Read what owners and builders have shared about the work they do with AI. Filter by the job, or search for a business type or tool.
We checked the source posts and author handles on October 17, 2026. Results remain the authors’ reports; they are not independently measured. Proposals, vendor stories, and second-hand examples are labeled. Business types are editorial categories. Read our evidence policy.
Operations & adminReported example
Shutter and shade manufacturer and installer (21 people)
Owner and GM built agents on their existing Google Calendar, GoHighLevel CRM, Google Sheets, QuickBooks and Google/Meta Ads that post issues and suggested fixes in Slack to the employee responsible, then rerun: a schedule and route audit (caught 6 sales appointments with unworkable drive times, a missing install stop and a route that couldn't fit its time), a daily CRM lead audit (uncontacted leads, overdue follow-ups, one lead 19 days without a reply) and a CEO Radar that flagged a 53% week-over-week sales drop and 16% lower average ticket and asked whether orders simply weren't entered. Reports first-hour lead response misses fell from 9 to 1 in a week
Reported by @SMB_RealEstate · Claude / Viktor / Slack / GoHighLevel / Google Calendar / Google Sheets / QuickBooks / Google Ads / Meta Ads
Context & qualifications
- Owner reports problems with permissions, broken integrations and a platform that withholds quote and order data.
- His advice: pick one daily manual check, automate it, and send the result to the person who fixes it.
Customer service & phonesReported example
Auto repair shop
Added an AI agent that answers the shop phone after hours (on Quo/OpenPhone) because missed calls were the real bottleneck
Reported by @ryanmchenoweth · Quo / OpenPhone / AI voice agent (underlying model unspecified)
Customer service & phonesReported example
Cleaning business
Built an AI agent that handles inbound inquiries overnight (10pm-8am); got ~6 leads in its first days
Reported by @ericson4smith · Unspecified AI agent
Context & qualifications
- Owner says most jobs still handled by live agents over text; do not describe fully autonomous operations.
Customer service & phonesReported example
Small holding company
Runs the business with AI agents: one answers the phones, another runs the Facebook page
Reported by @DWKemp · Unspecified AI agents / Facebook
Context & qualifications
- Post warns shared Facebook credentials caused agents to log one another out; account ownership was the fix.
Customer service & phonesReported example
Service business
Published 'Alexandra,' his own AI receptionist that does inbound/outbound calls and texting for his business
Reported by @ChrisVolkernick · Alexandra AI receptionist (platform unspecified)
Customer service & phonesReported example
Project-based service business
Grok Bot watches the business inbox, texts him when a customer writes, replies, schedules the date and prices the job, 24/7
Reported by @CBFLIVING · Grok Bot
Context & qualifications
- Author reports autonomous replies, pricing and unsolicited outreach; implementation guide should distinguish those reported actions from a reviewed draft workflow.
Customer service & phonesReported example
Online business
Bot team handles support tickets, account/access fixes, refund and dispute paperwork, and a morning ads report
Reported by @johnmccoyx · Grok Bot
Customer service & phonesReported example
E-commerce brand
Building an app with Claude (plus a local Qwen model for QA) that auto-replies to customer emails
Reported by @themoneygps · Claude / Qwen3.5:35b-a3b
Context & qualifications
- This is an app being built and tested, not a completed reliability benchmark. Automation percentages are aspirations.
Customer service & phonesReported example
Pest control (4 locations)
AI triages 3 inboxes before he wakes, sends the office manager reports twice a day, watches Google reviews and texts techs tomorrow's weather
Reported by @SimplePestMgmt · Unspecified open-source AI agents / Mac Mini
Marketing & contentVendor or promotional report
E-commerce brand
Scaled ads with AI UGC creatives built from a Claude-driven system (variation grid, build sheets, batch generation)
Reported by @CEO_Vlad · Claude / Infinite UGC
Context & qualifications
- Public embed is truncated. Claimed $6M/month scale is self-reported promotional context, not verified causal impact.
