Use ChatGPT to narrow down Swift error causes
A Swift developer pastes an error and nearby code into ChatGPT to get a quick first guess, then checks the output before changing anything.
ChatGPT
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Set up a dental office chatbot for questions and booking
A dental office idea used a chatbot on its site and WhatsApp to answer questions, book visits, and send reminders.
Custom agent
Watch DeFi pools and flag risk early
An agent tracked a user’s accounts and DeFi positions around the clock and warned them about a risky liquidity pool.
Custom agent
Test screenshot-to-click scaling in a simple web game
A developer used Gemini with Playwright to confirm that click coordinates lined up with the browser view.
Gemini
Build a PR dashboard across multiple repos
They used ChatGPT for planning and an agent in WebStorm to assemble a dashboard that tracked pull requests across four Azure DevOps repos.
ChatGPT
Create and launch a meeting app from one prompt
Replit Agent built and deployed a meeting management app with dashboards, tracking, templates, and analytics from a single prompt.
Replit Agent
Follow a LinkedIn account and leave a comment
An agent used LinkedIn access to follow a CEO, find a chosen post, and add a comment in one pass.
Perplexity Comet
Run Postman endpoint tests and summarize the results
They used Comet to build test payloads from context, execute Postman requests, and return a short report.
Perplexity Comet
Track competitor prices in a shared sheet
They set up an agent to check competitor sites on a schedule and log pricing and contact details into Google Sheets.
Claude
Generate Meta ads for a Python bootcamp
Manus wrote three Facebook ad concepts for a 12-week Python bootcamp after the user supplied the audience, target, and angles.
Manus
Reorder a photographed item on Amazon
They used ChatGPT Agent to identify a product from its wrapper photo and carry the Amazon purchase through until the retailer stopped it.
ChatGPT Agent
Have agents co-build a reference system with role splits
A solo founder divided an AI-assisted build into roles and shipped a 120-model mental-models framework with an MCP server.
ClaudeChatGPTCursor
Use Comet to sort tasks across shopping, email, and files
A reviewer tried Comet on shopping records, old email, photo sorting, and calendar setup, but the work was slow and often failed.
Perplexity Comet
Let an agent choose and order healthy meals
A developer had an agent pick and buy the healthiest meal options twice a day for two weeks.
Custom agent
Create a multi-source company brief automatically
This agent turns a company name into a structured research brief using business data, web signals, and review input.
Custom agent
Estimate care costs and negotiate medical bills
An app routes people to the right care setting, predicts insurance-based visit costs, and can dispute US medical bills afterward.
Custom agent
Let your agent patch its own repo
A developer reported that their custom agent made its first code edit in its own repository.
Custom agent
Have a browser agent locate and tap add to cart
Víctor Paytuvi used Claude computer use to click a shopping site’s add-to-cart control after Gemini had only searched for it.
Claude computer useGemini
Set up MCP access for a household wiki
They attached an MCP server to Wiki.js so an LLM could edit household pages.
Custom agent
Turn a PDF into an interactive course
An agent read textbooks and PDFs, built lesson sections, filled in interactive blocks, and sent the course to a second agent for review.
Custom agent
Set up behaviors for a small ROS2 robot
A builder used an onboard agentic OS to program a compact robot through behaviors, code tools, and ROS2 topics.
Custom agent
Batch LinkedIn applications, then review every answer
One Comet user had an agent send roughly 100 LinkedIn applications in 40 minutes, but none turned into interviews.
Perplexity Comet
Use an agent to chase Dutch rental viewings
Uprent’s agent monitors Dutch listings, sends viewing requests, and helps manage landlord messages and calendars.
Custom agent
Link Alexa+ to booking apps and test it first
A reporter connected Alexa+ to several services and tried basic tasks before using it for reservations, but the assistant often misunderstood or stalled.
Alexa+