Track down a specific product in stock and stop at checkout for you to pay
Describe the exact product, the most you will pay and the shops you trust, and ask a browser agent to check stock across those shops and report back with links. Pick one offer yourself, let the agent add it to the cart, and take over for shipping and payment. Testers report agents that found an item quickly and stopped at payment, and also big shops that blocked the agent.
You see a short list of real offers for the exact item, and you pay for the one you chose on a site you trust.
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Time
- 10-30 minutes
- Sources
- 2 · 2 independent
- Updated
- 2026-10-13
The prompt
Fill the blanks here, or leave them for your agent to ask. Pick the tab for your agent. The hand-off button gives any agent this page as markdown.
Find [exact product name, model or variant, size, colour] for delivery to [ZIP code / city] by [date]. Maximum total including shipping and tax: [USD 60]. Only buy from these shops or the brand's own store: [list]. Skip marketplace sellers with fewer than 100 ratings, and skip anything described as used, open box, bundle or "similar". Step 1. Check stock at each shop. For each offer give: shop, seller name, exact item title as listed, price, shipping, delivery estimate, return policy, and the link. If a shop blocks you or asks for a login, note it and move on. STOP and show me the offers. Do not add anything to a cart yet. Step 2. When I pick an offer, add exactly 1 of that item to the cart and go to checkout. Use guest checkout unless I log in myself. STOP at the shipping and payment step. Read back the item title, seller, quantity and total from the page. Do not enter my address or card details. I will take over and pay.
Human checkpoints: the agent stops and asks you
- Approve the offer (shop, seller, exact item, total with shipping) before the agent adds anything to a cart.
- Enter shipping and payment details yourself on the final page.
This job ends in a purchase. Agents can land on resellers or lookalike listings, so check the seller, the exact item and the total yourself, and enter payment details yourself.
What you need
- A browser agent such as ChatGPT agent, Claude in Chrome or Perplexity Cometapp
- A list of shops you trustdata
- A payment method you enter yourselfdata
Steps
Describe the exact item
Write the full product name with model, size and colour, your price limit including shipping, your delivery deadline and the shops you trust.
Check: Someone else could find the same item from your description.
Let the agent check stock
Paste the prompt. Watch the first few minutes. If a shop blocks the agent, let it move on.
Check: You get a table of offers with links and exact item titles.
Check the offers yourself
Open the link for your top offer. Compare the item title, seller and total with the table.
Check: The listing you opened matches the agent's table.
Approve one offer
Tell the agent which offer to buy and the quantity.
Check: The agent puts exactly that item and quantity in the cart.
Take over and pay
When the agent stops at shipping or payment, take control, enter your details and pay.
Check: You get an order confirmation with the right item, seller and total.
What goes wrong
A large shop blocks the agent again and again.
Fix: Put several shops in your list and tell the agent to note a block and move on. Check the blocked shop yourself.
The agent cannot finish checkout without your address, login or card.
Fix: This is expected. Take over at that step and pay yourself.
Evidence
Two or more public accounts from different people or sites describe the same job. We summarise each source in our own words. Open the original before you rely on it.
- News2025-07-28· ChatGPT agentChatGPT agent handles my most annoying tasks, and here's what actually surprised me
The reviewer asked the agent to find a hard-to-find collectible toy. She says it found the item in six minutes, added it to the cart, went to checkout and asked for shipping and card details, and she took control to finish the sale.
Amanda Caswell · tomsguide.com - News2025-03-11· ChatGPT agentOpenAI's Operator in action, what it can and can't do
The reporter asked Operator, the predecessor of ChatGPT agent, to order 144 blue pens. She says Amazon blocked it several times, so it found a pack on Staples for $23.39, started a guest checkout and handed control back at payment.
Michelle Hawley · vktr.com
- Get started with Claude in Chrome (Claude Help Center)checked 2026-10-13
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