Everfern: Eight jobs for Everfern

This is page 5 of 8 for Everfern. These are longer jobs that suit what Everfern's own README and website say it does well: documents, web research with Navis, and working in desktop apps the way a person does. They run from easy to ambitious, so start at the top and move down only when the earlier ones feel routine.

The jobs match Everfern v1.3.0 and its README as read on 14 November 2026. On Windows and on a Mac you paste the same words, except where a job names Notepad or TextEdit.

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How to ask

Each prompt below says three things, in this order, so you can copy the pattern for your own jobs.

1. The finished thing. Name the file and say what goes in it, such as a spreadsheet with a total row or a five-slide deck.
2. Where to save it. Choose everfern-tryout with Select folder as project... first (page 3 explains why), then say "in my everfern-tryout folder."
3. What not to touch. These are the rules for every job:
   • Work only in the everfern-tryout folder.
   • Use computer use only when the job says so, and watch the whole time when it does.
   • Do not sign in, send anything, or buy anything.
   • Ask before running any command on the real computer, and explain why.

Before each job, close your personal apps and keep every browser logged out, the same as safety switch 1. When Everfern shows an approval card, choose Allow once, or Deny (Reject on some cards), and never Always allow or Allow prefix, as page 3 explains.

The rules are there because of prompt injection, which can hide in any web page or file Everfern reads. A prompt is a request, not a lock, so the closed apps and the empty folder are what actually limit the damage.

1. Turn a messy list into a spreadsheet

The README says Everfern reads and writes Excel files "out of the box," and this job needs no computer use or web at all. When it is done, expenses.xlsx sits in your folder with one row per item and a total at the bottom, and the total matches what you get when you add the amounts yourself.

Turn the list below into a spreadsheet named expenses.xlsx in my everfern-tryout folder. Give each expense its own row with the item and the amount, read amounts written as words, and add a total row at the bottom. Do not use computer use or the web. Do not read, change, or delete any other file.

coffee $4.50 LUNCH 12 bus ticket 3.50 yesterday groceries - twenty dollars on Saturday

Safety note: for the sample list the total is $40, so a different total tells you to check every row before you trust its other spreadsheets.

2. Summarize a few PDFs into one document

One of the README's own examples is "Summarize all the PDFs in my Downloads folder into one document." Do the same job on copies instead: copy two or three PDFs you do not mind the model reading into everfern-tryout, and leave your Downloads folder out of it. When it is done, pdf-summary.docx has one short section per PDF with that file's name as the heading.

Read every PDF in my everfern-tryout folder. Write one Word document named pdf-summary.docx in the same folder, with one short section per PDF and the file name as each section's heading. Do not open, read, or change any folder other than everfern-tryout. Do not use computer use or the web.

Safety note: with a cloud model, the text of these PDFs goes to your provider, so use papers you would be comfortable emailing to a stranger.

3. Turn notes into a short slide deck

The README lists PowerPoint among the file types Everfern writes. Paste your own notes below the prompt, or use a short topic you know well enough to spot mistakes. When it is done, talk.pptx opens with five slides, and each slide has a title and no more than four short lines.

Make a five-slide PowerPoint file named talk.pptx in my everfern-tryout folder from the notes below. Give each slide a title and at most four short bullet lines. Do not add facts that are not in my notes. Do not use computer use or the web, and do not touch any other folder.

[paste your notes here]

Safety note: the line "Do not add facts that are not in my notes" matters, because a model can invent a convincing statistic, so read every slide before you show it to anyone.

4. Research a question with Navis and save a short report

The README's demo has Navis open a browser, search, read several sources, and write up what it found. Pick a question with public answers, such as comparing two vacuum cleaners or two public parks. When it is done, research.md in your folder gives a short answer with a web address after each fact, and you can open those addresses yourself to check them.

Use the web to answer this question: [your question]. Use only public pages. Do not sign in anywhere, do not fill in any form, and do not add anything to a cart. Save a short report named research.md in my everfern-tryout folder, with the web address after each fact. Stop after 10 pages.

Safety note: page 3 explains why Navis may be working in your everyday browser, so check that every browser is logged out of email, banking, and shopping before you start.

5. Do a small job in a desktop app

This is Everfern's headline feature: the README says it "sees your screen, clicks, types, and drives any desktop app like a human would." Keep the first real one small, in an app with nothing personal in it. When it is done, packing.txt is in your folder with the list in it, and no other app or window was opened.

Use computer use. Open Notepad and type a packing list for a weekend trip with eight items, one per line. Save it as packing.txt in my everfern-tryout folder, then close Notepad. Do not open any other app, window, or website. Do not save anywhere else.

