Field guide
Practical work for AI agents
Pragma collects jobs you can hand to a real agent this week: ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Gemini, Cursor, Manus, Hermes Agent, and others. Each entry is a short how-to.
48 use cases · 9 categories
No invented features.
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Pick a job you already do.
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Follow the steps with a real example from your work.
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Send nothing to a customer until you have read the draft.
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- CodingBuild a one-page site in CursorOpen an empty folder in Cursor, put the brief in a file, and let the agent draft a static page you can open locally. Read it before you publish.
- Art and designWrite a moodboard brief, then build it in CanvaUse ChatGPT to turn references you have the right to use into a one-page visual brief, then build the board in Canva.
- Business and salesWrite a three-note follow-up after a quoteTurn a quote you already sent into three short notes you send yourself, a few days apart. Nothing goes out on its own.
- ProductivityGet a spreadsheet formula from a sentenceDescribe a column in plain language, ask Gemini or ChatGPT for one Google Sheets formula, and test it on three rows before you fill the column.
- Content and videoScript a 30-second product clipTurn one product fact into a spoken script, record it, then use CapCut auto captions and proofread every name.
- EducationDraft a lesson with two levels of practiceAsk Claude for a short lesson on a topic you teach, with an easier and a harder practice set. Correct the facts before class.
- Marketing and socialPlan seven posts from one offerGive Claude one offer and the facts you are allowed to claim. You get a week of posts you edit and publish yourself.
- WhatsApp and serviceDraft an away reply for WhatsApp BusinessWrite a short away message and two quick replies for questions that arrive after you close, then paste them into WhatsApp Business yourself.
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- CodingMediumBuild a one-page site in CursorOpen an empty folder in Cursor, put the brief in a file, and let the agent draft a static page you can open locally. Read it before you publish.Cursor
- Art and designMediumWrite a moodboard brief, then build it in CanvaUse ChatGPT to turn references you have the right to use into a one-page visual brief, then build the board in Canva.ChatGPT
- Business and salesEasyWrite a three-note follow-up after a quoteTurn a quote you already sent into three short notes you send yourself, a few days apart. Nothing goes out on its own.ChatGPT
- ProductivityEasyGet a spreadsheet formula from a sentenceDescribe a column in plain language, ask Gemini or ChatGPT for one Google Sheets formula, and test it on three rows before you fill the column.Gemini · ChatGPT
- Content and videoEasyScript a 30-second product clipTurn one product fact into a spoken script, record it, then use CapCut auto captions and proofread every name.ChatGPT
- EducationEasyDraft a lesson with two levels of practiceAsk Claude for a short lesson on a topic you teach, with an easier and a harder practice set. Correct the facts before class.Claude
- Marketing and socialEasyPlan seven posts from one offerGive Claude one offer and the facts you are allowed to claim. You get a week of posts you edit and publish yourself.Claude
- WhatsApp and serviceEasyDraft an away reply for WhatsApp BusinessWrite a short away message and two quick replies for questions that arrive after you close, then paste them into WhatsApp Business yourself.ChatGPT
- Marketing and socialEasySee what people on X are saying this weekAsk Grok to surface recent public posts on X about a narrow topic, then open the posts yourself before you treat them as a trend.Grok
- Business and salesMediumScore a lead from the message they sentPaste an inquiry and your real criteria. Claude returns a fit note you can drop into your CRM after you correct it.Claude
- Business and salesMediumAsk Manus for a checked research sheetManus is an agent that works on its own computer and returns files. Give it public pages to compare and a column list. Open the file it returns and check every row before the sheet leaves your desk.Manus
- WhatsApp and serviceEasyTurn a policy into WhatsApp quick repliesPaste the return and shipping rules you already wrote and get short answers you can save as WhatsApp Business quick replies.ChatGPT
- WhatsApp and serviceEasyDraft a calm reply to an angry customerPaste the complaint with personal details removed. Claude drafts a short reply that does not admit a fact you have not checked. You send it.Claude
- Business and salesMediumTurn call notes into a one-page proposalAfter a sales call, paste your notes and get one page with scope, a price placeholder, and assumptions you must fill.Claude
- ProductivityEasyPull actions out of meeting notesTurn a transcript or your notes into a table of actions, owners, and dates that were actually said. Fireflies can supply the transcript if the meeting was recorded there.Claude
- Content and videoMediumTurn a transcript into show notesExport a transcript you have the right to use. If you edit in Descript, copy the text from there. Claude drafts a title, a summary, and timestamps you spot-check.Claude
- Marketing and socialMediumPull ad angles from reviews you may quotePaste reviews you have the right to use. Claude groups them and copies quotes exactly. You still write the ad and follow the platform rules.Claude
- CodingEasyAsk Cursor to explain a real errorWhen a project you opened in Cursor fails, paste the error and the file you were editing. Read the diff before you keep it.Cursor
- Business and salesEasyWrite a polite payment reminderDraft a reminder for an invoice you already issued. You check the amount against your books and you send it.ChatGPT
- Content and videoEasyMake a blog draft from a voice transcriptTalk for ten minutes, export the text from Otter or another recorder, and ask Claude for a structured draft that flags any fact you did not say.Claude
