Work & Operations
Draft email replies and LinkedIn posts with n8n workflows
The author built n8n workflows that draft Gmail replies for approval, generate LinkedIn posts from a topic, and extract tasks from emails into Google Tasks or Notion.
n8n
Work & Operations
Planning, inboxes, documents, and the back office that runs a business.
211 use cases
Work & Operations
Triage inbox, draft replies and manage calendar from a desktop agent
A reviewer used Scout to summarize a Microsoft 365 inbox, draft replies, manage calendar events, browse and work with local files; it needs the app open and can be costly.
Microsoft Scout
Work & Operations
Triage an inbox and plan a trip with Gemini Agent Mode
A writer had Gemini archive messages in 100+ unread emails and leave reply drafts, and describes it comparing hotel prices and holding a room.
Gemini
Work & Operations
Run a VC analyst agent over Telegram
A VC set up an OpenClaw agent as an analyst on a cheap VPS, reachable by Telegram, which he says could save dozens of hours per quarter.
OpenClaw
Work & Operations
Fill forms and run multi-step workflows in your own browser
A review of Manus Browser Operator, which works in the user's Chrome session with their logins for form filling and multi-page workflows.
Manus
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Pull action items from emails with Claude Code
After seeing Claude Code extract and organise action items from emails in plain English, Becky tried it and built four apps in three weeks.
Claude Code
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Build YouTube analytics reports and lead outreach with Claude Code
Claude Code pulled YouTube analytics via API into a verified Excel file, built a job-tracking app, and found and enriched sales leads with outreach.
Claude Code
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Triage a founder's inbox with Claude Code and Gmail MCP
A team connected a Gmail MCP server so Claude Code reads the inbox, labels messages and drafts replies, plus calendar prep and reports.
Claude Code
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Run content research and sponsor outreach with Claude computer use
The author tested Claude computer use in Cowork and Claude Code over two days on six workflows including research, sponsor outreach and product listings.
Claude computer use · Claude Cowork · Claude Code
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Fill slide decks and turn notes into formatted documents
Claude in Chrome fills a PowerPoint template from a short brief and turns scattered meeting notes into a formatted Word doc exported as PDF.
Claude in Chrome
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Schedule meetings, tidy Drive and log reward balances
Claude in Chrome drafted meeting-slot emails from Calendar, sorted 900 Drive files into folders and removed about 50 duplicates, and replayed a recorded reward-balance workflow into a spreadsheet.
Claude in Chrome
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Run a personal agent through Slack with memory notes and a live dashboard
The author runs OpenClaw on a dedicated machine, talks to it in Slack, keeps daily memory notes, and tracks its tasks and actions on a dashboard.
OpenClaw
Work & Operations
Hand a one-person business to AI agents for a week
A solo owner handed their inbox and scheduler to a network of AI agents for seven days; the result was profitable but uncomfortable, with few details given.
Claude
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Automate freelance admin with a morning briefing agent
An OpenClaw agent sends a Telegram morning briefing, drafts weekly client status emails sent after one-tap approval, and chases follow-ups, cutting admin from about 9 hours to 20 minutes.
OpenClaw
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Test AI annotations on student problem sets
A chemistry professor ran 11 students' problem sets through Claude to see if its annotations could help manual grading; the project was accidentally left public, exposing student information.
Claude
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Revise courses from student evaluation feedback
A professor had Claude Code summarize course-evaluation PDFs, filed themes as GitHub issues, and used agents to revise his security course and two others.
Claude Code
Work & Operations
Run browser agents for small admin tasks
An educator tried agentic browsers that made a meeting poll, looked up and summarized colleagues' teaching schedules, and reformatted a slide deck, though clunky and slow.
Perplexity Comet · Claude in Chrome · Claude Cowork
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Source recruiting candidates on LinkedIn and build valuation models
ChatGPT Agent logged into LinkedIn, filtered YouTube manager candidates in Bangalore into a spreadsheet, and in another demo built an Excel valuation model from company financials in 17 minutes.
ChatGPT Agent