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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.

  • Handle family logistics, reminders and research with a personal assistant

    Meta Muse · Research · Via Agent Use Cases · Reported use case

    Done with Meta Muse. The poster uses Muse with its own VM to book kids' workshop spots, send medication reminders, draft interview questions and a house-help offer, and price-match.

  • Research hedge fund portfolios from 13F filings

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

    An open-source financial research agent with live data access works with 13F filings to analyze institutional portfolio disclosures.

  • Split and log handwritten homework scans for teachers

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

    Done with Claude Code. A Claude Code skill reads handwritten names on batched scans, matches them to a roster, splits PDFs per student, updates the completion spreadsheet and flags missing work.

  • Generate custom interactive HTML lessons for students

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

    Done with Claude Code. A teacher gives Claude Code a passage, level, vocab list and goals, and gets back a full lesson file with flip cards and comprehension questions, replacing hours of weekly worksheet work.

  • Use Claude Code as an agentic tutor in your learning environment

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

    Done with Claude Code. The author gave Claude Code a tutor role with a CLAUDE.md brief so it could explain concepts and interact with his learning environment.

  • Tutor you through pen-and-paper math with a local agent

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

    Done with Codex. An open-sourced tutor app runs Codex locally with a TUTOR.md brief to teach math with pen and paper using the user's subscription credits.

  • Run literature reviews over a folder of papers

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

    Done with Claude Code. Researchers point Claude Code at 50+ papers to extract bibliographies, find core cited works, and write relevance lists against a theme as files.

  • Research stocks and update a watchlist in the browser

    Perplexity Comet · Research · Via Agent Use Cases · Reported use case

    Done with Perplexity Comet. An investor uses Perplexity Comet to scan his watchlist, find Swiss companies hit by US tariffs, summarize Reddit and market commentary, and add stock picks to a Google Sheet.

  • Research, score and draft outreach for leads

    Make · Research · Via Agent Use Cases · Reported use case

    Done with Make. A Make-based AI agent researches leads, scores them, and drafts personalized follow-up outreach automatically.

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