# AI use cases for Open Ghost (ANDRETRIPOL/OpenGhost) Repo: [ANDRETRIPOL/OpenGhost](https://github.com/ANDRETRIPOL/OpenGhost) | Use cases: 4 | Page: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/andretripol-openghost/ OpenGhost is an open desktop AI agent for Windows, macOS and Linux that runs commands, edits files, works in a built-in browser and draws explanations beside its replies. This file holds every use case of this repo. Each one starts with a "## " heading and ends with its URL. - Explain a topic with drawings beside the text: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/andretripol-openghost/explain-topics-with-drawings/ - Review your account activity through the agent's browser: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/andretripol-openghost/act-in-your-own-accounts/ - Save notes the agent raises when the topic comes up: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/andretripol-openghost/keep-notes-the-agent-brings-up/ - Build Open Ghost installers from source for your platform: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/andretripol-openghost/build-installers-from-source/ ## How to explain a topic with drawings beside the text with Open Ghost Repo: [ANDRETRIPOL/OpenGhost](https://github.com/ANDRETRIPOL/OpenGhost) | Difficulty: Beginner | Time: 15 minutes | Basis: From the README Get a reply to a how-it-works question with a scheme, chart or table next to the words. **Who it is for:** A student or self-learner who understands text better with diagrams and needs a quick visual explanation of a hard topic. **The problem:** Plain text answers to how something works are hard to picture, and drawing a diagram by hand takes time. **The outcome:** A reply where the explanation appears with a live drawing that you can change where it stands. ### Steps 1. Download the installer for your system from the release links in the README: the Windows Setup.exe, the Linux tar.gz or the macOS dmg. 2. Open Open Ghost and connect a provider: sign in with your ChatGPT account, or add an API key for OpenAI, Claude, DeepSeek or OpenRouter. 3. Ask a question that is better shown than told, for example how a four stroke engine works. 4. Check the reply for the drawing beside the text, then open it and change the layout or the blocks in the table. ### Prompt to paste into your agent ```text Using the OpenGhost desktop app from https://github.com/ANDRETRIPOL/OpenGhost, ask the agent to explain with drawings. Expected output: a reply that includes at least one drawing beside the text. Verify that the drawing responds to pointer input and can be edited. ``` ### Caveat Model replies are billed by the provider you connect, and the README says keys and sign-ins are stored only on your machine. Disclaimer: Third-party repos we don't own or vouch for. AI-generated use cases can be wrong: review everything and run at your own risk. Full text: https://dedupedai.com/disclaimer/ URL: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/andretripol-openghost/explain-topics-with-drawings/ ## How to review your account activity through the agent's browser with Open Ghost Repo: [ANDRETRIPOL/OpenGhost](https://github.com/ANDRETRIPOL/OpenGhost) | Difficulty: Intermediate | Time: 30 minutes | Basis: From the README Have the agent open your signed-in account, read stats and pull out key comments. **Who it is for:** A creator or small business owner who checks post performance and audience feedback on a website every week. **The problem:** Reading view counts and comments across many posts by hand is slow, and important feedback gets lost in the replies. **The outcome:** A short report of view counts for your latest posts and the comments that hold suggestions or bug reports. ### Steps 1. Install Open Ghost from the release links, or build it with the steps in the README. 2. Set the permission mode to Ask so the agent waits for approval before web actions. 3. Open the built-in browser panel and sign in to the site you want the agent to use. 4. Send one request that names the account, the number of posts and what to pull from the comments. 5. Review each approval card before the agent clicks, types or submits anything. ### Prompt to paste into your agent ```text In the OpenGhost app from https://github.com/ANDRETRIPOL/OpenGhost, with the browser panel signed in to , report the view counts of my three most recent posts and list the comments that contain suggestions or bug reports. Expected output: a short list with each count and each relevant comment. Verify each number against the page before you report it. ``` ### Caveat The README describes a custom MCP server for controlling the sites the agent drives, so results depend on how those sites respond at the time you run it. Risk, credentials: The browser panel is signed in to your accounts, so the agent can act inside them; keep the permission mode on Ask and review each action. Disclaimer: Third-party repos we don't own or vouch for. AI-generated use cases can be wrong: review everything and run at your own risk. Full text: https://dedupedai.com/disclaimer/ URL: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/andretripol-openghost/act-in-your-own-accounts/ ## How to save notes the agent raises when the topic comes up with Open Ghost Repo: [ANDRETRIPOL/OpenGhost](https://github.com/ANDRETRIPOL/OpenGhost) | Difficulty: Beginner | Time: 15 minutes | Basis: From the README Write a reminder once and let the agent bring it back when a chat reaches that subject. **Who it is for:** A busy professional who keeps forgetting small follow-up tasks that come up during long chats. **The problem:** Follow-up items mentioned in a conversation get lost, and separate reminder tools are not tied to the work in progress. **The outcome:** A note in the list beside the chat that the agent mentions at the right moment and asks whether to deal with now. ### Steps 1. Install Open Ghost from the release links in the README. 2. In any chat, type a note such as: Add to my notes: check my DMs on X today. 3. Find the note in the list beside the chat to confirm it was saved. 4. Continue a related conversation and wait for the agent to bring the note up and ask before acting on it. ### Prompt to paste into your agent ```text In OpenGhost from https://github.com/ANDRETRIPOL/OpenGhost, add the note '' and confirm it appears in the notes list beside the chat. Expected output: the saved note and, in a later related chat, a reply where the agent raises it and asks whether to act. Verify that the agent does not act on the note without asking. ``` ### Caveat The README says the agent never acts on a note on its own, so you still need to confirm each follow-up it proposes. Disclaimer: Third-party repos we don't own or vouch for. AI-generated use cases can be wrong: review everything and run at your own risk. Full text: https://dedupedai.com/disclaimer/ URL: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/andretripol-openghost/keep-notes-the-agent-brings-up/ ## How to build Open Ghost installers from source for your platform with Open Ghost Repo: [ANDRETRIPOL/OpenGhost](https://github.com/ANDRETRIPOL/OpenGhost) | Difficulty: Advanced | Time: 45 minutes | Basis: From the README Run the app from code and produce an installer for Windows, macOS or Linux. **Who it is for:** A developer who wants to audit, modify or package the open source desktop agent for their own platform. **The problem:** Using a prebuilt release limits control over the code, and a fork needs a way to produce installers for each system. **The outcome:** A local copy of the app running from source and an installer file in the dist folder for the system you build on. ### Steps 1. Install Node.js 22 or newer and clone the repository from https://github.com/ANDRETRIPOL/OpenGhost. 2. Run `npm ci` in the project folder to install the dependencies. 3. Run `npm start` to launch the app straight from the code. 4. On Windows run `npm run dist`, on macOS run `npm run dist:mac`, or on Linux run `npm run dist:linux`, each on that system. 5. For Mac or Linux without a local machine, fork the repo, turn on Actions, open Build and press Run workflow. ### Prompt to paste into your agent ```text Clone https://github.com/ANDRETRIPOL/OpenGhost, run `npm ci`, then run the dist command that matches this operating system: `npm run dist` on Windows, `npm run dist:mac` on macOS or `npm run dist:linux` on Linux. Expected output: an installer in the dist folder whose name starts with OpenGhost. Verify that the file exists and that `npm start` launches the app. ``` ### Caveat The README says each installer must be built on its own system, so a Windows machine cannot produce the macOS or Linux files directly. Disclaimer: Third-party repos we don't own or vouch for. AI-generated use cases can be wrong: review everything and run at your own risk. Full text: https://dedupedai.com/disclaimer/ URL: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/andretripol-openghost/build-installers-from-source/