Marketing & contentReported example
Shopify store
Uses ChatGPT's Shopify plugin to bulk-write product descriptions, strip supplier watermarks, add SEO filenames/alt text and categorize products
Reported by @SelfMadeMastery · ChatGPT Astra / Shopify plugin
Context & qualifications
- Original explicitly says ChatGPT Astra with Shopify plugin. Watermark removal should not be copied into general instructions without rights to the images.
Marketing & contentReported example
Shopify stores + Amazon FBA
Gives Claude a product URL; it pulls images, makes graphics/videos for every channel, writes copy and queues drafts in Post Bridge
Reported by @DavidFrosdick · Claude / xAPI for Grok / Higgsfield / Post Bridge
Context & qualifications
- The tool is nearly built; author reports one initial published post and reviewing other drafts, not mature unattended operation.
Marketing & contentVendor or promotional report
Shopify stores
Runs stores with Claude: product descriptions from a photo, catalog cleanup and other routine merchant tasks
Reported by @DavisPaipa · Claude / Shoptank / Libautech Bundles & Upsell
Context & qualifications
- Author promotes products they built, including Libautech Bundles & Upsell. Label vendor/self-promotional account.
Marketing & contentReported example
Shopify store
Hands ChatGPT Work product descriptions, order details and marketing copy that used to eat hours daily
Reported by @hiryan0x · ChatGPT Work
Marketing & contentReported example
TikTok Shop seller
Claude runs a new flash sale every hour to drive impulse urgency
Reported by @fluxtts · Claude
Marketing & contentReported example
Veteran-owned collectibles shop
Grok Bot rebuilt store categories, rewrote listings, priced inventory and listed new figures from his phone photos
Reported by @BeefStewtoo · Grok Bot
Marketing & contentReported example
UGC creator business
Claude Cowork reviews her Instagram insights every Monday and reports what's working
Reported by @ashrodriguezugc · Claude Coworker (author wording)
Context & qualifications
- Available text ends mid-sentence and includes video; weekly Instagram review is supported but unseen video setup details are not verified.
Marketing & contentReported example
Exterior cleaning company
Tracks lead sources; 6 of 51 monthly leads came from ChatGPT/Claude recommendations (AI search as a channel)
Reported by @CalebTrevinoSEO · ChatGPT / Claude
Context & qualifications
- This is AI-search lead attribution, not evidence of an agent operating the business.
Marketing & contentSecond-hand report
Coffee shop (second-hand)
Owner turns one photo + one ChatGPT prompt into a week of Instagram captions, saving ~3 hrs/week
Reported by @Dangsmgo · ChatGPT
Context & qualifications
- Second-hand anecdote from an unnamed coffee-shop owner; not a verified client result.
Marketing & contentReported example
Pizza shop (friend's)
Built a new pizza shop's website in 45 minutes with Claude Code
Reported by @jshchnz · Claude Code
Marketing & contentReported example
Real estate agent (brother's)
Built a custom map editor so the agent can show listing locations and nearby spots for marketing
Reported by @danielj_genesys · Glaze / DialKit / Google Earth files
Context & qualifications
- Actual tool named is Glaze plus DialKit; do not relabel as ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or Muse.
Marketing & contentRequested workflow / not yet implemented
E-commerce (family business)
Asked for tool recommendations to help a non-coder customize a BigCommerce store; the proposed implementation is not yet reported as completed.
Reported by @bossriceshark · ChatGPT / Claude / Grok / Perplexity / Cursor / Cline / Claude Code (proposed)
Context & qualifications
- Material mismatch: this is a request for advice about starting BigCommerce customization, not a completed implementation.
Marketing & contentReported example
Small business websites
Connected Grok Bot to Lovable so it edits and pushes changes to her business websites
Reported by @vanessabuildsX · Grok Bot / Lovable
Sales, quoting & leadsReported example
Parking-lot services (bootstrapped)
Uses Claude to draft quotes but still needs substantial context and review; wants to feed recorded site walkthroughs into quote preparation. Says faster quote turnaround correlates with conversions.
