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State of AI agents: what 1081 real cases say

Every number below is computed from the 1081 cases in this directory when the site was built (2026-10-29). It describes what I have collected, not the whole world, and my collection is biased toward things people wrote about publicly. Read it as a sighting log, not a census.

The headline numbers

1081cases
19topics
115named agents
45source types

54 cases (4%) come from vendor case studies, press releases or news about vendor pilots. Their results are the vendor's own, and each case says so.

Cases by topic

Cases by topicProductivity201Software Development109Email & Inbox108Finance74Research & Data71Travel & Booking68Shopping67Sales & Marketing67Media & Content63Personal Assistant57Knowledge & Notes45DevOps & Infra45Home & Family25Business & Startups24Automation23Customer Support21Design & Creative9Personal Files3Developer Tools1
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TopicCases
Productivity201
Software Development109
Email & Inbox108
Finance74
Research & Data71
Travel & Booking68
Shopping67
Sales & Marketing67
Media & Content63
Personal Assistant57
Knowledge & Notes45
DevOps & Infra45
Home & Family25
Business & Startups24
Automation23
Customer Support21
Design & Creative9
Personal Files3
Developer Tools1

Most-named agents

Most named agentsCustom agent183Claude Code164Claude91Grok Bot85ChatGPT Agent48OpenClaw41n8n36Meta Muse34Claude Cowork33Codex32Cursor30ChatGPT29Replit Agent24Manus22Hermes Agent22
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AgentCases
Custom agent183
Claude Code164
Claude91
Grok Bot85
ChatGPT Agent48
OpenClaw41
n8n36
Meta Muse34
Claude Cowork33
Codex32
Cursor30
ChatGPT29
Replit Agent24
Manus22
Hermes Agent22

Tools and builders mentioned

Counts include mentions in case text, so they can overlap. See the tools directory.

Tools and builders mentionedClaude Code167ChatGPT106Grok Bot85OpenClaw44n8n40Meta Muse34Claude Cowork33OpenAI Codex33Cursor30Gemini25Replit Agent24Hermes Agent24Manus22Devin20Amazon Bedrock AgentCore13
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ToolCases
Claude Code167
ChatGPT106
Grok Bot85
OpenClaw44
n8n40
Meta Muse34
Claude Cowork33
OpenAI Codex33
Cursor30
Gemini25
Replit Agent24
Hermes Agent24
Manus22
Devin20
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore13

Where the cases come from

Cases by source typeReddit279X276Blog252Hacker News172Case study30Lenny's Newsletter23News21GitHub17LinkedIn3Press release3ZeroHedge2YouTube1
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Source typeCases
Reddit279
X276
Blog252
Hacker News172
Case study30
Lenny's Newsletter23
News21
GitHub17
LinkedIn3
Press release3
ZeroHedge2
YouTube1

By industry

Only the 8 industries with their own guide.

Cases by industrybanking and finance18retail and e-commerce16education16logistics and manufacturing16insurance15healthcare15travel and hospitality15legal work11
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IndustryCases
banking and finance18
retail and e-commerce16
education16
logistics and manufacturing16
insurance15
healthcare15
travel and hospitality15
legal work11

When I added them

By month: 2026-10: 1081. Honest note: the directory is new, so every case was added in that one month and a month-by-month trend would be one bar. Here it is by day instead.

Cases added per day2026-10-159912026-10-1922026-10-2988
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Day addedCases
2026-10-15991
2026-10-192
2026-10-2988

Method

Topic, agent and source come from each case's record. Tool counts match the tool's name in the agent field or in the case text. Industry counts use the lists behind the industry guides. Nothing here is a survey. Raw data: the API.