Real example · Automation & AI agents
Hand ChatGPT agent mode a written checklist for a chore
What they did
Jonathan Stark wrote a detailed step-by-step procedure for a fairly involved task and let ChatGPT's agent mode work through it while he watched.
How it went
After about ten minutes of watching the slow progress, he saw that following his own checklist by hand would be roughly ten times faster than his old way of doing the task. He says the real gain came from writing the checklist, not from the agent's run.
Worth knowing
A very short post: the task is not named and it does not say whether the agent finished or how good its output was. ChatGPT agent mode was retired in August 2026, so this shows a past workflow, not a current feature.
Try it yourself with ChatGPT
Replace anything in [brackets] with your details.
I want you to do this chore for me in the browser: [describe the chore].
Follow these steps exactly, in order:
1. [step one]
2. [step two]
3. [step three]
Stop and ask me before any step that spends money, sends a message or deletes something. When you finish, give me a short list of what you did and anything you could not complete.Read the original
The REAL benefit of ChatGPT Agent Mode by Jonathan Stark ↗
jonathanstark.com · · Personal post
Attributed to the source linked below; not our own test.
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