Compare products and stage cart picks on Amazon
A browser agent searched Amazon for coffee makers with built-in grinders, compared five options, and placed two in the cart without checking out.
Perplexity Comet
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Set up invoice capture and bookkeeping in n8n
This n8n workflow pulls fields from uploaded invoices or receipts, lets the user check them, then stores the file and logs the data in a yearly sheet.
n8n
Build a 3D browser game with an AI agent
A developer used Replit’s agent to try making a 3D browser game entirely in the browser, without installing anything locally.
Replit Agent
Run agent coding jobs in a sealed local box
A developer used Codex to run an almost fully self-contained build-and-deploy workflow on a locked-down spare machine.
Codex
Turn a photo and receipt into a refund email
An agent can match a receipt in Gmail, extract purchase details, and write a refund request for you to review.
Claude Cowork
Build a CRM with email, video, and scheduling
A tech sales professional used Replit Agent to make a working CRM with contact, email, video, and calendar features.
Replit Agent
Use OpenClaw to script robot arm motions
OpenClaw can take movement instructions in everyday language and turn them into Python for a 7-axis NERO arm.
OpenClaw
Build a morning chief-of-staff routine
A surgeon uses scheduled agent tasks to sort messages, prepare meetings, and surface stale deals before the day starts.
Claude Cowork
Set up per-room heating automations in Home Assistant
A homeowner used Cursor plus a custom deployment bridge to build and refine room-by-room heating control in Home Assistant.
Cursor
Create a 5-DOF arm with FreeCAD and Claude Code
They used Claude Code to generate, print, and assemble a servo-powered arm, then added voice and camera control.
Claude Code
Use Codex to troubleshoot your Home Assistant config
A Home Assistant add-on and integration let Codex inspect config files, fix automations, and update dashboards from scripts or Assist.
Codex
Draft a tax return from bank records
One user had Claude Code turn bank statements and invoices into a first-pass tax filing draft.
Claude Code
Use Codex to fill forms and check tax papers
OpenAI staff used Codex computer use to work through forms, PDFs, and one tax filing review that found a costly mistake in the user’s favor.
Codex
Train a wearable-data warning model for a thyroid flare
Use long-term Apple Watch and Whoop data to build a model that may flag a thyroid episode before lab results do.
Claude Code
Repair a Delete button in a GitHub repo
A developer had Jules fix a broken Delete button, add tests, and leave the branch ready for review.
Gemini
Draft contact replies and save ideas to Notion
Blake Oliver used a Zapier Central agent to draft podcast replies from Gmail and turn each incoming message into a Notion story idea.
Zapier Agents
Set up an alert-diagnosis workflow for Kubernetes incidents
An n8n flow takes Alertmanager alerts, checks several MCP-connected systems, and writes a read-only diagnostic reply in Mattermost.
n8n
Auto-review GitHub pull requests with n8n
They used an n8n workflow to inspect new GitHub pull requests, generate a review with an LLM, and post feedback back to the PR.
n8n
Set up price checks for Amazon and eBay listings
An n8n flow watched product pages three times a day, emailed when prices moved, and kept a log of every run.
n8n
Compare hotels and download tax forms in Chrome
A tester used Gemini in Chrome to compare Lisbon hotel options and save payroll tax PDFs from logged-in portals.
Gemini
Have a dot find unsent invoices and draft them
An early tester had a dot spot an invoice that had not been sent yet and set it up for review before it went out.
Dots
Purge old installers and export a video transcript
Microsoft Scout cleared unused setup files after asking first, then used a fallback tool chain to extract a transcript when the web path stalled.
Microsoft Scout
Screen sales prospects with an ICP checklist
Have an agent gather public company context, judge each prospect against your ICP, and hand off only the strongest matches.
Hermes Agent
Review GitHub PRs with a structured agent checklist
Use Hermes to inspect pull request diffs, rank issues by severity, and turn the workflow into a scheduled repo watcher.
Hermes Agent