ChatGPT agent examples: 65 real use cases with prompts
Source-checked cases, each with what happened and the prompt.
- Get a refund from Airbnb for a stay with no hot water using ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Described by poster
After an Airbnb stay with no hot water and a host-required third-party app that didn't work, a guest explained the problem to ChatGPT by voice and uploaded a video. Instead of drafting an email, ChatGPT opened its cloud browser, had the guest log in to Airbnb, found the stay, opened a support ticket, asked for a human, made the case and uploaded screenshots from the video; the guest only stepped in to approve messages. A representative called and the guest got $250 back.
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- Set up a weekly meal plan that ChatGPT agent generates every MondayEvidence: Article or interview
Tom's Guide's Christoph Schwaiger shares a prompt that schedules ChatGPT agent to generate a weekly meal plan every Monday at 08:00 from food bloggers, local restaurant menus and trending recipes, choosing recipes that share key ingredients to minimize shopping, with optional extras like a grocery list, Google Sheets export or nutrition overview. It's a setup guide and doesn't report a finished week.
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- Find and book a restaurant table that fits gluten-free and veggie diets with ChatGPT agentEvidence: Article or interview
Tom's Guide's Alex Hughes asked ChatGPT agent to find and book a table in Bristol for next Wednesday between 7 and 8 pm with vegetarian options at about £30-40 a head. It asked about diets and party size (3 people, one gluten-free) and about two minutes later returned three options, all with tables free at that time and with vegetarian and gluten-free choices, each with an explanation; once he picked one, he only had to add contact details and confirm the booking.
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- Find the right TV in Black Friday sales with ChatGPT's questions and agentEvidence: Article or interview
Knowing next to nothing about TVs, Tom's Guide's Alex Hughes told ChatGPT (Thinking mode) he wanted a 43- or 50-inch TV for £300 or less and asked it to question him to narrow things down. He then switched to ChatGPT agent to search the sales; it returned options with links, reasons and discount details plus two cheaper alternatives, and a top pick. He says the whole process took 20 minutes, mostly agent search time while he did other things, and left him with 7 suitable deals.
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- Find a list of missing invoices across work and personal email with ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Described by poster
Testing ChatGPT agent, a poster gave it a list of invoices he owed his operations assistant, and he says it found all of them in his personal and work email. He also notes it booked accommodation successfully (they had to contact the hotel to cancel the test booking) and estimates about a 40% end-to-end completion rate on complex tasks for now.
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- Order a customised fast-food meal for delivery with ChatGPT agentEvidence: Described by poster
A Wendy's innovation executive gave ChatGPT agent one prompt to order a customised combo, drink and Frosty from wendys.com for delivery, including his payment info. He says it navigated the site like a real user, hit snags, worked around them and placed the order; a misread CVV field almost broke it.
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- Try to buy dog treats on Amazon with ChatGPT agent (blocked), then on PetSmart (worked)Recreated promptEvidence: Article or interviewPartial
TechRadar's Eric Hal Schwartz asked ChatGPT agent to buy Purina dental chews for his new puppy on Amazon. It hit a 503 error page every time and finally said network restrictions made interacting with Amazon impossible. Asked to buy the same treats at PetSmart, it navigated the store and the multi-step checkout with no problem.
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- Buy a work anniversary gift with ChatGPT agent (it abandoned three carts)Recreated promptEvidence: Described by posterPartial
A poster asked ChatGPT agent to buy a 4-year work anniversary gift on a $140 budget. It researched and compared well, but abandoned three carts without asking (account required, gift card not found, a form error), unticked marketing emails, made up a phone number that caused shipping issues, chose passwords and rewrote the gift message without consulting him. It finished on a site with guest checkout.
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- Book a family member's return flight with ChatGPT agent, stopping before paymentRecreated promptEvidence: Shown on video
A poster asked ChatGPT agent to book a return flight for his mother-in-law with her specific seating and baggage preferences. He says it found the right flights, followed her instructions, clicked through the FlySafair website and stopped right before payment as asked; refining the prompt a few times made it more efficient.
