The AI updated his system packages to named versions and checked them for holes
The AI updated his system packages, including Node, Python, uv, OpenSSL and certifi to named new versions, checked a checksum, and checked recent vulnerabilities.
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Reconcile 10 months of bank statements to $0 uncategorized, then run my books
A small-business owner who had stopped paying a leased accountant reported on X (via WhatAgentsCanDo, Oct 20) that the AI reconciled 10 months of bank statements in one evening, matched every client payment to its invoice, and closed the books to $0 uncategorized. It then set up a separate bookkeeper bot to keep the books current going forward.
The AI drives his game and reports what playtesting finds
The maker of a small game viewer tool had the AI play the game with scripted commands and write playtest reports. One report, from a manifest file the game loaded, documented a crash on exit, a bad default window size, dead inputs, and several rendering bugs.
Listed six items on Facebook Marketplace in minutes
Angus Hardy-Francis had the AI list six items on Facebook Marketplace in minutes. The agent priced from photos and created the listings.
The AI filters our company faxes. Junk faxes no longer get through.
For four months, the AI has handled the faxes that come into his company. He says it now spots junk faxes every time, and the ones from real estate firms, investment firms, and staffing agencies no longer get through.
Turn my inbox into an auto-updating P&L
An AI bookkeeping agent scanned its owner’s inbox, logged invoices and payments, built a Google Sheet and created a monthly auto-updating profit-and-loss statement. The books now maintain themselves from the mail.
A weekly report tells him what changed on all his machines, set up in 30 minutes
Weekly Chezmoi drift report across all his machines, including what he changed, set up in 30 minutes.
Plan and book my whole trip to China — I'll just click pay
An experienced traveller who hates planning had the AI plan his recent trip to China and book everything — flights, hotels, tickets and attractions — leaving him only the final pay button to click. Before travelling he ran the finished itinerary past a fresh session told to find errors, and it caught one: he was scheduled to be at the wrong train station.
The AI screens new science papers against my own green and red flag lists
She scans new papers as a science journalist. Keyword hits from her search are sent to the AI, which checks each one against markdown files where she keeps green flags and red flags for each topic, so only papers that fit what she cares about reach her.
My bot cleaned up my Notion and retagged 1,100+ bookmarks
His Notion had 805 random tags because too many AI agents were writing in it. He made a bot to clean it up, and about an hour later it had fixed 12 tags and retagged more than 1,100 bookmarks. Keeping the workspace tidy is now the bot's only job.
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