● autonomous agents · 28 recipes · 7 categories · updated 2026-10-16
AI agents that work, en vrai (for real).
Not prompts to paste: agents that run on their own. Trigger → actions in your tools → human approval. Inbox triage, invoice reminders, property-listing digests: connected tools, cost, setup time and limits.
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Agents that act, not prompts to paste.
28 use cases
- Personal productivity1.5 h
Automatic categorisation of bank statements and a monthly review
Drop your bank's CSV export into a folder: the agent categorises spending in Google Sheets and emails you a review.
⏱ New CSV in the "Bank" Drive folder (event)
L3 autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Small business & freelancers2 h
Automatic checks on supplier invoices received by email
For every invoice received, the agent extracts the data, checks the mandatory legal mentions, logs it in your sheet and flags anomalies.
⏱ New email with a PDF invoice (event)
L2 semi-autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Personal productivity10 min
Automatic daily briefing with ChatGPT scheduled tasks
Every morning ChatGPT runs a scheduled task on its own: weather, chosen news and reminders, then notifies you.
⏱ Every day at 7am (scheduled task)
L3 autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Trading & investing1 h
Automatic flagging of investment offers received by email, with a check against French regulator blacklists
When an email pitches an investment, the agent extracts the company and website and sends you an alert with a link to the blacklists of the AMF, France's financial-markets regulator.
⏱ New email containing an investment offer (event)
L2 semi-autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Small business & freelancers2 h
Automatic meeting notes pushed to your CRM
As soon as the Google Meet transcript is ready, the agent writes the minutes, extracts action items and adds them to the client record in your CRM.
⏱ New Meet transcript in Google Drive (event)
L2 semi-autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Small business & freelancers1.5 h
Automatic triage of your work inbox with draft replies
For every incoming email the agent classifies it (quote, support, invoice, sales pitch), applies a label and prepares a draft for customer requests.
⏱ New email received (event)
L2 semi-autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Real estate3 h
Automatic twice-yearly tracking of real property sales (DVF) in your area
Each time France's open property-sales dataset (DVF) is updated, the agent downloads sales for your towns, computes price per m² and trends, and emails you a commented summary.
⏱ Every 1 April and 1 October (cron, matching DVF releases)
L3 autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Trading & investing1.5 h
Automatic weekly review of your trade journal
Every Friday evening a script reads your Google Sheets journal, refreshes prices with GOOGLEFINANCE and emails you a review of how well you followed your rules.
⏱ Every Friday at 7pm (Apps Script trigger)
L3 autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Trading & investing20 min
Educational market wrap-up every trading evening
A scheduled task compiles central-bank announcements and a few indicators every evening and explains in plain language what happened.
⏱ Monday to Friday at 6:30pm (cron)
L3 autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Personal productivity1.5 h
Evening prep sheet for tomorrow's meetings
Every evening the agent reads tomorrow's calendar, finds your latest exchanges with each attendee and emails you one brief per meeting.
⏱ Every day at 7pm (cron)
L3 autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Marketing2 h
Follow-ups for leads silent for 5 days, prepared from your CRM
Every morning the agent lists HubSpot leads with no reply for 5 days, writes a personalised follow-up and saves it as a draft.
⏱ Every weekday at 8am (cron)
L2 semi-autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Marketing2 h
Monthly newsletter automatically drafted in Brevo
On the 25th of each month the agent gathers news and updates from your sheet, writes the newsletter and creates the campaign as a draft in Brevo.
⏱ 25th of the month at 9am (cron)
L2 semi-autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Real estate2 h
Monthly rent receipts generated and sent once payment is confirmed
On the 1st of each month the agent prepares rent receipts from your tenant sheet, and only sends the ones you've ticked as "rent received". (In France landlords must provide a receipt — quittance — on request.)
⏱ 1st of the month at 9am (cron) + "paid" box ticked
L2 semi-autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Real estate2 h
Morning digest of new property listings, scored against your criteria
Every morning an n8n workflow reads your listing-site alert feeds, drops duplicates, scores each listing against your criteria and emails you a ranked digest.
