AI agents, and what people do with them
12 agents and 43 real use cases. Pick one to see what people have got it to do.
Claude Code 14
Anthropic's coding agent, including all the non-coding jobs people hand it.
Most often software & devops, science, security & hardware, research & learning
Custom agent 9
Agents people built themselves, lesser-known products, and ones the author did not name.
Most often software & devops, science, security & hardware, work & operations
Codex 8
OpenAI's coding agent, in the terminal, the cloud and the desktop app.
Most often software & devops, science, security & hardware, games & simulations
Claude 7
Anthropic's assistant, used through the app, projects, connectors and skills.
Most often software & devops, science, security & hardware, writing, media & design
Grok Bot 6
xAI's always-on agent. It gets its own cloud computer and is handed work like a coworker.
Most often money, bills & taxes, software & devops, shopping & errands
Claude Cowork 1
Anthropic's desktop agent for everyday work on your own files and apps.
Most often research & learning
ChatGPT 1
OpenAI's assistant, used as a plain chat or with tools and connectors.
Most often research & learning
Dots 1
OpenAI's always-on agent on its own cloud computer, also written Dot.
Most often shopping & errands
Meta Muse 1
Meta's personal AI agent.
Most often research & learning
Cursor 1
The AI code editor and its background and cloud agents.
Most often software & devops
n8n 1
The workflow automation tool people build agents on.
Most often sales, marketing & support
GitHub Copilot 1
GitHub's coding assistant and its coding agent.
Most often software & devops