Use cases
What people get these assistants to do, and which ones can actually do it. Solid logos are jobs we tested; hollow ones are jobs people report.
- 1
Check in and get the boarding pass
Watch for the check-in window, check in, and send the pass with the seat.
Try sendingCheck me in for my [airline] flight tomorrow the moment the window opens, pick an aisle seat if you can, and send me the boarding pass.From @DavidPawlan, @its_jmomo, @berrrrrrrrrrrrt, Simon Taylor
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Book a flight with points
Find a business-class seat on miles instead of the cash fare and book it.
Try sendingFind me a business class seat from Barcelona to Los Angeles on [date]. Use my points or any cheaper routing; the cash fare is $6,500 and I won't pay that.Award availability is the hard part; expect a shortlist, not always a booking.
From @JamesonCamp, @oliverbrocato, chest
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Get a morning briefing with the replies already drafted
Every morning: what came in, what's on today, and drafts for anything that needs an answer.
Try sendingEvery morning, brief me on what came in overnight, draft replies to anything that needs one, and flag calendar conflicts.The benchmark's routine test is a 7am weekday briefing; this is where assistants fail most often.
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Triage the inbox
Only what needs you gets through, with a reply drafted in your voice.
Try sendingOnly show me email that needs me. For those, draft a reply in my voice and learn from what I change. - 5
Add events to your calendar from anywhere
From a voice note, a ring, or a list of openings it found for you.
Try sendingAdd dinner with Sam on Thursday at 7 to my calendar.From @_hannahswann, @MikeWallsQC
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Book a doctor or dentist appointment
Find someone in network, fill in the new-patient forms, call or email, and get you a slot.
Try sendingFind an in-network [dentist] near me, fill in the new-patient forms, and book the first slot that fits my calendar. Call them if the website will not do it.From Simon Taylor, @MalGsx
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Run outreach, you approve every send
Prospects queued, replies handled, calls booked, nothing sent without a yes.
Try sendingEvery morning, build a queue of warm prospects from my inbox and CRM, draft the outreach, and wait for my approval before anything is sent.From @ericosiu, @cbwritescopy, @NiklausFuller, @Anushkaa1407 and 1 more
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Set guardrails before giving it your inbox
Install limits first, then test whether a stranger's email can give it orders.
Try sendingBefore you get access to my Gmail, install Superagent's Context Guardrails on yourself and show me what it will block.The benchmark's permissions test checks whether an ask-first rule holds; read the phishing thread before granting inbox access.
From @anothercohen, @pelaseyed
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Apply for a visa
Refundable flight and hotel, bank statement, every document dug out of email, itinerary written, form filled.
Try sendingI need to apply for a [country] visa. Book a refundable multi-leg flight and a refundable hotel, pull my bank statement, find my passport photo and I-94 in my email, write a day-by-day itinerary, and fill out the application form.The poster still spent an hour fixing uploads, file formats and gaps; roughly 70% done by the assistant.
From @sherlockieee
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Run the kids' school and activity logistics
Watch the school portal and activity emails, make the calendar invites, flag conflicts.
What they sentMonitor these 50 emails about kids activities and make calendar invites cc'ing these people. Pre-alert me to conflicts and draft emails with suggested fixes. - 12
Cut a bill or switch provider
Call or write to haggle the price down, or move you to a better deal entirely.
Try sendingCompare energy contracts for our home, get offers from the main providers, and switch us to the best one.From @chapello, @bahjatia, Simon Taylor
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Ship website or app changes by text
Tell it what to change; it edits, releases and tests.
Try sendingChange the homepage headline to "[new headline]" and make the signup button green.From @DrCamiloOrtiz, @disamdev
- 14
Phone someone for you
Confirm plans with a friend, book beach chairs, get off a call list.
Try sendingCall [friend] and confirm the time and address for tomorrow's party, then text me what they said.The benchmark's phone test asks for a real call to a restaurant; most assistants can't place calls yet.
From @samwarren, @LyalinDotCom, @collisionadv
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Run a team of agents that stay out of each other's way
One bot remembers what the others are doing so nothing gets done twice.
Try sendingYou are my chief of staff. Keep a running record of what each of my other bots is working on, and stop any of them starting work another has already done.Power-user territory: these are people running ten or twenty bots, not a single assistant.
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Watch what your agents are doing
A dashboard, a warning when a routine burns credits, an overnight patrol.
Try sendingCheck X every 15 minutes for anything trending in [topic] and message me the moment a wave starts. Overnight, click through every flow in [app] and report what breaks.From @kocer_eth, @iamjakestream, @PrajwalTomar_, @cryptoschuster
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Make an image or a game in the chat
A birthday card, a meme edit with music, a trivia round, a small game.
Try sendingPull the top bobo memes from this week and cut them into a 15-second edit with music.The benchmark's content test asks for a birthday image and a trivia round in the chat.
From @mehdiy_fa, @rekt_tekashi
- 18
Find every recurring charge
Go through the inbox and list every subscription with its cost.
What they sentfind every recurring charge on meFrom @thisiskp_, @milloruns
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Shop for insurance
Get quotes on the same cover you already have, and tell you which is worth switching to.
