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.
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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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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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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. - 5
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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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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