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91When AI gave bad advice in a dispute with a car rental company
Charged $2,300 by Sixt, Malky followed Claude's suggestion to accuse the company of photo fraud, and the letter didn't work.
92Recipes picky kids will eat, organized by Codex
Beth Gebhard asked for recipes from a favorite site; the agent filtered them, rated them and created a spreadsheet and a Drive folder.
93An agent searches for a hairstylist by price and reviews
A reporter asked for balayage under a price cap in Montclair or New York and corrected the agent midway.
94A professor tests whether an agent can take the exam for the student
Michael Lomuscio created an Algebra course in Canvas and watched Comet build and then answer its own quiz.
95Filling out the accountant's questionnaire with AI
The author had Claude read the fields of the accountant's form and fill it in from their documents, flagging what was missing.
96A startup uses AI to contest health insurance denials
Counterforce Health, from North Carolina, trained AI on billing codes, external reviews and lawsuits against insurers.
97Hunting recurring subscriptions in your statements
The agent read statements in CSV, spreadsheet and PDF formats and listed charges that repeat, ignoring groceries and fees.
98Automatic renewals spreadsheet built from Gmail
A journalist had the agent search for "renewal" and "subscription" and build a list of services, dates and amounts.
99Medical expense reimbursement claims from Amazon receipts
Claude read each receipt, found the eligible amount and date, and filled in the reimbursement portal.
100Separating business expenses from personal card statements
The author had Claude talk through the first few statements to learn her patterns before classifying the rest.
101Google's former chief decision scientist tests an agent on legal paperwork
Cassie Kozyrkov recorded Operator handling hotels, flights, legal paperwork and infographics.
102Non-coding CEO uses Claude Code for email and budgeting
Michael Crist asked for only the emails from real people waiting for a reply and built the family budget from statements.
103Executive builds an "anti-system" task system
Hilary Gridley captures tasks with a tap on her iPhone and lets Claude organize them and learn her preferences.
104Founder goes from one agent to nine, two of them for the family
Claire Vo started with an executive assistant and now has agents for household logistics and for her kids' education.
105Agent navigates the insurer's phone menu until it finds a human
To change a policy, the user had the agent make the call and transfer only once a representative was available.
106Canceling three streaming services with an agent
A journalist typed in her own passwords and the agent clicked through the entire cancellation flow for Peacock, Disney and Netflix.
107Two agents reviewing each other on the company tax return
Claude Code wrote the calculations from QuickBooks data and Codex reviewed them until they agreed.
108A week of managing my calendar by voice alone
A journalist turned on Workspace in Gemini and scheduled writing blocks and meetings by speaking.
109Food diary by photo, voice or text on Telegram
An n8n template estimates the calories and protein of meals and tracks goals, without asking for weight or height.
110A fit score for every LinkedIn job posting
José Antonio Morales turned his profile and a weighting system into a shortcut that scores any open job posting.
111Booking an airport hotel with clear rules
The author limited the agent to Booking.com, used the site's own filter names and set tiebreaker criteria.
112Comparing hotels in Lisbon across three different weeks
The browser opened Booking, Hotels.com, Expedia and Hyatt and kept a side-panel table of options up to US$220 a night.
113Travel tech company tests whether an agent can book on 11 hotel sites
Triptease gave the same request to 11 booking engines and documented where the agent got stuck.
114The agent called the restaurant when the online booking failed
Nick Larkins asked for a dinner reservation; with the site fully booked, OpenClaw built a calling app and phoned.
115Business lunch in Houston chosen by an agent
Nielsen Norman Group researchers watched the agent run 10 searches and propose three restaurants.
116Searching for classical music concerts in Berlin
The agent went through concert hall websites, adjusted dates and checked what was sold out.
117A standing grocery list that becomes an ASDA cart
Christina Souch built a 40-item spreadsheet with price rules and let Claude fill the cart.
118Allie Miller tests agents with an unusual request: buying a yak
Among several agents tested, Manus researched on its own how to buy a yak for the family.
119Charcuterie board: from the list to the grocery cart
The author asked Comet for a shopping list and then had it put the items in Instacart.
120Bloomberg journalist watched the agent the whole time
Rachel Metz asked for ice cream delivery and a schedule spreadsheet; the agent asked for help several times.