Get the receipts folder sorted into a spreadsheet with Cowork
Jerad Larkin gave Claude Cowork access to a folder of receipts, described the columns he wanted and asked it to enter date, vendor, amount and category into a spreadsheet. He calls the result "incredibly accurate", but still compared every row with the original. The instruction says unclear fields should be left blank and flagged, and that it must not guess. He points out himself that blurry, handwritten or folded receipts easily give a wrong date, amount or category.
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What was done
Jerad Larkin gave Claude Cowork access to a folder of receipts, described the columns he wanted and asked it to enter date, vendor, amount and category into a spreadsheet. He calls the result "incredibly accurate", but still compared every row with the original. The instruction says unclear fields should be left blank and flagged, and that it must not guess. He points out himself that blurry, handwritten or folded receipts easily give a wrong date, amount or category.
How to do it
- Paste the prompt into the tool, and replace the text in brackets with your own.
- Read the answer through. Do not send, delete or publish anything until you have seen it yourself.
- Check the original before you trust a figure, a name or a date.
Try it with Claude Cowork
Go through the receipts in the folder [folder] and make a spreadsheet with one row per receipt: date, vendor, description, category, subtotal, tax, total, payment method and file name. If a field is unclear, leave it blank and mark the row for review. Do not guess and do not change or move the receipts. You are done when the number of rows matches the number of files, and I have looked over the marked rows.
Replace text in brackets with your own.
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