Let an agent handle routine grocery ordering
A parent used Grok Bot with a Samsung fridge and receipt history to automate family grocery runs.
Grok Bot
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Call nearby stores and check whether they have an item
A Grok-based assistant used phone calls to ask local stores about stock and returned the conversations and availability details.
Grok Bot
Have Replit Agent fill out a game vault
Replit Agent added 61 fresh child-friendly mini-games to raise one app’s total from 40 to 101.
Replit Agent
Keep task threads and nudge me on admin follow-ups
A dot handled separate task threads in the background and sent reminders about tax paperwork and a refund.
Dots
Clear email, pay bills, and place a grocery order
They had Scout handle routine errands: bills, inbox cleanup, and a grocery order.
Meta Muse
Set up a morning market watch and summary feed
A Meta Muse agent checked investing chatter, followed watchlist names, and turned news and podcasts into a daily macro brief.
Meta Muse
Sort travel options with Claude before you pay
They tried to get Claude to finish a Warsaw-to-London booking, but card handling blocked the process and it turned into a travel product project.
Claude
Audit your posts for promises you never kept
They used Claude to scan recent posts for commitments and uncovered a false alarm caused by test content.
Claude
Map a long-distance drive with Claude Cowork
Claude Cowork helped outline a full-day drive, from breaks and fuel stops to places where the driver should pay closer attention.
Claude Cowork
Use an agent to look for stray funds and push for a refund
People used Meta’s Muse to search for unclaimed money and to press an insurer for money back on a canceled policy.
Meta Muse
Turn recurring feedback into tested pull requests
A developer used a Dot to spot repeated customer requests, make small fixes, test them, and return draft pull requests with demo clips.
Dots
Test retirement risk with historical market shocks
They used Claude to model a retirement portfolio and check whether spending would still hold up through past bear markets and extra home costs.
Claude
Share files between sandboxed Claude Code agents through MCP
A developer connected sandboxed Claude Code instances to a virtual file system so they could pass files through MCP without direct access to AWS.
Claude Code
Use MCP to query Gmail and Outlook mailboxes
A developer built a cloud email analysis system that lets LLMs pull answers from Gmail and Outlook through MCP.
CursorCodexClaude Code
Set up Claude Code to monitor investments on a schedule
A poster asked how Claude Code could stay connected to Robinhood through MCP so it could keep checking investments over time.
Claude Code
Use Comet to clean up X follows carefully
A user let Comet manage their X follows, and it unfollowed everyone before starting to follow accounts back.
Perplexity Comet
Use an agent to prep travel bookings with review stops
They had Dots organize a trip and start a shuttle reservation, but login checks and approval prompts prevented it from finishing.
Dots
Search your inbox for already-paid airline reimbursements
A user had Meta Muse scan airline emails and it found a refund that had already been issued.
Meta Muse
Compare hotel listings for a New York trip
Muse searched hotel websites for a New York City trip and put the Marlton Hotel at the top.
Meta Muse
Route Linear tickets into the right repo and PR
They used OpenClaw and Linear as a control layer to send tasks to Cyrus, which picked the repo, chose a model, and opened pull requests.
OpenClaw
Let an agent shop flights, but plan to finish yourself
Meta Muse was used to try to buy two plane tickets, but a captcha stopped it and the user had to complete the reservation manually.
Meta Muse
Plan and book a last-minute work trip
Have an agent compare flights, narrow hotel choices, and map a brief layover plan for a short-notice business trip.
Grok Bot
Qualify visitors and schedule calls automatically
A builder used n8n to make a website chat agent that vets visitors and books meeting times without manual help.
n8n
Build a lean skill layer from CLI help output
A developer swapped token-heavy Jira and GitLab MCPs for Markdown-based skills generated from the Atlassian and GitLab CLIs.
Claude Code