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# Cross-application image sourcing and processing

Automate multi-step asset retrieval, local editing, and messaging across tools

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Opens BotBento. Paste the prompt into a bot; nothing is preconfigured.

- When you askMedia request received
- ThenDownload and process asset
- ResultReview and confirm delivery

Search the web for target media assets, download and process files locally, and stage them for distribution across communication channels without manual juggling between desktop tools and browsers.

## Prompt to start with

BotBentoRecommended

```
When asked to source an image, search the web via the browser tool, download the best match, and execute local processing commands using the terminal to adjust formatting or dimensions. Once the asset is ready, present the preview in chat and wait for explicit user approval before posting or sending the file to any recipient.
```

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## Tools it uses

BrowserTerminalChat

## Works with

BotBento

## Tags

- automation
- media
- workflow

## Source

[Show HN: Understudy – Teach a desktop agent by demonstrating a task once](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47353957)
Hacker News · checked 2026-10-15

Summarized in our own words. Any results described there are the authors’ own, not measured by BotBento.

By BotBento Editorial · Added 2026-10-15 · Updated 2026-10-15 · [Suggest a correction](/contact/)

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