Async Devin chores between morning and lunch
An HN commenter kicks off several Devin sessions at morning, lunch and night, then reviews PRs asynchronously instead of babysitting a terminal.
- Agent or tool
- Devin
- Topic
- Personal Assistant
- Reported on
- Hacker News
- Added
- 2026-10-15
Why it matters
This is the classic promise of AI agents: a helper that handles errands and reminders on your behalf. Real cases like this show how close that promise is today. It is one of 50 sightings filed under Personal Assistant on Agent Sightings (number 7 by interest), and one of 20 involving Devin.
How you could try it
Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into Devin or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.
Start a Devin session for each of these three small tickets. Prefer short, testable scopes. I will review the PRs at the next check-in and leave comments for follow-up.
The prompt breaks down into 3 steps you can check as the agent works:
- Start a Devin session for each of these three small tickets.
- Prefer short, testable scopes.
- I will review the PRs at the next check-in and leave comments for follow-up.
Tip: Start small: run it once on a low-stakes example, read what the agent did, and only then let it run on real work.
Source
Read the original first-hand account on Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43990359. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.