Job shelf

What do you want to hand over?

Pick a kind of work. Each job shows the Bot to build, what it needs, how it runs and what you get back.

All 20 jobs are here: eight to start with, and the other twelve under the line that follows them.

Research and monitoring

A weekday news digest on one topic

Bot to build
News Watch
It needs
Nothing to connect. The Bot reads public news sites and company blogs.
It runs
One message for the first digest, then a routine on weekdays at 8:00 AM.
You get back
Five bullets, each with a link to its source.

Build this BotLearn: Set up routines

Research and monitoring

A weekly price check on competitors' sites

Bot to build
Competitor Watch
It needs
No plugin. The Bot opens each public pricing page in the browser on its computer.
It runs
One message for the first table, then a routine every Monday at 9:00 AM that reports only what changed.
You get back
One table: product, plan and price per user.

Build this BotLearn: The Bot's computer

Inbox and calendar

Prep notes before a first call

Bot to build
Meeting Prep
It needs
Nothing to connect, when the notes come from the company's public website.
It runs
One message for each meeting.
You get back
One page of notes as a file: what they sell, who it's for, pricing, recent changelog items and questions to ask.

Build this BotLearn: A first task for a Bot

Inbox and calendar

A morning brief of what needs you

Bot to build
Chief of Staff
It needs
Gmail, Google Calendar and Slack.
It runs
A routine on weekdays at 8:00 AM.
You get back
A short read-out of what needs you, each item with its source, why it matters, the next step and whether you owe a decision.

Build this BotLearn: The chief of staff Bot

Sales and outreach

Account research with outreach drafts

Bot to build
Sales Outbound
It needs
Your CRM and Gmail. Salesforce and HubSpot have plugins.
It runs
One message for a first list of accounts, then a nightly routine that stops at the review list.
You get back
A review list: each account scored, up to three contacts, and a draft for each. Nothing is sent.

Build this BotLearn: Connect plugins

Product and engineering

A spec from a Slack discussion

Bot to build
Product Docs
It needs
Slack and Notion.
It runs
One message for each thread.
You get back
A draft document in Notion, with the requirements ranked and quotes from the thread.

Build this BotLearn: Grok Bot and Slack

Operations and finance

A weekly expense summary

Bot to build
Expense Manager
It needs
Gmail for receipts, and your expense tool. Ramp and Brex have plugins.
It runs
A routine once a week, such as Fridays at 3:00 PM.
You get back
The week's summary, with receipts matched, missing categories flagged and a follow-up drafted for each owner.

Build this BotLearn: Set what a Bot asks first

Personal

Flight and hotel options for a trip

Bot to build
Travel
It needs
No plugin. The Bot searches travel sites in its browser. Add Google Calendar to have the itinerary put on it.
It runs
One message for each trip.
You get back
A short list that fits your rules. The Bot checks with you before it books anything.

Build this BotLearn: Set what a Bot asks first

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Inbox and calendar

Morning inbox triage

Bot to build
Inbox
It needs
Gmail.
It runs
A routine on weekdays at 8:00 AM.
You get back
Three lists: needs a reply today, can wait, and no reply needed.

Build this BotLearn: Grok Bot and Gmail

Inbox and calendar

A morning summary of one Slack channel

Bot to build
Channel Digest
It needs
Slack.
It runs
A routine on weekdays at 8:30 AM.
You get back
Decisions made, questions still open, and anything addressed to you.

Build this BotLearn: Grok Bot and Slack

Research and monitoring

New listings from a site you sign in to

Bot to build
Listings Watch
It needs
No plugin. The Bot uses the site in its browser, after you sign in there yourself.
It runs
A routine every weekday morning.
You get back
What's new or expired since the last run, or one line when nothing is.

Build this BotLearn: Logins and CAPTCHAs

Sales and outreach

Follow-up drafts after your calls

Bot to build
Follow-ups
It needs
A meeting-notes plugin and Gmail. Granola and Gong both have one.
It runs
A routine on weekdays at 9:00 AM.
You get back
One draft for each call, waiting for you to send.

Build this BotLearn: Keep every send in your hands

Sales and outreach

A customer deck updated from call notes

Bot to build
Slides
It needs
Granola for the notes, and Figma or Google Slides for the deck.
It runs
One message, right after the call.
You get back
A copy of your deck with a slide built from what the customer said.

Build this BotLearn: Teach a task

Product and engineering

A bug report turned into steps to reproduce

Bot to build
Bug Repro
It needs
Your issue tracker, and the browser on the Bot's computer signed in to a test account. Linear and GitHub have plugins.
It runs
One message for each report.
You get back
Exact steps, what should happen and what does, screenshots and browser details.

Build this BotLearn: Sign a Bot in to a site

Product and engineering

A daily numbers update with a chart

Bot to build
Data Analyst
It needs
Your data warehouse or analytics tool. Snowflake, Mixpanel and PostHog have plugins.
It runs
One message for a question, then a routine every morning for the numbers you want daily.
You get back
A headline number, the split behind it and a chart as an image.

Build this BotLearn: Set up routines

Product and engineering

A coding task handed to a Cursor Cloud Agent

Bot to build
Engineer
It needs
GitHub, connected in Connect Apps.
It runs
One message for each task. The agent's own work counts on your Cursor plan.
You get back
A summary of what changed, with a link to the change.

Build this BotLearn: What spends which meter

Operations and finance

Invoices from your inbox into your books

Bot to build
Invoices
It needs
Gmail, and your accounting tool. Xero has a plugin. QuickBooks goes through the browser, after you sign in.
It runs
A routine once a day on weekdays.
You get back
Each invoice entered, and a list of the ones that need a person.

Build this BotLearn: Logins and CAPTCHAs

Operations and finance

A weekly check of a vendor portal

Bot to build
Portal Check
It needs
No plugin. Show the Bot the clicks once with Teach a task, and it repeats them in its browser.
It runs
A routine every Monday morning.
You get back
The exceptions only: what changed, what expired and what needs renewing.

Build this BotLearn: Teach a task

Personal

A grocery cart from a recipe photo

Bot to build
Groceries
It needs
No plugin. The Bot fills the cart on the store's site in its browser, after you sign in there.
It runs
One message, with the photo attached.
You get back
A filled cart, waiting for you to place the order.

Build this BotLearn: Step in on the Bot's computer

Personal

A clear-out of newsletters and subscriptions

Bot to build
Subscription Cleaner
It needs
Gmail.
It runs
One message.
You get back
A list of what you're subscribed to and what to drop. The Bot unsubscribes only from the ones you approve.

Build this BotLearn: Grok Bot and Gmail