20 tasks to start with Claude in your business
A printable list with tasks from a café, a gym, an architecture studio and an accountancy. All of them are already described on this site.
Before you start
The tasks come from the pages and articles already on this site. They are ideas for use, not client cases, and they carry no figures for time saved because we have not measured that.
The free Claude plan is enough to start. Pick one or two tasks from your week, not all twenty at once.
20 tasks to start with Claude in your business
Tick the ones you try. Each one shows what you give Claude, what you ask for and what you check yourself before using the result.
Three rules for every task
- You provide the data, pasted or attached, not from memory.
- Claude writes the draft.
- You read it before it leaves your desk.
Before you paste data about people, check which plan you use and what its data settings are. If in doubt, remove names and personal data from the text.
Café
- You give
- Their email and your current price list.
- You ask for
- A polite reply that asks from when the increase applies and whether there is a fixed price for volume.
- You check
- The figures, before sending.
- You give
- The month's sales, exported from the till.
- You ask for
- Have them grouped by product, with what barely sells flagged.
- You check
- That the totals match your close.
- You give
- Your recipes and your allergens.
- You ask for
- A one-page sheet.
- You check
- The allergens, dish by dish.
- You give
- Your rules, written once: opening hours, largest group without notice, cancellation policy and whether there is a terrace. Then each email you receive.
- You ask for
- A reply in the house tone that also says what is missing from the request: time, number of people or phone number.
- You check
- That the draft says "I will confirm shortly". Claude does not know whether there is room and must not confirm on its own.
- You give
- The review.
- You ask for
- A polite reply that acknowledges the problem without promising what you cannot deliver.
- You check
- That it does not invent an apology for something that did not happen, or a discount nobody authorised.
Gym
- You give
- The text of your cancellation policy.
- You ask for
- A reply that explains the notice period without sounding curt.
- You check
- That the period matches your contract.
- You give
- The member list with join and leave dates.
- You ask for
- How many stayed less than three months.
- You check
- Two or three cases, by hand.
- You give
- The house rules.
- You ask for
- A half-page version.
- You check
- That no rule has changed.
- You give
- Your notes, unsorted.
- You ask for
- Minutes with decisions, tasks with an owner and open questions. If an owner or a date is missing, ask it to mark that instead of inventing one. Say so in the brief.
- You check
- You read the minutes and correct them before sending them to anyone.
- You give
- A Project with the house rules, the current rates, the class timetable and the cancellation policy. Then the message you received.
- You ask for
- A reply with the gym's own details, in the tone you have described.
- You check
- The date of the rates. If the uploaded document is old, Claude answers with the old price without warning you. Put "valid from" and a date at the top.
Architecture studio
- You give
- The status of the file.
- You ask for
- Two versions, a short one and a more detailed one.
- You check
- You choose one and confirm the dates.
- You give
- The hours for each project.
- You ask for
- A summary by person and by phase.
- You check
- That no week is missing.
- You give
- The project report.
- You ask for
- A one-page summary for the client, without technical terms.
- You check
- Measurements and deadlines.
- You give
- Your notes from the visit, as you jotted them on your phone.
- You ask for
- Minutes with three lists, issues, decisions and pending items, each with an owner and a date. If either is missing, ask it to mark that, not to invent it.
- You check
- That whoever signs the minutes was at the visit.
- You give
- The scope, the floor area, the deadlines you work with and your payment terms.
- You ask for
- An introductory text, a description of the phases and the exclusions.
- You check
- The amounts. The fees come from your rate, not from Claude.
Accountancy
- You give
- The list of what you ask for: invoices and statements.
- You ask for
- A reminder personalised for each client.
- You check
- Who has already sent what.
- You give
- A bank statement.
- You ask for
- A suggested category for each entry.
- You check
- You decide the final category, and you book it.
- You give
- The text of the note.
- You ask for
- What changes for them, on one page and in words that someone outside the field understands.
- You check
- Go back to the original text and check every date and every amount. The summary is yours, not Claude's.
- You give
- Your notes from the call.
- You ask for
- Three lists: decisions, tasks with an owner and open questions, with the documents still missing. If an owner or a date is missing, ask it to mark that.
- You check
- You read the minutes and correct them before sending them to the client.
- You give
- The text of a batch of client messages. Remove what you do not need, such as the tax ID.
- You ask for
- A list per client of what is missing to close the quarter, and the reminder.
- You check
- The list, against the original messages, before sending anything.
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Where each task comes from
- Claude for office tasks: email, Excel, documents and meeting notes
- Una semana con Claude en un estudio de arquitectura: presupuestos (in Spanish)
- Una semana con Claude en un gimnasio: altas, bajas y planes de entreno (in Spanish)
- Una semana con Claude en una asesoría: avisos, notas y correos (in Spanish)
- Una semana con Claude en una cafetería: reservas, turnos y proveedores (in Spanish)
Prefer to do it with someone next to you? In the Claude course we work with tasks from your own business. Dates to be confirmed.