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Find unclaimed money across old addresses

As described in the source, the agent received Someone's list of old addresses. It searched unclaimed-money databases across them, locating an extra $500 plus US amounts from prior residence there. The agent described the $500 discovery and finished filling forms plus ID prep.

Agent or tool
Custom agent
Topic
Productivity
Reported on
X
Added
2026-10-15

Why it matters

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 73 by interest), and one of 182 involving Custom agent.

How you could try it

Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into your own agent or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.

Help me find unclaimed money across old addresses. 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.

Source

Read the original first-hand account on X: https://x.com/S_Padival/status/2109389004311560338. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.

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