Use a browser agent on messy workday chores

A writer compared Comet and Operator on common office tasks, like fixing calendars, booking flights, and gathering information from web sources.

Done with Perplexity Comet· Intermediate

What they did
The writer put Perplexity Comet and OpenAI’s Operator through the same set of eight real workday jobs. Those included rescheduling a meeting and drafting a follow-up email, finding a place to eat, sorting LinkedIn contacts tied to layoffs, and pulling useful details from Amazon filings. The browser agent was also asked to handle a flight search, with both tools given identical instructions.
How it went
In the free portion, Comet came across as the more capable tool: it handled calendar messes in just a few minutes, while Operator was described as slow and awkward. One flight-booking test took 16 minutes, but the full side-by-side results were behind a paywall.
Tips
Try the tool on tasks you actually do at work, then compare the time saved with the subscription cost. Be especially careful with calendar changes and checkout steps, since those are easy places for an agent to go wrong.

Try it yourself with Perplexity Comet

Act as my browser assistant for two real work tasks. First, review my calendar for [date range] and flag any conflicts, double-bookings, or meetings that should move; suggest a fix for each. Second, search for flights from [origin] to [destination] on [date] and narrow the options to the best choices for [budget or preference]. Before you change any calendar event, send any invite, fill out any form, or click any final booking/payment button, stop and ask for my approval. After each task, tell me how long it took and where you had trouble.

Fill in the [brackets]. Agents can make mistakes, so review anything before it is sent, paid or deleted.

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