Negotiate a lower TV price in retailer chat
Have an agent chat with a store in Dutch and bargain down the price of a TV, including delivery.
ChatGPT Agent
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What people are really doing with AI agents
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Build a meeting assistant that writes summaries
A commenter used Lindy to make a meeting helper that attended calls and produced summaries for a week.
Lindy
Use a research agent for systematic literature reviews
A Reddit thread points to tools that can help with systematic reviews, paper notes, and keeping a project organized over time.
Custom agent
Use an AI recruiter for first-round candidate screening
A company used an automated recruiter to email and call applicants for the first HR screen before any human spoke with them.
Custom agent
Let an agent build a grocery pickup cart
They let ChatGPT Agent fill a supermarket order for next-morning pickup while they kept working.
ChatGPT Agent
Use Alexa+ to test booking and ride requests
Jason Del Rey asked Alexa+ to reserve sushi and call an Uber during early access on an Echo Show.
Alexa+
Build a Mubi watchlist from your film criteria
An agent searched Mubi for lesser-known films that fit a user’s preferences and added 10 picks to their watchlist.
ChatGPT Agent
Use an agent to send email from your inbox
A commenter used ChatGPT Agent to log into their email, draft outreach, and send the messages themselves.
ChatGPT Agent
Have an agent sort invoices for tax work
They used ChatGPT Agent to review invoices, match them to accounts, and prepare quarterly bookkeeping work for tax time.
ChatGPT Agent
Search Google Flights for nonstop trips without Boeing 737 MAX
A commenter had ChatGPT Agent sift Google Flights for the cheapest nonstop itineraries that fit a 4-to-10-day window and avoided Boeing 737 MAX planes.
ChatGPT Agent
Use an agent to prefill a prescription refill form
A commenter had ChatGPT Agent enter the non-sensitive parts of a clinic refill form while they filled in the private fields by hand.
ChatGPT Agent
Use an AI agent to get unstuck on a social science paper
One writer leaned on ChatGPT tools for research support and drafting help, then checked the results carefully because the system made source and theory errors.
ChatGPT Agent
Have Comet search parking and pause before booking
A reporter used Perplexity Comet to look for affordable parking near SFO and begin a reservation.
Perplexity Comet
Build a stock research agent for updated company reports
They made a stock-research tool that refreshes reports on tracked companies using live market data instead of stale chatbot answers.
Custom agent
Build a Slackbot for sales reps' RevOps questions
A RevOps practitioner set up a Slackbot agent to handle common rep questions and found the build took longer than expected.
Zapier AgentsChatGPT Agent
Generate Strudel music and prep it for live performance
A developer used Claude to draft Strudel code from a style description, then cleaned it up and reshaped it for live performance.
Claude Code
Scan competitors every Monday for strategic signals
Set an agent to review rival sites and job pages each week, then send a brief on likely next moves.
Claude
Test Cursor on a real data science task
A data scientist graded Cursor on a Python football project and found it strongest for quick prototypes, but weak on pandas, cleaning, and scraping.
Cursor
Create a clinic app with bookings and patient tools
A doctor used Replit Agent to assemble a clinic app in 5 days with scheduling, requests, trackers, and two AI features.
Replit Agent
Use Alexa+ to read events and manage routines
They used Alexa+ to surface calendar details and handle home routines, with a device reset helping restore lighting control.
Alexa+
Set up follow-ups and reorder alerts for a distributor
A food wholesaler used chained agents to find leads, send outreach, and surface simple inventory reorder alerts for human approval.
Custom agent
Set up a Reddit profile from the command line
A commenter had Claude Code complete their Reddit profile by handling navigation, form fills, and image uploads on its own.
Claude CodeClaude computer use
Pull names from a Wikipedia article and save them
Claude Computer Use opened Firefox, scanned a Wikipedia article, and wrote the names it found into a text file.
Claude computer use
Draft a go-to-market plan and launch it as a site
A marketer had Manus map out a tailored go-to-market plan, then convert it into a working website.
Manus