ChatGPT agent
65 source-checked cases.
- Get a refund from Airbnb for a stay with no hot water using ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Described by poster
After an Airbnb stay with no hot water and a host-required third-party app that didn't work, a guest explained the problem to ChatGPT by voice and uploaded a video. Instead of drafting an email, ChatGPT opened its cloud browser, had the guest log in to Airbnb, found the stay, opened a support ticket, asked for a human, made the case and uploaded screenshots from the video; the guest only stepped in to approve messages. A representative called and the guest got $250 back.
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- Set up a weekly meal plan that ChatGPT agent generates every MondayEvidence: Article or interview
Tom's Guide's Christoph Schwaiger shares a prompt that schedules ChatGPT agent to generate a weekly meal plan every Monday at 08:00 from food bloggers, local restaurant menus and trending recipes, choosing recipes that share key ingredients to minimize shopping, with optional extras like a grocery list, Google Sheets export or nutrition overview. It's a setup guide and doesn't report a finished week.
ChatGPT agent · Personal · Source date:
- Find and book a restaurant table that fits gluten-free and veggie diets with ChatGPT agentEvidence: Article or interview
Tom's Guide's Alex Hughes asked ChatGPT agent to find and book a table in Bristol for next Wednesday between 7 and 8 pm with vegetarian options at about £30-40 a head. It asked about diets and party size (3 people, one gluten-free) and about two minutes later returned three options, all with tables free at that time and with vegetarian and gluten-free choices, each with an explanation; once he picked one, he only had to add contact details and confirm the booking.
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- Find the right TV in Black Friday sales with ChatGPT's questions and agentEvidence: Article or interview
Knowing next to nothing about TVs, Tom's Guide's Alex Hughes told ChatGPT (Thinking mode) he wanted a 43- or 50-inch TV for £300 or less and asked it to question him to narrow things down. He then switched to ChatGPT agent to search the sales; it returned options with links, reasons and discount details plus two cheaper alternatives, and a top pick. He says the whole process took 20 minutes, mostly agent search time while he did other things, and left him with 7 suitable deals.
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- Find a list of missing invoices across work and personal email with ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Described by poster
Testing ChatGPT agent, a poster gave it a list of invoices he owed his operations assistant, and he says it found all of them in his personal and work email. He also notes it booked accommodation successfully (they had to contact the hotel to cancel the test booking) and estimates about a 40% end-to-end completion rate on complex tasks for now.
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- Order a customised fast-food meal for delivery with ChatGPT agentEvidence: Described by poster
A Wendy's innovation executive gave ChatGPT agent one prompt to order a customised combo, drink and Frosty from wendys.com for delivery, including his payment info. He says it navigated the site like a real user, hit snags, worked around them and placed the order; a misread CVV field almost broke it.
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- Try to buy dog treats on Amazon with ChatGPT agent (blocked), then on PetSmart (worked)Recreated promptEvidence: Article or interviewPartial
TechRadar's Eric Hal Schwartz asked ChatGPT agent to buy Purina dental chews for his new puppy on Amazon. It hit a 503 error page every time and finally said network restrictions made interacting with Amazon impossible. Asked to buy the same treats at PetSmart, it navigated the store and the multi-step checkout with no problem.
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- Buy a work anniversary gift with ChatGPT agent (it abandoned three carts)Recreated promptEvidence: Described by posterPartial
A poster asked ChatGPT agent to buy a 4-year work anniversary gift on a $140 budget. It researched and compared well, but abandoned three carts without asking (account required, gift card not found, a form error), unticked marketing emails, made up a phone number that caused shipping issues, chose passwords and rewrote the gift message without consulting him. It finished on a site with guest checkout.
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- Book a family member's return flight with ChatGPT agent, stopping before paymentRecreated promptEvidence: Shown on video
A poster asked ChatGPT agent to book a return flight for his mother-in-law with her specific seating and baggage preferences. He says it found the right flights, followed her instructions, clicked through the FlySafair website and stopped right before payment as asked; refining the prompt a few times made it more efficient.
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A poster says one prompt to ChatGPT agent booked family tickets for Fantastic Four that Sunday in a few steps. The cinema site's search didn't surface the movie correctly, but the agent found its way; it handed control back for him to fill in personal details before purchase, and took longer than a person would.
ChatGPT agent · Personal · Source date:
- Book movie tickets, calendar events and a babysitter slot for date night with ChatGPT agentEvidence: Article or interview
TechRadar's Eric Hal Schwartz asked ChatGPT agent to plan a Saturday movie date: get tickets at a theater he named, add calendar events for dropping their child at her grandparents' and the showtime, and make an invitation for his wife. It asked which showing and seats he wanted, confirmed before buying, picked two good seats and paused at payment for him; then it created the calendar event, sent invites to his wife and her parents, and offered a separate babysitting event.
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- Make Amazon returns, including one past the deadline, with ChatGPT OperatorRecreated promptEvidence: Described by poster
A shopper tested ChatGPT's Operator on Amazon returns. The first took about 15 minutes, with the shopper stepping in for login, CAPTCHAs and choices; the second ran autonomously in under a minute but gave a gift-card balance instead of a card refund. For a ~$100 rug past its return window, it needed repeated nudging to reach a human agent instead of messaging the seller and forgot earlier preferences, but in the end got the extension and the $100 back.
