How to use AI in Google Sheets doesn't require any plugins or extensions. You describe what you need in ChatGPT or Claude - 'I want a formula that shows the average response time for tickets marked Resolved' - and paste the result. In a work through with 80 operations professionals, AI-assisted spreadsheet work cut time-on-task by 65% for formula writing and 50% for table design. At aidowith.me, the Tables, Plans & Checklists route is 10 steps in about 1 hour. You'll build a real tracker, write AI-generated formulas, and create a project plan - all in Google Sheets. The route covers the full workflow: describing tasks to AI, testing formulas, debugging errors, and building reusable templates. It works for beginners and intermediate Sheets users and is live at so.aidowith.me with no add-ons, plugins, or paid extensions required to get started.
Last updated: April 2026
The Problem and the Fix
Without a route
- You know what you want your spreadsheet to do but can't figure out which formula makes it happen.
- You spend 40% of your spreadsheet time fixing formulas instead of using the data.
- Your Google Sheets templates are inconsistent because each one was built from scratch by a different person.
With aidowith.me
- Describe your spreadsheet task in plain English and get exact Google Sheets formulas - no documentation diving.
- Debug formula errors in seconds by pasting them into AI with context about what you expected.
- Build a reusable template library for your team's 3 most-used spreadsheet types in one session.
Who Builds This With AI
Marketers
Content, campaigns, and briefs done in hours instead of days.
Sales & BizDev
Prep calls, draft outreach, research prospects in minutes.
Managers & Leads
Reports, presentations, and team comms handled faster.
How It Works
Describe your first spreadsheet task to AI
You'll pick a real task: a tracker, a report, a plan. Describe it in 2-3 sentences to ChatGPT or Claude and get back a complete column structure and formula recommendations. This step takes 10 minutes.
Generate and test your formulas
You'll write AI prompts for the 3-5 formulas your spreadsheet needs, paste them into Sheets, and test them on real data. When something breaks, you'll paste the error back to AI for a fix.
Save your template
In the final steps you'll clean up your spreadsheet and save it as a reusable template. You'll also build a short AI prompt that regenerates the same structure for a different topic in under 5 minutes.
Build Better Spreadsheets With AI
The Tables, Plans & Checklists route at aidowith.me: 10 steps, real Google Sheets tasks, reusable templates. About 1 hour.
Start This Route →What You Walk Away With
Describe your first spreadsheet task to AI
Generate and test your formulas
Save your template
Build a reusable template library for your team's 3 most-used spreadsheet types in one session.
"I built our team's project tracker in 40 minutes using AI for the formulas and structure. It used to take me a full afternoon to build something like that."- Team lead, digital marketing agency
Questions
Use ChatGPT or Claude in a separate browser tab. Describe your formula need or paste your error, get the formula, and paste it into Sheets. No add-ons, no integrations. The Tables, Plans & Checklists route at aidowith.me covers this exact workflow across 10 steps. This no-plugin approach works for 95% of everyday Sheets tasks - formula generation, error debugging, table structure design, and basic dashboard setup all work without any extensions.
Yes. Describe the metrics you want to track and ask AI to design the table structure, suggest which chart type fits each metric, and write the formulas for aggregated views. You'll build a real dashboard in the route's final steps. The key is describing your data structure first - tell AI what columns you have and what business question each chart should answer, and you'll get a dashboard layout that's genuinely useful, not just visually busy.
The workflow is nearly identical. Most formulas work in both with minor syntax differences (IMPORTRANGE is Google-only, UNIQUE works slightly differently). Tell the AI which platform you're using and it'll adjust automatically. The main practical difference is that Google Sheets makes it easier to share and collaborate on AI-generated templates, while Excel integrates better with Microsoft 365 tools if your team lives in that ecosystem.