Job 21
Claude Cowork rebuilds a lost week of billable hours
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1.0 The Problem
Missing timesheets mean unbilled hours and lost revenue for service businesses.
2.0 Claude's Job
A consultant lost a week of billable-time records for some clients and had Claude Cowork audit the Microsoft 365 files they'd worked on. Given the full month's folder, it produced a day-by-day breakdown with time per client project, apparently separating the user's edits from colleagues' and active work from time a file was just open. The user says it matched their own records and saved enough admin time to pay for the subscription.
3.0 Caution
Rebuilt timesheets can look precise and still mix up who did the work. Compare a day you remember before you bill a client from the new sheet.
It is handy with folders of files. Open one result you already know is right before you trust the whole batch.
4.0Try the job
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5.0 Where it came from
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Added to Agents 101 on . Any dollar amounts are what the original person said. We did not check them.