⏱ Every day at 7am (cron)
L3 autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Marketing1.5 h
New YouTube video automatically turned into LinkedIn and X posts for approval
As soon as a video goes live on your channel, the agent fetches its description and transcript, writes the posts and drops them in Notion for approval.
⏱ New video on the channel (YouTube RSS feed, event)
L2 semi-autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Small business & freelancers2 h
Quote drafted automatically from an on-site voice memo
Drop a voice memo into a Drive folder: the agent transcribes it, structures the line items and prepares a draft quote for you to approve.
⏱ New audio file in Google Drive (event)
L2 semi-autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Small business & freelancers1.5 h
Replies to new Google reviews drafted and published after approval
For every new review the agent writes a tailored reply, sends it to you for approval, then publishes it on your Google Business Profile.
⏱ New review on your profile (event / hourly check)
L2 semi-autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Legal & admin1.5 h
Scanned official letter: summary, deadline in your calendar and draft reply
Scan a letter into a Drive folder: the agent summarises it, adds the deadline to your calendar and drafts a reply if one is needed.
⏱ New scan in the "Mail" folder (event)
L2 semi-autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Small business & freelancers2 h
Scheduled reminders for unpaid invoices, in three escalation levels
Every morning the agent spots overdue invoices in your sheet and prepares the right reminder (friendly, firm, pre-formal notice for you to approve).
⏱ Every weekday at 7am (cron)
L2 semi-autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Real estate1.5 h
Sort tenant applications and automatically request missing documents
For every applicant email, the agent checks the file, lists missing documents and prepares a draft reply for you to approve.
⏱ New email under the "Rental" label (event)
L2 semi-autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Trading & investing1.5 h
TradingView alerts automatically commented on Telegram
When a TradingView alert fires, n8n receives it via webhook, adds context and sends you an educational Telegram message. No orders are placed.
⏱ TradingView webhook (event)
L3 autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Marketing3 h
Weekly competitor watch: price and offer changes
Every Monday the agent visits your competitors' public pages, compares them with last week and summarises what changed.
⏱ Every Monday at 8am (cron)
L3 autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Personal productivity1 h
Weekly digest of your newsletters, without opening your inbox
Every Saturday the agent reads the week's newsletters, extracts what matters and sends you one summary email.
⏱ Every Saturday at 9am (cron)
L3 autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Legal & admin1 h
Weekly regulatory watch filtered for your business
Every Monday the agent reads official news from Service-Public.fr (the French government's public-information site), keeps what concerns your sector and sends you a summary with links.
⏱ Every Monday at 8am (cron)
L3 autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Legal & admin1.5 h
Year-round automatic collection of tax receipts
The agent spots useful certificates in your email (donations, childcare, home help), files them in Drive and keeps a summary ready for tax season. Built around French tax credits; adapt the categories to your country.
⏱ New email with a certificate (event) + summary on 1 April (cron)
L2 semi-autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Non-profits & volunteers1 h
Automatic sign-up processing: confirmation and reminders for missing documents
For every reply to your sign-up form, the agent checks the file, sends the confirmation and drafts reminders for missing documents.
⏱ New Google Forms response (event)
L2 semi-autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Non-profits & volunteers1.5 h
General-meeting notice drafted automatically 30 days ahead
Thirty days before the general meeting in your calendar, the agent drafts the notice and agenda and creates the campaign as a draft for the board.
⏱ 30 days before the "AGM" calendar event (daily cron)
L2 semi-autonomousVerified sourceView recipe - Non-profits & volunteers2 h
Weekly reminders for unpaid membership fees via HelloAsso
Every Monday the agent compares your member list with HelloAsso payments (a French payment platform for non-profits) and drafts personalised reminders for missing fees.
⏱ Every Monday at 9am (cron)
L2 semi-autonomousVerified sourceView recipe
03 / Evidence levels
● Tested by us
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