Hand off personal email, forms and app submissions to agents
The author uses agents to send and read email, fill forms, configure APIs, submit apps to stores and build mobile apps on his behalf. ·
- What they did
- jvidalv runs Claude (Ultra plan) and Codex (200 plan) from their native desktop apps, with no terminal or IDE. At work he checks diffs through GitHub PRs. Personally he hands the agents email sending and reading, form filling, API configuration, app store submissions and building his mobile apps. He only browses content himself.
- How it went
- He reports doing nearly everything outside content consumption through agents, including for a couple of successful mobile apps. The comment gives no error rates, time savings or failures.
- Worth knowing
- He pays about 400 dollars a month across the Claude Ultra and Codex 200 plans to work this way.
Try it yourself with Claude
Help me handle [task: a form, an email reply, or an app store submission]. Here are the details: [paste info, requirements, or draft]. Walk me through the steps, draft all the text I need, and list any information still missing. Show me the final version of anything that will be sent or submitted and wait for my OK before I submit it.
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Source: HN · Nov 5, 2026
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