Analyze a Google Sheet with DeepSeek

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This AI workflow lets you analyze complex Google Sheets with the latest DeepSeek-R1 reasoning model.

Here's how it works:

- It runs every week

- Asks Deepseek to perform an analysis of your choice

- Sends you the report over Slack

Steps in this workflow

1
Trigger
2
Find spreadsheet(s)
3
Analyze the Sheet with Deepseek R1
4
Send analysis to Slack

How it works

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Trigger
Trigger Trigger
Every workflow starts with a trigger. When the triggering action is detected, usually an action in another app, a new run of the workflow is kicked off.
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descriptionTriggers 101
Relay.app screenshot of: Step 2: Find spreadsheet(s)
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Find spreadsheet(s)
Action Find spreadsheet(s)
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descriptionFind steps
Relay.app screenshot of: Step 3: Analyze the Sheet with Deepseek R1
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Analyze the Sheet with Deepseek R1
Action Prompt Deepseek R1 Reasoner
Relay.app’s built-in AI actions, Custom Prompt steps and mini Agents make it easy to leverage AI in a predictable, controlled way.
Prompt used
You are responsible for writing a weekly report based on the attached spreadsheet. Please output: - Total Revenue - Number of Customers - Number of new customers this week - Number of churned customers this week - Any patterns in revenue growth that are interesting
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descriptionAI steps
descriptionPrompt tips
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Send analysis to Slack
Action Send message
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descriptionActions 101
Author picture (Jacob Bank)

Analyzing spreadsheets and doing basic math can be surprisingly tough for AI models, but the more advanced reasoning models (like DeepSeek-R1) are really good at it. If you need to create a weekly report based on a Google Sheet, try out this workflow.

Jacob Bank
Founder/CEO