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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.

  • Track personal investments with a Claude-built portfolio tracker

    Claude · Everyday life · Via Agent Use Cases · Reported use case

    Done with Claude. The poster built a personal portfolio tracker with Claude that tracks SIPs and lump sums using money-weighted returns, and helps with research.

  • Give Claude access to your WhatsApp messages via MCP

    Claude · Everyday life · Via Agent Use Cases · Reported use case

    Done with Claude. A single-user MCP server on Cloudflare lets Claude on mobile read and search the author's personal WhatsApp messages, using Google contacts to resolve names.

  • Have Claude find a torrent and add it to qBittorrent

    Claude · Everyday life · Via Agent Use Cases · Reported use case

    Done with Claude. The poster has Claude search for a torrent and add it to qBittorrent as part of a smart home setup.

  • 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.

  • Redline lawyer documents with native Word tracked changes

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

    Done with Claude. A lawyer used Claude for Word on a 30-page document; it rewrote two sections and replied to comments as tracked changes, and he judged it better than Microsoft's offering.

  • Run AI-led technical interviews for recruiting

    Claude · Everyday life · Via Agent Use Cases · Reported use case

    Done with Claude. micro1 uses Claude to conduct technical interviews with candidates, reportedly over 3,000 per day; figures are self-reported in a vendor case study.

  • Enrich and store contacts in a personal CRM

    Claude · Everyday life · Via Agent Use Cases · Reported use case

    Done with Claude. Claude, connected to Supabase via MCP, takes a name and LinkedIn URL, enriches the profile through Harmonic, and writes the record to a personal CRM database.

  • File an income tax return through the tax portal

    Claude · Everyday life · Via Agent Use Cases · Reported use case

    Done with Claude. Claude Desktop agent filed the user's ITR-1: cross-checked salary against AIS, handled an employer switch, fixed validation errors, and submitted.

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