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Use cases

Things people report doing with agents. Curated feed excerpts link to their sources. Outcomes are not independently verified; categories are Oriel navigation labels.

  • Order ice cream delivery and build schedule spreadsheets

    Operator · Development · Via Agent Use Cases · Reported use case

    Done with Operator. Reporters tested Operator: it got ice cream delivered but needed guidance, payment info and purchase approval, and often got spreadsheet details wrong.

  • Build code with agents while keeping a working understanding

    Unspecified · Development · Via Agent Use Cases · Reported use case

    A developer describes a workflow where the agent interviews them on ambiguities, makes the minor decisions, generates explainers and quizzes, and runs verifiers in the coding loop.

  • Query session records and build talk slides with Claude Code

    Claude Code · Development · Via Agent Use Cases · Reported use case

    Done with Claude Code. A CS instructor used Claude Code to query his recorded session database for commit stats and timelines and to build slides for a faculty talk.

  • Build Home Assistant automations with Claude

    Claude · Development · Via Agent Use Cases · Reported use case

    Done with Claude. A time-strapped parent had Claude build Home Assistant automations, including a helper that infers whether the stove is on from power usage.

  • Run agent builds and tests on remote Windows VMs

    Codex · Development · Via Agent Use Cases · Reported use case

    Done with Codex. A developer gives coding agents ssh access to WSL instances on remote Windows VMs to run builds and tests instead of on their Mac laptop.

  • Build and maintain a local ops dashboard with agents

    OpenClaw · Development · Via Agent Use Cases · Reported use case

    Done with OpenClaw. A solo business owner had OpenClaw agents build and iterate on a local mission-control dashboard with Kanban, approvals, cron and social scheduling, replacing Asana; open-ended overnight runs burned tokens.

  • Deploy agent-built static pages to your own Cloudflare domain

    Unspecified · Development · Via Agent Use Cases · Reported use case

    The author built getonup so an agent can set up Cloudflare Workers and Zero Trust on their domain, letting a team publish static HTML pages with a dated index.

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