Work & Operations
Manage files in a chosen folder with an agent
The author built an open-source desktop agent that works inside a chosen folder, reading and writing files and asking before changing anything.
Claude Code
All use cases
Real workflows with the tools, steps and prompts to copy them. Filter by what you use and how much time you have.
Travel & Bookings
Buy movie tickets and set reminders from your calendar
A custom Meta Muse skill checks the calendar, confirms movie times and seats, buys tickets, adds the booking to the calendar, and sends a traffic-aware departure reminder.
Meta Muse
Life Admin & Home
Apply to jobs automatically and schedule calls
Muse applied to 60+ jobs with updated resumes and cover letters, scheduled calls, and created prep files, reaching interview rounds.
Meta Muse
Shopping & Errands
Work & Operations
Reconcile orders, draft invoices, and order laptops nightly
ChatGPT pulls completed orders, checks them against the CRM, drafts invoices, logs deals in Sheets, and ordered two laptops from Apple and a return box.
ChatGPT
Travel & Bookings
Book a private chef and plan a ski holiday
ChatGPT found chefs, emailed for quotes and availability, handled replies and tracked missing info, and researched ski locations and transfer and gear quotes.
ChatGPT
Shopping & Errands
Compare Coca-Cola prices across Belgian supermarkets
Grok Bot compared a bottle of Coca-Cola across Belgian supermarkets, named cheapest and priciest and flagged promotions, handing the browser to the user at a Carrefour captcha.
Grok Bot
Software & DevOps
Turn daily X bookmarks into working tech prototypes
A bot scans a Cursor employee's X bookmarks daily, picks a new technology, drafts a prompt, and on approval starts a Cursor Cloud agent to build a prototype in about 15 minutes.
Grok Bot · Cursor
Work & Operations
Organize deal flow with specialist bots for invoices and inbox
Connected to WhatsApp and Notion, five specialist bots handle invoices, inbox cleanup, CRM updates and follow-ups; the author expects to save five to six hours a week.
Grok Bot
Work & Operations
Run communications, PR merges and family tasks with nine bots
The author moved from OpenClaw to Grok Bot, building bots for email in his voice, a daily check of GitHub PRs ready to merge, and household family tasks.
Grok Bot · OpenClaw
Money, Bills & Benefits
Cancel and refund subscriptions by searching email and calling
Grok Bot read email across two accounts, logged into systems, phoned providers and sent emails, cancelling and refunding two long-pending subscriptions in about ten minutes.
Grok Bot
Shopping & Errands
Buy products online from a card photo
Musk said Grok Bot bought LEGO from the LEGO website, and that users can drop a credit card photo into chat so it finds the best deal and orders; plans and safeguards weren't specified.
Grok Bot
Shopping & Errands
Research and buy online with approval at payment
Grok Bot researches options, prepares orders via Stripe Link and shows a spend request with merchant, total and description before paying; one example covered meal planning and grocery orders.
Grok Bot
Work & Operations
File roofing permits and inspection forms online
A roofing contractor had Grok Bot fill out and pull a permit, book an inspection through a captcha-protected form, and email two job-notification forms to his insurer.
Grok Bot
Work & Operations
Run scheduled specialist bots with a daily chief-of-staff brief
From one setup message Grok Bot made five weekday-scheduled specialist bots and a 9:00 brief combining their output; connectors timed out and jobs sometimes came back half-finished.
Grok Bot
Shopping & Errands
Compare Costco and Amazon carts on price and delivery
Grok Bot added items to carts at Costco and Amazon and compared prices, delivery charges and times, handing the desktop back to the user for CAPTCHA or 2FA.
Grok Bot
Money, Bills & Benefits
Audit credit card use for wrong-card charges and missed benefits
Grok Bot read posted transactions on three cards via a Plaid-connected app to check card choice for dining, Amazon and travel, and unused benefits.
Grok Bot
Travel & Bookings
Book flights as a travel agent (came close)
Debbie O'Brien had Grok Bot try to book flights; it came close but missed the last step, so the booking wasn't completed.
Grok Bot