Book family movie tickets with ChatGPT agent
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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.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Book cinema tickets for my family and hand back control before payment. Fill in before running: - Movie and preferred date/time: [DETAILS] - Cinema or area: [CINEMA] - Number of tickets and seat preference: [DETAILS] - Ticket site or app: [SITE] Rules: - Find showtimes matching my preferences and confirm the choice with me. - Pick seats together where possible. - Hand control back to me for personal details and payment. - Report the total including fees before I pay. - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. Output: Selected showtime and seats waiting at checkout, then a confirmation after I pay. You'll know it worked when: I have tickets for the right movie, time and number of people.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Book cinema tickets for my family and hand back control before payment. Fill in before running: - Movie and preferred date/time: [DETAILS] - Cinema or area: [CINEMA] - Number of tickets and seat preference: [DETAILS] - Ticket site or app: [SITE] Rules: - Find showtimes matching my preferences and confirm the choice with me. - Pick seats together where possible. - Hand control back to me for personal details and payment. - Report the total including fees before I pay. - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. Output: Selected showtime and seats waiting at checkout, then a confirmation after I pay. You'll know it worked when: I have tickets for the right movie, time and number of people.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Book cinema tickets for my family and hand back control before payment. Fill in before running: - Movie and preferred date/time: [DETAILS] - Cinema or area: [CINEMA] - Number of tickets and seat preference: [DETAILS] - Ticket site or app: [SITE] Rules: - Find showtimes matching my preferences and confirm the choice with me. - Pick seats together where possible. - Hand control back to me for personal details and payment. - Report the total including fees before I pay. - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. - Check the ticket confirmation email for the correct cinema location and showtime. Output: Selected showtime and seats waiting at checkout, then a confirmation after I pay. You'll know it worked when: I have tickets for the right movie, time and number of people. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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