Use an agent to triage repo work and buy groceries

They use a custom agent setup to file repo issues, carry code changes through testing, and place grocery orders under a spending limit.

Done with Custom agentยท Intermediateยท Sep 2026

What they did
They run oh-my-py as a personal assistant, alongside coding help. Different models handle planning, task vision, and advice, with routing through OpenRouter providers chosen from the cheapest options that still meet a minimum speed. In plain language, they can ask it to open a repo issue, then let another agent finish the code, run tests, and merge updates to master. For shopping, it pulls credentials from Bitwarden machine secrets and uses a virtual card tied to their phone.
How it went
They say the system completes these jobs on its own, and that work amounting to hundreds of hours can be handled from about one hour of input. No specific measurements or failures were reported.
Tips
Keep spending bounded with a card limit, and store credentials in a secrets manager rather than in the prompt. Tasks that barely overlap are a better fit for parallel agents.

Try it yourself with OpenClaw

Act as my personal assistant for two tasks. First, review [bug or feature request] for [repo name], write a GitHub issue draft, and stop for my approval before you create it. After I approve, hand the code changes to a separate agent, run tests, and prepare the update for master. Second, shop for [grocery items] at [store], using my saved credentials and the spending-limited virtual card on this account. Show me the issue text, the cart, and the total before any posting, submitting, checkout, payment, or deletion, and wait for my confirmation at each irreversible step.

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

Read the original on news.ycombinator.com โ†—

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