Money

Let Hermes Agent hunt down wasted spend and insurance gaps

  • Level Advanced
  • Setup1–3 hrs (estimated)
  • Evidence Some evidence
  • CostNot stated in source
  • No-codeNo
Hermes AgentSource-linked

What they did

From a phone harness, the author fire-and-forgets admin tasks. Concrete wins cited: dropped an unnecessary LLC handler service (~+$550/yr), found cheaper condo insurance after a bank coverage threat and got a formal acknowledgement letter (~+$4k/yr), moved 2TB from Dropbox Pro to Google Drive Pro over 7 weeks (~+$200/yr), and used the agent as a credit-card churning advisor for biz-class flight bonuses.

How it went

Author lists dollar/year savings since December; churning and insurance negotiation are high-stakes and need human approval. ~2k impressions, 19 likes

Worth knowing

  • Author lists dollar/year savings since December; churning and insurance negotiation are high-stakes and need human approval. ~2k impressions, 19 likes.
  • Insurance switches and credit-card applications need explicit human approval; churning has personal credit risk.

Prompt

Cleaned version rewritten from the source — not a direct quote.

Review my [subscriptions / insurance / cloud storage / credit cards] for preventable spend. For each finding, show the current cost, the alternative, the steps to switch, and wait for my approval before cancelling or applying for anything.

Recommended

Try it in Grok Bot

  1. Copy the prompt (button below).
  2. Open Grok Bot chat and paste it. Replace any [bracketed] placeholders.
  3. Connect the listed tools (Phone, Dropbox, Google Drive) as connectors when Grok Bot asks.
  4. If the task repeats, ask: "Make this a daily routine."

Alternatives: the same prompt works in Hermes Agent, Claude, ChatGPT Agent, OpenClaw.

Set it up

Tools: Phone, Dropbox, Google Drive · Stack: Hermes Agent

  1. Read the original source for full context.
  2. Connect the tools your agent needs.
  3. Paste the prompt and replace [bracketed] placeholders.
  4. Run once manually and check the output before scheduling it.

Generic suggested steps, not from the source.

Evidence

Author lists dollar/year savings since December; churning and insurance negotiation are high-stakes and need human approval. ~2k impressions, 19 likes

Source: X · 2026-07-25 · Verified by us: not yet · Report broken or outdated

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