What people do with Gemini
Google's Gemini agent features such as Agent Mode and computer use. 32 real use cases so far, most often for games and security & science. Each links to its source and comes with a prompt to try.
Also called Gemini Agent, Gemini Agent Mode.
32 use cases · 11 kinds of job · Updated Oct 6, 2026
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Play 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.
How it went The agent clicked the moving button and reported a final score of 10, which confirmed the click handling and coordinate scaling worked. The source mentions no failures in this test.
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Hunt 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.
How it went It found a stack buffer underflow in seriesBestIndex, and SQLite fixed it the same day, before any release. Fuzzing for 150 CPU hours failed to rediscover it. The team calls Big Sleep highly experimental.
2 accounts
Monitor construction project risk and alert the lead
A builder made an n8n and Gemini watchdog that checks schedules, budgets, procurement, labor, weather and site reports, finds the main bottleneck, and alerts the project lead.
How it went No results, metrics, or shortfalls are stated.
Resolve 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.
How it went 30% of contact center traffic now runs through AI automation, and average resolution time fell 87%. The company reports $53.9M in annual savings, and analysis grew from about 1% of calls to all 22 million.
Fix 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.
How it went Jules produced the code changes and the branch appeared in GitHub, and it wrote test cases that nobody asked for. The post doesn't give timings or say whether the fix worked beyond that. The author suggests checking GitHub Actions or opening a PR.
3 accounts
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Gemini for games
Agents that play, build, and test games.
Play 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.
2 accounts
Navigate 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.
2 accounts
Race three models to build a Counter-Strike clone
InstantDB had Codex, Opus, and Gemini each try to build a multiplayer shooter.
Play 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.
Build 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.
Vibe 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.
Gemini for security & science
Vulnerability hunting, reverse engineering, math, CAD, and robots.
Hunt 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.
2 accounts
Find security flaws in open-source software
Google's Big Sleep agent reported about 20 security flaws in open-source software, following its SQLite find.
Solve open math problems autonomously
DeepMind's Aletheia agent on Gemini Deep Think was evaluated on 700 open Erdős problems and autonomously solved four.
Control 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.
Orchestrate 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.
Sort 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.
All Security, Science & Hardware use cases, from every agent
Gemini for work
Planning, inboxes, documents, and the back office that runs a business.
Monitor construction project risk and alert the lead
A builder made an n8n and Gemini watchdog that checks schedules, budgets, procurement, labor, weather and site reports, finds the main bottleneck, and alerts the project lead.
Run multi-step tasks with model switching
@dani_avila7 tested Perplexity Computer on multiple tasks, where it picked Gemini 3 Flash for some steps and Opus 4.6 for code writing.
Triage 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.
Summarize 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.
Gemini for sales & marketing
Finding leads, running outreach, answering customers, and growing revenue.
Resolve 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.
Run 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.
Build 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.
Resolve bank customer chats with an AI chatbot
Commerzbank's Bene chatbot, now on Gemini, handles over two million chats and resolves 70% of inquiries.
Gemini for shopping
Groceries, price hunting, returns, and the errands you keep putting off.
Click add-to-cart button on a website with computer use
Víctor Paytuvi had Claude computer use find and click a site's add-to-cart button on the first try after Gemini failed.
Compare 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.
Find 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.
Gemini for software
Shipping code, reviewing PRs, running infra, and fixing things at 3am.
Fix 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.
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Diagnose 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.
Reverse 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.
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Edit 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.
Turn 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.
Appeal a denied travel insurance claim
The poster used Gemini during the appeal of a rejected travel insurance claim and says the appeal succeeded.
Log 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.
Research 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.
2 accounts
Track 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.
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