Use a browser agent to tidy Gmail and track down a Reddit comment

One poster used Perplexity Comet to summarize tabs, clean up Gmail, and locate an older Reddit comment.

Done with Perplexity Comet· Intermediate· May 2025

What they did
They gave Comet a set of browser chores: it summarized open tabs, searched for a Reddit comment they had posted a few days before, marked Gmail items as read, and unsubscribed them from newsletters. In follow-up replies, they described Comet as a visible browser agent that reasons, clicks around a virtual page, and can keep working in the background while they steer it.
How it went
The tasks completed well enough that they kept using Comet instead of Dia or Arc. They also said it could be slow, and another commenter reported that the agentic tools sometimes misread pages or needed a human to step in.
Tips
This works best for routine inbox cleanup and simple web lookups, but expect occasional lag or mistakes. If you are using a free tier, check how many daily requests you have left before starting a batch of tasks.

Try it yourself with Perplexity Comet

Open [browser/email account]. First, list the open tabs and give me a brief summary of each. Then search my Reddit activity for a comment I made about [topic or subreddit] around [date range], and show me the comment before taking any action. In Gmail, find messages from [sender type or newsletter list] that are older than [time period], then show me which ones you would mark as read and which subscriptions you would stop. Pause and ask for my approval before you unsubscribe, mark anything, delete anything, or submit any changes. After I approve, carry out only those actions and report back with a count of the messages and senders you handled.

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

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