Turn a large quarterly PDF into short documents and requisitions

A commenter uses Claude every three months to convert a large PDF into many short documents, Excel requisitions and summary tables.

What They Did

The poster described a recurring work task they handle every three months: they receive a large PDF and use Claude in a regular chat window to turn it into many short documents, Excel-based requisitions, and summary tables. They said the key step was learning how to build a reusable skill for that workflow, while keeping the process manual because Claude was not given access to work drives.

How It Went

They said the setup worked well enough to be mind-blowing for that quarterly job, but gave no counts, time savings, or error rates. They also said they had not yet gotten Claude to help with much else.

Worth Knowing

The catch they mention is access: they could not give Claude access to their work drives, and they did not describe any Google Drive or OneDrive setup.