Everyday productivity
Ten jobs to try with an AI agent
You will have chosen three jobs from ten and run one with limits and a check.
Before you start
- An agent or assistant that can take several steps
- A willingness to review every result
How to choose
Pick jobs that are easy to check and easy to undo. Skip anything that spends money, sends messages for you or touches private data.
The ten jobs
- Gather public information on a topic into one summary.
- Compare three products using their official pages.
- Draft a weekly update from your notes.
- Turn a long document into a one-page brief.
- Make a list of questions to ask before a meeting.
- Sort a list of items into groups.
- Draft replies to common questions for your review.
- Prepare a packing or shopping list from a plan.
- Check a document for missing or unclear parts.
- Create a reading plan from a list of articles.
Set limits for each
Prompt you can copy
Job: [job]. Use only [sources]. Do not send, post, buy, delete or change anything. Show your plan first. List sources and anything you are unsure about when you finish.
Check and learn
- Check three key facts yourself.
- Time yourself with and without the agent.
- Keep a job only if it saves time after you check it.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Starting with a job that can cost money
- Trusting an agent’s summary of its own actions
- Giving access to private data
- Trying all ten in one day
Final checklist
- I chose three jobs
- I ran one with limits
- I checked the result myself