Small, repetitive tasks eat more of the week than anyone likes to admit. Cases like this show an agent taking a chore off someone's plate end to end, not just suggesting what to do. It is one of 196 sightings filed under Productivity on Agent Sightings (number 105 by interest), and one of 22 involving Manus.
How you could try it
Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into Manus or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.
Help me find target businesses. Break it into steps, show your work, and wait for confirmation before anything irreversible, paid, or outbound.
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.
Turn a spreadsheet into a Meta ads account· Manus · Productivity Real-world thread: joel Jackson Leaned on the Manus agent for spreadsheet to ads account in Meta. The agent performed the conversion directly…
Review Meta ad performance inside Ads Manager· Manus · Productivity A published walkthrough shows skaleit gave Manus, the agent assembled into Meta Ads Manager, access to a live client ecommerce account whose…
Attempt to build a navigation app (did not finish)· Manus · Productivity Linked example of attempt to build a navigation app (did not finish). A commenter described powered by Manus on their first day to build a…
Watch weekly deals and buy regular items· Grok Bot · Productivity Observed in the wild: the setup used two separate bots: Deals checked weekly for discounts on repeat purchases like energy drinks and cat supplies…
Travelling abroad with a dog· Manus · Travel & Booking A Manus user shared a plan for a family trip with a pet, covering pet travel rules and dog-friendly stops.
Proposal trip to Japan· Manus · Travel & Booking A writer tested Manus on planning a seven-day romantic trip to Japan from Seattle and reviewed the result.