Reported by @JaredDHardin · Claude
Context & qualifications
- Material mismatch: over half of converted quotes were drafted and sent within 48 hours; author does NOT say over half were AI-drafted. Claude is already used but requires babysitting; walkthrough recording is a proposed next step.
Sales, quoting & leadsReported example
Construction company
Claude uses past budgets, requisitions, pro formas and pricing history to estimate new projects from drawings, and explains the assumptions
Reported by @JustinJinorio · Claude
Context & qualifications
- Owner explicitly reviews the generated construction estimates.
Sales, quoting & leadsReported example
Property development project
A ChatGPT agent contacted every subcontractor on the island and compared quotes, cutting finishing costs 50-70%
Reported by @NaughtyNomad · ChatGPT
Context & qualifications
- 50–70% finishing-cost reduction is the author claim only; quote sourcing does not establish comparable scope or completed savings.
Sales, quoting & leadsReported example
Shopify store
Claude SDK agent analyzes weekly orders and sends bundle recommendations and revenue projections to Slack/WhatsApp
Reported by @victorpaycro · Claude SDK / Shopify / Slack / WhatsApp
Sales, quoting & leadsVendor or promotional report
Med spa (agency client)
Reports increased med-spa bookings after installing a combined follow-up, lead magnet/funnel and CRM system; AI is one component.
Reported by @MichaelALazari · Unspecified AI follow-up / CRM
Context & qualifications
- Material qualification: growth from 18 to 52 booked calls follows a combined AI follow-up, funnel/lead magnet, and CRM system. Do not attribute it solely to AI.
Sales, quoting & leadsVendor or promotional report
Pressure washing (vendor case study)
AI agent handles ~30 support calls/day: caller lookup, Freshdesk ticket, SMS confirmation
Reported by @vateldotai · Vatel AI (vendor author) / Freshdesk / SMS
Context & qualifications
- Vendor-written case study; 30 calls/day is the workload described, not independently verified agent handling performance.
Operations & adminSecond-hand report
Small business (friend's)
Non-programmer owner replaced their CRM with one he built in Claude Code; runs on a Mac mini in the office
Reported by @ryanflorence · Claude Code / Mac Mini
Context & qualifications
- Second-hand account about a friend; no stack, testing, security or maintenance quality is established.
Operations & adminSecond-hand report
Art school (parents')
60-year-old dad built a Claude Code tracker: students scan artwork and it's uploaded to their progress portal
Reported by @agentsantic · Claude Code
Context & qualifications
- Second-hand family account.
Operations & adminReported example
Ground spraying company
Grok Bot turns crew field texts into job cards, flags broken equipment and unpaid invoices, and sends a daily brief
Reported by @TherealWitty22 · Grok Bot
Operations & adminReported example
Construction business
Built a personal command center dashboard of every AI agent, project status, costs and ideas
Reported by @ColdMorningGrit · Unspecified AI agents / Telegram / Home server
Context & qualifications
- Author reports zero login on home server. Do not recommend public deployment without authentication.
Operations & adminReported example
Wife's product business
Automated product labeling/printing with Claude into a chat agent that takes 1 minute
Reported by @albeinstein92 · Claude
Operations & adminReported example
Lawn care business
Built and extended FieldFlow for his lawn-care business with Claude Code, including quotes, rate cards, schedules, crew assignments, payment checks and morning briefs. The nearly threefold figure refers to code commits.
Reported by @derek_codez · Claude Code / FieldFlow / FlowOps
Context & qualifications
- Material mismatch: almost 3x refers to software commits (213 versus 78), NOT lawn-care output, revenue or crew productivity. Full post gives useful real features: rate cards, quotes, recurring schedules, crew assignments, invoice controls and morning brief.
