All use cases
Drive 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.
Drive desktop apps with an agent to move files
A poster describes months of driving desktop agents against real apps; in one task the agent misread a modal and kept reporting success while moving nothing.
Edit 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.
Edit 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.
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.
Edit raw footage by describing the video you want
Cardboard goes from raw footage to an edited video from natural-language instructions.
Edit 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.
Edit 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.
Email 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.
Email 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.
Email car brands without web apps and build them one
@JerryJenasom had Manus find car brands lacking a web app and email them; brands replied and he then built a web app for them.
Email daily ClickUp digests to stakeholders
A Make.com scenario sends a daily email digest from ClickUp to stakeholders without ClickUp accounts, and adds contacts to a selected action item.
Email daily deal briefs from Zillow listings to real estate agents with Claude
A Zillow scraper feeds Claude to produce daily briefs on new listings, price cuts and outreach scripts, emailed to 47 paying real estate agents.
Email 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.
Email 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.
Evaluate hiring candidates against competency levels with GitHub Copilot
A commenter built a basic hiring agent loaded with competency definitions and levels for HR evaluation work.
Explore 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.
Explore open math problems with a multi-agent system
A paper on autonomous mathematical discovery in an open-world multi-agent environment.
Extract 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.
Extract 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.
Extract 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.
Extract expenses from receipt photos sent via chat
A bookkeeping assistant for freelancers and small businesses reads receipt photos sent through Telegram or Discord and extracts vendor, amount, tax, category and date.
Extract 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.
Extract 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.
Extract receipt data for freelancer bookkeeping
An app built with Claude Code extracts vendor, date, total, tax and line items from receipts, including foreign-currency ones at historical exchange rates, for freelancers and small businesses.
Extract school dates from forwarded emails and flyers
A family task manager pulls dates from forwarded school emails, reads flyer photos and syncs school calendars by zip code.
Extract 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.
Fight a denied home insurance water damage claim
The poster used AI to research their policy and state laws, contested a partial denial of water damage coverage, and says they won.
Fight a mattress warranty claim by email
A user's agent emailed back and forth with the mattress company's agent, citing laws and pushing aggressively, to resolve a warranty claim.
Fight 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.
File 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.
File a trademark application with the USPTO
Claude Cowork walked through each step and filled out the paperwork for a trademark that received final USPTO approval.
File 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.
File 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.
File insurance claims for overcharges
Tarun told an agent to file all the claims after finding overcharges and has received $200 back so far.
File receipts from a folder
Grok Bot filed 14 receipts from a folder, held 2 that needed a card number, and saved a new payment method it found.
File roofing permits and inspection forms online
A roofing contractor had Grok Bot fill out and pull a permit, book an inspection through a captcha-protected form, and email two job-notification forms to his insurer.
File tenant complaints against a landlord automatically with Claude
A Claude agent scraped violation databases and filed 14 complaints with the NYC housing board; the landlord was reportedly fined and the rent increase blocked.
Fill 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.
Fill a supermarket cart from regular purchases and sales
A developer built a Claude Code skill using Silpo's MCP server to re-add usual groceries, check sales and fill the real cart within a budget, leaving checkout to the human.
Fill a supermarket cart with agent mode for pickup
Agent mode added groceries to the cart at a local supermarket while the poster worked, for pickup the next morning.
Fill and submit visa forms automatically
The memU bot agent fills visa forms, finds the right documents on the device, handles image uploads and submits without manual prompts.
Fill 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.
Fill 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.
Fill 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.
Fill 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.
Fill out 50 forms from public information
A user had Claude complete 50 individual work forms using public information, then proofread them and found them accurate.
Fill 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.
Fill out a long GP form
An agent filled out a long GP form, which led to a doctor call and tests being booked automatically.
Fill out a prescription order form on a clinic site
ChatGPT Agent filled in medication, dosage and number of days on a clinic's website, while the user entered sensitive data manually.
Fill out booking forms automatically
A reviewer had Comet fill out booking forms and a questionnaire across several sites, pausing only to confirm completion.
Fill out insurance paperwork from hospital records
Felix Rieseberg gave Claude Cowork a folder of hospital PDFs and the insurance website so it filled out the paperwork while he fed his newborn.
Fill out job applications in a browser
Claude Cowork opens tabs, reads job listings, fills out applications and decides based on user rules, working autonomously until done.
Fill 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.
Fill 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.
Fill 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.
Find a cheaper Rome flight and hotel combination
A user had a browser agent compare round-trip flights to Rome and mid-range hotels under a budget; it found booking separately was cheaper than a package.
Find a Linux vulnerability hidden for 23 years
An account of Claude Code uncovering a long-standing vulnerability in Linux.
Find a London flat to rent
The poster used Claude Cowork to search for and find a flat to rent in London in five days.
Find 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.
Find 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.
Find 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.
Find 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.
Find 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.
Find 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.
Find 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.
Find 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.
Find 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.
Find and clean leads for recruiting outreach
A recruiting agency owner uses Claude to find leads; a commenter uses it to clean messy data and draft personalized outreach that gets replies.
Find and email businesses that need AI
Five Grok Bots with their own inboxes pulled 468 local businesses, filtered to 140, sent custom audits, handled replies and onboarded 11 clients.
Find 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.
Find 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.
Find and rebook flights for a trip with ChatGPT
A former travel worker had ChatGPT search flights via Kayak and suggest earlier return options, then booked a Houston-to-NYC flight.
Find 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.
Find 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.
Find buyer-intent leads and research them for outreach
One bot spots buyer-intent signals and a second judges each opportunity and finds contacts, feeding a list for human email outreach.
Find buying signals on Reddit
A reviewer mentions a Grok Bot that found buying signals on Reddit.
Find cheaper car insurance
A startup founder said Muse found car insurance costing $3,500 less per year than his original plan.
Find cheapest nonstop flights on Google Flights with constraints
ChatGPT Agent searched Google Flights for the cheapest nonstop flights this year, 4 to 10 day trips, excluding Boeing 737 MAX, and succeeded.
Find code faster with a local search agent
A small local agent navigates ColGrep multivector code search and reads files to find things quicker and cheaper, and can be plugged into Claude Code.
Find 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.
Find connections across 100 non-fiction books
Claude Code browses a personal library with CLI tools and surfaces trails of related excerpts across books.
Find customer leads on Reddit and Twitter automatically
Poster built an agent that finds leads and ideal conversations on Reddit and Twitter on autopilot.
Find discounted bank-owned homes and list them as midterm rentals
MidtermMate agent finds discounted bank-owned homes in a region, estimates local rents, and helps list them as midterm rentals, shown in a video demo.
Find exploitable bugs in smart contracts with Claude
Anthropic's red team reports agents finding $4.6M worth of blockchain smart contract exploits.
Find fitting job postings and tailor resumes
People use Claude to search for job postings that fit and tailor the resume for the ones the user picks.
Find flight info and book an Uber
Grok Bot found flight information and booked an Uber ride for the user based on their travel details.
Find 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.
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.
Find 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.
Find 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.
Find 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.
Find 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.
Find 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.
Find 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.
Find 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.
Find 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.
Find 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.
Find 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.
Find 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.