Jeff Gardner
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@jeffgardnerdev
Builder, full-stack dev, health nut, proud dad x4. Building @calorik_ai, the world's simplest food tracker. Always learning and sharing as I go.
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I tried using @manusai to automate cold outreach via a directory site for dietitians and nutritionists. I could do this manually but it would be very tedious as the site doesn't list email addresses, it only provides forms for contacting the individuals. A perfect test case for @manusai! Result: 😞 🟩 The good: even though it was pretty slow (I am on the Starter plan, not sure if this improves on the Pro plan), it actually did follow instructions fairly well to navigate the site and fill in the form fields including a lightly personalized message. 🟥 The bad: Manus sucks at captchas. It didn't reliably know which tiles to click to solve the captcha, or when it should keep clicking or submit the puzzle. I was able to tell it to stop and wait for instructions on which tiles to click, but this was even more tedious than doing it myself 😫 It has to think for like 10 seconds before each click and the directory site requires a captcha on each form submission so there was no escaping it. I pivoted my approach and am having it compile data on the listings instead, and will look at using a browser automation tool to try to automate as much of the copy/pasting as possible. Will still likely have to solve the captchas myself but hopefully that's the bulk of it! Will report back later with results!
I tried using @manusai to automate cold outreach via a directory site for dietitians and nutritionists. I could do this manually but it would be very tedious as the site doesn't list email addresses, it only provides forms for contacting the individuals. A perfect test case for @manusai! Result: 😞 🟩 The good: even though it was pretty slow (I am on the Starter plan, not sure if this improves on the Pro plan), it actually did follow instructions fairly well to navigate the site and fill in the form fields including a lightly personalized message. 🟥 The bad: Manus sucks at captchas. It didn't reliably know which tiles to click to solve the captcha, or when it should keep clicking or submit the puzzle. I was able to tell it to stop and wait for instructions on which tiles to click, but this was even more tedious than doing it myself 😫 It has to think for like 10 seconds before each click and the directory site requires a captcha on each form submission so there was no escaping it. I pivoted my approach and am having it compile data on the listings instead, and will look at using a browser automation tool to try to automate as much of the copy/pasting as possible. Will still likely have to solve the captchas myself but hopefully that's the bulk of it! Will report back later with results!
