Gemini found them a pension refund worth a few thousand dollars
Working abroad, they didn't know the local systems. Gemini flagged a pension account they could cash out when leaving the country, and Claude caught risky clauses in a contract too small for a lawyer.
Done withGeminiClaudeSpotted· by HN user samvher· Oct 15, 2026
Result Risky contract clauses fixed without a lawyer
“Gemini made me aware of a kind of pension account that I could withdraw from when I left the country netting me a few thousand dollars.”
Spotted: found in the wild. Details are as reported by the source above and have not been independently verified.
What they did
Worked abroad without knowing the local systems well. Gemini made them aware of a type of pension account they could withdraw from when leaving the country. Separately, they had Claude do a quick legal sanity check of their contracts, and used Gemini Deep Research to narrow down a tent that met specific requirements.
How it went
The pension withdrawal netted a few thousand dollars. Claude’s contract review flagged clauses to change, and the client accepted the changes, meaningfully reducing their risk on a contract too small to justify a lawyer.
Try it yourself with Gemini
I worked in [country] from [year] to [year] as a [type of worker] and I'm leaving (or have left). List every kind of pension, social security or tax refund I might be able to claim as a departing worker, with eligibility rules, deadlines, how to apply and the official sources. Flag anything I should confirm with the relevant agency.
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.
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