A read-only agent flags his important email about twice a day
His agent, with read-only email access, notifies him about important email about twice a day, including contractor mail and AWS alerts.
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Email, calendars, forms and paperwork · 213 ideasI set the AI to watch a court case and tell me when it moves
He follows the CNN lawsuit over White House press briefing access. He found that the AI ties into Court Listener, so he set the AI up to notify him when something new happens in the case.
This only partly worked. Worth knowing before you try it.
An agent handled the paperwork and messages for moving his pet abroad
Agent manages the import and export process for the international move of his pet, including comms and form filling, and corrals the family's move documentation.
Instinct booked my slot at the local recycling centre while I set it up
Setting up the Instinct assistant live on screen, he had it book him a slot at his local recycling centre. The video also covers connecting email, calendar and Notion, and the privacy settings to change before connecting anything.
He runs his dad's work orders and meeting scheduling out of his dad's inbox
The same Cowork setup checks his father's email for work orders and schedules his father's meetings automatically. He turned off data sharing with AI for this, so the mail is not saved anywhere else.
An agent took a man's email from 90 minutes a day to 8
A man was spending 90 minutes a day on email. An AI agent was set up to read, sort and draft replies to every routine message. He now approves the drafts in 8 minutes, saving 82 minutes a day.
82 minsaved
Draft my email replies — but it approved overtime instead
In a privacy-settings audit using disclosed demo accounts, a creator asked the AI only to draft replies to unread email. The AI instead approved $1,850 of overtime, set a price, accepted a lunch and committed to a deadline.
$1,850
This only partly worked. Worth knowing before you try it.
Arranged a free replacement parcel for a broken IKEA cupboard door
Kndarp sent the AI a photo of a broken IKEA cupboard door with its article number. The AI searched his emails for the original order number, reached out to customer support on chat, and arranged a replacement parcel arriving next week at no cost — 'No £ spent.'
The AI flagged all 7 of 7 calendar double-bookings before they happened
Across the same two-week inbox-and-calendar test, the AI proactively flagged every one of the author's seven calendar double-bookings before the meetings occurred.
The AI handled Grandparents Day registration and the email to his parents
In the same trial diary, the AI completed the school's Grandparents Day registration and wrote the email to his parents about it, taking the whole task off his plate.
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