Use a dot to watch tasks, travel, and bills
A developer had a dot handle shopping, trip research, and status updates while keeping final approval for anything it might close or change.
- What they did
- Pat Simmons connected Dots to Slack, Gmail, and a project queue, then asked it to help with shopping, trip planning, and tracking work. When Amazon blocked the cloud browser, they gave it access to a local browser instead. The dot also put together a rough training dashboard, sent weekday progress summaries, and noticed a $22 Vercel payment failure on its own.
- How it went
- The shopping made it as far as a cart, but nothing was bought. No trip was booked, and the dashboard stayed rough. The billing alert was only surfaced, not fixed or checked independently.
- Tips
- Keep any closures or edits as suggestions until you review them. If a site blocks the cloud browser, you may need a different browser setup for that part of the work.
Try it yourself with Dots
Act as my day-to-day assistant for [shopping], [trip planning], and [project tracking for name]. Connect to [Slack], [email], and [project tool] if needed, and check [billing account or inbox] each day for issues like failed charges. Before you buy, book, delete, send, submit, or close anything, show me exactly what you plan to do and wait for my approval. If a site blocks one browser, ask me what access change I should make next before continuing.
Fill in the [brackets]. Agents can make mistakes, so review anything before it is sent, paid or deleted.
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