- Marketing and socialEasyTurn a finished job into a LinkedIn postDescribe a project you actually did and get a short post that does not invent metrics. You post it from your own account.ChatGPT
- GamingEasyTurn patch notes into a checklistPaste the publisher's public patch notes for a game you play. Ask for a checklist of changes that touch the mode you play. This is reading notes, not a cheat, an exploit, or a way around anti-cheat.ChatGPT · Grok
- WhatsApp and serviceEasyMake order-status replies with blanksCreate three WhatsApp replies for received, shipped, and delayed, with blanks you fill from the system that actually has the order.ChatGPT
- EducationEasyWrite a quiz from notes you teachPaste notes you wrote or a text you have a right to teach from. ChatGPT drafts questions and an answer key. You check every answer against the notes before a student sees it.ChatGPT
- Business and salesMediumCompare public offers you can actually openUse Perplexity to gather public pages with sources, open those sources, then ask Claude to compare only the sentences you verified.Perplexity · Claude
- CodingMediumVibe-code a small internal calculatorDescribe a calculator your team needs, with two worked examples, and let Lovable draft a single page. Do not connect it to customer data on day one.Lovable
- Art and designMediumPrompt a product image from your own itemLook at the object. ChatGPT turns what you see into a Midjourney prompt. You generate, then throw away any image that changes the product. Read the current Midjourney plan before you use a picture in an ad.ChatGPT · Midjourney
- WhatsApp and serviceAdvancedSketch a Manychat flow that hands off to a humanPlan a flow that answers two common questions and sends everything else to you. Connect a channel only after that channel is approved on your account.Manychat · ChatGPT
- ProductivityEasyTurn a task dump into a week planPaste the messy list sitting in your notes. ChatGPT groups it into five workdays with a short list for each day. You move the real appointments on your own calendar.ChatGPT
- Marketing and socialEasyDraft a newsletter from bullets you collectedPaste the links and one-line notes you gathered during the week. Claude returns a letter. You check each link and send it from the email tool you already use.Claude
- GamingEasyPrep a tabletop session from your notesPaste the bullets you already wrote for the next session. Claude turns them into an opening, two scenes, and a question to end on. You do not paste a copyrighted adventure book.Claude
- Business and salesEasyClean messy CRM notes into one shapePaste a week's scrappy notes and get them rewritten in a fixed shape you paste back yourself.ChatGPT
- EducationEasyAsk for a hint, not the finished answerPaste the exercise and tell Claude to stop before the final answer. You get a hint, a question back, and one next step. You still do the work.Claude
- ProductivityEasySort a crowded inbox with GeminiAsk Gemini to group recent mail into reply, wait, and ignore. If your account has no Gmail connection, paste the subject lines yourself. You still open Gmail and answer.Gemini
- Content and videoEasyCut one article into five postsPaste an article you wrote and get five posts that do not add new claims. Each post names the section it came from.ChatGPT
- Art and designEasyDraft a carousel, then place it in CanvaChatGPT writes the words for a short carousel from a point you actually want to make. You place those words on slides in Canva and post them yourself.ChatGPT
- Marketing and socialEasyBuild a bank of comment repliesList the comments you see every week and prepare replies that sound like you, including one that refuses a fight. You still paste and edit before you post.ChatGPT
- Content and videoMediumClean auto-captions before you publishExport the caption text from CapCut or YouTube, give Claude a name list, and put the corrections back. Then watch the video once.Claude
- CodingEasyDraft a README from the repo you openedPoint Cursor at a repository and ask for a README a new teammate can follow. You run every command before it stays in the file.Cursor
- Content and videoEasyGenerate a voiceover from a script you wroteWrite the words, generate a read in ElevenLabs with a stock voice, and check the current license for your plan before the audio goes into an ad or a client project.ElevenLabs
- ProductivityMediumBrief yourself from a pile of sourcesPut the documents you are allowed to use into one NotebookLM notebook. Ask for a briefing that cites those sources. Read the citations before you repeat a claim.NotebookLM
- CodingMediumPrototype a landing page in BoltUse Bolt to draft a page from a tight brief, then delete anything that mentions a feature, a testimonial, or a payment you do not have.Bolt
- EducationEasyPractice a conversation out loudTell ChatGPT the situation and your level. It plays the other person for six turns, then corrects one thing you said. You speak the lines, not only read them.ChatGPT
- Art and designMediumDraft a deck in Gamma from an outlineClaude turns your notes into a short outline. Gamma generates slides from that outline. You fix every number before the deck goes to a client.Claude
- Content and videoMediumTry a product b-roll clip from your own photoStart from a still you took and ask Runway's image-to-video tool for a small camera move. Keep the clip only if the product still looks like your product.Runway
- GamingMediumExplain one rule from a PDF you ownUpload a rules PDF you bought or that the publisher shares for free, if your Claude plan allows a file upload. Ask it to explain one rule in plain language and to name the page. You check that page.Claude
- ProductivityAdvancedRun Hermes Agent as a Telegram assistantHermes Agent is the open-source agent from Nous Research. Install it from the official docs, connect a model you pay for, and use the documented gateway so you can message it from Telegram. You still approve what it does on your machine.Hermes Agent
- WhatsApp and serviceAdvancedDraft a reply from a form, then read it yourselfA Make scenario takes a new form response, asks an AI module for a draft, and emails that draft to you. It does not write to the customer. You reply after you read it.Make
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