Assign PRs and bug fixes across Cursor sub-agents
A Cursor coordinator tracked incoming pull requests and live bugs, sent sub-agents after each issue, and kept the user updated along the way.
Cursor
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Let Cursor draft a project app in a 24-hour loop
A developer let Cursor work for a full day on a project tracker, and it finished with a usable but unfinished result.
Cursor
Make a typing app for language study
Using Replit Agent, a buildathon participant brought LingoType, a multilingual typing app, from idea to finished product.
Replit Agent
Move a Chrome extension into Safari
A developer had ChatGPT rewrite Session Buddy from Chrome for Safari and get it working in roughly 20 minutes.
ChatGPT
Create a searchable help-video library for an app
A developer used Replit Agent to assemble a /help page that turns scripted walkthroughs into recorded, narrated tutorial videos.
Replit Agent
Make a theatrical payment request app
A person used Replit Agent to build a phone-friendly app that turns money requests into a dramatic reveal with status tracking.
Replit Agent
Use spare AI quota to draft reviewable PRs
A founder pointed an agent at goals and task lists so it could turn leftover Claude and Codex quota into pull requests for review.
ClaudeCodex
Run Copilot CLI in loops and split multi-part work
Daniel Ward used GitHub Copilot’s autopilot and /fleet features to finish larger jobs and divide separate chunks across parallel agents.
GitHub Copilot
Break a runtime migration into tiny reviewable PRs
GitHub engineers had Copilot agents carry out most of a large TypeScript-to-Rust runtime rewrite.
GitHub Copilot
Run terminal commands carefully in Copilot agent mode
A VS Code user had Copilot agent mode run shell commands, but it often missed output or got stuck until they changed the shell setup.
GitHub Copilot
Set Copilot to code in a branch before it pushes
A developer used GitHub Copilot to work issues, but learned to give tighter instructions after it wrote weak first PRs and pushed to the wrong place.
GitHub Copilot
Use Copilot to handle small site edits in draft PRs
A developer handed GitHub Copilot two minor website tweaks and got back separate draft pull requests that were easy to test and merge.
GitHub Copilot
Ask Claude Code to prototype a kernel change
Linus Torvalds had Claude Code help produce a Linux kernel patch, plus tests, review, and a first cover-letter draft.
Claude Code
Hand small repo fixes to Cursor agents
A developer used Cursor agents to chip away at a daily batch of repo maintenance, bug fixes, and minor features.
Cursor
Use Cursor to make a custom invitation site
Fabio Zapata had Cursor assemble a local invitation site with motion, images, and page links, using prompts instead of hand-coding at first.
Cursor
Keep many coding agents moving with local context cache
A developer ran several Claude Code sessions at once on local RTX 3090 hardware and avoided reloading long contexts after idle periods.
Claude Code
Handle bugs, security, and a release safely
Omar let Hermes Agent repair app bugs, separate logins, make a banner, and send fixes live with checks afterward.
Hermes Agent
Refactor an app and try a Telegram API upgrade
One developer used Replit Agent to refactor a card app and to attempt a Telegram bot update, with mixed results.
Replit Agent
Try a local search layer for code lookup
ColGrep-Agent-2B runs locally and helps Claude Code sift search hits and open files to find code with less effort.
Claude Code
Migrate React components from MUI to Tailwind
Lumos used Devin for a straightforward style-system migration and relied on tests to reduce back-and-forth fixes.
Devin
Use Devin to update a docs list and open a PR
Devin added a new AI coding CLI tool entry to a docs page and opened a pull request in about 5 minutes.
Devin
Make the smallest safe boolean fix in production
A reviewer had Devin correct a live boolean setting and received a pull request in about ten minutes.
Devin
Build a page in small Devin sessions
An engineer used Devin to ship a deals page in stages, with each chunk handled in a separate session and PR.
Devin
Use Scout to walk a site and inspect errors
Microsoft Scout can open a browser, complete form flows, and surface console or network issues while you watch sensitive steps.
Microsoft Scout