Connect a coding agent to an Excalidraw board
They hooked an installed coding agent to a live Excalidraw canvas so it could read the scene and edit the drawing directly.
Custom agent
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Wire an MCP math server into your agent
They let an agent route math work to MathKernel, which planned the request and delegated computation to several theorem and numeric engines.
Custom agent
Break one goal into a sequenced coding plan
Ordewell turns a single objective into a step-by-step task list for coding agents, with dependencies, review, and parallel runs.
Custom agent
Have coding agents test your onboarding flow
Run coding agents through your product’s onboarding and get a scorecard, fix list, and session traces.
Custom agent
Trace C# symbol usage with a Roslyn-backed index
Graphify C# helps agents map real C# usages, including overrides and implementations, from compiler-resolved project data.
Custom agent
Build a reusable stock-analysis workspace
A custom agent kept one investment project alive, saving models and notes so later sessions could pick up where the last run stopped.
Custom agent
Draft Figma layouts with a command-line agent
A custom agent used figma-use to generate Figma design elements and reusable UI pieces from a terminal.
Custom agent
Turn tickets into code changes and draft the PR
Stripe uses in-house coding agents to carry tasks from ticket to reviewable code, then humans check the result.
Custom agent
Run coding agents in parallel with tmux and Markdown specs
Manuel Schipper uses separate tmux panes and numbered Markdown specs to keep several coding agents moving at once.
Custom agent
Revive old apps and sketch new ones with a coding agent
Terence Tao used a coding agent to port old Java applets to JavaScript and to build two new math visualizations in conversation.
Custom agent
Set up a car helper that works without internet
A Raspberry Pi in a car used a local model to answer manual questions and read live diagnostics, while some vehicle controls ran through Home Assistant.
Custom agent
Use parallel agents to build a database engine
They split a SQLite implementation across several coding agents working in separate branches, then merged the pieces after repeated test-and-fix loops.
Custom agent
Check a codebase for redundant packages and polyfills
An agent can scan code and install commands to find dependencies that can be replaced with built-ins or better options.
Custom agent
Create a CLI coding agent from a Python LLM base
Claude Code turned Simon Willison’s Python LLM template into a working CLI coding agent from two prompts.
Custom agent
Build a meal plan and shopping cart
They used ChatGPT and Instacart to make a 5-day menu and load the ingredients into a checkout-ready cart.
ChatGPT
Draft a parking ticket appeal before you send it
They used ChatGPT to turn a street-sweeping ticket into a polite appeal that the city later dismissed.
ChatGPT