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Workflows That Think — Using PowerShell, Excel, and Beyond

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# Smarter Excel with Generative AI and PowerShell  
**Workflows That Think — Using PowerShell, Excel, and Beyond**

> ⚡ This repo is the open workspace for an upcoming book by [Doug Finke](https://github.com/dfinke).  
> 📘 The goal: Teach real-world AI + Excel automation using PowerShell, PSAISuite, and ImportExcel.

This project explores how to bring intelligence, automation, and flexibility to Excel using AI and PowerShell. Learn how to build powerful workflows with [PSAISuite](https://github.com/dfinke/PSAISuite), [ImportExcel](https://github.com/dfinke/ImportExcel), and other tools that bridge Excel and large language models.

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## 🚀 What You'll Learn

- How to integrate generative AI into your Excel workflows
- How to use PowerShell to drive Excel automation and AI prompting
- How to summarize, clean, and analyze spreadsheet data with AI
- How to create interactive, automated Excel reports from the command line
- How to connect to multiple AI providers (OpenAI, Claude, etc.)
- How to build workflows that think — using PSMCP and agents

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## 📚 Table of Contents (WIP)

1. Why Excel + PowerShell + AI?
2. Getting Started with PSAISuite and ImportExcel
3. Talking to AI Models from PowerShell
4. Summarizing and Cleaning Excel Data with Prompts
5. Automating Reports and Dashboards
6. Creating Charts, Pivots, and Stories with AI
7. Multi-Model Workflows (OpenAI, Claude, Mistral, etc.)
8. Going Agentic: PSMCP and Beyond
9. Real-World Scenarios and Templates
10. What's Next: AI-Native Excel Workflows

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## 📘 About This Project

**Smarter Excel with Generative AI and PowerShell** is an open book project. It shows how to bring spreadsheets into the AI era using PowerShell, automation, and modern language models.

> The entire book is being written in public.  
> Every chapter, every script, every idea—available right here in this repo.

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## 💡 Why Buy the Book on Leanpub?

You don’t need to. Everything’s free.

But if you want the **clean, polished, portable version**:

✅ Downloadable PDF/EPUB  
✅ Perfect for Kindle or tablets  
✅ One-click reading  
✅ All chapters bundled  
✅ Supports future updates

👉 [Coming Soon on Leanpub](https://leanpub.com/)  
(or [subscribe here](https://github.com/dfinke/Smarter-Excel-with-Generative-AI-and-PowerShell/discussions) for updates)

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## 📖 Read the Draft

- [Chapter 1: Why AI, Excel, and PowerShell](./manuscript/chapter1.md)

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## 🧰 Requirements

- PowerShell 7+
- Modules:
  - [`PSAISuite`](https://github.com/dfinke/PSAISuite)
  - [`ImportExcel`](https://github.com/dfinke/ImportExcel)
  - (Optional) [`PSMCP`](https://github.com/dfinke/PSMCP)

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## 📦 Install the Tools

```powershell
Install-Module PSAISuite
Install-Module ImportExcel
```

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