Track public document changes for teaching updates
An educator used a Dot to watch public documents, rank likely teaching impacts, and compare draft notation with linked pages before suggesting edits.
Dots
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Turn voice memos into structured Obsidian notes
Have an agent convert spoken Telegram messages into Obsidian notes with a transcript, a tighter version, linked context, and a draft.
Hermes Agent
Build a linked research wiki from source files
They used Cursor to turn papers and articles into a browsable markdown wiki with summaries, links, and an index inside Obsidian.
Cursor
Draft an academic paper in Markdown with Cursor
A writer used Cursor to help draft and revise papers in Markdown while pulling citations from Zotero and a BibTeX library.
Cursor
Search large public archives with plain language
Claude Code can translate everyday questions into SQL or vector queries for Scry's read-only data index.
Claude Code
Use Claude Code to assemble a research workflow
Kevin Yang used Claude Code to draft, code, and test most of a paper’s analysis while he checked each stage himself.
Claude Code
Track weekly Substack rankings and turn them into a report
Frank Andrade uses Claude in Chrome to capture Substack chart data, then Claude Cowork summarizes the weekly rank changes.
Claude in ChromeClaude Cowork
Have Claude browse your own feed for post ideas
A writer used Claude in Chrome to scan a logged-in X feed and surface a few possible blog angles from posts with strong engagement.
Claude computer useClaude in Chrome
Research budget laptops and make a comparison deck
Have an agent compare budget laptops, then package the findings into a table, a slide deck, and a multi-tab spreadsheet.
ChatGPT Agent
Use ChatGPT Agent to assemble a research bibliography
A writer had ChatGPT Agent gather recent open-access studies, sort them by subject, and produce an annotated bibliography with a draft paper.
ChatGPT Agent
Build a WHO data spreadsheet with separate tabs
A tester had ChatGPT Agent gather public WHO figures and sort them into a spreadsheet by indicator, country, and trend.
ChatGPT Agent
Research speakers and sort your browser tabs
One person used Comet to study conference speakers, compare camera products, and clean up messy tabs.
Perplexity Comet
Turn genealogy notes into a spreadsheet and plan
Have an agent sort family-history notes into a clean spreadsheet and a short next-step research plan.
ChatGPT Agent
Turn firm case studies into a presentation deck
A team had ChatGPT Agent gather consulting examples and turn them into a slide deck in 32 minutes.
ChatGPT Agent
Gather school financials into a spreadsheet
A writer used Operator to pull public financial figures for independent schools into a sheet before sending the data to o1 for analysis.
Operator
Turn videos and papers into searchable Markdown libraries
They used OpenClaw to organize video and paper summaries into two separate Markdown-based libraries that could be searched later.
OpenClaw
Use Manus to gather sources and draft a background summary
A researcher let Manus collect web sources on its own and turn them into a structured summary while they kept working.
Manus
Turn a stack of articles into a cited summary
Have an agent compare many articles, pull out shared themes, and draft a source-cited summary document.
Claude CodeClaude in Chrome
Use Claude Code to clean up Obsidian journal notes
A developer used Claude Code in Obsidian to add links to journal entries and turn rough book notes into polished reviews.
Claude Code
Search an Obsidian vault for old research files
A developer set up Claude Code to find and sort research material inside an Obsidian vault on macOS.
Claude Code
Turn transcripts and PDFs into themes and evidence tables
Use Claude Code to summarize interviews, build evidence tables, and draft an annotated bibliography from a study folder.
Claude Code
Screen papers in a folder against your criteria
Codex can read PDFs or spreadsheets in a project folder, sort items by your rules, and write the results into new files.
Codex
Sort new arXiv papers before you read them
A weekly Codex agent finds fresh arXiv papers, records them once, and flags the ones worth closer attention.
Codex
Gather recent LLM papers and turn them into a Word file
Nitika Sharma used Perplexity Comet to collect recent LLM and agent training papers, then had it format the results in a Word document.
Perplexity Comet