All use cases
Find roofing leads and run AI voice outreach
n8n workflows find roofing businesses, log them in Sheets, personalize outreach, place voice calls, and classify call outcomes back into the sheet.
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.
Find stale commercial listings and email brokers
A Hermes bot scrapes lease listings, filters by days on market and zoning, calculates commissions and emails brokers.
Find 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.
Find target businesses with Manus
The author tested Manus on identifying companies to target; it found specific firms and useful insights, but login barriers blocked some data and human verification was still needed.
Find trending articles and generate LinkedIn post variations
A tutorial shows Operator searching Google for trending eCommerce articles, picking one, and using EasyGen to generate 10 LinkedIn post variations, pausing for the user to log in.
Find 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.
Find 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.
Find 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.
Find weak-web-presence businesses and pitch them with personalized outreach
Six agents find businesses with weak online presence, write personalized outreach, and produce scripts, voiceovers and talking-head videos to sell web services.
Fix a booking made on the wrong date
Dot spotted that David had booked Paris to Barcelona on the wrong date for an upcoming Europe trip and changed the booking to the right dates.
Fix a broken API website
A user says Claude Cowork fixed their API website after another agent kept breaking it, explaining the problem and working through changes with them.
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.
Fix a production boolean-flag bug with Devin
A reviewer had Devin fix a bug on a production site; it returned a PR in about ten minutes but included unrelated changes like removing a safeguard check.
Fix and resubmit a rejected app remotely
MaakCode had a dot investigate a rejected app submission, fix the issue, test, open a PR and resubmit.
Fix app bugs, harden security and ship fixes autonomously
Omar used Hermes Agent to fix priority bugs in his health app while at work, isolate browser logins, design an infographic banner, and ship production fixes with verified health checks.
Fix Shopify SEO and find ad waste with a Claude agent with Claude
A Claude-based agent analyzed a Shopify store, fixed SEO issues raising the score to 95, found ad waste, tested ideas and checked AI visibility.
Fix wrong-day flight reservations between bots
Ron's speaking-gig bot noticed flights on the wrong days and, with his permission, had his travel bot fix them and reschedule everything.
Flag 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.
Flag 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.
Follow an account and comment on LinkedIn
Comet followed the Perplexity CEO on LinkedIn, found a specific post and commented on it in one attempt.
Gather 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.
Generate a daily personalized trading research report from brokerage data with Claude
Lonnie VanZandt's Claude-based assistant reads his Schwab positions and watchlist via MCP, sweeps news and Fed sources, and writes a daily report.
Generate 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.
Generate a robot arm CAD model from one prompt with Codex
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.
Generate a spoken daily news bulletin at home with ChatGPT
Poster built a morning news briefing with ChatGPT, ElevenLabs and Home Assistant that is read aloud through their home setup, replacing Alexa.
Generate 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.
Generate ads from a website URL
Arcads agents take a website URL, learn the brand, and produce ad ideas, static ads and AI UGC videos.
Generate and send invoice PDFs for approval
An AI skill prepares an invoice PDF for work or reimbursements and emails it to the user, then sends it once he replies yes or with corrections.
Generate customer-service agents from a URL that book appointments
A platform builds website and WhatsApp support agents that answer questions and book Google Calendar appointments, plus an autopilot that scrapes Google Maps and preps outreach with demo bots.
Generate 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.
Generate 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.
Generate 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.
Generate investment analysis from live market data
The poster built a personal wealth advisor in Claude Code that feeds live market data, macro indicators and news into investment analysis.
Generate invoices automatically from a template
A freelancer built a Make.com automation that fills a professional invoice template to create invoices automatically.
Generate LEGO CAD models in LDraw with AI agents with ChatGPT
A toolset and docs let ChatGPT and Claude agents write LDraw source files that become LEGO CAD models, packaged as a dockerized web app.
Generate 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.
Generate parametric CAD models from a prompt with Claude
An open-source text-to-CAD tool that produces 3D models from text and image references by generating CAD as code.
Generate parametric geometry workflows with an agent
GrassLobster uses agentic AI to generate parametric geometry workflows.
Generate 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.
Generate structured company research reports
Dharmesh's Company Research agent pulls firmographics, executives, traffic, search marketing data and G2 reviews into a structured report on any company.
Generate updated research reports on followed companies
The poster built and open-sourced a custom stock-research agent that produces updated reports on companies they follow.
Generate 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.
Generate weekly leadership reports and handle feature requests
A supervisor Zapier agent delegates to sub-agents that write weekly leadership reports from Jira data and handle feature requests via a Slack slash command.
Get 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.
Get a second opinion on an MRI
One person's account of using Claude Code to analyze their own MRI.
Get 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.
Get 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.
Get 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.
Get status match and upgrade certificates, then book flight
John's Dot found a status match, got four move-to-lie-flat seat certificates, filled the forms, confirmed by email, read the terms and booked the flight.
Get upcoming events and control routines with Alexa+
A user says Alexa+ told them about upcoming events, and resetting a device fixed lighting and routine control.
