Build a scraper app and deploy it
A developer used Replit Agent to make a Hacker News scraper with storage, an API, and a front end, then deployed it.
Replit Agent
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What people are really doing with AI agents
Real examples, collected from Reddit, X, Hacker News, blogs and the press, of people handing work to AI agents: what they asked for, what happened, what went wrong, and a prompt you can copy to try it yourself.
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Let an agent watch home office sensors
One developer linked a local agent to home automation so it could notice and react to sensors in a home office.
OpenClaw
Summarize Teams threads and book the meeting
An early Scout user had it scan Teams chats, surface tasks, find a hidden meeting ask, and schedule the call after checking calendars.
Microsoft Scout
Research stylists and prep a salon booking
Use an agent to compare hair stylists, gather prices, and pause before any appointment is confirmed.
ChatGPT Agent
Create a hosted app with uploads, analytics, and a homepage
A developer had Replit Agent assemble a reporting app with a database, image storage, analytics, and a public landing page.
Replit Agent
Use Scout to lint, fix, commit, and push from the terminal
A developer used Microsoft Scout in a local terminal to fix a syntax issue, review changes, and push a new branch after approval steps.
Microsoft Scout
Draft a slide deck from one prompt
Microsoft Scout produced a 5-slide quarterly cloud review deck in Downloads, with charts and layout elements built automatically.
Microsoft Scout
Use Scout to review a conflict and prepare a push
Microsoft Scout can inspect Git conflict markers, compare both versions, and prepare a merge or push flow for your approval.
Microsoft Scout
Use Scout to run repo checks and draft PRs
Have Microsoft Scout run build, test, lint, and GitHub CLI tasks from a workspace folder, with approval before any write or network action.
Microsoft Scout
Turn a PRD into Linear tickets
Devin can read a Notion PRD and split it into scoped Linear tickets for a backlog.
Devin
Use Cursor to spot prototype gaps and draft a build plan
A founder used Cursor to inspect a trip-planning app, surface missing pieces, sketch screens, and then build a feature with parallel agents.
Cursor
List unanswered Gmail messages from the last week
They used Devin to make a Gmail assistant that shows recent emails that still need replies.
DevinCursor
Pit three agents against a browser shooter build
Three coding agents independently built the same multiplayer shooter, letting the team compare their strengths and weak spots.
CodexClaudeGemini
Set up n8n to draft mail, posts, and follow-up tasks
They used n8n to prepare email replies, turn a topic into a LinkedIn draft, and pull tasks from incoming mail for review.
n8n
Use Devin to turn tasks into ready-to-review PRs
Devin can take product work, implement it, and hand back a pull request for human review.
Devin
Draft dashboards and migrations with Devin
A SaaS team uses Devin to produce first-pass internal dashboards and data migrations, then checks the result by hand.
Devin
Summarize job applications into a review digest
A hiring manager set up Zapier Agents to collect applications on a schedule, condense them, and remove clear mismatches before review.
Zapier Agents
Use Devin for changelogs and issue-driven doc fixes
Neon’s docs team uses Devin for a weekly changelog and for repetitive docs updates tied to GitHub issues.
Devin
Send overdue invoice reminders with the right tone
Use an n8n agent to check invoices, skip repeats, and email overdue customers with a polite or firmer message based on how late they are.
n8n
Rewrite a README after a codebase rearchitecture
A developer had Devin scan a reworked repository and draft a new README with setup and API details in a pull request.
Devin
Convert chat messages into Google Calendar events
They used n8n to read a chat request, extract the event details, and add the meeting to Google Calendar.
n8n
Use Devin to build and ship a small app
They used Devin to turn an empty repo into a deployed City Explorer app in about 90 minutes.
Devin
Run an iPhone game in a simulator and log coverage
A cloud agent played an iPhone game in a simulator and returned a recording plus a test report showing what it checked and what it skipped.
Devin
Set up a support inbox agent in Lindy
A reviewer used Lindy’s starter prompt to create a customer-support agent, then linked Google and Slack so it was ready to try.
Lindy