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Buy a microwave from Costco

According to the write-up, someone's Meta Muse agent bought a microwave from Costco. The purchase was completed.

Agent or tool
Meta Muse
Topic
Productivity
Reported on
X
Added
2026-10-15

Why it matters

Small, repetitive tasks eat more of the week than anyone likes to admit. Cases like this show an agent taking a chore off someone's plate end to end, not just suggesting what to do. It is one of 225 sightings filed under Productivity on Agent Sightings (number 83 by interest), and one of 35 involving Meta Muse.

How you could try it

Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into Meta Muse or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.

Help me buy a microwave from Costco. Break it into steps, show your work, and wait for confirmation before anything irreversible, paid, or outbound.

Saved

Tip: Start small: run it once on a low-stakes example, read what the agent did, and only then let it run on real work.

Source

Read the original first-hand account on X: https://x.com/lissimore1/status/2107660512112607428. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.

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