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 160 by interest), and one of 48 involving ChatGPT 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 ChatGPT Agent or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.
Here's a task I keep putting off: <task>. Do as much as you can, and tell me exactly where you need me to step in.
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.
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