Record a feature walkthrough, fix issues, and land the PR
Ryan Carson used Devin to click through a feature, find bugs, repair them, and merge the pull request with a command.
Devin
Agent Uses · 1,321 real examples
What people are really doing with AI agents
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Have Claude sort mail and draft meeting prep
A writer used Claude to clean up email, surface key messages, and generate recurring briefings for upcoming meetings.
Claude Cowork
Automate dental calls and appointment handling
They built a phone agent that manages clinic scheduling, answers routine questions, and alerts the doctor about urgent calls.
n8n
Create a portfolio research workflow with live inputs
They used Claude Code to assemble a private investing assistant that mixes live data, macro signals, and news into one review.
Claude Code
Have a coding agent check papers before each experiment
A Claude Code agent with paper search found useful ideas that a plain run missed while tuning a small language model.
Claude Code
Find a restaurant table with Claude and Resy
A writer used Claude’s Resy connector to locate a dinner slot in Midtown Manhattan, then completed the reservation on Resy.
Claude
Run routine business work from the terminal
Use Claude Code as the execution layer for recurring business tasks while keeping a human check before anything risky.
Claude Code
Coordinate Terraform and GitOps work with OpenClaw
A developer used multiple OpenClaw agents to handle infrastructure, coding, and GitOps tasks while directing the work in Telegram.
OpenClaw
Turn completed tickets into sprint changelogs
A PM used Claude Cowork to read finished Linear tickets and draft customer-facing release notes every two weeks.
Claude Cowork
Organize teacher materials in Claude Code
Claude Code can hold a teacher’s class details and preferences, then draft lessons, reports, emails, and rubrics from that setup.
Claude Code
Use bank exports to build budgets and compare reports
They fed bank transactions into AI for spending analysis, budget building, and investment research without giving the system direct account control.
ChatGPTClaude
Use scheduled cloud tasks for nightly team briefings
One person moved overnight review and briefing work into Claude Code Cloud scheduled tasks, with git acting as the bridge between runs.
Claude Code
Let Claude handle most routine implementation work
A developer wired Claude into issue handling so it could draft, code, and revise work while they focused on review and testing.
Claude
Use a desktop agent to move files with checks
A user drove a desktop agent through file moves in real apps, and learned that checkpoints matter when the interface lies about success.
Claude CoworkOpenClaw
Use ChatGPT Agent for routine agency admin
A lead-gen agency owner tested ChatGPT Agent on work they usually give a VA and began planning separate agent setups for recurring tasks.
ChatGPT Agent
Rebuild Claude hooks as a pi extension
A developer had an agent convert a folder of Claude Code hooks into a pi extension after switching tools.
Claude Code
Plan a phased cloud migration with checkpoints
Use an agent to break a large migration into approved phases and carry out each step test-first.
Gemini
Run Claude each morning for briefings and inbox tasks
A developer set Claude to wake up on a schedule, draft morning updates, and respond to messages sent by email, text, or Telegram.
Claude
Set up a morning digest of trending social posts
They used an agent to deliver daily trending posts from three social networks so they could use them as writing references.
OpenClaw
Set up OpenClaw bots for a repo, notes, and Slack
They used OpenClaw to keep a personal repository updated, capture notes, and handle Slack summaries and questions.
OpenClaw
Turn Telegram messages into Todoist tasks
They use Telegram, an LLM, and n8n to convert plain messages into Todoist todos.
n8n
Use Telegram to add items to a home to-do list
A developer let OpenClaw turn Telegram messages into additions on a task list that lived on their home computer.
OpenClaw
Scan stale lease listings and draft broker outreach
A Hermes bot finds older commercial leases, checks zoning, and prepares personalized broker emails.
Hermes Agent
Use Claude Code to revive an old assembly build
A developer used Claude Code to get a 1991 assembly game’s old tools compiling again on modern setup files.
Claude Code