From the linked report, the agent received access to Someone's LinkedIn account. It followed the Perplexity CEO, located a specific post, and added a comment underneath, completing the sequence on its own in one attempt while displaying its reasoning before each action. It succeeded on the first try after the upgrade that improved reliability and raised internal test scores by 23%.
Small teams wear many hats. Agents that pick up research, admin and operations let a founder spend more time on the work only they can do. It is one of 7 sightings filed under Business & Startups on Agent Sightings (number 6 by interest), and one of 10 involving Perplexity Comet.
How you could try it
Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into Perplexity Comet or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.
Biz task: follow an account and comment on LinkedIn. Break into steps, show intermediate output, and pause before irreversible or public actions.
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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