Use ChatGPT and Excel to get superpowers
During my winter holiday I played with ChatGPT and built an integration with the OpenAI Completion APIs and Excel. (And yes technically not ChatGPT but as close that we can get with the APIs that are available.) I found this incredible useful for my work on Filestar. I wrote some instructions here on how to try this yourself: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/use-chatgpt-excel-get-superpo... Please let me know if you figure out any useful prompts.
Use ChatGPT and Excel to get superpowers launched on January 12, 2023 with 24 votes, #1,272 of 3,901 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.
In plain words
This project demonstrates how to integrate OpenAI's completion APIs with Excel to enhance spreadsheet functionality. It is designed for Excel users who want to leverage AI capabilities for their work tasks. The creator built and tested this integration while working on another project and found it useful for various applications, providing instructions for others to implement similar integrations and discover practical prompts for their own needs.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
Played with OpenAI during my winter break and built an integration with #excel using SeoTools for Excel and showed how I used this to save thousands of hours when collecting metadata for Filestar. Please post in the comments if you find this useful and for what.
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