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Work with files and data

Extract, organise and inspect information across documents, tables and spreadsheets.

The pattern

See what changes, and where you return.

Files or a table are analysed, then a person verifies the finding.

Recognisable examples

Begin with work you already understand.

A capability is a broad kind of help. The linked task guides explain how to complete a specific piece of work.

01

Understand a spreadsheet

02

Find patterns in feedback

03

Compare several documents

04

Create a checked chart

AI can contribute

Repeatable effort and a first pass

  • Describes the structure of files and tables
  • Finds patterns, differences and possible quality issues
  • Drafts calculations, summaries and charts

The person contributes

Meaning, checking and responsibility

  • Explains what fields and documents mean
  • Checks calculations against the source
  • Decides whether the interpretation makes sense

Featured practical task

Turn a broad question into a bounded, source-linked briefing you can inspect and challenge.

You provide
The decision the research supports
AI helps
Plans research questions
You check
Whether sources are primary and current
Finished result
A focused briefing with links, disagreements, gaps and next questions kept visible.
Open the complete task workflow →
  1. 01You provide

    A decision, scope and source rules.

  2. 02AI helps

    A cited first briefing across several sources.

  3. 03You check

    The decisive links, gaps and conflicting claims.

  4. 04Finished result

    A checked explanation that supports the next human question.

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