The Complete Guide

Everything you need to know about Coasty

From first setup to advanced features — learn how to get the most out of your AI agent.

How it works

Step 1

Describe the task

Tell Coasty what you need in plain English. No scripts, no config, no setup.

Step 2

Coasty plans the steps

It breaks your task into a sequence of actions — what to open, click, type, and verify.

Step 3

Executes autonomously

Coasty controls a real browser and desktop — clicking, typing, navigating, and adapting in real time.

Save your credentials first

For tasks that require logging into websites (Gmail, LinkedIn, your CRM, etc.), save your credentials in the Saved Credentials page. Coasty will use them securely during execution — they're encrypted and never leave your session's isolated VM.

What Coasty can do

40+ tasks across 10 categories

Each example below is something Coasty has actually done. Click any category to see the specific tasks.

Prospect on LinkedIn at scale

Find 50 leads matching your ICP, extract their name, role, company, and email, then add each one to your CRM with notes.

Send personalized cold emails

Research each prospect's company and recent news, write a tailored email referencing specifics, then send via Gmail — one by one.

Build a competitor pricing matrix

Visit every competitor's pricing page, extract plan names, prices, and feature lists, then compile a formatted comparison spreadsheet.

Follow up with stale leads

Check your CRM for leads who haven't replied in 3+ days, draft a fresh follow-up with a new angle, and send it.

Publish blog posts to WordPress

Write a full blog post, add a hero image, set categories and tags, optimize the SEO metadata, and hit publish.

Post across every platform

Take one piece of content and adapt it for Reddit, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, and Hacker News — respecting each platform's format and culture.

Monitor brand mentions

Search social platforms and forums for mentions of your brand, compile every result into a daily report with links and sentiment.

Schedule a week of content

Create 7 days of social media posts with varied formats, schedule them across platforms, and preview each one before queuing.

Apply to 20 jobs in one session

Search LinkedIn, Indeed, and Glassdoor for matching roles, tailor your resume for each, fill out every application form, and submit.

Complete long-form applications

Fill out the entire Y Combinator application — 30+ fields across multiple pages — pulling context from your docs and prior answers.

Prep interview briefing docs

Research the company's product, funding, team, recent news, and Glassdoor reviews, then compile a structured briefing document.

Optimize your LinkedIn profile

Rewrite your headline, about section, and experience bullets to target a specific role, then update everything on LinkedIn directly.

Draft replies to your entire inbox

Read every unread email, understand the context, draft a reply matching your tone and style, and queue them for your review or send directly.

Bulk personalized outreach

Import a list of 100 contacts from a spreadsheet, write a unique email for each one referencing their details, and send via your email client.

Unsubscribe from everything

Scan your inbox for marketing emails, find the unsubscribe link in each one, click it, confirm the unsubscription, and report back.

Organize by project and priority

Sort your inbox into folders by project name, flag urgent items, archive old threads, and label everything consistently.

Transfer data between web apps

Copy records from one web application, navigate to another, paste the data into the correct fields, and verify each entry was saved.

Research and build spreadsheets

Visit 20+ websites, extract specific data points (prices, contacts, specs), and assemble a clean, formatted spreadsheet from scratch.

Clean messy CSV data

Open a messy CSV, fix inconsistent date formats, normalize name casing, remove duplicate rows, fill in missing fields where possible, and export.

Fill out compliance forms

Take data from your source system and fill out repetitive government, tax, or compliance forms — field by field, page by page.

Deep-dive research reports

Research a topic across 20+ sources — articles, papers, forums — and compile a structured report with key findings, citations, and a summary.

Competitor monitoring

Visit competitor websites daily, detect changes in pricing, features, or positioning, and send you an alert with a before/after comparison.

Aggregate listings from multiple sites

Search real estate, job, or product listings across multiple platforms, filter by your criteria, and compile everything into one spreadsheet.

Sentiment analysis from reviews

Extract product reviews from Amazon or G2, categorize them by theme, analyze the overall sentiment, and produce a summary with quotes.

Test signup and onboarding flows

Walk through your signup flow with different email types, edge-case names, and various inputs — screenshotting and logging every step.

Fuzz every form on your site

Find every form on your website, submit them with edge-case data (empty fields, special characters, huge inputs), and report any errors.

Full site health check

Navigate every page on your site, check for broken links, missing images, console errors, and layout issues — then compile a report.

End-to-end checkout testing

Test your checkout flow from product selection through payment, order confirmation, and email receipt — verifying every step works.

Source candidates on LinkedIn

Search LinkedIn for profiles matching your job description, evaluate each one against your requirements, and compile a ranked shortlist.

Personalized recruiter outreach

Send 50 personalized InMails or emails to potential candidates, referencing their specific experience and why they'd be a fit.

Post jobs across all boards

Take one job description and post it to LinkedIn, Indeed, AngelList, and your careers page — adapting the format for each platform.

Screen and rank applicants

Review resumes from your ATS, score each candidate against your requirements, and rank them with notes on strengths and gaps.

Draft support ticket responses

Monitor your support inbox, understand each issue, reference your knowledge base, and draft accurate replies for your review.

Update help center articles

Analyze common ticket themes, identify gaps in your help docs, and write or update articles to address the most frequent issues.

Process refund requests

Verify the order details, check your refund policy, apply the refund in your system, and send a confirmation email to the customer.

Weekly complaint digest

Compile a report of the top customer complaints and feature requests from the past week, grouped by theme with ticket counts.

Plan and book travel

Search flights on Kayak and Google Flights, compare hotels on Booking.com, pick the best options by price and rating, and book everything.

Pay bills and manage finances

Log into your bank, pay upcoming bills, transfer funds between accounts, and download your latest statements.

Order groceries online

Open your preferred grocery store, add items from your saved shopping list to the cart, apply any available coupons, and place the order.

Schedule across calendars

Find available time slots across multiple calendars, book appointments, and send confirmation emails to all participants.

Why Coasty

Not a chatbot. Not an RPA script.

Works like a human

Sees the screen, reads the content, clicks buttons, types text, and navigates pages — exactly like you would.

No scripts or setup

Describe the task in plain English. Coasty figures out which sites to visit, what to click, and how to get it done.

Handles the unexpected

CAPTCHAs, cookie banners, login walls, layout changes — Coasty adapts in real time instead of breaking.

Runs in isolation

Every session gets its own sandboxed virtual machine. Your data stays safe. Nothing leaks between sessions.

Get started

Ready to put Coasty to work?

Start with the free tier. Describe any task from this guide and watch Coasty handle it end to end.

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