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- Plan Saturday errands and find haircut slots with ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Article or interviewBeginner-friendly
Asked to plan Saturday errands (a haircut, an Amazon return, groceries and Target), ChatGPT grouped stops by location into an efficient route, and the agent found nearby kid-friendly salons, opened booking pages and narrowed to the earliest slots; the author notes it can't always finalize bookings.
ChatGPT agent · Personal · Source date:
- 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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The poster has ChatGPT agent write all their outgoing wire invoices and says it saves 5 minutes three times a week.
Poster says:5 minutes, 3 times a week
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- Order a pizza to your door with ChatGPT agentEvidence: Article or interview
Tom's Guide's Alex Hughes asked ChatGPT agent to order a pizza to his address and ask before paying; it worked through pop-ups and site obstacles and handed back at checkout for his details and payment, taking about 15-20 minutes. Asked for a pizza from one specific restaurant, it gave up on the restaurant's own site, searched Deliveroo at length and finally found it on Uber Eats.
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- Find nonstop flights and a hotel under $400 a night with ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Article or interviewPartial
BKA Content's Greg Secrist asked ChatGPT agent for nonstop Salt Lake City to Las Vegas flights for October 8–11 plus hotel rooms under $400 per night. It worked across Delta, Expedia and Booking.com but struggled with JavaScript-heavy pages and date pickers, sometimes looping or freezing; after almost nine minutes it returned some options he says he could have found manually in half the time.
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- Cancel Netflix, Disney+ and Peacock with ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Article or interview
Tom's Guide's Amanda Caswell used ChatGPT agent to cancel three subscriptions—Peacock, Disney and Netflix—entering her credentials at the login screens herself. She says she had no problems cancelling, but warns that some sites have anti-bot defenses or don't recognize the agent, and advises double-checking before it confirms.
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- Write a competitor content-marketing report with ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Article or interview
In Lisa Peyton's test, ChatGPT Agent Mode took 18 minutes to produce a 12-page narrative competitive-intelligence report on a list of competitors, with activity summaries, trend analysis, 31 cited sources and recommendations for content strategy.
Poster says:12-page report in 18 minutes; 31 sources
ChatGPT agent · Marketing · Source date:
Sky Canaves tried OpenAI's example 'plan and buy ingredients to make Japanese breakfast for four'; ChatGPT agent shopped her local H-E-B through Instacart, needed her to take over to log in, filled a roughly $130 cart with things she already had, asked before paying and the trimmed order arrived on time. 'It worked, yes', she wrote, but with plenty of friction.
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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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- Find the cheapest Hamburg–Copenhagen train with ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Article or interview
Asked (in German) to book the cheapest Hamburg–Copenhagen train for September, ChatGPT agent found a €63.26 fare after about ten minutes on the Deutsche Bahn site, then asked the author to log in; Comet was faster (3:40) but booked legs separately for €70.94.
Poster says:€63.26 vs €70.94 from Comet
ChatGPT agent · Travel · Source date:
- 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.
ChatGPT agent, Perplexity Comet · Ops · Source date:
- 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.
ChatGPT agent · Personal · Source date:
- 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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- Track down a hard-to-find toy and reach checkout with ChatGPT agentEvidence: Article or interview
Testing ChatGPT agent for a week, a Tom's Guide writer asked it to find the hard-to-get Big Into Energy Labubu nearby and chose 'purchase' when it asked. In six minutes the agent found it, added it to the cart and went to checkout, then asked for shipping and card details; she took control of the agent's browser to finish the sale.
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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.
ChatGPT agent · Personal · Source date:
- 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.
ChatGPT agent · Travel · Source date:
- 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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- Download a gated marketing report and summarize it with ChatGPT agentImproved promptEvidence: Article or interviewPartial
SE Ranking's reviewer asked ChatGPT agent to get HubSpot's 2025 State of Marketing report; it found the page, filled in the gated form, downloaded the report and wrote a summary without help, but Google blocked it from signing in to email the summary because it was using an unsupported browser.
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- Build a saved Google Maps list of a city's best restaurants with ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Shown on video
Frank Andrade asked ChatGPT agent to find the best restaurants in the city he was about to visit and save them as a new Google Maps list with notes on signature dishes. It picked 10 restaurants, collected their signature dishes, paused for him to enter his Google login, then created and saved the list with notes; it took about 23 minutes.
ChatGPT agent · Travel · Source date:
- Shortlist vintage lamps on Etsy with ChatGPT agent (cart claim was false)Evidence: Article or interviewFailure
On ChatGPT agent's first day, The Verge's Hayden Field ran its suggested task to find five Japanese-inspired vintage lamps on Etsy under $200 with free shipping and add them to her cart. It worked for 50 minutes and then said it had added five lamps totalling around $825 to her cart, but when she checked Etsy on her own computer the cart was empty, because the agent was using its own browser session.
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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.
ChatGPT agent · Travel · Source date:
- 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
ChatGPT agent · Ops · Source date:
- 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.
ChatGPT agent · Personal · Source date:
- 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.
ChatGPT agent · Travel · Source date:
- 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.
ChatGPT agent · Personal · Source date:
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.
ChatGPT agent · Personal · Source date:
- 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.
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- 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).
ChatGPT agent · Ops · Source date:
- 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.
ChatGPT agent · Travel · Source date:
- 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
ChatGPT agent · Ops · Source date:
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.
ChatGPT agent · Research · Source date:
- 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.
ChatGPT agent · Travel · Source date:
- 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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