site design with Claude Code
A developer had Claude Code switch a monorepo to oxlint/oxfmt, restructure the architecture and redesign a site, validating in a loop; the redesign took days instead of weeks.
Claude Codesergioazocar.comDebug overnight with a long-running agent
The author leaves Codex CLI running for hours to add debug prints and test hypotheses against a reproducing unit test, often only to find the bug.
CodexHNDiagnose a killed process on a server
Codex CLI over SSH found the OOM killer in kernel logs on a 2 GB droplet with no swap and listed fixes by risk without changing anything.
Codex · Claude Codeflaviocopes.comDelegate web research from Claude Code to Comet
An MCP server lets Claude Code hand web navigation, login-walled pages and research to Comet while it keeps coding, then returns results.
Claude Code · Perplexity Cometgithub.comFinish a half-built GitHub repo and paper
The author pointed Manus at an unfinished repo on stackable knowledge graphs; it worked over 5 hours and produced a 10-page paper and code.
Manusnelsx.comDiagnose and roll back bad config during outages
Google SREs use Gemini CLI to pull logs, find a bad config push, generate a reverting changelist, and file postmortem action items via MCP.
Gemini · MCPcloud.google.comFix a broken Delete button in a GitHub repo
The author had Jules clone a repo and fix a Delete button so it disables deletion of content older than two hours, with tests added unprompted; the author reviewed and published the branch.
Geminicalvin.myFix TypeScript errors with an automated PR
A maintainer started a Jules task that fixed TypeScript errors in a utils directory and opened the PR itself.
Geminigithub.comImplement an LLM bridge and fix failing tests via PR
Jules created a PR implementing an LLM bridge and prompt builder and fixing bugs behind test failures; the user merged it though one check failed.
Geminigithub.com · Nov 2025Reverse engineer legacy systems without source code
Thoughtworks consultants used Gemini 2.5 Pro in a two-week pilot to produce validated blueprints of legacy systems' functionality.
Geminiinfoq.comUse an always-on Dot as a coding agent
A user reports running their OpenAI Dot as a coding agent and says it is working well.
Dotsaiweekly.co · Sep 2026Turn customer feedback into tested pull requests
In OpenAI's own launch example, a Dot watches feedback for recurring requests, scopes small fixes, builds and tests them, and returns PRs with demo videos.
Dotsopenai.com · Sep 2026Fix Slack-reported bugs and open pull requests
At DevDay OpenAI showed a Dot investigating bug reports in Slack, writing and testing a fix, and opening a PR; OpenAI says its engineers fix dozens of bugs daily this way.
Dotsgigazine.net · Sep 2026Triage P2 bugs into draft PRs with demo videos
A Dot connected to GitHub and Slack watches #bugs, scopes and tests a fix in a cloud environment, and opens a draft PR with a short demo video.
Dotsbyteiota.com · Oct 2026Refactor a million-line repo with 1,393 subagents
A Nous Research developer had Hermes dispatch 1,393 subagents over about 19 hours to clean up its own repo, cutting non-test Python source by 34.4% in a merged PR.
Hermes Agentnousresearch.comReview GitHub pull requests for bugs and security
A Hermes tutorial reads a PR diff and returns a structured review of bugs, security and code quality, then turns it into a skill that watches repos and sends summaries.
Hermes Agenthermes-agent.nousresearch.comFlag documentation drift from merged PRs weekly
A weekly Hermes cron job checks merged PRs for changes to tool schemas, CLI commands, config options or env variables to flag docs needing updates.
Hermes Agenthermes-agent.nousresearch.comLint, fix, commit and push code from the terminal
Scout runs a linter, fixes a syntax error, re-runs it, reviews staged changes, writes a commit message and pushes to a new branch, shown as a walkthrough.
Microsoft Scoutthewindowsclub.comResolve git merge conflicts and push a fix
A tutorial shows Scout comparing both sides of merge conflicts, proposing a merged file for review, then committing and pushing to a branch.
Microsoft Scoutfdaytalk.comRun builds, tests and PR creation with shell commands
A guide shows Scout running build, test, lint and gh commands, listing or creating PRs, and handing diff reviews and test runs to background sub-agents.
