I got tired copying and pasting ai responses into my google sheets. So I built a agent to do it for me. Here's what i learned.
Summary
The author built a tool using the Anthropic Agent SDK that automates research tasks inside Google Sheets, eliminating manual copy-pasting of AI responses. The tool, called Frax.ai, uses agents to fill spreadsheet cells by performing tasks like browsing, reading, and extracting information.
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