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12 use cases

  • Book tickets and run errands by iMessage

    Text your assistant a chore and it uses a cloud browser to try to finish it.

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    Using the repo Merit-Systems/OpenInstinct, deploy it to a Vercel Pro team and confirm the Linq line is verified for <target phone number>. Expected output: a live app URL and a reply to a test iMessage from the assistant. Verify that sign-in with the phone number works before reporting success.

  • Alert when the garage door stays open

    Get a phone notification when a camera shows the garage door open for 10 minutes.

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    Using the VisionState repo at https://github.com/oleost/VisionState, set up a garage door state sensor for the camera <camera_entity> and a Home Assistant automation that notifies <notify_service> after the door is open for 10 minutes. Expected output: a sensor.garage_door entity and one automation YAML block. Verify that the sensor reports open, closed and halfway in the Home Assistant entity list.

  • Plan a New York outing with Claude in minutes

    Add SyncSo as a Claude connector and ask for live New York events with prices and booking links.

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    Using the SyncSo MCP server at https://rtdb.syncso.com/partner/mcp (repo SyncSo-Inc/syncso), find free outdoor events in New York starting in the next four hours. Return a list with the name, time, price, and booking link for each. Verify that every item has a booking link and that the location is in New York.

  • Let the assistant sign in using a vault

    Store site logins in an encrypted vault so autofill keeps passwords out of the model.

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    Using the repo Merit-Systems/OpenInstinct, deploy the app and save a login for <target site> in its vault. Expected output: confirmation that the login is saved and that a later task signs in without the password appearing in chat. Verify that the private Blob store is still present before finishing.

  • Read a water or gas meter into the Energy dashboard

    Point an ESP32-CAM at a meter and log its total and rate in Home Assistant.

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    Using the VisionState repo at https://github.com/oleost/VisionState, configure a reading sensor for the camera <camera_entity> on a <water or gas or power> meter. Expected output: a meter total entity that appears in the Home Assistant Energy dashboard. Verify that each new value is higher than or equal to the previous one.

  • Give Claude Code live New York event search

    Register SyncSo as an HTTP MCP server in Claude Code with one command, then query it from the terminal.

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    In Claude Code, with the SyncSo MCP server from SyncSo-Inc/syncso connected, search for live music events in New York on <date> and list the top three with time, price, and booking link. Verify each result by calling get_details on it before you report it.

  • Manage Gmail, Calendar, and Contacts by text

    Connect a Google account so the assistant can work with your email, events, and contacts.

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    Using the repo Merit-Systems/OpenInstinct, create and attach a Google connector for the project <project> and set GOOGLE_CONNECTOR_UID. Expected output: the connector UID and a redeployed app. Verify that the credential file was deleted and that no credential file is staged in git.

  • Track who is home and whose car is in the drive

    Get on/off sensors for named people and your own car from a driveway camera.

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    Using the VisionState repo at https://github.com/oleost/VisionState, set up object and person sensors for the camera <camera_entity>, with named people <person_names>. Expected output: an on/off sensor for each named person and for the car object. Verify that face recognition is enabled only for the camera you chose.

  • Install the SyncSo skill into coding agents

    Use npx skills add to load the SyncSo skill into Claude Code, Codex or Cursor in one command.

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    Install the SyncSo skill from SyncSo-Inc/syncso into this project with npx skills add SyncSo-Inc/syncso. Then ask the installed agent for three live events in New York this weekend. Verify that the result includes times, prices and booking links, and that the skill was loaded from the repo.

  • Approve purchases from your Link wallet

    Connect Stripe Link so the assistant can buy things you approve from your own wallet.

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    Using the repo Merit-Systems/OpenInstinct, configure the Link environment variables for the project <your-app> without committing any secret. Expected output: a redeployed app with the Link wallet page showing the callback URL. Verify that STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY starts with pk_ and not sk_.

  • Read a washer's minutes-left display into Home Assistant

    Turn a appliance display's remaining minutes into a sensor you can automate on.

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    Using the VisionState repo at https://github.com/oleost/VisionState, create a reading sensor for the camera <camera_entity> that reads the minutes-left display on <appliance>. Expected output: a numeric sensor that matches the display. Verify that the sensor value matches the display on three separate checks.

  • Find affordable date ideas across MCP clients

    Connect SyncSo to Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code or any MCP client and ask for priced, bookable plans.

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    Using the SyncSo MCP server from SyncSo-Inc/syncso, find New York events for a couple three weeks from now that cost under <budget> per person. Return a shortlist with dates, prices and booking links. Verify that each price and booking link came from the search results.