Use an agent to bargain on Facebook Marketplace
A user had OpenClaw message sellers and haggle automatically on Marketplace listings.
OpenClaw
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What people are really doing with AI agents
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Let a sleep pose trigger a fan
They built a Raspberry Pi setup that watches sleeping posture and flips a fan on or off with a remote button pusher.
Custom agent
Use a voice agent to ask for bill retention discounts
Have a voice agent call your provider, handle menus and hold time, and ask for a loyalty discount on your behalf.
Custom agent
Use Signal to assemble a shared grocery cart
A self-hosted Signal agent turned past orders into a group-editable grocery list and then filled the store cart, leaving checkout to a person.
Custom agent
Use a text grid to let agents handle web forms
They made a browser view that turns pages into numbered text so an agent can work through applications without image models.
Custom agent
Use an agent to complete visa forms
A custom assistant can pull files from your device, fill visa applications, upload documents, and pause for review before the final step.
Custom agent
Teach your agent a folder of personal scripts
Claude Cowork learned a set of homegrown automations from a scripts folder and kept using them in its own app.
Claude Cowork
Turn your site into a WhatsApp support bot
An n8n workflow turns a business website into a WhatsApp agent that answers questions and books calls.
n8n
Set up a cautious store-workflow agent in OpenClaw
A developer spent 100+ hours refining an OpenClaw setup until it could handle one store workflow reliably.
OpenClaw
Collect Marketplace listings and paste them into Sheets
A user asked Claude in Chrome to gather Facebook Marketplace listings and transfer them into Google Sheets, but permission dialogs kept interrupting the process.
Claude in Chrome
Turn genetic and lab data into a personal health plan
A developer fed Claude Code genetic, lab, scan, and supplement data, then spent two hours getting a plan tied to those inputs.
Claude Code
Build a hiring rubric from competency levels
A commenter used Copilot Pro to turn company competency definitions into interview questions, scoring, and role fit guidance.
GitHub Copilot
Analyze competitors and draft matching ad concepts
An autonomous agent reviewed rival ads, created aligned concepts, and assembled everything into a report.
Claude
Sort unread email and hold replies for approval
They set up an email workflow that reviews new unread messages, organizes them, and waits for approval before any reply goes out.
Make
Use hospital PDFs to complete insurance forms
Felix Rieseberg had Claude Cowork transfer details from hospital PDFs into his insurance forms while he was busy with newborn care.
Claude Cowork
Let Cursor audit and summarize an Obsidian vault
Beatriz used Cursor to inspect her Obsidian vault, flag structure issues, answer note questions, and log what other sessions changed.
Cursor
Let an agent schedule meetings from email
They set up a background agent to read meeting emails, check availability, and handle replies before adding events to the calendar.
Custom agent
Use an agent to manage family tasks and reminders
A family used a custom agent to capture chores, calls, and schedule changes from spoken requests and keep everyone in sync.
Custom agent
Automate repeated site content updates
A developer used an agent to turn one podcast-page update into a repeatable workflow for their Nuxt site.
Custom agent
Use a voice agent for oral exams
A professor used a voice agent to run oral finals, then had an LLM panel grade the transcripts and flag shared weak spots.
Custom agent
Use an agent to find missing database indexes
A developer had Cursor inspect a slow NestJS page and suggest database indexes to fix a production-only slowdown.
Cursor
Route Slack commands to email, calendar, and tasks
Set up a Slack-triggered agent to check Gmail, review Google Calendar, and add tasks in Notion with approval before anything is sent or deleted.
Make
Set up date-night reminders and ideas
They built a Claude Code helper that suggests dates, nudges them after gaps, and may later handle reservations.
Claude Code
Review an app against mock-ups or research prospects
Claude in Chrome helped one person compare a live product to design files and another gather quick company details for outreach.
Claude in Chrome