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23 reusable prompts from real Automation cases. Copy one, change the details, run it once somewhere safe.

Use Claude Code in a commercial real estate business · Claude Code · Automation
Automation design: use Claude Code in a commercial real estate business. Specify triggers, steps, and failure modes before enabling sends or deletes.
Robots folding napkins for Din Tai Fung · Dyna Robotics · Automation
Here is a repetitive task my team does by hand every day. Break it into steps, note where a robot or agent would most likely slip up, and estimate how reliable it would need to be before we could leave it running unattended.
Look up user records and update downstream steps · Zapier Agents · Automation
Automation design: look up user records and update downstream steps. Specify triggers, steps, and failure modes before enabling sends or deletes.
AI welding robots rented out as a service · Path Robotics · Automation
Compare buying this machine outright with renting it as a service. Lay out the upfront cost, the monthly cost, who carries the risk if it underperforms, and when each option pays for itself.
Ten agents on a Mac mini ran 200 sessions a day and earned $0 · OpenClaw (10 agents) · Automation
Check my two Gmail accounts every 20 minutes, categorise the new mail and pass urgent items to me. Do not reply to anything yourself.
Flag churn and expansion signals and draft support replies · Zapier Agents · Automation
Automation design: flag churn and expansion signals and draft support replies. Specify triggers, steps, and failure modes before enabling sends or deletes.
Agents replace spreadsheet reporting and chasing suppliers · Copilot Studio / Power Platform · Automation
Build the weekly operations report from the source systems instead of our spreadsheet, and email suppliers whose figures are missing.
Find an NYC apartment · Zapier Agents · Automation
Automation design: find an NYC apartment. Specify triggers, steps, and failure modes before enabling sends or deletes.
Turn spoken answers into a Todoist task list · Alexa+ · Automation
Automation design: turn spoken answers into a Todoist task list. Specify triggers, steps, and failure modes before enabling sends or deletes.
Route customer reply emails to Freshdesk · n8n · Automation
Automation design: route customer reply emails to Freshdesk. Specify triggers, steps, and failure modes before enabling sends or deletes.
Automation design: find local business leads and send personalized cold emails. Specify triggers, steps, and failure modes before enabling sends or deletes.
Automate invoices, payments, and refunds · n8n · Automation
Automation design: automate invoices, payments, and refunds. Specify triggers, steps, and failure modes before enabling sends or deletes.
Visual workflows for agents that control a VM · Custom agent · Automation
On the VM, open the spreadsheet app, import this CSV, create a pivot by month, and save a screenshot of the result.
Teach a bot a workflow by screen recording · Grok Bot · Automation
Automation design: teach a bot a workflow by screen recording. Specify triggers, steps, and failure modes before enabling sends or deletes.
Scaffold full-stack chores with Replit Agent · Replit Agent · Automation
Build a small full-stack web app that automates <boring task>: form UI, simple database, and a one-click deploy. Keep scope minimal and show me how to run it.
Pick a raffle winner from a Google Sheet · Claude Code · Automation
Open this Google Sheet of raffle entries, pick one random valid row as the winner, and report the name and email. Exclude blank or duplicate rows.
Automate client onboarding and schedule PDFs · n8n · Automation
Automation design: automate client onboarding and schedule PDFs. Specify triggers, steps, and failure modes before enabling sends or deletes.
Cloud-browser chores driven from an IDE agent · Cursor · Automation
Write a script that opens a headless browser, logs into this dashboard, exports yesterday's report as CSV and saves it to my drive folder.
Build an e-commerce agent · OpenClaw · Automation
Automation design: build an e-commerce agent. Specify triggers, steps, and failure modes before enabling sends or deletes.
Build a 52-node n8n workflow · Claude computer use · Automation
Automation design: build a 52-node n8n workflow. Specify triggers, steps, and failure modes before enabling sends or deletes.
Generate weekly leadership reports and handle feature requests · Zapier Agents · Automation
Automation design: generate weekly leadership reports and handle feature requests. Specify triggers, steps, and failure modes before enabling sends or deletes.
Answer patient enquiries for a clinic by chat · n8n · Automation
Automation design: answer patient enquiries for a clinic by chat. Specify triggers, steps, and failure modes before enabling sends or deletes.
Pull stock fundamentals from SEC filings for valuation · ChatGPT Agent · Automation
Automation design: pull stock fundamentals from SEC filings for valuation. Specify triggers, steps, and failure modes before enabling sends or deletes.