Operations & adminReported example
Cleaning company
Owner built an App Store app with Claude Code, approving changes from his phone on the go
Reported by @ownerinterviews · Claude Code remote control
Operations & adminReported example
Academy / wellness businesses
Non-engineer built an internal platform with Claude (158k lines in 70 days) to run on leading indicators
Reported by @kylechowning · Claude
Context & qualifications
- Code volume is author-reported and not evidence of software quality or business impact. Business name ROOTS is stated; academy/wellness classification comes from supplied CSV.
Operations & adminReported example
Small business with ERP
Used Claude Cowork to fix his ERP and build modules, saving tens of thousands
Reported by @Trump2024FUlibs · Claude Cowork
Context & qualifications
- Savings are unverified author claims; no detailed ERP integration is described.
Operations & adminReported example
Print shop
Built a shop database with a natural-language interface, first with Claude Code, now on local models
Reported by @arealicehole · Claude Code (initial) / Gemini CLI (intermediate) / Hermes / Gemma4 e4b (current)
Context & qualifications
- Current setup is Hermes + Gemma4 e4b; Claude Code and Gemini CLI were earlier tools.
Operations & adminReported example
Snow & ice removal company
One-man company runs on 8 Grok Bot agents with a chief-of-staff bot coordinating
Reported by @PersaudRyan2023 · Grok Bot
Context & qualifications
- High-level agent team report lacks implementation specifics or measured outcome.
Operations & adminReported example
Private security company (Italy)
AI agents do lead research, manage his X account and act as personal assistant
Reported by @GNesca · Unspecified AI agents
Context & qualifications
- No named AI product; do not assume Grok Bot.
Operations & adminReported example
One-person business (Poland)
Uses Grok Bot agents for invoice drafts, deals, contracts and content, with manual steps still required by disconnected invoicing/accounting systems.
Reported by @zefirium · Grok Bot
Context & qualifications
- Author explicitly says agent drafts invoices but manual hand-carrying remains because of KSeF/accountant/tool integration limits. Do not describe end-to-end automated finance.
Operations & adminReported example
New online store
Grok Bot filed his LLC end-to-end (forms, options, address privacy); other bots build the store and scout suppliers
Reported by @Ortix008 · Grok Bot
Context & qualifications
- User reports legal filing; do not present agent-selected legal options or privacy as independently validated.
Operations & adminReported example
Solo immigration consultancy
An AI agent filed government webforms and handled admin for his practice this week
Reported by @StevePaolasini · Unspecified AI agent
Context & qualifications
- Source says government forms submitted ONLY after screenshot review; it also reports invented details caught by human. Preserve approval and accuracy limits.
Operations & adminReported example
Pressure washing company + brands
Uses Claude as an operating system to run whole workflows across three businesses with no team
Reported by @dominikmartinX · Claude / ChatGPT
Context & qualifications
- Author describes manually pasting leads and reviewing every draft, not an unattended agent.
Operations & adminReported example
Florist + travel business
Built a chief-of-staff bot so important messages across his businesses don't get buried
Reported by @TyeInBloom · Grok Bot / Catch
Operations & adminReported example
Social/events business
Runs the business with 5 AI 'workers': Grok Bot as COO for research/drafts/scheduling, Claude writes, ChatGPT reviews
Reported by @Dylanmadden · Grok Bot / Claude / ChatGPT
Context & qualifications
- Every email reviewed by owner before sending.
Operations & adminReported example
Small law practice
Saved $100k+ of time this year with tools he built on Claude Code
Reported by @admsteiner · Claude Code / Other AI platforms (unspecified)
Context & qualifications
- $100k is author valuation of time, not independently measured cash savings; law-practice classification is CSV context, not stated in post.
Operations & adminReported example
Coffee shop
Vibe-coded a loyalty/CRM app: Apple Wallet stamps, gift coffees, birthday freebies
Reported by @canoCloudX · Google AntiGravity / Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking / Apple Wallet
Context & qualifications
- App built with Google AntiGravity and Claude Opus 4.5, not ChatGPT.
