Other use cases: 19 real examples
Agents the source doesn't name. Here is what people have got it to do.
19 use cases · Most often: software · daily life · business · Updated Oct 16, 2026
All 19 Other use cases
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Run a team of 28 coding agents to rebuild an app designer
GoodBarber's CTO ran 28 coding agents, up to 20 at once, to restructure an app designer's code; he reports 569 pieces handled in six days, with 0 gaps across 12,074 test cases.
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Test a bookkeeping agent on made-up businesses
Ramp tested its bookkeeping agent on made-up businesses with messy books; the author reports cutting eight instruction sets to four gained 2.8 points and condensed memory added 5.7.
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Find bookable McDonald's parties in China with an agent
Developer johnny37 built an agent add-on using McDonald's China's official agent connector to find bookable parties and kids' events, reporting 3,664 stores across 281 cities.
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Let an agent debug chip designs in a live Verdi session
A developer built a connector letting an AI agent run Synopsys Verdi, a chip-debugging program, to trace design bugs; he reports testing it on four designs.
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Teach coding agents reusable skills from passing tests
A developer built MuscleMemory to save reusable skills from coding-agent sessions once tests pass; they report Codex used 30.4% fewer tool calls and 25.5% less input.
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Rebook parking and claim the refund with an agent
When a garage was full before a Broadway show, the author's phone agent booked a nearby spot in two minutes and later won a refund using an emailed receipt.
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Build a clean sales lead list with two agents
A small-business owner runs two Grok agents that find sales leads, add phone numbers and remove duplicates; he says they free many hours for client calls.
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Map bookable McDonald's family events near you
Developer Zafer-Liu built a skill that pulls bookable family events from McDonald's official store data and maps them; the author reports 620 bookable sessions across 10 Beijing stores.
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Book a medical check-up by chasing hospitals over email
A poster's AI agent emailed hospitals, kept following up and moved on when one went quiet; they say the check-up was booked without ever talking to the hospital.
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Let client and agency coding agents share one app safely
An agency owner built CommonForge, a free, openly shared tool that lets client and agency coding agents work on one app safely; no usage results are given.
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Get insurance quotes from many agencies with an agent
After local brokers turned him down, a marketing-agency owner had an AI agent fill out cyber insurance quote forms; he says one agency called within a minute and he was covered that day.
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Fill out a foreign bank account report with an agent
A founder had an agent styled after Warren Buffett walk them through their FBAR bank account form and fill it in; they say it took 5 minutes.
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Plan and order a day of meals to hit your diet targets
A poster in Bali has an agent search food delivery menus on Grab against his diet targets and budget, then order the meals; he says his only job is meeting the courier.
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Set up a private home phone network with an agent
A hobbyist bought a secondhand mini cell tower for about 50 CNY and had an AI agent set up the network software; they say it worked almost in one shot.
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Send an AI agent to a job interview for you
Comedian Graham Dot Zip sent his AI agent Victor to an interview with a recruiting bot; The Register reports it offered to work for $60K, against his $140K-150K target.
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Share one Obsidian vault as memory for 8 agents
The author uses one Obsidian notes vault as shared memory for eight AI agents, including Claude Code and Codex, with a nightly agent fixing outdated facts.
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Buy new tires and book the fitting with an agent
A father says his son gave an AI agent basic details about their 2011 Toyota Tundra, and it found suitable tires and booked the fitting appointment.
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Build a screen-sharing app with AI writing the code
Former CoScreen founders had AI models write much of Petal, a free screen-sharing app for coding together; they report under eight weeks, versus almost six years for CoScreen.
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Train a simulated fly brain to review code changes
Nick Nisi trained Google's simulated 176,422-neuron fruit fly brain to judge code changes; he reports it agreed with automatic tests on 290 of 301 changes it had never seen.
