Security, Science & Hardware AI agent use cases
32 real things people got AI agents to do in Security, Science & Hardware, each with what they asked, how it went, and the prompt to copy.
Control 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.
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.
Debug low-level cryptography code
Cryptography engineer Filippo Valsorda's write-up on Claude Code debugging low-level crypto.
Design 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.
Discover room-temperature magnetic semiconductor candidates with agents
Opus 5.5 agents were used to identify two candidate room-temperature magnetic semiconductors, per the post's headline.
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.
Explore open math problems with a multi-agent system
A paper on autonomous mathematical discovery in an open-world multi-agent environment.
Find a Linux vulnerability hidden for 23 years
An account of Claude Code uncovering a long-standing vulnerability in Linux.
Find exploitable bugs in smart contracts with Claude
Anthropic's red team reports agents finding $4.6M worth of blockchain smart contract exploits.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
Monitor 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.
Open 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.
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.
Patch 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).
Program a sub-$2k personal robot
MARS is a general-purpose robot with an open onboard agentic OS built on ROS2.
Repair 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.
Reverse engineer a classic game ROM via Ghidra MCP with Claude
The author connected Claude to Ghidra through MCP to analyze and rename functions in an Atari River Raid ROM.
Reverse 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.
Reverse 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.
Reverse-engineer binaries in Ghidra
An MCP server exposing 110 Ghidra tools for AI-assisted reverse engineering.
Reverse 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.
Run 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.
Run an AI agent on a Nokia 110 feature phone
Author reverse-engineered a 48MB-RAM Nokia 110 to run an AI agent on it and automate a few actions.
Solve open math problems autonomously
DeepMind's Aletheia agent on Gemini Deep Think was evaluated on 700 open Erdős problems and autonomously solved four.
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.
Verify 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.