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Turn a Two Hour Excel Slog Into a 10-Minute Task With Claude in Excel
The Rundown In this guide you will do a quick exercise that teaches you how to use Claude as a spreadsheet architect.
Required tools
Claude (Opus Series)
Updated
Feb 5, 2026
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The Rundown
In this guide you will do a quick exercise that teaches you how to use Claude as a spreadsheet architect. The point of the exercise is to take 5+ messy CSVs and watch Claude turn them into something useful. Data cleaning, table formatting, color-coding—Claude does all the heavy lifting.
Who This Is Useful For
- The consultant with clients who LOVE spreadsheets
- The team lead who wants to standardize reporting processes across their org
- The “excel guy” on the team who spends the end of each month cleaning up formulas and tables
What You Will Build
We stress-tested Claude...