Operations & adminReported example
Coffee shop
ChatGPT Work handles scheduling, waste tracking and staff training; ~5 hrs/week saved
Reported by @tuanle6618 · ChatGPT Work
Context & qualifications
- 5+ hours saved and 30% fewer errors are unverified author claims with no methodology.
Operations & adminReported example
Physician practice
Physician built 161 apps on Replit for his preventive-medicine practice
Reported by @omarsaleemmd · Replit Agent
Context & qualifications
- Clinical applications are author claims, not evidence of validated clinical safety. Generic admin workflow adaptations need no clinical claims.
Operations & adminReported example
Apparel brand
30+ Claude Code skills run the company: content pipelines, Framer CMS, Notion, QuickBooks
Reported by @JoMorency · Claude Code / Framer CMS / Notion / QuickBooks
Context & qualifications
- Post raises unsolved instruction/skill-sharing problem; do not claim onboarding automation or automatic skills synchronization.
Operations & adminReported example
Small business
Replaced most of the SaaS he paid for with tools built in Claude Code in hours
Reported by @shahid_karimi · Claude Code
Context & qualifications
- Broad report without individual workflows, app details or verified costs; useful inspiration, insufficient detailed case study alone.
Operations & adminReported example
Small business
Replaced $300+/month of subscription software with custom apps; payroll/budgeting next
Reported by @x_facts_matter · Anthropic tool (truncated before exact product)
Context & qualifications
- Public text remains truncated. Payroll and budgeting are future plans, not built features.
Operations & adminSponsor-related report
Campground/RV park operator
Says @ZanirHabib/Ferociter has been helping him build an AI-native business with Claude Code/Cowork
Reported by @ibuyrvparks · Claude Code / Claude Cowork / Claude Projects / Skills / Ferociter services
Context & qualifications
- Source explicitly names Ferociter and Zanir helping Unhitched and Climb portfolios. Disclose sponsor connection. Event dated March 9 is historical; do not promote as upcoming.
Finance & bookkeepingReported example
Bootstrapped SaaS
Uses Claude Code to enter individual sales receipts and categorize expenses in QuickBooks, replacing paid data-entry labor.
Reported by @256BitChris · Claude Code / QuickBooks
Context & qualifications
- Claim is replacing bookkeeping data-entry labor while still using QuickBooks, NOT replacing QuickBooks. Savings self-reported.
Finance & bookkeepingReported example
Self-employed business
Grok Bot totals monthly receipts from deposit emails, pulls card statements, suggests write-offs and drafts the email to his bookkeeper
Reported by @RICOSAIZ1 · Grok Bot
Context & qualifications
- Author explicitly drafts a single email for a bookkeeper and never sends without OK; possible write-offs are suggestions for professional review.
Finance & bookkeepingReported example
Auto repair shop
AI agent reads shop invoices and finds vendor credits owed but never applied, almost $1,000/month
Reported by @ryanmchenoweth · Unspecified AI agent
Context & qualifications
- Almost $1,000/month is self-reported vendor credits, not independently verified recovered cash.
Finance & bookkeepingReported example
Finance team
Built ~50 Claude skills across month-end close, teaching it what 'wrong' looks like in their books
Reported by @BooksAndBotsAI · Claude skills
Context & qualifications
- Post confirms about 50 skills but detailed two-phase approach is in linked content, not retrieved here.
Finance & bookkeepingReported example
Small business books
In one Claude session imported 3 years of bank statements and card transactions and fixed multi-currency accounting
Reported by @_svs_ · Claude / Python / SQLite / hledger
Context & qualifications
- Author claims custom accounting and tax scenarios; not independently validated correctness or compliance. Do not promise replacement of accountant/tax advice.
Finance & bookkeepingReported example
Startup
Built his own tool with Lovable and canceled his $38/mo QuickBooks
Reported by @samuelawud · Lovable Cloud and AI / Gemini
Context & qualifications
- Built an expense tracker with Lovable and Gemini; canceled QuickBooks personally. This does not establish full accounting/payroll/tax feature parity.