Microsoft Scoutallthings.howWrite, review and document code across a product's PRs
Founders report Devin touching all PRs at ChatPRD and being Gumroad's top contributor with over 1,500 merged PRs.
Devinlennysnewsletter.comGenerate internal dashboards and data migration scripts
A backend engineer says their team uses Devin for internal dashboards and migration scripts, treating output as a starting point that saves about four hours of boilerplate.
Devinsitepoint.comSet up weekly changelogs and fix docs from GitHub issues
Neon's docs team has Devin create the weekly changelog from a playbook and open or revise doc PRs from GitHub issues, for repetitive work only.
Devinneon.comRewrite a README after a rearchitecture
Devin scanned a rearchitected codebase and delivered a new README as a PR with accurate setup and API details, but struggled with design rationale and purpose.
Devinmedium.comBuild a name-and-face quiz site from a spreadsheet
Scott Wu had Devin build and deploy a mobile-friendly React quiz from a TSV of speaker names and photos, plus a QR-code site to share it.
Devinai.engineerMigrate an Electron app from Vue 2 to Vue 3
Kearney gave Devin repo access to migrate a production Electron app to Vue 3 and update npm packages, committing after every five components.
Devinseankearney.com · Dec 2024Test Devin on integrations, migration and security review
Answer.AI tried Devin on an observability integration, an nbdev migration and a vulnerability review; it found some real issues, hallucinated others, and failed the migration.
Devin · Cursoranswer.ai · Jan 2025Build and deploy an app over a weekend
The author had Devin build and deploy an app, finding it quick on PR feedback but weak on legacy monorepos and costly on broad requests.
Devinmedium.comClick through apps to verify its own work
With computer use, Devin built and played a desktop game, ordered on Amazon, and tested its own work by clicking through the app.
Devincognition.aiBuild a Pong game and website from scratch
A tester asked Devin to create a basic Pong-style game and a website, and it finished both in under 20 minutes.
Devinsiliconangle.com · Mar 2024Build a face-and-name matching game from a speaker list
Scott Wu had Devin build a name-and-face game from a TSV; after feedback it hid leaked answer labels and added a streak counter.
Devinai.engineerBuild and deploy a Game of Life simulation site
In a vendor launch demo, Devin built an interactive Game of Life website, added requested features step by step, and deployed it to Netlify.
Devincognition.com · Mar 2024Build a booking and payment app for tattoo artists
A former programmer used Replit Agent over a weekend to build a booking app with calendar, Google OAuth, Stripe deposits and notifications, though time zones and UI needed back-and-forth.
Replit Agentiliashatzis.substack.comBuild a booking dashboard for business owners
A reviewer tested Replit Agent 4 and got a mostly functional booking dashboard in 34 minutes, noting unpredictable pricing and no auth or rate limiting by default.
Replit Agentmadebyagents.comBuild a budgeting app from a single prompt
A low-coder used Replit Agent to build a 'Budget Buddy' with category budgets, a spending dashboard and expense log in about 20 minutes, using half their monthly credits.
Replit Agentjustinyjtan.substack.comBuild a clinic app with booking and trackers
A doctor with no coding experience used Replit to build a clinic app in 5 days with booking integration, prescription requests, health trackers and an AI symptom checker.
Replit Agentgoodreads.com · Jun 2025Build a personal finance tracker with Flask
The author prompted Replit Agent for an expense tracker with category budgets and a spending dashboard using Flask and SQLite, and the Agent began building it autonomously.
Replit Agentblog.vibecoder.meBuild a full CRM with email, video and calendar
A community member used Replit Agent over a couple of weeks to build a CRM with email integration, video sales letter recording and meeting scheduling.
Replit Agentreplit.discourse.groupTurn a product spec into a partner-network CRM
The author gave Replit Agent a 3,000-word spec for a CRM for agencies collaborating on government RFPs, and it scaffolded the architecture, database and authentication.
Replit Agentmedium.comGenerate a Gmail-connected CRM prototype from a PRD
Nylas wrote a requirements doc and had Replit's agent build a single-user CRM in one shot, using Gmail via the Nylas API so reps can send follow-ups.
Replit Agentnylas.comBuild and ship a micro-SaaS in three hours
A developer used paid Replit to build and deploy a micro-SaaS to production in about 3 hours, with database, domain, hosting and monitoring handled.
