Move FreshBooks records into Google Sheets
A commenter used Comet to copy five years of FreshBooks data into Google Sheets when the built-in export tools fell short.
Perplexity Comet
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Back-office work: reports, spreadsheets, inbox triage, hiring and day-to-day ops. Each entry shows what the person asked for, how it went, and a prompt to try it yourself.
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Use Manus to run consulting operations
A consultant relied on Manus to sort messages, track competitors, and assemble client materials from saved project context.
Manus
Build a daily work plan from calendar, tickets, email, and docs
A developer made a local dashboard that reads work sources together and turns them into a prioritized day plan.
Custom agent
Turn receipt PDFs into a completed cover sheet
Stephen Toback used Claude Cowork to pull receipt data from PDFs and assemble the paperwork he normally fills out manually.
Claude Cowork
Use an agent to manage roadmap, support, calendar, and tasks
A developer set up OpenClaw to sort support mail, update a roadmap, handle calendar items, and keep track of todos and sponsorships.
OpenClaw
Let the agent choose models for each step
A user let Perplexity Computer handle several tasks on its own, and it switched models as needed, including for code writing.
Gemini
Automate weekly reports and Slack feature intake
A Zapier supervisor agent split report writing and feature-request handling between two sub-agents.
Zapier Agents
Use a text grid to let agents handle web forms
They made a browser view that turns pages into numbered text so an agent can work through applications without image models.
Custom agent
Teach your agent a folder of personal scripts
Claude Cowork learned a set of homegrown automations from a scripts folder and kept using them in its own app.
Claude Cowork
Sort unread email and hold replies for approval
They set up an email workflow that reviews new unread messages, organizes them, and waits for approval before any reply goes out.
Make
Build a hiring rubric from competency levels
A commenter used Copilot Pro to turn company competency definitions into interview questions, scoring, and role fit guidance.
GitHub Copilot
Let an agent schedule meetings from email
They set up a background agent to read meeting emails, check availability, and handle replies before adding events to the calendar.
Custom agent
Use a voice agent for oral exams
A professor used a voice agent to run oral finals, then had an LLM panel grade the transcripts and flag shared weak spots.
Custom agent
Route Slack commands to email, calendar, and tasks
Set up a Slack-triggered agent to check Gmail, review Google Calendar, and add tasks in Notion with approval before anything is sent or deleted.
Make
Set up a dental office chatbot for questions and booking
A dental office idea used a chatbot on its site and WhatsApp to answer questions, book visits, and send reminders.
Custom agent
Build a meeting assistant that writes summaries
A commenter used Lindy to make a meeting helper that attended calls and produced summaries for a week.
Lindy
Use an AI recruiter for first-round candidate screening
A company used an automated recruiter to email and call applicants for the first HR screen before any human spoke with them.
Custom agent
Use an agent to send email from your inbox
A commenter used ChatGPT Agent to log into their email, draft outreach, and send the messages themselves.
ChatGPT Agent
Set up follow-ups and reorder alerts for a distributor
A food wholesaler used chained agents to find leads, send outreach, and surface simple inventory reorder alerts for human approval.
Custom agent
Let AI triage resumes before human review
Recruiters used AI to condense applications, filter obvious misses, and leave the final shortlist for a person.
Custom agent
Set up invoice capture and bookkeeping in n8n
This n8n workflow pulls fields from uploaded invoices or receipts, lets the user check them, then stores the file and logs the data in a yearly sheet.
n8n
Use Devin to answer warehouse questions and build dashboards
Cognition uses DANA, a Devin variant, to query its warehouse, make charts, and create shareable dashboards from Slack or the web app.
Devin
Build a morning chief-of-staff routine
A surgeon uses scheduled agent tasks to sort messages, prepare meetings, and surface stale deals before the day starts.
Claude Cowork
Brief Slack on tomorrow’s calendar guests
A Zapier agent scans the day’s meetings, looks up outside attendees, and posts a short briefing in Slack each morning.
Zapier Agents