Claude tips and tricks · Starter · 5 minutes
Pull the numbers that matter out of a long PDF
The job: Read a contract, quote or report in two minutes instead of twenty
Vendor quotes, leases and renewal notices bury the few things you care about: price, term, renewal date, and what it costs to leave. Claude can find them for you, with the page they're on.
How
- Attach the PDF to a new chat in your work account.
- Ask the prompt below.
- Check each answer on the page it points to.
The prompt to copy
From this document, list: the total price, how it's billed, the term and the renewal date, how to cancel and what it costs, and anything unusual. For each one, say which page it's on. If something isn't in the document, say so.
What a good answer looks like
A short list with page numbers, and "not in the document" where something is missing.
The mistake to avoid
Signing based on the summary alone. Use it to know where to look, then read those pages yourself.
ChatGPT and Copilot can read PDFs too.