Let your agent use phone-only apps like Uber, WhatsApp and Instagram: AI agent prompt
Many everyday apps (ride booking, messaging, social DMs, grocery delivery, banking) have no API an agent can reach, so assistants stall the moment a task lives on a phone. PhoneUse launched on Oct 21, 2026 as an MCP server and API that gives an agent its own cloud Android or real iPhone, so it can open the app and tap through the task like you would, with logs and approval for key steps.
Personal ProductivityPhone app tasksintermediateThe prompt
You have access to a phone through [PhoneUse / your phone-control tool]. Task: [e.g. check my Instagram DMs from today and send Sam a 3-line summary on WhatsApp / compare the price of this grocery list in two delivery apps / book a ride from X to Y for 6pm]. Rules: Step 1: tell me which apps you'll open and what you'll do in each before you start. Step 2: only read, search and fill in; stop and show me a screenshot and wait for my yes before you send a message, book, buy, pay, post or delete anything. Step 3: never enter passwords or one-time codes yourself; if you hit a sign-in or code, stop and ask me. Step 4: when done, give me a short report of what you did, with the final screenshots, and anything you couldn't finish.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt above.
- Replace every [bracket] with your own details (or fill in the blanks on AgentPlaybook Real Estate, which remembers your answers for the next prompt).
- Paste it into PhoneUse, Claude Code, ChatGPT and review the answer before you use it.
Works with: PhoneUse, Claude Code, ChatGPT
Real-world example: x.com/abdullababakre/status/2112971597648978044
Before you use it: what to check
Check yourself
- This prompt works on text other people wrote (emails, reviews, messages or web pages). That text can hide instructions aimed at AI, such as "ignore your rules and…". Paste it as material to work on, and never let the AI act on requests inside it, like paying, sharing logins or changing records. How prompt injection works →
- Check every figure, price and total against your own records before anything is sent, posted or booked. A person approves refunds, discounts, payments and price changes.
- Read and edit the draft before it reaches a customer or goes public. If you later automate this prompt, start with "draft and notify me", not "send automatically".
- Check names, dates, numbers and any claim against your own source material before you use the answer. AI can misread or invent details.
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