How I Automated Half My Workday Using an AI Browser

In my last post on AI browsers, I explored how tools like Comet and Dia were transforming the browser from a passive window into an intelligent partner — capable of summarizing, scheduling, and searching smarter.

That was the why.
This one’s the how.

Because AI browsers just crossed a line.
They no longer just find information — they act on it.

And the best example right now is Perplexity Comet, which quietly turned the humble browser into an agentic automation engine.

In today’s Playbook, I’ll show you step-by-step, how I built ten mini agents inside Comet that now handle research, prospecting, trend tracking, and meeting prep automatically.

If you’ve been wondering what “AI in your workflow” actually looks like in practice, this is it.

Most AI tools answer questions.
Comet executes workflows.

You can use it in two ways:

This dual setup lets you move between contextual assistance and autonomous execution — without ever leaving the browser.

Now, let’s explore what that looks like in real work.

Traditional competitor research means juggling tabs, spreadsheets, and screenshots.

Comet fixes that.

I open my product site and my top 3–4 competitor pages, then type:

Here’s what happens behind the scenes:

What took hours before now takes about 15 minutes — and it’s fully repeatable.

This is the moment you realize your browser isn’t just for browsing anymore.

Research is where Comet shines.

Instead of 20 cluttered tabs, you can ask it to group related pages into a dedicated workspace — “AI Marketing,” “Crypto Regulation Research,” or whatever project you’re on.

Then, the magic:

Comet scans every tab, finds overlapping ideas, and produces a coherent summary.
No note-taking. No context loss.

You can also:

And speaking of fact-checking — Comet does that too.
Highlight a claim on a page → right-click → “Verify with Perplexity”.
It cross-references live sources and gives you a quick credibility check.

For anyone doing research, analysis, or writing — this is an enormous time-saver.

Once I saw how easily Comet pulled research, I extended it into automation.

I created a Notion database called Weekly AI SEO News.

Then I asked Comet to:

Within minutes, it:

You can even schedule it weekly, so it runs on its own.

Think of it as your news analyst agent, constantly curating what matters most to your projects.

And this isn’t limited to news — it works for any kind of recurring research update (market trends, tech releases, regulatory updates, etc.).

If you’re running a service business or startup, this one’s pure leverage.

Comet can act as your lead finder — scanning forums like Reddit or niche communities for high-intent posts.

Here’s the exact prompt I used:

The agent crawls discussions, filters relevant ones, summarizes the pain points, and sends an email summary with source links.

You can review leads manually or if you’re bold, even have it draft responses for you.

But the smarter move is to keep the human in the loop.
Let the agent find; you engage authentically.

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Next, I turned Comet into a prospecting assistant.

Prompt:

Comet searches job boards, LinkedIn, and public sites to find matching companies.
It outputs a clean table, often with direct URLs.

You can then tag those results and say:

Comet reads each company page, pulls key info, and generates drafts — even saving them in your Gmail as unsent messages.

Combine this with a LinkedIn Sales Navigator search, and you’ve automated 80% of your pipeline research.

Before you can market well, you need to understand real customer pain points.

Comet can scan Reddit threads, YouTube comments, and social forums to extract real audience quotes.

Example prompt:

Comet digs through posts, categorizes them (e.g., “budget,” “technical setup,” “design overwhelm”), and exports results into a spreadsheet.

You can then reuse that data to:

You can even switch to Perplexity Labs and ask:

That’s a full research-to-execution loop — in one tool.

AI search (Google’s AI Overviews, Perplexity, ChatGPT Browse) changes how people find content.

Comet helps you reverse engineer what’s ranking.

Prompt:

Comet expands all top AI-generated results, studies them, and delivers:

It’s like a live SEO strategist — minus the subscription fee.

Here’s where Comet starts feeling like a real consultant.

Say you have a process doc for doing CRO audits.
You open your site and a few competitor sites, then type:

Comet follows the document’s steps exactly, tests flows, and gives you:

You can even ask it to generate a PowerPoint or Google Slides presentation with findings.

This isn’t “just summarizing” — it’s autonomous task execution.

Hiring or looking for collaborators?

Comet can scan platforms like OnlineJobs.ph, Upwork, or AngelList using structured criteria:

It reviews listings, ranks candidates, and presents a summary table with profile links.
You can even ask it to cross-reference social profiles for culture fit.

This one’s my favorite.

Connected to Google Workspace, Comet can act as your EA-on-demand.

Use cases:

It researches, compiles summaries, an

d adds approved events directly to your calendar.

In minutes, your schedule, prep notes, and follow-ups are ready — handled by your browser.

With great automation comes great data access.

Here’s my recommended setup:

This isolates your automation workspace and keeps data risk minimal, something I also recommend to enterprises testing AI workflows internally.

When I wrote AI Browsers: The Next Big Shift in How We Work Online, the story was about possibility.
Now it’s about reality.

Perplexity Comet proves that the browser is becoming the new automation layer of knowledge work.

This changes how we build, sell, and operate:

What ChatGPT did for language, Comet is doing for workflows.

And it’s only the beginning.