Google Sheets
The spreadsheet a CSV usually lands in.
Label the columns and the period. A draft may describe the sheet. It should not replace the formulas. Google Sheets is free with a Google account.
Free. Google Sheets is free with a Google account. Extra storage and admin controls sit on paid Workspace plans.
Vendor: Google. Pricing tier checked 2026-10-16.
Specifications that use Google Sheets
Sales · moderate
Review deals that have stopped moving
The pipeline looks busy because old deals are still open. Each stale deal is marked keep, close, or ask, with a reason taken from the export.
Gemini · Grok · Claude
Sales · moderate
Compare two options for a buyer
A buyer asks which option to pick and the answer is rewritten from memory each time. The buyer gets a comparison that uses only the two descriptions you pasted.
Claude · Grok
Sales · moderate
Score a list you already exported
Every name on a list looks equally urgent, so the week is spent on the loudest one. The sheet has a score and a reason for each row, using only the columns you defined.
ChatGPT · Grok · Claude
Finance and admin · moderate
Write the week note on cash
The cash position is a feeling until someone pastes the balances into a sentence. A short note states the balances you pasted and does not forecast beyond them.
Gemini · Grok · Claude
Finance and admin · advanced
Match a payout to the invoices it covers
Payouts arrive as one lump and the invoices they cover are reconstructed from memory. A table maps the payout to the invoice numbers in the source, or says the source does not balance.
ChatGPT · Grok · Claude
Finance and admin · easy
Write the end-of-day note from the takings
The day ends and the takings are a screenshot nobody turns into a sentence. A note states the totals you pasted and the exceptions you typed.
ChatGPT · Grok · Claude
Operations · moderate
List gaps in the job diary
The diary looks full until you need a gap, and then you scroll. A list of gaps uses the export, and you book nothing from the list.
ChatGPT · Grok · Claude
HR · easy
Describe project hours for the client note
Client updates invent a story about hours instead of using the tracker. The note lists hours by project from the export and does not explain them away.
ChatGPT · Grok · Claude
Operations · easy
Flag messy rows in a working sheet
Working sheets grow blank cells and duplicate keys, and the next formula trusts them. A list flags blank required cells and duplicate keys, and you fix the sheet yourself.
Gemini · Grok · Claude
Operations · advanced
Log a scenario error on a sheet
Scenario errors are visible once and then only if you still have the email. The log row has the time, the scenario, and the error quote.
ChatGPT · Grok · Claude
Operations · advanced
Log a Zap error on a sheet
Zap errors and scenario errors get mixed in the same inbox, so neither is counted. The log row is clearly a Zap, with the task id if it was in the source.
ChatGPT · Grok · Claude
Finance and admin · moderate
Show where time was rounded
Rounded time is what the client hears, and the raw entries say something else. A list shows entries where the rounded figure differs from the raw one.
ChatGPT · Grok · Claude