ChatGPT agent
41 source-verified cases.
- Book a doctor's appointment with agent mode (blocked)Improved promptEvidence: Described by posterFailure
The poster tried to set up a doctor's appointment with agent mode and got nowhere; they say ChatGPT and Manus agents are held back by blocking and captchas.
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- Notify Germany's TV licence (GEZ) office of a house move with ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Described by poster
After a few problems, ChatGPT agent found the GEZ (public broadcasting fee) contact form, wrote a message and entered the new address; the poster only had to solve one captcha.
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- Find a restaurant-week steak deal and book a table for 2 with ChatGPT agentEvidence: Described by poster
Asked to find the best Dine LA steak dinner deal and book for 2 the next day, ChatGPT agent booked Dear John's for 8:15, though it misread the menu by treating sides as a separate course.
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- Complete a 31-step web form: ChatGPT agent vs Perplexity CometImproved promptEvidence: Described by posterPartial
On a 31-step form with buttons, dropdowns and fields, Comet failed after 3–5 steps, while ChatGPT agent completed all 31 and corrected its own mistakes by checking against the steps.
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- Pay a UK car tax reminder with ChatGPT agent (handoff for payment)Recreated promptEvidence: Described by poster
From a photo of the posted reminder and a chosen payment option, ChatGPT agent found the government website and filled out the forms; the poster took over to enter card details.
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- Prep an Instacart order from history and sales with ChatGPT agent (odd picks)Recreated promptEvidence: Described by poster
Given access to Instacart and told to prep an order from the poster's history and current sales, ChatGPT agent picked items with reasoning the poster found oddly generic ("cereal, which is on sale and a usual part of groceries").
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- Plan a points-funded family holiday and book dinner with ChatGPT agent (partial)Improved promptEvidence: Described by posterPartial
For a points-funded family holiday plan, ChatGPT agent built a decent deck but spent 15 minutes formatting slides; it couldn't book the romantic dinner.
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- Apply to a job with ChatGPT agent (small-button trouble)Improved promptEvidence: Shown on videoPartial
Testing ChatGPT agent on a real job application (to OpenAI), the poster found it much better than the earlier Operator but it struggled to click small buttons; they rated Manus as slightly ahead at times.
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- Check a hotel price with ChatGPT agent (wrong town)Improved promptEvidence: Described by posterFailure
Asked to check a hotel's price with its town clearly stated, ChatGPT agent looked up a same-named hotel in another town, and the poster notes this wouldn't have been obvious from the reply.
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- Order groceries from H-E-B with ChatGPT agent (access denied)Improved promptEvidence: Screenshots or logsFailure
The poster tried to order groceries from H-E-B in Austin with ChatGPT agent, but it failed because access was denied.
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- File Thailand Digital Arrival Cards for five travelers with ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Described by poster
ChatGPT agent filled Thailand Digital Arrival Cards for 5 people (about an hour / 16 credits); the poster verified the preview and swapped in real passport numbers before submitting.
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- Hunt last-minute holiday flights with multiple agents (failure case)Improved promptEvidence: Described by posterFailure
Claude Opus 4.5, Gemini 3 Pro and ChatGPT agent mode only matched a manual Google Flights search and were too slow as cheap fares vanished; the humans beat them by about 15%.
ChatGPT agent, Claude Opus 4.5 (Antigravity), Gemini 3 Pro · Travel · Source date:
- Plan St. Simons Island restaurants with ChatGPT agentEvidence: Article or interviewBeginner-friendly
ChatGPT Agent Mode produced a dining guide for a 4-day St. Simons Island trip organized by meal and price, and the author ate at 4 restaurants from the list and liked them all.
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- Find working coupon codes at checkout with ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Screenshots or logs
ChatGPT agent kept trying coupon codes until it found ones that worked; the poster says it saved them $79.
Poster says:$79 saved
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- Find local takeout deals under a budget with ChatGPT agentEvidence: Article or interviewBeginner-friendly
The Tom's Guide author uses ChatGPT agent to scour delivery apps and local restaurants for family takeout deals under a set budget.
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- Track and cancel unused subscriptions with ChatGPT agentEvidence: Article or interview
ChatGPT agent scans for recurring charges and reminds the author to cancel before renewal, helping cancel unused streaming services.
ChatGPT agent · Personal · Source date:
A scheduled ChatGPT agent checks every day whether a product is in stock, reports at 8am, and even flags status changes like 'out of stock' becoming 'coming soon'.
ChatGPT agent · Shopping · Source date:
- Weekly X analytics review and growth coaching with ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Screenshots or logs
Every Monday ChatGPT agent pulls the poster's X analytics, studies which posts worked, compares profile visits with follower growth, and suggests bio and pinned-post changes.
ChatGPT agent · Marketing · Source date:
- Compare top social media tools in a spreadsheet with ChatGPT agent and ClaudeRecreated promptEvidence: Screenshots or logsBeginner-friendly
Allie K. Miller asked both ChatGPT Agent Mode and Claude's Excel feature to compare top social media tools, and Claude finished in 3 minutes vs 8 with denser decision support, though some prices mixed annual vs monthly.
