Delegate tiny chores to Devin via Slack
A developer fires Devin at small, well-scoped chores from Slack and reviews the resulting GitHub PRs at lunch and end of day.
- Agent or tool
- Devin
- Topic
- Software Development
- Reported on
- Blog
- Added
- 2026-10-15
Why it matters
Coding agents are moving from autocomplete to doing whole tasks: reading a codebase, making a plan and changing many files. This case is a concrete example of where that works in practice. It is one of 221 sightings filed under Software Development on Agent Sightings (number 168 by interest), and one of 20 involving Devin.
How you could try it
Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into Devin or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.
Via Slack: fix this small lint/test failure on main, open a PR with the change, and do not expand scope beyond the failing check.
Tip: Work on a fresh branch, ask for a plan before edits, and review the diff and test results before merging.
Source
Read the original first-hand account on Blog: https://www.asad.pw/ai-agents-experiences-with-manus-operator-and-more/. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.
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