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Real jobs people have handed to an AI agent, from booking appointments to building a small game.

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Debug an integration hands-free by voice

While brushing their teeth, one developer had Claude Code debug a custom WhatsApp integration hands-free, using OS scripting and its built-in browser.

  • Developers
  • Claude Code

Migrate tests to a new framework

After an initial refactor to follow, a team had Claude Code move about a third of their tests to a new framework, one suite at a time.

  • Developers
  • Claude Code

Upgrade an old Rails app

A developer used an AI agent to bring a ten-year-old Rails 5.2 app up to Rails 8, the kind of upgrade that's usually painful by hand.

  • Developers
  • Claude Code

Add a context usage bar to your terminal

One developer had Claude Code make a status line progress bar that turns from green to red as the context fills up, and shared it on GitHub.

  • Developers
  • Claude Code

Download transcripts and write a skill for them

One user needed Claude to work with transcripts from their Fathom account. They had it write a download script and then a SKILL.md explaining it, with no MCP setup.

  • Developers
  • Small businesses
  • Claude Code

Prep a kid-friendly D&D campaign

A parent had an AI agent break down a simplified, kid-friendly D&D 5e rulebook into markdown notes to help run games for their kids.

  • Parents
  • Claude Code

Speed up a slow CI build

A developer asked an agent to speed up their GitHub Actions file. In two or three rounds, about an hour of effort, build time went from 6 minutes to 2.

  • Developers
  • Claude Code

Port a codebase to another language

One developer had an agent port the test suite first, gave it style rules, and then had it port the code to another language. It did remarkably well.

  • Developers
  • Claude Code

Build a service for a weather station

For a weather station, one hobbyist had Claude Code build a metrics service, writing the SQL, handlers, deployment scripts, and systemd service files.

  • Developers
  • Individuals
  • Claude Code

Build full features in one or two prompts

On a medium-size SaaS codebase, one developer had the agent build whole features, from backend and frontend to data migrations and tests, in one or two prompts.

  • Developers
  • Claude Code

Let it debug for 20 minutes on one prompt

One developer found Claude Code steadier than Cursor's agent and let it run 15-20 minutes on a single prompt, debugging, testing, and fixing as it went.

  • Developers
  • Claude Code

Make printable math worksheets for kids

A parent had Claude Code turn a command-line tool they'd written into a web app that makes printable, themed A4 math worksheets for 5- and 6-year-olds.

  • Parents
  • Teachers
  • Claude Code

Let an agent handle support chats for you

One user let an agent use their browser to handle customer support chats and keep at it until it got what they wanted. With DoorDash, it complained about the problem and got a $10 credit.

  • Individuals
  • Claude Code

Make a learning game tailored to your child

A UX designer used Claude Code to vibe-code a learning game for her five-year-old, built around what he likes and the skills he needs to practice.

  • Parents
  • Claude Code

Port an app from Swift to Flutter

A developer wrote an app in Swift and had Claude Code port it to Flutter. It handled most of the work, including rendering, geocoding, and in-app purchases.

  • Developers
  • Claude Code

Build and ship a mobile app in two weeks

In about two weeks, a developer wrote a whole app with Claude Code using Expo, Supabase, and RevenueCat, and shipped it to the App Store and Google Play. His wife did the design.

  • Developers
  • Small businesses
  • Claude Code

Get morning briefs over WhatsApp

One user built their own OpenClaw-style assistant with Claude Code, hooked up to WhatsApp. They use it for morning briefs, meeting prep, and keeping track of client work and action items.

  • Small businesses
  • Individuals
  • Claude Code

Search your text messages with questions

One user set up Claude Code in a folder with instructions for reading their iMessage database. Now they ask things like "What did my wife say I should do next Friday?"

  • Individuals
  • Claude Code

Find out why your cloud bill spiked

AWS RDS costs spiked one month, so a user set Claude Code to investigate. It traced the cause to a misconfiguration.

  • Developers
  • Small businesses
  • Claude Code

Review 100 resumes in a fraction of the time

One user's wife had about 100 resumes to review for a college job, each one a filled-out form. Claude Code did work that would have taken her three-plus days.

  • Small businesses
  • Teachers
  • Claude Code

Build a typing contest game

After a couple challenged each other to a typing contest, one of them built a typing game in an evening with an agent that wrote all the code.

  • Individuals
  • Claude Code

Build simple daily tools for your partner

One user had Claude Code build the tools their wife uses for work, like pomodoro timers, task managers, and notes. She went from logging into three sites to one local page.

  • Individuals
  • Claude Code