They'd spent several hours trying to get a home chores board online on a $5 VPS. They gave Grok Build the SSH details, and 10 minutes later it was working, secured and backed up.
Result Secured and backed up, not just running
“Well, I used grok build to evaluate it, but I just told it where to ssh, and in about 10 minutes it was working, security was configured properly, backups were set up, etc.”
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Had installed Wekan for a home chores Kanban board on a $5 VPS and spent several hours trying to get the proxy working. Then told Grok Build where to SSH in and let it take over.
In about 10 minutes it was working, with security configured properly and backups set up: all the after-install jobs they might never have got round to for a simple home setup.
SSH into my server at [host] as [user]. I've installed [app] but can't reach it from outside. Set up a reverse proxy with HTTPS for [domain], lock the firewall down to what's needed, and set up nightly backups of the app's data to [location]. Tell me each change before you make it and summarise everything at the end.
A starting prompt written by Agents in the Wild. Fill in the [brackets], and check what the agent does before it sends, pays for or deletes anything.