Free Excel workbook
7 safe AI prompts for Excel
Use Claude or ChatGPT inside Excel without manually uploading your workbook. The prompts help you get useful work done while keeping you in control of every change.
Before changing anything, inspect the relevant sheets and explain what you intend to do.
Every prompt tells the assistant what to inspect, what to preserve and when to wait for your approval.
What’s inside
Seven common Excel problems
- 01Understand an unfamiliar workbook
- 02Create the right formula from plain English
- 03Find and repair a broken formula
- 04Clean messy imported data
- 05Reconcile two lists
- 06Turn raw data into a management summary
- 07Audit a workbook before relying on it
How to use it
Choose the problem. Replace the brackets. Review the result.
The workbook includes copy-ready prompts, a short check for each result and a prompt builder for your own tasks.
For important workbooks, work on a copy. Check every formula, total and proposed change before relying on it.