Replit Agentdev.toBuild a Chrome extension for presenting webinars
A Replit forum user built a Chrome extension so they could keep notes in view while presenting webinars, and published it to the Chrome Web Store.
Replit Agentreplit.discourse.groupBuild a podcast clipping app in a weekend
The author used Replit's agent to build PodClip with front end, database, auth and Spotify connection; the agent added a manual-mode workaround where the API was unavailable.
Replit Agenttowardsdatascience.comBuild a homepage from Figma designs via MCP
The author connected Figma to Cursor over MCP to build a new homepage for a font archive, with great results after Lovable disappointed.
Cursordesignphilosophy.substack.comBuild a portfolio site from Figma with Cursor
A designer connected Figma's MCP server to Cursor, which generated responsive HTML/CSS for his portfolio, a solid but imperfect base.
Cursorbrasil.uxdesign.ccMigrate 180 microservices to a new framework version
Brex built Cursor-based self-correcting agents that let one engineer migrate 180 microservices to a newer Micronaut version in about a month.
Cursorbrex.comUpgrade site dependencies and frameworks with Cursor
Kent C. Dodds had Cursor's agent look up migration docs, plan and upgrade Remix v2 to React Router v7 and xstate in his site.
Cursorkentcdodds.comRun Terraform plan and apply through an MCP agent
The author had Cursor run Terraform against Postgres via MCP; the apply hit a permissions error and he finished from the terminal.
Cursormasterpoint.ioDebug prod pods and docker-compose with Cursor
A DevOps engineer uses Cursor with a Kubernetes MCP to pull prod logs and suggest fixes, and to repair a broken docker-compose file.
Cursormedium.comScaffold a new service end to end with agents
Cursor agents create Terraform, k8s manifests and CI, validate them and open a draft PR; one cleanup run wrongly deleted Terraform files.
Cursorblog.devops.devReview GitHub pull requests automatically
An n8n AI agent triggers on each new PR, fetches diffs, calls an LLM for a review, and posts comments and labels back on the PR.
n8nmedium.comGive new PRs a first-look AI review
A developer's n8n workflow uses a LangChain agent with Gemini to analyze diffs on newly opened PRs and return structured feedback for the team.
n8n · Geminirishabhrai02.medium.comDiagnose Kubernetes alerts with MCP servers
An n8n agent triggered by Alertmanager queries Kubernetes, Grafana and other MCP servers and posts a diagnostic report with root-cause hypotheses in a Mattermost thread.
n8n · MCPcommunity.n8n.ioRun multi-agent incident response with approval gates
An n8n multi-agent system monitors for outages and CPU spikes, analyzes logs and CI/CD failures, alerts via Telegram, and asks for approval before Docker restarts.
n8ncommunity.n8n.ioDiagnose and fix website downtime with approval buttons
An n8n workflow checks site uptime; a DeepSeek agent diagnoses outages, applies safe fixes, or asks via Slack Approve/Decline for risky commands.
n8ntechbyk.comReview DevOps pull requests with OpenAI
An n8n and OpenAI workflow triggers on opened or updated pull requests and reviews DevOps code such as infrastructure files.
n8ndev.toScan images and IaC for security issues automatically
n8n workflows run Trivy image scans on GitHub pushes and post high/critical CVEs to Discord, plus a daily audit of Terraform and CloudFormation logged to Sheets.
n8nconversantech.comRemind teams to fill missing fields on Jira tickets
A Zapier Agent monitors new Jira tickets and comments a reminder when planning fields like size and sprint are missing (a how-to demo).
Zapier Agentszapier.comReview GitHub pull requests against team coding standards
A Lindy agent reads a Google Doc of coding standards and comments on GitHub PRs about formatting, test coverage and documentation (vendor template).
Lindylindy.ai
Games & Simulations
Agents that play, build, and test games.
Play RollerCoaster Tycoon
Ramp Labs put Claude Code in RollerCoaster Tycoon.
Claude CodeHN 526 · Jan 2026Race three models to build a Counter-Strike clone
InstantDB had Codex, Opus, and Gemini each try to build a multiplayer shooter.
Codex · Claude · GeminiHN 287 · Nov 2025Compete in a real-time strategy game
A game environment built for frontier LLMs to play against each other.