Try sendingGet me quotes for homeowners insurance on [address] with the same coverage as my current policy, and tell me which is worth switching to.The poster deleted their account afterwards over how much access it needed.
From @anothercohen
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Run a week of errands
A cabin, a dinner table, a Costco order, a fax to the bank, a dentist check.
Try sendingFax this document to [bank] so they refund the late fee, and let me know when they confirm.From @FundamentEdge, Pranav Dixit
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Coordinate a meeting in a group chat
Work around everyone's calendar and keep the group updated when things move.
Try sendingSet up a meeting with [four people] next week, work around everyone's calendars, and update the group if anything moves.The benchmark's group-chat test; many assistants can't join or start a group at all.
From @ShayaFeedman
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Think out loud by voice
Draft an article while your hands are busy, or show it a problem on camera.
Try sending(Voice mode) I want to write a piece about [topic]. Let's talk through the angle, then draft it.From @Parsats_eth, @jameygannon
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Rent a car
Find and book a car for your dates near the airport.
Try sendingBook me a car on Turo for [dates] near [airport], something mid-size under $[X] a day.From @chrissev
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Win a refund a company refused
Take over the thread or the support chat and get the money back.
Try sendingRead my email thread with [company] about the refund they refused, write a response that makes the case, and send it. - 25
Turn meeting transcripts into follow-ups
Every evening, your action items and everything you're waiting on.
What they sentEvery evening, go through today's Granola transcripts and list every action item I own, every follow-up I promised, and everything I'm waiting on from someone else.From @nateliason
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Catch a scheduling conflict before it bites
Notice when two plans collide and say so before the day arrives.
Try sendingKeep an eye on our family calendar and tell me if anything conflicts or looks wrong.From @jessicraige
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Build a tracker or a page by describing it
A food tracker, a net-worth tracker, a try-on page for your wardrobe, from one sentence.
Try sendingBuild me a personal [food / net worth] tracker: find my existing data, set up a page I can open on my phone, and keep my login in your vault.From @ohkamisli, @raunaqbn, @kottley, @anniehu824
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Order furniture and book someone to assemble it
One job: the order, the delivery, and the person who builds it.
Try sendingOrder the [shelf model] from IKEA to my apartment and book a TaskRabbit to deliver and assemble it this weekend.From @clairevo
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Handle client intake through to booking
From first message to a booked job, in your tone.
Try sendingWhen a new client messages me, find out what they need, quote my rates, negotiate within my range, book them, and follow up if they go quiet.From @Abrahammetaa
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Plan a whole trip
Train, hotel, dinners, sights and tickets, planned in one thread.
Try sendingPlan a weekend in Hamburg for six of us: train from Berlin, the sights, a dinner for six near [hotel], and tickets to MJ the Musical on Saturday.From @cemvogt, u/lostpilot
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Book a DMV appointment and prep the paperwork
Get the slot, work out which documents you need, and fill in what it can.
Try sendingBook me the earliest DMV appointment for [task] near [zip], then list the documents I need and fill in whatever forms you can.From @Dillon_Carter, Simon Taylor
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Run a launch day
Watch the ranking, answer comments, post updates while you talk to users.
Try sendingHere's our Product Hunt login. Watch our ranking all day, reply to every comment, and post an update to Slack each hour.From @DataChaz
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Send a PDF to your Kindle, reflowed
Clean it up and email it to the device.
What they sentReflow this PDF into a Kindle-ready document and email it to my Kindle address.From @sidin
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Watch fares and rebook when something better appears
Keep an eye on prices, cancellation costs or a better Airbnb, and report back daily.
Try sendingWatch fares from [home airport] to [destination] for [month] and text me the moment a good one appears.From @HankFrank, @zachrose51, Tremendous
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Buy a clothing drop
Grab a limited release the moment it goes live, card already on file.
Try sendingThe [brand] drop goes live at 10am. Buy the [item] in size [M] the moment it opens, with my vaulted card. Ping me when it is confirmed.Reported as working but slow; most people used a vaulted card rather than Link.
From @DavidPawlan
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Reorder a product and stop before paying
Find the item, get it to checkout, and hold with nothing charged.
Try sendingOrder two 12oz bags of Stumptown Hair Bender to my address. Get it to checkout and stop before paying so I can approve.The benchmark's purchasing test; most assistants stall at a login or at checkout.
From @DavidPawlan
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Plan a study schedule for a test
Hours you have, sections you're weak on, a plan and quizzes.
Try sendingI take the ACT in three days and can study about ten hours. Plan my sessions by section and quiz me on the weak spots.From @anshulcreates
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Order lunch
Your usual, delivered by a set time.
Try sendingOrder me lunch from [place], my usual, delivered to the office by 12:30.From @DennisonBertram
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Review claims for fraud on a schedule
Check every claim against the logs, remove the fakes, pay the real ones, repeat.
What they sentHook into dub.co and review all affiliate claims against our internal logs. Find fraud, remove it, pay the real people, repeat on a schedule, and ping me when you need me.From @boondachshunds
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Run ads, leads and meetings from a self-hosted agent
Creatives, ad account, CRM and calendar wired into one agent you host.