On a Mac, say TextEdit instead of Notepad, and add "Save it as plain text."

Safety note: the Save window can browse your whole computer, so watch that step closely and quit with your shortcut if it heads for any folder except everfern-tryout.

6. Sort copies of photos into month folders

Another README example is "Find all my photos from last year and organize them by month." Do it on copies: make a folder named photos inside everfern-tryout and copy about 20 photos into it. When it is done, photos holds one subfolder per month, such as 2026-03, and the number of photos still matches what you copied in.

In my everfern-tryout\photos folder, sort the photos into one subfolder per month, named like 2026-03, using each photo's date taken. If a photo has no date, put it in a subfolder named no-date. Only move files inside everfern-tryout\photos. Do not delete, rename, or change any photo. Do not touch any other folder. Before you move anything, tell me how many photos you found.

On a Mac, write everfern-tryout/photos instead.

Safety note: Everfern's built-in instructions tell the model to confirm before "Bulk file reorganization," so read each approval card and click Reject (or Deny) if the folder it names is anywhere but your copy.

7. Turn a job you trust into a scheduled task

This is the riskiest job, because a scheduled task runs while you may not be watching. Do it only with a job you have run by hand at least three times, and choose one that writes only its own notes. Make a folder named inbox inside everfern-tryout and drop a few text files into it first. When it works, a new summary file appears in everfern-tryout after each run.

Everfern's code gives the agent a tool for creating scheduled tasks, and that tool accepts patterns such as "daily at HH:mm," so you can ask for one in plain words. Then check the result in its Scheduled Tasks list, which the Advanced page describes:

Create a scheduled task that runs daily at 09:00. Each time it runs, read the text files in my everfern-tryout\inbox folder and write a one-paragraph summary of them to a new file in everfern-tryout named summary- followed by the date. Do not use computer use or the web. Do not delete, move, or change any file. Do not touch any other folder.

Safety note: Everfern's built-in instructions excuse "Interactive desktop control" inside a scheduled task from asking first, so keep computer use out of every scheduled job, and delete the task if a run ever touches the screen.

8. Split a comparison across sub-agents that work at the same time

Everfern has no documentation for sub-agents, so everything in this job was read in its code at the v1.3.0 release tag, and this guide did not test it. That code gives the agent a tool named spawn_swarm, described as a way to "Launch a cohort of specialized sub-agents in parallel," and it waits for all of them to finish together. So these sub-agents do run at the same time. A web-explorer sub-agent, one of the four types in the code, gets up to 5 minutes before it times out. Each sub-agent also receives the last 40 messages of your chat, so start this job in a new chat. When it is done, compare.md in your folder has one section per option, a web address after each fact, and a short verdict at the end.

Use spawn_swarm to start three web-explorer sub-agents at the same time, one for each of these: [first option], [second option], and [third option]. Each sub-agent reads at most five public pages about its option and reports the price, two strengths, two drawbacks, and the web address after each fact. Then merge their reports into one file named compare.md in my everfern-tryout folder, with one section per option and a short verdict at the end. Use only public pages. Do not sign in anywhere, do not fill in any form, do not add anything to a cart, and do not buy anything. Do not use computer use. Do not touch any other folder.

Cost note: set a spend limit at your provider before you send this, because three sub-agents browsing at once can use many times the tokens of a normal job.

Safety note: page 3 explains why Navis may be working in your everyday browser, and three sub-agents means three times the browsing, so check that every browser is logged out first. This guide could not confirm whether a sub-agent shows you the same approval cards, so watch the chat and quit with your shortcut if any sub-agent heads for a site you did not name.

Everfern's v1.3.0 code also has a separate deep-research agent that reads up to five pages at once and is told to "Note any conflicting information across sources," but this guide could not confirm how a request reaches it. For research, use job 4 instead, and add "list where the sources disagree" to its prompt.

Sources

Opened 2026-11-14.

• Everfern README, for the document types, computer use, the Navis demo, the "Try asking it" examples, and the workflow builder.
• Everfern website, for the computer-use example and skills.
• Built-in permission instructions to the model, for "Bulk file reorganization" and "Interactive desktop control outside a scheduled task."
• Host-command approval card, for Allow once, Always allow, Deny, Reject, and Allow prefix.
• Scheduled Tasks panel source, for Scheduled Tasks.
• Scheduled-task tool for the agent, for "daily at HH:mm."
• Agent runner source at v1.3.0, read in the code, for spawn_swarm, the four sub-agent types, the 5-minute limit for web-explorer, the last 40 chat messages, and sub-agents that run and finish together.
• Deep-research agent source at v1.3.0, read in the code, for reading up to five pages at once and "Note any conflicting information across sources."

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