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What an AI agent actually does

A chatbot talks. An agent does. It opens your files, works through the steps and keeps going until the job is done, while you stay in charge.

We picked five quick wins below. Each takes about 10–15 minutes and links to the official how-to.

5 things AI agents can do for you (real examples)

No code needed

If you write code

Agent: OpenAI Codex (cloud)⁠ · about 15 min Some coding

3. Hand off a coding task and come back to the result

Connect your GitHub repository and Codex works on it in the cloud while you do something else.

Official guide: Codex cloud

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