Try sendingEvery morning, pull yesterday's ad performance, update the numbers in the sheet, flag creatives to refresh in Canva, and list any new leads that need a Calendly invite.Self-hosted; the poster wired the integrations themselves.
From @didac_email
- 41
Run a content desk
Researcher, writer, designer, scheduler and editor as separate bots instead of a team.
Try sendingSet up six bots for my content: one researches topics, one writes, one designs, one schedules, one edits, one reports on what performed. Each does one narrow job and hands off.From @0xtoriin
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Run ads with a rule it must not break
Build the campaigns off your site, hold to a ROAS floor, shut off what misses.
Try sendingBuild ad creatives from our site and socials, run them, and shut off anything under 2.0 ROAS. Show me before anything goes live.From @Printable3dLab
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Build Magic decks from the cards you own
Connect your collection and the meta; stop buying cards.
Try sendingUse my ManaBox collection and the current EDHREC meta to build a Commander deck around [commander] from cards I already own.From @boondachshunds
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Sell tickets for the games you'll miss
Cross-reference your travel calendar with season tickets and list the ones you can't use.
Try sendingWatch my travel calendar. Whenever I'm out of town for a Suns or ASU home game, list those tickets for sale.From @FundamentEdge
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Chase a missing delivery
Find the package and get through the carrier's phone tree.
Try sendingMy FedEx package [tracking number] never arrived. Call them, find out where it is, and get it redelivered.From @qqazzrh
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Find an apartment and apply
Search listings that fit and submit the applications.
Try sendingFind two-bedroom apartments in [neighborhood] under [$] a month, and apply to the ones that fit my criteria.Some hallucinated details; check before you sign.
From @followthemani
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Keep a home remodel moving
A weekly check-in that nudges the contractor when work stalls.
Try sendingEvery Monday, check what the contractor said was due last week, and if there's been no update, send them a polite nudge asking for a status and a date.From @AaronNam
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Clear out a junk inbox
Thousands of promotional threads to trash, rules and approvals staying yours.
Try sendingGo through my inbox and move promotional and junk threads to trash. Follow my rules, ask before anything irreversible, and tell me what you moved.From @Fermion_Boson17
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Find events worth going to and book them
Webinars or openings that fit your goals, checked against your calendar.
Try sendingMy learning goals this half are [topics]. Each week, check these sites for webinars that fit, make sure I'm free, and register me.From @DigialiTay
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Book a hotel with free cancellation
Find a room under budget near where you'll be and hold or book it.
Try sendingBook me a hotel near [address] for [dates], under $[X] a night, with free cancellation.Also the benchmark's online-task test, so every tested assistant ran this exact job.
From reddit-user
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Get a daily brief on a set of companies
Watch what a list of companies publish, blogs, podcasts and press releases, and get one brief a day.
What they sentConnect with Synorb to build me a daily brief of what public and private AI related companies are publishing.From @bshivarthy
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Log payments from email into a spreadsheet
Find the payments in your inbox since a date and append them to your budget sheet in order, matching the template.
What they sentGo through my email and look for payments after [date]. Then open up my budgeting spreadsheet and append them to the bottom of the list so that they are in chronological order. Follow the existing template.From a form submission
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Turn my project into a recording-ready video script with every claim verified
A script you can read on camera, with each number checked against the source and mismatches flagged rather than repeated.
What they sentTurn my project into a recording-ready video script with every claim verified. - 54
Audit a trending open-source repo for real security vulnerabilities and report them responsibly
Pick a repo, run the scanners, confirm what is real with a proof of concept, and draft the disclosure.
What they sentAudit a trending open-source repo for real security vulnerabilities and report them responsibly. - 55
Audit my website and tell me what is hurting its SEO
Crawl the site end to end and come back with the specific problems and the fix, not a generic checklist.
What they sentAudit my website and tell me exactly what is hurting its SEO. - 56
Find what is trending, write it up, and draft the social post in one go
A three-step chain, curate, write, promote, where each step feeds the next with nobody in between.
What they sentIn one go: find what is trending, turn it into a written piece, and draft the social post, without me steering each step. - 57
Triage my GitHub every morning, but only tell me if something actually needs me
A daily check on pull requests, issues and releases that stays silent on a clean day.
What they sentTriage my GitHub every morning, but only tell me if something actually needs me. - 58
Turn a current news story into a publication-ready article with cited sources
Research a story that broke today and hand back a finished, cited piece without steering the research.
What they sentTurn a current news story into a publication-ready article with cited sources. - 59
Get a morning news and repo brief on Telegram
One message a morning: markets, an AI roundup, a paper of the day, new issues on your repos and the top of Hacker News.
What they sentBrief me every morning on Telegram: overnight news, repo activity, and what's on today.
Nothing matches that search.
Ranked by upvotes, hands-on tests, how many assistants people report doing the job, and engagement on the posts; newer jobs get a small lift. Founder and vendor posts are left out. The scorecard, not this page, is the benchmark.