10 everyday developer tasks to hand to a terminal AI agent

You do not need a giant project to get value from an agent. These are the small, regular jobs where it saves the most time in a normal week.

Which tasks are worth handing over?

1. Explain unfamiliar code. "Where is the password reset handled?"
2. Fix one failing test. See fixing failing tests.
3. Write missing tests for a function you just changed.
4. Rename across the repository and check nothing broke.
5. Hunt a bug from an error message or stack trace.
6. Update a deprecated API everywhere it is used.
7. Write or update docs from the code as it is today.
8. Draft a commit message or pull request summary from the diff.
9. Add types or lint fixes to one folder.
10. Write boilerplate: a new endpoint, component or script that follows an existing one.

How do I ask for them?

Name the place, the outcome and how to check it. See writing prompts a coding agent can finish.

Why these tasks?

They are bounded and checkable. They also use few tokens, because the work is small and clear. Toknary picks the model that suits each piece, so quick jobs stay light.

Install Toknary and pick one from the list.