Use an agent to prospect and draft outreach for web design leads
Chris Wozniczek had Devin look for leads, create sample sites, and prepare tailored cold emails for website services.
Devin
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Run Copilot CLI in loops and split multi-part work
Daniel Ward used GitHub Copilot’s autopilot and /fleet features to finish larger jobs and divide separate chunks across parallel agents.
GitHub Copilot
Break a runtime migration into tiny reviewable PRs
GitHub engineers had Copilot agents carry out most of a large TypeScript-to-Rust runtime rewrite.
GitHub Copilot
Run terminal commands carefully in Copilot agent mode
A VS Code user had Copilot agent mode run shell commands, but it often missed output or got stuck until they changed the shell setup.
GitHub Copilot
Set Copilot to code in a branch before it pushes
A developer used GitHub Copilot to work issues, but learned to give tighter instructions after it wrote weak first PRs and pushed to the wrong place.
GitHub Copilot
Extract receipt details into a CSV for books
A developer built a custom GPT to read receipt photos and turn them into bookkeeping-ready CSV rows, while still requiring a person to verify the results.
ChatGPT
Have Claude check flight refund rules and write the claim
Claude can pull together the trip details, look up the current rules, and draft a refund email after a flight disruption.
Claude
Use Copilot to handle small site edits in draft PRs
A developer handed GitHub Copilot two minor website tweaks and got back separate draft pull requests that were easy to test and merge.
GitHub Copilot
Create a receipt extractor for bookkeeping records
Claude Code helped assemble a tool that reads receipts, turns them into structured bookkeeping data, and handles foreign currencies by receipt date.
Claude Code
Build a local bookkeeping system with Claude
They used Claude to help plan and ship a self-hosted finance tool that sorted expenses, created a review queue, and replaced paid accounting software.
Claude
Use ChatGPT to prepare a flight refund challenge
A traveler says ChatGPT helped them press IndiGo for a cancelled-flight refund and recover ₹43,992.
ChatGPT
Compare tax figures with receipts and statements
A user had Claude audit a messy household tax draft against receipts and bank records before moving the numbers into FreeTaxUSA.
Claude
Ask Claude Code to prototype a kernel change
Linus Torvalds had Claude Code help produce a Linux kernel patch, plus tests, review, and a first cover-letter draft.
Claude Code
Hand small repo fixes to Cursor agents
A developer used Cursor agents to chip away at a daily batch of repo maintenance, bug fixes, and minor features.
Cursor
Use Cursor to make a custom invitation site
Fabio Zapata had Cursor assemble a local invitation site with motion, images, and page links, using prompts instead of hand-coding at first.
Cursor
Keep many coding agents moving with local context cache
A developer ran several Claude Code sessions at once on local RTX 3090 hardware and avoided reloading long contexts after idle periods.
Claude Code
Handle bugs, security, and a release safely
Omar let Hermes Agent repair app bugs, separate logins, make a banner, and send fixes live with checks afterward.
Hermes Agent
Remove bloat from an Android TV with Hermes Agent
Rakesh Prakash had Hermes Agent clean up his Android TV by stripping out unwanted built-in apps.
Hermes Agent
Use ChatGPT to get Adobe to waive a cancellation fee
A user used ChatGPT-written support messages to pin down Adobe’s cancellation terms before agreeing to anything.
ChatGPT
Set up an agent to handle calls on your behalf
David Ondrej gave Hermes Agent a phone number so it could place and answer calls while he slept.
Hermes Agent
Refactor an app and try a Telegram API upgrade
One developer used Replit Agent to refactor a card app and to attempt a Telegram bot update, with mixed results.
Replit Agent
Try a local search layer for code lookup
ColGrep-Agent-2B runs locally and helps Claude Code sift search hits and open files to find code with less effort.
Claude Code
Have an agent find leads and set up demos
A solo SaaS founder used Dots to find companies, filter them, send tailored outreach, and fill the calendar with sales demos.
Dots
Build a Telegram bot for email and calendar tasks
Julian Goldie used Replit Agent to create a Telegram bot that could check calendar gaps and send Outlook invites.
Replit Agent