Give a coding agent a paper corpus to find new techniques
Poster gave a Claude Code agent access to about 2M papers to search before each attempt; it found techniques it otherwise wouldn't know and beat a baseline agent.
Give 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.
Give a teacher a Claude Code workspace for lessons and reports
Built a Claude Code workspace for a teacher that remembers curriculum, grading style and class size to produce lesson plans, report comments, parent emails and rubrics.
Give 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.
Give an agent a phone number to make and answer calls
David Ondrej gave his Hermes Agent a phone number so it makes and answers calls and runs tasks while he sleeps.
Give 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.
Give an AI its own inbox to act as personal assistant with ChatGPT
The poster set up a separate inbox the AI monitors and acts on, adding calendar reminders and turning text reminders into tasks.
Give coding agents compiler-accurate Find Usages for C#
Graphify C# lets coding agents find symbol usages in C# codebases with compiler-level accuracy.
Give coding agents git-native persistent memory
A tool that stores persistent memory for AI coding agents in git so context carries across sessions.
Grade 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.
Grade papers and build lesson plans for teachers with ChatGPT
Author built a proof-of-concept app using ChatGPT prompt templates to grade papers, generate lesson plans, and give feedback.
Grade papers and build lessons with Claude Cowork
A teacher says Claude Cowork saved hours on curriculum design, grading papers, making PowerPoints, and analyzing student grades.
Grow 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.
Guide 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.
Hand 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.
Hand a one-person business to AI agents for a week with Claude
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.
Hand 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.
Hand everyday errands to a local agent
A commenter lists tasks given to a trusted local agent: planning flights and hotels, converting music, finding DRM-free ebooks, designing 3D-printed holders, and tracking email appointments.
Hand lead-gen agency tasks to an agent instead of a VA
A lead-gen agency poster used ChatGPT agent mode for work they normally pay a VA to do, and asks how to set up agents for repeatable tasks.
Hand 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.
Hand off coding sessions between agent accounts at usage limits
A developer built an app that tracks usage across multiple Codex and Claude Code accounts and auto-hands-off conversations when one hits its limit.
Handle 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.
Handle 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.
Handle hotel booking and directions on a business trip
A traveler used Gemini on an international business trip for last-minute hotel reservations matching company policy, plus walking directions through Heathrow and to a venue in Switzerland.
Handle 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.
Handle household tasks and reminders
Nori manages household tasks, important calls, reminders, family schedules and logistics for a family.
Handle incoming emails with automatic triggers
Grok Bots watch incoming email, summarize, research, draft replies, extract invoice details, flag urgent items and complete next steps with connected tools.
Handle meal planning, daily briefs, errands and household tasks
Commenters use agents for weekly meal planning, daily briefs, errand tracking, email sorting, home repair load and household task organization.
Handle moving errands and reservations
A TechCrunch reporter used Operator for a week; a restaurant reservation needed many interventions and an electrician booking failed.
Handle restaurant reservations over WhatsApp
The author built a WhatsApp agent for a local restaurant that checks availability, answers questions and confirms bookings; one paying customer so far.
Handle 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.
Handle sales and support calls with a voice agent
A team deployed an AI voice agent for after-hours calls, FAQs and order status, capturing structured call data for CRM and support systems.
Handle Shopify support tickets, orders and refunds with Claude
An AI agent built on Claude and GPT cancels orders, tracks shipments, creates return labels and processes refunds for Shopify merchants' support tickets (vendor listing).
Have agents complete online coursework for students
Students reportedly direct AI agents to log into Canvas and Blackboard to take quizzes, watch lectures, write papers and post in discussions.
Have 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.
Have an agent research its own competitors
A developer's custom agent searched forums and review sites, cross-referenced findings, and produced a cited 3,000-word competitor analysis with target users and an outbound playbook.
Have Claude collect names from a Wikipedia page into a file
The poster tried Claude Computer Use to open Firefox, search Wikipedia, find all names on a page and save them to a text file.
Have Claude implement most of a day job's work
The poster gives Claude work tasks and has it implement most of the functionality, though the last 10% still takes the most time.
Have Copilot coding agent write and push code
A developer found the agent good at context and code, but it pushed to a branch leaving main empty and spent hours checking after being told to proceed.
Hunt 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.
Hunt 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).
Hunt for an apartment with an agent (partly failed) with ChatGPT
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.
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.
Hunt high-value Pokémon cards on eBay overnight
An engineer built a Codex agent that browses eBay listings, extracts PSA certificate numbers and cross-references known prices while he sleeps.
Hunt jobs, tailor resumes and apply automatically
An agent called Resume finds and ranks jobs around schedule and pay wants, drafts tailored resumes and submits applications; the author reports 3 interviews and 1 offer.
Index 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.
Investigate 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.
Investigate 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.
Investigate market moves and alerts with an agent on your charts with Claude
OpenChart lets Claude or Codex annotate chart setups, write indicators, and investigate price alerts, saving research to a local workspace.