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Delegating moving tasks to a browser agent
A TechCrunch journalist tested Operator during their own move: parking permit, restaurant, electrician.
- Profession
- Journalist
- Tools
- OpenAI Operator
- Source
- techcrunch.com ↗
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Found via
- agentusecases.ai (Alex Finn) ↗
- Report date
- February 4, 2025
- Verified on
- October 25, 2026
What they did
Maxwell Zeff handed Operator tasks from moving week: buying a parking permit, booking a Greek restaurant, finding a garage and hiring an electrician on TaskRabbit. The agent browsed and filled in forms in a cloud-based browser.
How it went
It partly worked: it found the restaurant, but he had to approve steps, type in personal details and take over when the agent got lost.
Good to know
Browser agents still need supervision on sites with logins and payments.
The prompt
I have these tasks for [date]: [list]. For each one, find the option that meets [criteria] and prepare everything up to the confirmation screen. Stop before paying or submitting personal data and show me a summary of what will happen.
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