Build a daily work plan from calendar, tickets, email, and docs
A developer made a local dashboard that reads work sources together and turns them into a prioritized day plan.
Custom agent
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Centralize control of a connected house
An agent explored a home network, decoded several device interfaces, and assembled one place to run the whole house.
Custom agent
Check and clean marketing copy before you publish
Have one agent grade your copy against a strict rubric and another remove claims it cannot back up.
Custom agent
Automate niche news posts across four networks
They set up an agent to find one daily story in a niche and draft platform-specific posts plus images for four social networks.
Custom agent
Turn last week’s GitHub activity into a blog post
An automated pipeline turns recent code activity into a first-person weekly draft and stages it for review in Notion and DEV.
Custom agent
Run multiple game builds in parallel
One user had four Grok 4.20 agents create different games at the same time and finish them within a day.
Grok Bot
Turn brokerage exports into a portfolio action plan
Use an agent to parse brokerage files, compare holdings to your goals, and draft buy, hold, and stop-buying lists with tax-loss harvesting alternatives.
Claude Code
Let the agent choose models for each step
A user let Perplexity Computer handle several tasks on its own, and it switched models as needed, including for code writing.
Gemini
Set up a signal bot that records trades
A developer used Manus to make a Python trading tool that posts alerts to Telegram and saves trade details in spreadsheets and files.
Manus
Set up an n8n SEO workflow
An n8n agent can pull search and traffic data, scan rivals, draft article updates, and store reports for review.
n8n
Use an agent to manage roadmap, support, calendar, and tasks
A developer set up OpenClaw to sort support mail, update a roadmap, handle calendar items, and keep track of todos and sponsorships.
OpenClaw
Deploy safely and scan exposed ports from Telegram
A security professional used an OpenClaw agent to handle deploys and port checks while keeping production changes gated by approval.
OpenClaw
Use n8n to run social content from idea to post
They wired n8n to find trends, generate media, and publish posts through a single automated flow.
n8n
Prepare quarterly VAT figures from PDFs, then file them
They used Claude tools to turn invoice PDFs into quarterly accounts and submit an overdue German VAT return in Elster.
Claude CoworkClaude in Chrome
Turn receipt PDFs into a completed cover sheet
Stephen Toback used Claude Cowork to pull receipt data from PDFs and assemble the paperwork he normally fills out manually.
Claude Cowork
Have a browser agent apply to jobs for you
With browser access, an agent created materials, searched job boards, and sent out more than 100 applications in three days.
OpenClaw
Make app promo graphics in Canva through Claude Code
They used Claude Code with Canva MCP to draft launch graphics for an app, but the attempt did not go well.
Claude Code
Build a one-file particle life simulator
A group of Grok agents made a single-file neon particle simulator with force controls and emergent motion.
Grok Bot
Have parallel agents build a sourced research brief
A Grok Bot setup used 16 agents to gather, check, and combine sources into one researched document in about a minute.
Grok Bot
Collect meeting minutes into yearly text files
A developer used Claude in Chrome to copy three years of meeting minutes into text files for NotebookLM.
Claude in ChromeClaude Cowork
Control Claude Code by voice while you work hands-free
A developer built a local spoken-command setup around Claude Code and used it to fix a WhatsApp integration without touching the keyboard.
Claude Code
Use an AI spec to brief a coding agent
Work out a feature with an AI assistant, then pass the spec to a coding agent and verify the result by testing.
ChatGPT
Convert YouTube videos into linked research notes
Claude Code can gather YouTube videos into NotebookLM, then export cited notes, a graph, audio, and flashcards into Obsidian.
Claude Code
Use an agent to bargain on Facebook Marketplace
A user had OpenClaw message sellers and haggle automatically on Marketplace listings.
OpenClaw