HN 220 · Feb 2026Play mayor in SimCity through an API
A headless city simulator on the open-source Micropolis engine where anyone's agent can run a city.
HN 216 · Feb 2026Play-test your own game
A developer built an agentic test harness so an AI could play their game and help with play-testing.
HN 136 · Apr 2026Watch AI models fight in a grid-based arena
A spectator site where four AI models battle in life-or-death matches on an 8x8 grid, which users can watch.
HN 120 · Sep 2026Build a relaxing jigsaw haiku puzzle web app with Claude Code
The author had Claude Code write the whole React puzzle app from a written design spec, including a window-through-fog effect.
Claude CodeHN 118 · Sep 2026Give a coding agent a world-facing client for a game
The author uses a coding agent to build the game Overlands and is giving it access to the world through a dedicated agent client, where it chose a name and designed its own avatar.
Bluesky 33 · Sep 2026Play online math games in agent mode
The author had GPT-5 in ChatGPT agent mode play online versions of Math Games with Bad Drawings, and it mostly worked, unlike earlier rental car and tax form attempts.
ChatGPT Agentagifriday.substack.comTest a browser agent on web games
Researchers had ChatGPT Atlas's browser agent play T-Rex Runner, Sudoku, Flappy Bird and Stein.world; it did well on logic puzzles like Sudoku, finishing faster than humans.
arxiv.orgPlay Pokémon Silver on an emulator via Computer Use
A user had ChatGPT with Computer Use control a Pokémon Silver emulator, picking a starter and starting a playthrough, though usage limits were consumed by setup and repetitive dialogue.
ChatGPT Agentcommunity.openai.comLet general-purpose agents choose and play their own games
AI Village gave agents a computer to pick games; GPT-5 spent the week on Minesweeper without winning and built a Google Sheets scoresheet to track agents.
theaidigest.orgPlay Wordle in a browser with a computer-using agent
Researchers had OpenAI's Computer-Using Agent play NYT Wordle; it solved only 5.36% of about 200 runs, mainly from misreading tile colors.
Operatorarxiv.orgHave an agent play Forza Horizon and web games
Developers showed OpenClaw playing Forza Horizon on its own, imperfectly, and built playable bots for a multiplayer web game.
OpenClawpcbuildadvisor.comPlay Doom with computer-use agents as an informal benchmark
The OpenClaw team used computer-use agents to play Doom on remote machines, treating game performance as an informal way to improve the computer-use workflow.
OpenClawtheneuron.aiBuild Godot games with paired design and coding agents
Cowork handles design docs, task queues and playtests while Claude Code writes GDScript and runs Godot and git.
Claude Cowork · Claude Codegithub.comLet agents play computer games all day
Agents including Claude Opus and o3 were given computers to independently play games like 2048 for hours.
Claudelesswrong.comBuild and playtest a browser roguelike with coding agents
An author gave Claude Code, Codex and Antigravity the same prompt to build a roguelike survival game, run and play it, and fix bugs; Claude Code produced the most.
Claude Code · Codexxda-developers.comBuild and balance a live Telegram RPG
A non-coding PM had Claude Code write a Telegram RPG bot, deploy it over SSH, and run tens of thousands of test fights to rebalance classes.
Claude Coderetrostylegames.comBuild a 2D platformer game without coding
A content creator with no coding experience used Claude Code to build a black-and-white wave-combat platformer in HTML canvas and played it live.
Claude Codedaily.devBuild retro games with a child using Claude Code
An author builds games like a space shooter and an animal hospital game with his 7-year-old, using pixel art assets and a spec drafted via Claude's question tool.
Claude Codecreatoreconomy.soAdd a battle-of-Alesia expansion to a 1990s game remake
Nate Combs used ChatGPT for research and a prompt, and Claude Code implemented the expansion, iterating on his playtest feedback.
Claude Codesubstack.comBuild a racing game from a single prompt
Codex made a racing game with multiple racers, eight maps and items from one prompt, acting as designer, developer and QA tester by playing it.
Codexopenai.comBuild a playable 2D game level with no hand-written code
Codex CLI with agent skills built a Phaser level with enemies, sounds and music, using Playwright and a checklist to correct its own work.
