Use agents to research leads and handle routine ops
A yacht-software CEO built a group of Lindy agents to qualify leads, answer support, and draft content without an engineering team.
Lindy
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What people are really doing with AI agents
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Use Operator to research one sales lead at a time
A tester used Operator to gather sales-prospect details from public sources, but it needed repeated guidance after a CAPTCHA and only handled one lead at a time.
Operator
Turn Slack research into a Notion page draft
Lindy reviewed past guides and a model in Slack, then prepared a Notion idea and waited for sign-off before making it.
Lindy
Set up Lindy agents for support, calls, and content
A solo founder used Lindy to build support, calling, repurposing, and negotiation agents for small teams and niche businesses.
Lindy
Try Operator on web errands before you submit anything
Cassie Kozyrkov tested Operator on several browser tasks, including paperwork, planning, and shopping, and found it was strongest when the job only needed a decent result.
Operator
Automate a weekly newsletter draft with research and exports
Annika Helendi used Lindy to gather weekly AI marketing news and draft a newsletter plus promo content on a Monday schedule.
Lindy
Have Grok Bot help with a flight search and booking
Debbie O'Brien had Grok Bot try to handle a flight reservation, but it stopped just before the end.
Grok Bot
Draft weekday LinkedIn posts from trending topics
Have Lindy check trends each morning, write three LinkedIn draft posts in your voice, and send them to you for approval.
Lindy
Make a benchmark collage in Canva with an agent
A user had ChatGPT Agent assemble benchmark screenshots in Canva, but it struggled with the interface and made a messy result after more than 75 minutes.
ChatGPT Agent
Turn demo calls into CRM notes and follow-up drafts
Interlaced used Lindy to summarize sales demos, draft follow-ups, book meetings, and suggest proposals, saving over 5 hours a week.
Lindy
Track customer mentions and schedule milestone posts
An enterprise team used Lindy to watch customer chatter, draft milestone posts, build calendars, and publish them after review.
Lindy
Turn vet charges into insurance claim drafts
An OpenClaw agent matched pet clinic charges to invoices, filled an insurer form, and left each claim as a draft for review.
OpenClaw
Convert Slack posts or Sheet rows into Linear issues
Lindy can watch Slack or Google Sheets, then open Linear issues from matching items and save the issue link back to the sheet.
Lindy
Turn videos and papers into searchable Markdown libraries
They used OpenClaw to organize video and paper summaries into two separate Markdown-based libraries that could be searched later.
OpenClaw
Use an agent to buy items and watch the order
Set up an agent to shop from a product link, complete checkout, and keep checking the order until it updates.
OpenClaw
Use Telegram to run a VC research agent
Jonathan Shriftman wired OpenClaw to Telegram so he could ask it to research companies and help draft internal tools.
OpenClaw
Use an agent to hunt for smart contract bugs
A red-team benchmark let Claude search forked chains for contract weaknesses and draft exploit code in an hour.
Claude
Use Claude Code to sort back taxes from records
They used Claude Code to clean up overdue Dutch filings by pulling records, matching proof, and preparing tax totals.
Claude Code
Use Doom runs to test a computer-use agent
Have a computer-use agent play Doom on a remote machine and use its performance to spot workflow problems.
OpenClaw
Audit card charges and missed perks each month
A user had Grok review posted card transactions to spot wrong-card purchases and benefits they had not used.
Grok Bot
Build and deploy a simple idle clicker game
A developer had an agent make a clicker game from a chat, then push it to GitHub and deploy it to Vercel.
OpenClaw
Let an agent play a game on its own
OpenClaw has been used to drive Forza Horizon and to create bots that could take part in a browser game.
OpenClaw
Edit a video in chat and export the finished file
A developer made an OpenClaw skill that turns chat requests into backend video edits and returns the rendered file.
OpenClaw
Try an online shopping task and stop before checkout
A user had an agent compare shoe options and move one pair close to purchase, but bot checks and payment kept the handoff from finishing.
ChatGPT Agent