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19 entries · 17 prompts, 1 personas, 1 rules

Spreadsheets

Formulas, pivot tables, cleaning and modelling in Excel or Google Sheets.

  • Extract tables from a PDF

    Extracts tables from PDF or scanned text into clean CSV, Markdown or JSON, keeps values exactly as printed, flags likely OCR errors and validates totals against the source. Use before analysis.

  • Run a what-if analysis

    Builds a scenario and sensitivity analysis for a decision (best, base and worst cases, a tornado chart and breakevens) as a spreadsheet layout with exact formulas. Use before committing to a plan.

  • Audit a spreadsheet model

    Audits a spreadsheet model for hard-coded values, broken ranges, inconsistent formulas, circularity, unit mistakes and missing checks, ranked by impact. Use before relying on someone else's sheet.

  • Build a pivot analysis

    Designs a pivot table that answers one specific business question and gives exact click-by-click setup steps for Excel or Google Sheets. Use when you have a flat table and a question about it.

  • Build a spreadsheet dashboard

    Builds a working dashboard inside Excel or Google Sheets with a data tab, summary formulas, charts, slicers or dropdowns and refresh steps. Use when the team lives in spreadsheets, not a BI tool.

  • Build a chart in a spreadsheet

    Gives exact click-by-click steps to lay out data for, build and format a chart in Excel or Google Sheets that carries one message. Use when you know the point and need the chart built right.

  • Build a tracker spreadsheet

    Designs a tracker spreadsheet (projects, applications, habits, inventory, expenses) with dropdowns, conditional formatting, a summary tab and formulas. Use to organise recurring work in a sheet.

  • Calculate project ROI, payback and NPV

    Calculates ROI, payback and NPV for a proposed project or investment with explicit assumptions, scenarios and a spreadsheet layout to reproduce it. Use when building or checking a business case.

  • Clean a messy spreadsheet

    Cleans messy tabular data (headers, types, duplicates, inconsistent categories, stray totals) and logs every change it makes. Use before analysing an export or a hand-maintained sheet.

  • Convert data between formats

    Converts tabular or nested data between CSV, TSV, JSON, Markdown and XML, preserving every value exactly and flagging ambiguous fields. Use when data must move between tools without silent changes.

  • Debug a spreadsheet formula

    Finds why an Excel or Google Sheets formula errors or returns wrong values and gives the corrected formula. Use for #N/A, #VALUE!, wrong totals, or results that break when copied down.

  • Design a spreadsheet model

    Designs a spreadsheet model for a business calculation with separate inputs, calculations, outputs, checks and named ranges. Use before building a pricing, capacity or unit-economics model.

  • Explain an inherited spreadsheet

    Explains an inherited workbook sheet by sheet, how data flows, what the key formulas do in plain words, where it is fragile, and how to use it. Use when you take over someone else's spreadsheet.

  • Plan your spreadsheet learning

    Builds a personalised spreadsheet learning plan from the learner's current level toward a job goal, with self-made practice datasets, graded tasks and checks. Use to get better at Excel or Sheets.

  • Spreadsheet expert

    Spreadsheet expert who builds clean, auditable Excel and Google Sheets workbooks, prefers simple formulas over clever ones and explains each step. Use as a standing spreadsheet helper.

  • Spreadsheet modelling rules

    Rules for building or editing spreadsheets, covering separate inputs, calculations and outputs, no hard-coded numbers, consistent units, checks and a notes tab. Load for spreadsheet work.

  • Write Power Query (M) steps

    Writes Power Query (M) steps that import, clean, combine and reshape data with refresh-safe logic, explaining each step. Use in Excel or Power BI to automate data prep you redo by hand.

  • Write a spreadsheet automation

    Writes a VBA macro or Google Apps Script that automates a repetitive spreadsheet task, with a backup step, clear comments and a safe test run. Use when you repeat the same clicks every week.

  • Write a spreadsheet formula

    Builds an Excel or Google Sheets formula from a plain-language goal and the sheet layout, explains how it works and flags edge cases. Use when you know the result you want but not the formula.