Money tasks are tedious but high-stakes, which is exactly where a careful agent helps: it does the checking and paperwork while a person keeps the final say. It is one of 65 sightings filed under Finance on Agent Sightings (number 38 by interest), and one of 33 involving Claude Cowork.
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Read every receipt in this folder. Build a spreadsheet with date, vendor, amount, currency and category, total per category, and flag any receipt you couldn't read clearly.
Tip: Keep the agent in 'propose, don't pay' mode: let it gather numbers and draft messages, and approve any payment or account change yourself.
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