Catch a failed payment in my inbox that I never asked you to watch

Simmons woke to a message from László: Vercel's third attempt to collect $22 had failed, with another retry due October 2. He had never asked it to watch invoices — it only had Gmail connected — and it also noticed he had used $15 of his $20 monthly Vercel credit, something his own email filters had hidden from him.

$22

How it works

Read connected Gmail in the background
Spot Vercel's third failed $22 collection attempt
Note the October 2 retry date
Notice $15 of his $20 monthly credit already used
Message him before he asked

Why it’s worth knowing

Nobody asked it to watch billing — it connected a failed charge and a credit balance on its own.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on aiformortals.co. See the original ↗

Upgraded prompt

A ready-to-use prompt for this idea, built from research on what makes AI agents do the job right: who the AI should be, the exact steps, and a check to make sure it was done the way you wanted.

1Who the AI should be

2The prompt, with the steps

3The check when it’s done

Upgraded prompts are coming soon.

Try next

MoneyIt negotiated my AT&T internet bill down $25 a month, a permanent cut worth $300 a year$300 a year MoneyFight every company that shorts me — refunds, appeals, warranties$12,000 MoneySwitch my car insurance: Liberty Mutual $5,183/yr to Progressive ~$1,488/yr$3,500 a year MoneyThe AI searched my Gmail, found my subscriptions and cancelled ClassPass¥118,800 a year

Every idea is a real post from someone who tried it, summarized in our words, with a link to the original. App names are swapped for plain words.