Automate payroll tax and garnishment cheque processing
A payroll team built an agent to process tax and garnishment cheques, building missing tools when it hit a system limitation.
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What they did
The payroll team built an AI agent to automate tax and garnishment cheque processing. When the agent hit a system limitation, the team built the missing tools and connected the workflow.
How it went
The agent removed repetitive work for the payroll team.
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Help me process [tax payment and garnishment cheques] for payroll from [folder or system with the source files]. For each item, check the amount and payee against [payroll register or report], prepare the cheque details or payment record, and flag anything that does not match or that you lack a way to do. A finished job is a reconciled list ready for me to review. Pause and show me everything before you submit, send or file anything.
Source on X - Oct 2, 2026
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