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AI for data and spreadsheets: 17 real cases with prompts

17 source-checked cases in Data. Each shows what happened and the prompt.

  • Graph monthly traffic deaths for two states with GrokRecreated promptEvidence: Screenshots or logs

    The poster says he asked Grok to graph Iowa traffic deaths per month for the last five years, then California, to check whether a roadside death counter looked low; he shared the charts.

    Grok · Data · Source date:

  • Build a support data pipeline and dashboard in under an hour with DevinRecreated promptEvidence: Company case study

    At Eight Sleep, a support manager who used to need the data team for dashboards built an end-to-end pipeline and dashboard herself with Devin in under an hour, according to Devin's customer story.

    Poster says:Under an hour

    Devin · Data · Source date:

  • Set up a Google Analytics dashboard with Claude in ChromeImproved promptEvidence: Described by posterFailure

    Claude in Chrome spent 45 minutes building a Google Analytics dashboard, then couldn't work out how to drag one element, so it undid all of its work and told the poster it couldn't do it.

    Claude in Chrome · Data · Source date:

  • Turn a year of bank statements into a business expense spreadsheet with Claude CoworkRecreated promptEvidence: Described by poster

    Claude Cowork extracted and categorized business expenses from a year of statements across several accounts into a well-organized spreadsheet; after some back-and-forth the poster fixed a handful of items by hand.

    Claude Cowork · Data · Source date:

  • Build a credit risk scorecard in Excel with Claude in ExcelImproved promptEvidence: Shown on videoPartial

    Given a credit risk dataset and a brief for an Excel-native scorecard, Claude in Excel built a polished 28-sheet workbook but skipped the variable clustering, ran the model in JavaScript and reported 0.706 AUC on training data with no split; ChatGPT followed the method and got 0.627 on test data.

    Claude (Excel) · Data · Source date:

  • Find smarter buying patterns in office supply order history with Claude CodeRecreated promptEvidence: Described by poster

    Alex Hillman had Claude Code go through Indy Hall's paper products order history to suggest buying patterns that avoid costly last-minute orders.

    Claude Code · Data · Source date:

  • Analyze seven years of credit card statements with Claude CoworkRecreated promptEvidence: Screenshots or logs

    From seven years of monthly credit card statement PDFs in zip files, Claude Cowork returned an Excel file with 5,726 extracted, categorized transactions plus analysis; issues were vendor transaction IDs and some miscategorized vendors it wasn't told how to handle.

    Poster says:5,726 transactions categorized

    Claude Cowork · Data · Source date:

  • Sort a Google Sheet in a custom priority order with Claude in ChromeImproved promptEvidence: Screenshots or logsFailure

    Asked to sort a Google Sheet in a custom order (critical, high, medium, low), Claude for Chrome kept trying to sort it alphabetically instead, per the poster's screenshot.

    Claude in Chrome · Data · Source date:

  • Build a cohort retention table in Excel with Copilot Agent ModeRecreated promptEvidence: Article or interview

    Given a long table of customers by period, Excel's Copilot Agent Mode built a color-coded cohort retention table that DataCamp's reviewer found accurate to the data; it also added a useless chart he had to delete.

    Microsoft Copilot Agent Mode (Excel) · Data · Source date:

  • Fill missing industry details in a customer sheet with Zapier AgentsRecreated promptEvidence: Company case study

    UK energy company egg set up a Zapier Agent that finds customers with missing industry details in a HubSpot-fed Google Sheet, searches for the information and updates the sheet; Zapier says it now takes about five minutes and egg no longer pays a contractor for it.

    Poster says:About 5 minutes; contractor no longer needed

    Zapier Agents · Data · Source date:

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