Guys, I created the most useful AI Agent: the Egg Price-o-matic!

Ever since I heard about Agentic AI and the ability that we now have to send little helpers all through the internet to save us some trouble with pesky automations, I've been racking my brains for that killer use case for an AI Agent. I don't really like the idea of an agent creating my entire vacation for me (although helping me get out of my restaurant rut by suggesting a 'surprise' restaurant each weekend would be helpful). Vacations need to be highly personalized and carefully planned, in my opinion, and errors can be costly. I think I'd rather book my own flights, tyvm. If an AI Agent could be customized to scroll through my tax history and file them for me, with zero chance of errors, that would be amazing. But until we have such a killer app available, let's try something simple to see if we can create both a killer app AND something that's really easy to build. Recently I took the AI Agents course on Hugging Face, and to be perfectly honest, building these bits of software from scratch is a little onerous. I instead turned to a leader in automations that I've used for years to see what Zapier could teach me about building an app that solves a crucial problem for me: finding the best price of eggs in my local area. You can test this yourself - it's set to my zip code but you can customize it: https://agents.zapier.com/copy/75490b5c-c35b-4526-a944-b1e2189603cf. You'll need a Zapier account. Creating an agent in Zapier is a quick three-step process, although you will want to fine-tune the resultant agent based on your needs. I found it best to make a hyperlocal agent, rather than a bot that would allow you to input your zip code to find egg prices, so as to reduce manual input needs. First, login to Zapier and create an agent using the button on the left nav: You are presented with a few sample agents that you can edit, or offered the option to create your own. For a really special use case like this one, you can create a custom agent: Then, you can configure it in the configuration tab, inserting any data source or data connection and adding any actions you want the agent to take. In my case, I wanted rows added to a Google spreadsheet when the agent runs, asking it to scrape the internet in a 20 mile radius of local grocery stores, to find and email me the price of a dozen eggs. You can ask the agent to run ad hoc or on a schedule. With this simple example, you can get a regular email and a spreadsheet progressively populated with data. Then, you could create some visualizations around that data as the prices fluctuate, the sky's the limit! Have you tried any AI Agent creation software recently? Let me know what worked for you in the comments, and any pain points you found. If you are interested in following my adventures in AI, subscribe to my weekly LinkedIn newsletter, AI Drops!

Mar 18, 2025 - 17:11

Guys, I created the most useful AI Agent: the Egg Price-o-matic!

Ever since I heard about Agentic AI and the ability that we now have to send little helpers all through the internet to save us some trouble with pesky automations, I've been racking my brains for that killer use case for an AI Agent. I don't really like the idea of an agent creating my entire vacation for me (although helping me get out of my restaurant rut by suggesting a 'surprise' restaurant each weekend would be helpful). Vacations need to be highly personalized and carefully planned, in my opinion, and errors can be costly. I think I'd rather book my own flights, tyvm.

If an AI Agent could be customized to scroll through my tax history and file them for me, with zero chance of errors, that would be amazing. But until we have such a killer app available, let's try something simple to see if we can create both a killer app AND something that's really easy to build.

Recently I took the AI Agents course on Hugging Face, and to be perfectly honest, building these bits of software from scratch is a little onerous. I instead turned to a leader in automations that I've used for years to see what Zapier could teach me about building an app that solves a crucial problem for me: finding the best price of eggs in my local area.

You can test this yourself - it's set to my zip code but you can customize it:
https://agents.zapier.com/copy/75490b5c-c35b-4526-a944-b1e2189603cf.
You'll need a Zapier account.

Creating an agent in Zapier is a quick three-step process, although you will want to fine-tune the resultant agent based on your needs. I found it best to make a hyperlocal agent, rather than a bot that would allow you to input your zip code to find egg prices, so as to reduce manual input needs.

First, login to Zapier and create an agent using the button on the left nav:

You are presented with a few sample agents that you can edit, or offered the option to create your own. For a really special use case like this one, you can create a custom agent:

Then, you can configure it in the configuration tab, inserting any data source or data connection and adding any actions you want the agent to take. In my case, I wanted rows added to a Google spreadsheet when the agent runs, asking it to scrape the internet in a 20 mile radius of local grocery stores, to find and email me the price of a dozen eggs. You can ask the agent to run ad hoc or on a schedule.

With this simple example, you can get a regular email and a spreadsheet progressively populated with data. Then, you could create some visualizations around that data as the prices fluctuate, the sky's the limit!

Have you tried any AI Agent creation software recently? Let me know what worked for you in the comments, and any pain points you found. If you are interested in following my adventures in AI, subscribe to my weekly LinkedIn newsletter, AI Drops!