Codexcommunity.openai.comBuild and publish a retro action RPG
Codex built a retro RPG over several iterations with desktop and phone playtesting, touch and controller support, an adaptive soundtrack, and shared rankings.
Codexdevelopers.openai.comBuild and deploy a browser survival game with tests
A browser survival game made with Codex ships with browser tests and a GitHub Pages workflow that tests and deploys on each push.
Codexgithub.comCode a 3D plane game in the browser
A Hugging Face product head prompted Manus to build a Three.js plane-control game and got an animated 3D browser game.
Manusscmp.comBuild interactive web games from prompts
Per an influencer's tests, Manus built a role-play web game as Google's CEO in about an hour and a match-three puzzle game with tech logos.
Manusrecodechinaai.substack.comBuild a 3D endless runner and a Mario-style game
Manus built a working Three.js endless runner and a Mario-style mobile game from prompts.
Manusfutureagi.substack.comDesign a Polkadot parachain strategy game concept
An X user spent a day working with Manus on Parachain Conquest, a game mapping Polkadot parachains with cross-chain events.
Manusmedium.comPlay Pokémon Blue with an agent
The Gemini Plays Pokémon agent reads game RAM and screenshots, turns actions into button presses, and uses pathfinder and boulder-puzzle sub-agents.
Geminiarxiv.orgPlay a button-clicking game via a browser agent
A developer wired Gemini's Computer Use model to Playwright in Java and had it play a simple button-clicking game to verify click-coordinate scaling.
Geminiglaforge.dev · Nov 2025Play 2048 in the browser via screenshots and clicks
Gemini 2.5 Computer Use plays a game of 2048 in the browser through Browserbase's demo, clicking and typing from screenshots.
Geminitech.yahoo.comPlay unseen 3D games from the screen
DeepMind's SIMA 2, built on Gemini, plays commercial 3D games using a virtual keyboard and mouse, completing tasks like finding a campfire in games it hadn't seen.
Geminideepmind.googleNavigate Goat Simulator 3 with a game-playing agent
Gemini-powered SIMA 2 navigates Goat Simulator 3, and a human player can direct it to improve its performance.
Geminiaol.comBuild a match-3 game from a single prompt
An author prompted Gemini 3 Pro once to produce a working Candy Crush-style game with a shareable link, and says a non-technical friend did too.
Geminidev.toVibe code an HTML5 browser game
The developer of Xenodochium built the game with Gemini, hit repeated errors, and worked around them by starting a fresh chat.
Geminiitch.ioTest an iPhone game and report what passed
Cognition had Devin on GPT-6 Astra test the game Otter Run in a simulator, returning a recording and a report of checks passed and untested areas.
Devinopenai.comBuild a chess game against a language model
An early tester asked Devin to build a chess game against a language model; it made good progress but eventually hung.
Devinthe-decoder.com · Mar 2024Build a hack-and-slash game with no coding
Alex Finn used Replit Agent to build a hack-and-slash game from a few prompts, then added monsters and power-ups, with a walkthrough of deploying and monetizing it.
Replit AgentYouTubeBuild a 3D browser game in 24 hours
A developer used Replit's agent to build a 3D browser game entirely in the browser with no local setup.
Replit Agentmedium.comBuild a surprise game for a partner with Replit Agent
A user built a Tinkerbell Adventure game with Replit Agent in under 30 minutes without hand-writing code, as a surprise for his partner.
Replit Agentskool.com · Dec 2024Build a Mario Kart-style racing game with no coding experience
A reporter with no coding experience used Replit Agent to build a Musk vs Altman racing game in about five hours; the result was imperfect.
Replit Agentaol.comBuild a minigame collection in a day
A data professional drafted a prompt with ChatGPT and used Cursor agent mode to build a Python tkinter game with four minigames.
Cursor · ChatGPT Agentmedium.comVibe-code a Flappy Bird game for DeskHog
A PostHog tutorial has Cursor in Agent mode write a Flappy Bird-style game for the DeskHog device from its README and hardware details.
Cursorposthog.comPlaytest a Godot 4 game with a Cursor agent
A Cursor plugin and subagent lets an agent capture screenshots and click through UI flows of a Godot 4 game like a player.
Cursorgithub.comRun Cursor headless on Unity with automated playtests
An experimental orchestrator drives Cursor's headless CLI on a Unity project, playtests each step in Play Mode and redoes failures.
