# Once it's in, can an AI agent do real work? Getting in is half of it. With a key, our agent makes its first API or MCP call, then does the product's core work: creates, reads back and changes something real. Agent access, step by step: [Find](https://agentdrives.com/access/find.md) · [Get in](https://agentdrives.com/access/get-in.md) · Use · [Pay](https://agentdrives.com/access/pay.md) · [Leave](https://agentdrives.com/access/leave.md) · All five: https://agentdrives.com/access Source: https://agentdrives.com/access/use · our drives, 1 Oct 2026 to 24 Oct 2026 · JSON: https://agentdrives.com/access/use.json · CC BY 4.0 **53 of 151** products let our agent do real work on its own. (https://agentdrives.com/data/facts?via=md#first_action.own) ## The numbers - First API or MCP call worked: 54 of 151 (https://agentdrives.com/data/facts?via=md#first_call.own) - Created something real on its own: 53 of 151 (https://agentdrives.com/data/facts?via=md#first_action.own) - Core work measured: 54 of 151 (https://agentdrives.com/data/facts?via=md#work.measured) ## First call Does the first API/MCP call work? - Got as far as a first call: 56 of 151 (https://agentdrives.com/data/facts?via=md#first_call.reached) - Worked without a browser, of those: 54 of 56 (https://agentdrives.com/data/facts?via=md#first_call.headless_reached) ## First action Can it create something real? - Created something real on its own: 53 of 151 (https://agentdrives.com/data/facts?via=md#first_action.own) ## What slows an agent down once it's in - The key had to be copied from a dashboard in a browser: 34 of 151 (https://agentdrives.com/data/facts?via=md#key.browser) - An MCP server behind a door our agent couldn't pass, of those with one: 85 of 133 (https://agentdrives.com/data/facts?via=md#mcp.closed) - Stopped at the first real task: 2 of 151 (https://agentdrives.com/data/facts?via=md#stop.first_action) ## Products where our agent did real work on its own - [AgentMail](https://agentdrives.com/tools/agentmail.md?via=md): L4 - [Airtable](https://agentdrives.com/tools/airtable.md?via=md): L4 - [Anchor Browser](https://agentdrives.com/tools/anchorbrowser.md?via=md): L4 - [Attio](https://agentdrives.com/tools/attio.md?via=md): L4 - [BookStack](https://agentdrives.com/tools/bookstackapp.md?via=md): L4 - [Browserless](https://agentdrives.com/tools/browserless.md?via=md): L4 - [Buttondown](https://agentdrives.com/tools/buttondown.md?via=md): L4 - [ClickHouse Cloud](https://agentdrives.com/tools/clickhouse.md?via=md): L4 - [Cloudinary](https://agentdrives.com/tools/cloudinary.md?via=md): L4 - [Convex](https://agentdrives.com/tools/convex.md?via=md): L4 - [Craft](https://agentdrives.com/tools/craft.md?via=md): L4 - [DocuSeal](https://agentdrives.com/tools/docuseal.md?via=md): L4 - [Fillout](https://agentdrives.com/tools/fillout.md?via=md): L4 - [Firecrawl](https://agentdrives.com/tools/firecrawl.md?via=md): L4 - [Formbricks](https://agentdrives.com/tools/formbricks.md?via=md): L4 - [GoCardless](https://agentdrives.com/tools/gocardless.md?via=md): L4 - [monday.com](https://agentdrives.com/tools/monday.md?via=md): L4 - [Nifty](https://agentdrives.com/tools/niftypm.md?via=md): L4 - [NocoDB](https://agentdrives.com/tools/nocodb.md?via=md): L4 - [Parallel](https://agentdrives.com/tools/parallel.md?via=md): L4 - [Penpot](https://agentdrives.com/tools/penpot.md?via=md): L4 - [Pipedream](https://agentdrives.com/tools/pipedream.md?via=md): L4 - [Pipedrive](https://agentdrives.com/tools/pipedrive.md?via=md): L4 - [Plane](https://agentdrives.com/tools/plane.md?via=md): L4 - [Shortcut](https://agentdrives.com/tools/shortcut.md?via=md): L4 - [SignWell](https://agentdrives.com/tools/signwell.md?via=md): L4 - [Steel](https://agentdrives.com/tools/steel.md?via=md): L4 - [Tally](https://agentdrives.com/tools/tally.md?via=md): L4 - [Twenty](https://agentdrives.com/tools/twenty.md?via=md): L4 - [Zulip](https://agentdrives.com/tools/zulip.md?via=md): L4 - [Browse AI](https://agentdrives.com/tools/browse.md?via=md): L3 - [Coda](https://agentdrives.com/tools/coda.md?via=md): L3 - [Firebase](https://agentdrives.com/tools/firebase-google.md?via=md): L3 - [Intercom](https://agentdrives.com/tools/intercom.md?via=md): L3 - [Mattermost](https://agentdrives.com/tools/mattermost.md?via=md): L3 - [Mixpanel](https://agentdrives.com/tools/mixpanel.md?via=md): L3 - [Neon](https://agentdrives.com/tools/neon.md?via=md): L3 - [Plausible Analytics](https://agentdrives.com/tools/plausible.md?via=md): L3 - [Railway](https://agentdrives.com/tools/railway.md?via=md): L3 - [Shopify](https://agentdrives.com/tools/shopify.md?via=md): L3 - [Stripe](https://agentdrives.com/tools/stripe.md?via=md): L3 - [Tavily](https://agentdrives.com/tools/tavily.md?via=md): L3 - [TickTick](https://agentdrives.com/tools/ticktick.md?via=md): L3 - [TidyCal](https://agentdrives.com/tools/tidycal.md?via=md): L3 - [Umami](https://agentdrives.com/tools/umami.md?via=md): L3 - [Browserbase](https://agentdrives.com/tools/browserbase.md?via=md): L2 - [Fly.io](https://agentdrives.com/tools/fly.md?via=md): L2 - [Gumroad](https://agentdrives.com/tools/gumroad.md?via=md): L2 - [Netlify](https://agentdrives.com/tools/netlify.md?via=md): L2 - [Postiz](https://agentdrives.com/tools/postiz.md?via=md): L2 - [Vercel](https://agentdrives.com/tools/vercel.md?via=md): L2 - [Apify](https://agentdrives.com/tools/apify.md?via=md): L1 - [Copper](https://agentdrives.com/tools/copper.md?via=md): L1 ## How an agent talks to a product - [MCP](https://agentdrives.com/standards/mcp.md): A server that turns a product's actions into tools an agent can call. 133 of 151 products we drove offer it (https://agentdrives.com/data/facts?via=md#mcp.any). - [OpenAPI](https://agentdrives.com/standards/openapi.md): A machine-readable description of every route of an API. 104 of 151 products we drove offer it (https://agentdrives.com/data/facts?via=md#surface.openapi). ## Studies and data - [Can AI agents sign up for software? We drove 148](https://agentdrives.com/research/can-ai-agents-sign-up.md?via=md) - [How far does an AI agent get in SaaS on its own? 148 tested](https://agentdrives.com/reports/how-far-a-real-agent-got-2026-10.md?via=md) - [How to let AI agents sign up for your product](https://agentdrives.com/guides/let-ai-agents-sign-up.md?via=md) - Every product where it did real work: https://agentdrives.com/explore?checkpoint=first_action&outcome=passed ## Fix guides - [MCP sign-in an AI agent can finish: OAuth and CIMD](https://agentdrives.com/guides/mcp-sign-in-agents-can-finish.md?via=md) - [Let AI agents start without a credit card](https://agentdrives.com/guides/card-free-starts.md?via=md)