It does not have access to the Excel app. You may be able to generate the .xlsx file using python libraries but you would need to run the python code on your own. ChatGPT can run generated code, which is probably why it works there.
I don't expect it to have the Excel app, I expect it to run the code it is capable of generating.
This is what I mean by their strategy being a jumble. Claude can do the hard part of figuring out what code to write and writing it, but then refuses to do the easier part of executing the code.
See, I think this is a case of personal preference. I much prefer Claude's approach of figuring out the code and writing it for me to execute myself, rather than having it all in one box. Apart from anything else, it makes me think a little more about the process, and the desired outcome, rather than just iterate, click, iterate, click.
It's marginally less efficient, for sure, but it allows me greater visibility on the process, and gives me more confidence that whatever it's doing is what I want it to do.
But maybe that's some weird luddite-ism on my part, and I should just embrace an even blacker box where everything is done in the tool.
runako|1 year ago
This is what I mean by their strategy being a jumble. Claude can do the hard part of figuring out what code to write and writing it, but then refuses to do the easier part of executing the code.
simonw|1 year ago
If you want binary files you'd be better off with ChatGPT with Code Interpreter mode, which can run Python code that generates binary content.
Or ask Claude to write you Python code that generates Excel files and then copy and paste that onto your own computer and run it yourself.
saaaaaam|1 year ago
It's marginally less efficient, for sure, but it allows me greater visibility on the process, and gives me more confidence that whatever it's doing is what I want it to do.
But maybe that's some weird luddite-ism on my part, and I should just embrace an even blacker box where everything is done in the tool.