Cursorgithub.comPlay a voice-driven RPG with an AI Dungeon Master
An n8n template agent with persistent memory runs a fantasy RPG over Telegram voice messages, narrating scenes, resolving dice rolls and saving state.
n8nn8n.ioGet move suggestions for card games from screenshots
An n8n Telegram workflow uses GPT-4o vision to read screenshots or voice messages and suggest moves for poker, blackjack, dominoes and mahjong; advice only.
n8ntreasurium.gumroad.com
Security, Science & Hardware
Vulnerability hunting, reverse engineering, math, CAD, and robots.
Debug low-level cryptography code
Cryptography engineer Filippo Valsorda's write-up on Claude Code debugging low-level crypto.
Claude CodeHN 473 · Nov 2025Find a Linux vulnerability hidden for 23 years
An account of Claude Code uncovering a long-standing vulnerability in Linux.
Claude CodeHN 433 · Apr 2026Reverse-engineer binaries in Ghidra
An MCP server exposing 110 Ghidra tools for AI-assisted reverse engineering.
MCPHN 298 · Feb 2026Find exploitable bugs in smart contracts
Anthropic's red team reports agents finding $4.6M worth of blockchain smart contract exploits.
ClaudeHN 215 · Dec 2025Generate parametric CAD models from a prompt
An open-source text-to-CAD tool that produces 3D models from text and image references by generating CAD as code.
HN 215 · Jun 2026Program a sub-$2k personal robot
MARS is a general-purpose robot with an open onboard agentic OS built on ROS2.
HN 123 · Oct 2025Explore open math problems with a multi-agent system
A paper on autonomous mathematical discovery in an open-world multi-agent environment.
HN 122 · Aug 2026Verify SPICE simulations against a real oscilloscope
MCP servers for an oscilloscope and SPICE simulator let Claude Code compare simulated circuits with real hardware measurements, closing the loop.
Claude Code · MCPHN 121 · Apr 2026Give agents a multi-engine math kernel via MCP
MathKernel is an evidence-aware multi-engine mathematics kernel exposed as an MCP server for agents to use.
MCP · MathKernelHN 37 · Sep 2026Generate parametric geometry workflows with an agent
GrassLobster uses agentic AI to generate parametric geometry workflows.
HN 32 · Sep 2026Control and calibrate a robotic hand with OpenClaw
An OpenClaw agent running Claude drove a 16-joint printed hand, checked its actions with a USB camera, calibrated firmware and narrated in Telegram.
OpenClawevoailabs.medium.comDrive a 7-axis robot arm with natural language
OpenClaw is taught a skill and rules for the NERO arm, then writes and runs Python control scripts from plain-language movement requests.
OpenClawhackster.ioMove a robotic arm from OpenClaw prompts
OpenClaw with LeRobot on a Jetson Thor takes web UI prompts and moves an SO-ARM101 arm, including a pick-up demo.
OpenClawwiki.seeedstudio.comControl a humanoid robot through chat messages
An OpenClaw skill lets developers command a Unitree G1 humanoid via messaging, turning plain-language intent into generated control scripts.
OpenClawhumanoid.guideReverse engineer Claude Desktop to find a path to Linux support
A maintainer pointed Claude at the minified Claude Desktop app to find why Cowork only runs on macOS; it found the VM and sandbox layers and mapped a route to Linux.
Claude Code · Claude Coworkaaddrick.comReverse-engineer Cowork's VM RPC protocol to find root exploits
Armadin researchers used an AI coding agent to reverse-engineer Cowork's VM RPC protocol from logs, errors and fuzzing, finding a root command-execution chain in the sandbox.
Claude Coworkcybersecuritynews.com · Jul 2026Run a home robot through Claude Desktop
Tal Raviv controlled a robot via Claude Desktop with his usual email and calendar tools; it proposed patrolling the house and publishing a field journal, and did a test run.
Claude Coworktalraviv.coReverse engineer a patch into a full exploit chain
A researcher used Claude Opus in Claude Code with Playwright MCP to decompile code, find vulnerabilities, and build a working exploit.
Claude Codetechanarchy.net · Aug 2026Reverse engineer a classic game ROM via Ghidra MCP
The author connected Claude to Ghidra through MCP to analyze and rename functions in an Atari River Raid ROM.