ChatGPT agent, Claude (Excel) · Research · Source date:
- Categorize 419 ledger transactions into an Excel template with ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Screenshots or logs
Given an Excel ledger template and 419 transactions, ChatGPT agent asked for help on ambiguous merchants, then keyed in all ~400 rows and took 4 minutes.
Poster says:Done in 4 minutes
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- Allocate a 30-employee payroll journal across departments with ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Screenshots or logs
ChatGPT agent mapped a payroll CSV into a 30-employee allocation spreadsheet across 6 departments, making 180 entries and summing employer-paid columns in under 4 minutes.
Poster says:180 entries in under 4 minutes
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- Find the best flight options on Skyscanner with ChatGPT agentEvidence: Screenshots or logs
ChatGPT agent searched Skyscanner across flexible dates and returned the flight the author would actually book in 3 of 3 tests, though airline sites and 3D Secure blocked it from completing the booking.
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- Search for cheap flights with ChatGPT agent (failure case)Improved promptEvidence: Described by posterFailure
ChatGPT agent suggested flights costing $1,400 when the poster found an $850 option on their own.
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- Find an available domain name with ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Described by posterBeginner-friendly
The poster found ChatGPT agent useful for finding an available domain name that met a set of constraints.
ChatGPT agent · Personal · Source date:
A solo creator had ChatGPT agent log into her Google Ads account and fix a conversion-tracking issue.
ChatGPT agent · Marketing · Source date:
- Book a business-lunch restaurant reservation with ChatGPT agentEvidence: Article or interview
From a terse prompt, ChatGPT agent found a restaurant, filled in the form (including a shellfish allergy), and got a confirmed reservation in 11 minutes versus about 2 manually.
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ChatGPT agent logged into Gym Meals Direct, chose meals and sizes, picked Monday delivery and applied a discount.
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- Book a restaurant reservation with ChatGPT agent (failure case)Improved promptEvidence: Described by posterFailure
ChatGPT agent took about 5 minutes just to reach the reservation page, then handed back; the poster called it a waste of time.
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- Find the cheapest one-way flight across two departure cities with ChatGPT agentEvidence: Screenshots or logsBeginner-friendly
From a vague brief, ChatGPT agent searched flights from Ljubljana or Zagreb to Bordeaux over a two-week window and found a €141.48 fare in 12 minutes.
ChatGPT agent · Travel · Source date:
- Draft and complete an eBay Germany listing from photos with ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Shown on video
From a few photos, ChatGPT agent identified an Apple Watch Series 7, noted display scratches, drafted a German title and description, then finished the eBay DE listing draft after login in about 15 minutes.
ChatGPT agent · Shopping · Source date:
- Weekly meal plan, priced grocery list and spreadsheet with ChatGPT agentEvidence: Article or interviewBeginner-friendly
ChatGPT agent created five healthy dinner recipes and a grocery list sorted by store section, checked local prices via Instacart data, and exported everything to Google Sheets.
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- Plan a house-inspection Saturday with ChatGPT agent (blocked)Improved promptEvidence: Described by posterFailure
ChatGPT agent was asked to search a real-estate site for 4-bedroom Melbourne homes, save listings and route Saturday inspections, but the site and agent blocked each other.
ChatGPT agent · Personal · Source date:
ChatGPT agent filled an accelerator application using the poster's context and chat memory; the poster rated it 8/10, and also had it research vendors into a spreadsheet (7/10).
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- Plan a Budapest weekend and start an Airbnb booking with ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Described by poster
ChatGPT agent researched accommodation, activities and vegan restaurants for a Budapest weekend and got into an Airbnb reservation flow, then handed over to the user for login and payment.
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- Request a furniture quote with ChatGPT agentEvidence: Screenshots or logs
In 11 minutes ChatGPT agent ran 13 searches, skipped JavaScript-heavy sites it couldn't read, and shortlisted wicker daybeds from server-rendered retailers so it could request a quote in Sydney.
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- Fill an online grocery cart from a handwritten list with ChatGPT agentImproved promptEvidence: Article or interviewPartial
ChatGPT agent transcribed 15 of 16 items from a photographed shopping list (missing onions), found the nearest Harris Teeter and added them to the cart; a safety monitor first blocked the Kroger login, but after the user said they'd log in themselves and entered the password, it ordered the groceries.
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- Three-way match purchase orders against delivery and invoice docs with ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Screenshots or logs
In about 4 minutes ChatGPT agent checked that all 5 POs had matching delivery and invoice documents with no variances, combined the PDFs, and wrote a short report.
Poster says:Done in around 4 minutes
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ChatGPT agent booked what the poster called the perfect Airbnb on the first try.
ChatGPT agent · Travel · Source date:
- Build an Nvidia DCF valuation spreadsheet with ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Screenshots or logsBeginner-friendly
ChatGPT agent ran for 37 minutes, walked through DCF assumptions and returned a downloadable Excel file with formulas and numbers.
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- Find a family vacation rental in Costa Rica with ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Described by poster
ChatGPT agent found a Costa Rica place with a pool at a decent rate for 2 adults and 3 kids; the poster was tempted to book without checking further.
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- Build an early-retirement (FIRE) plan with ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Shown on videoBeginner-friendly
With early access, the poster had ChatGPT agent spend 20 minutes researching Vancouver tax law, modeling savings and FIRE scenarios, and producing a downloadable presentation.
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