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Collate WHO data into a multi-tab spreadsheet

From the linked report, in ChatGPT Agent mode, the testers gave a single prompt asking it to retrieve the most recent publicly available World Health Organisation data. The agent navigated the WHO site by itself, pulled out the relevant figures and arranged them into a multi-tab spreadsheet. The source says the agent produced a clean multi-tab spreadsheet.

Agent or tool
ChatGPT Agent
Topic
Productivity
Reported on
Blog
Added
2026-10-15

Why it matters

Small, repetitive tasks eat more of the week than anyone likes to admit. Cases like this show an agent taking a chore off someone's plate end to end, not just suggesting what to do. It is one of 196 sightings filed under Productivity on Agent Sightings (number 125 by interest), and one of 48 involving ChatGPT Agent.

How you could try it

Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into ChatGPT Agent or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.

Help me collate WHO data into a multi-tab spreadsheet. Break it into steps, show your work, and wait for confirmation before anything irreversible, paid, or outbound.

Tip: Start small: run it once on a low-stakes example, read what the agent did, and only then let it run on real work.

Source

Read the original first-hand account on Blog: https://timeundertension.substack.com/p/chatgpt-agents-are-here-we-put-them. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.

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