Claude · MCPquesma.comDesign 3D parts in CAD instead of using CAD software manually
A writer connected Claude to FreeCAD via MCP to build parametric brackets, mounts, and enclosures from text descriptions.
Claude · MCPmakeuseof.comDesign and build a robotic arm with no CAD experience
A builder used Claude Code with FreeCAD and Claude Vision to design, print, and assemble a 5-DOF servo arm with vision and voice control.
Claude Codehiitzroman.comPatch laptop BIOS to unlock hidden firmware menus
A Reddit user gave Claude Code a BIOS dump; it disassembled it, found the signature check and patched it, unlocking hidden settings after flashing (secondhand account).
Claude Codeenterprisedna.co · Jul 2026Generate CAD models for a robot arm
An engineer built a harness so Codex could generate CAD models for a 7-DOF robot arm; a commenter also used it for blueprint-to-3D models, with some hand-holding.
CodexHNGenerate a robot arm CAD model from one prompt
A text-to-cad skill let Codex produce a 7-DOF robot arm with kinematics, a GUI and STEP parts in one demo prompt, though not the gripper.
Codex · Claude Codeen.kocpc.com.twDesign 3D-printable parts and validate them
A Codex skill models parts with CadQuery and FreeCAD, checks geometry and support needs, validates in Bambu Studio and exports STEP.
Codexgithub.comRepair formal proofs for a verified garbage collector
Codex edited files and ran builds to repair CertiGC proofs; it handled local repair well, but humans had to check that its invariants preserved the specification.
Codexarxiv.orgOpen recent protein-ligand structures in PDB
A researcher had Comet find the three latest GSK3B protein-ligand complexes in the PDB and open each in Ligand Interaction view.
Perplexity Comethdpharm.substack.comHunt for unpatched vulnerabilities in SQLite commits
Google's Big Sleep agent reviewed recent SQLite commits starting from a patched bug and found an exploitable flaw, which was fixed before release.
Geminiscworld.comFind a SQLite flaw before attackers exploit it
Google used Big Sleep with threat intelligence to find CVE-2025-6965 in SQLite, which attackers were preparing to exploit, helping cut off the attempt.
Geminitechrepublic.comFind security flaws in open-source software
Google's Big Sleep agent reported about 20 security flaws in open-source software, following its SQLite find.
Geminicomputing.co.ukSolve open math problems autonomously
DeepMind's Aletheia agent on Gemini Deep Think was evaluated on 700 open Erdős problems and autonomously solved four.
Geminideepmind.googleControl robots with generated code and voice commands
Gemini detects objects and writes robot API code, and with 10 in-context demos an ALOHA robot packed boxes and folded a dress; voice commands became robot plans.
Geminidevelopers.googleblog.comOrchestrate a Spot robot through multi-step tasks
Gemini Robotics ER 2 drives a Boston Dynamics Spot, watching video to confirm tasks like tying a trash bag are done before moving on.
Geminiblog.googleSort waste using local recycling rules
Gemini Robotics-ER 1.5 looks up local recycling rules online, then plans and sorts objects into compost, recycling and trash bins.
Geminidevelopers.googleblog.comRank open-source CVE candidates for vulnerability research
A research team wired Hermes to vuln intel, static analysis and binary tools; it returned nine CVEs ranked in three tiers with CVSS, EPSS and exploitation notes.
Hermes Agentexploit-intel.comHunt business-logic flaws and open fix PRs
Parallel Devin agents each read part of a codebase, find business-logic and auth bypass flaws, confirm them in a sandbox, then open remediation PRs (vendor description).
Devincognition.comTrace an auth bypass and ship a fix PR
In a vendor example, Devin traced a chained auth bypass that enabled account takeover, validated exploitability at runtime, and shipped remediation PRs.
Devindevin.aiReverse engineer a Go binary with Ghidra via MCP
Huli had Cursor drive GhidraMCP to identify a Golang binary, list its routes and find a path traversal, but it missed the SQL injection check.
Cursorblog.huli.tw · Mar 2026Monitor and score CVEs with real-time alerts
An n8n workflow monitors CVEs from sources like CISA and OTX, scores them with AI, and alerts via Slack, Gmail and Google Sheets.
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