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A poster says one prompt to ChatGPT agent booked family tickets for Fantastic Four that Sunday in a few steps. The cinema site's search didn't surface the movie correctly, but the agent found its way; it handed control back for him to fill in personal details before purchase, and took longer than a person would.
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More ChatGPT agent cases
- Book movie tickets, calendar events and a babysitter slot for date night with ChatGPT agent
- Make Amazon returns, including one past the deadline, with ChatGPT Operator
- Plan Saturday errands and find haircut slots with ChatGPT agent
- Book a doctor's appointment with agent mode (blocked)
- Write outgoing wire invoices with ChatGPT agent
- Order a pizza to your door with ChatGPT agent
- Find nonstop flights and a hotel under $400 a night with ChatGPT agent
- Cancel Netflix, Disney+ and Peacock with ChatGPT agent
- Write a competitor content-marketing report with ChatGPT agent
- Plan a meal and order the groceries with ChatGPT agent
- Notify Germany's TV licence (GEZ) office of a house move with ChatGPT agent
- Find a restaurant-week steak deal and book a table for 2 with ChatGPT agent
- Find the cheapest Hamburg–Copenhagen train with ChatGPT agent
- Complete a 31-step web form: ChatGPT agent vs Perplexity Comet
- Pay a UK car tax reminder with ChatGPT agent (handoff for payment)
- Prep an Instacart order from history and sales with ChatGPT agent (odd picks)
- Track down a hard-to-find toy and reach checkout with ChatGPT agent
- Plan a points-funded family holiday and book dinner with ChatGPT agent (partial)
- Apply to a job with ChatGPT agent (small-button trouble)
- Check a hotel price with ChatGPT agent (wrong town)
- Order groceries from H-E-B with ChatGPT agent (access denied)
- Download a gated marketing report and summarize it with ChatGPT agent
- Build a saved Google Maps list of a city's best restaurants with ChatGPT agent
- Shortlist vintage lamps on Etsy with ChatGPT agent (cart claim was false)
- File Thailand Digital Arrival Cards for five travelers with ChatGPT agent
- Hunt last-minute holiday flights with multiple agents (failure case)
- Plan St. Simons Island restaurants with ChatGPT agent
- Find working coupon codes at checkout with ChatGPT agent
- Find local takeout deals under a budget with ChatGPT agent
- Track and cancel unused subscriptions with ChatGPT agent
- Daily product restock check with ChatGPT agent
- Weekly X analytics review and growth coaching with ChatGPT agent
- Compare top social media tools in a spreadsheet with ChatGPT agent and Claude
- Categorize 419 ledger transactions into an Excel template with ChatGPT agent
- Allocate a 30-employee payroll journal across departments with ChatGPT agent
- Find the best flight options on Skyscanner with ChatGPT agent
- Search for cheap flights with ChatGPT agent (failure case)
- Find an available domain name with ChatGPT agent
- Fix Google Ads conversion tracking with ChatGPT agent
- Book a business-lunch restaurant reservation with ChatGPT agent
- Order weekly meal delivery with ChatGPT agent
- Book a restaurant reservation with ChatGPT agent (failure case)
- Find the cheapest one-way flight across two departure cities with ChatGPT agent
- Draft and complete an eBay Germany listing from photos with ChatGPT agent
- Weekly meal plan, priced grocery list and spreadsheet with ChatGPT agent
- Plan a house-inspection Saturday with ChatGPT agent (blocked)
- Fill an accelerator application with ChatGPT agent
- Plan a Budapest weekend and start an Airbnb booking with ChatGPT agent
- Request a furniture quote with ChatGPT agent
- Fill an online grocery cart from a handwritten list with ChatGPT agent
- Three-way match purchase orders against delivery and invoice docs with ChatGPT agent
- Book an Airbnb with ChatGPT agent
- Build an Nvidia DCF valuation spreadsheet with ChatGPT agent
- Find a family vacation rental in Costa Rica with ChatGPT agent
- Build an early-retirement (FIRE) plan with ChatGPT agent