Example library

Google Sheets cleanup examples

Before and after examples for cleaning messy Google Sheets exports and recurring imports.

Useful when you need a reference page that can be copied into a team workflow or shared externally.

Copy-ready prompt patterns

Before and after cleanup

Show what changes in a real sheet cleanup pass.

  • One row per record instead of merged text blocks.
  • Normalized date, city, and state fields.
  • Duplicate IDs flagged before reporting.

Reusable prompts

Prompts that can be pasted into a weekly cleanup routine.

  • Turn this export into a clean reporting table.
  • Split combined columns and preserve raw values.
  • Create a cleanup plan for recurring imports.

Review rules

Make the AI output easier to audit.

  • Keep the raw tab untouched.
  • List all assumptions separately.
  • Flag blanks, duplicates, and outliers explicitly.

Before and after

Before

Clean this sheet.

After

Convert this messy export into a clean table, preserve the raw tab, show split-column steps, and return assumptions plus rows needing review.

What makes this useful

  • Shows the input shape, not just the task name.
  • Separates drafting from review.
  • Works as a source page for internal linking and external reference.
  • Can be reused in recurring workflows.

Common failure cases

Merged fieldsNames, dates, or locations are stuck together in one column.
Mixed formatsThe same field appears in multiple formats across rows.
Lost raw dataThe cleanup overwrites source values before review.

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