Hire an AI Excel and PowerPoint version checker

Everything it can hand back

Your task sets the actual outputs. The specialist picks the methods that cover them.

• A workbook change register (workbook-change-review.xlsx and change-register.md): each changed value, formula and feature with its cell
• A deck change register (deck-change-register.md): each changed message, number, note, hidden slide and slide move
• A number check (slide-number-checks.csv and number-review.md): each slide figure matched to a workbook cell, or flagged
• A source map and a list of open items, including every check that did not run

How it does the job well

• Keep the original files intact. Work on copies with new names. Make no fix unless the user asks for one.
• Record a check as passed only when real output shows it. A saved file is not proof that a formula recalculated or a slide looks right.
• Keep credentials and personal data out of every report.
• Turn every request into owned actions: who, what and by when.
• Work from the real calendar, notes and lists. Never invent meetings, people or dates.
• Put the most important decision or deadline first, then the details.
• Prepare drafts and proposals. Sending, booking and changing records waits for approval.

Mistakes it avoids

• Losing commitments buried in long notes.
• Mixing confirmed facts with guesses about other people's plans.
• Adding process when a short checklist would do.

What a good result looks like

An example, not your task: A colleague returns a revised workbook and deck and you must say what changed before you sign off

• workbook-change-review.xlsx and change-register.md. Every changed value, formula and file feature in the workbook, with the cell and what was intended.
• deck-change-register.md. Each changed message, number, note, hidden slide and slide move, with before and after.
• slide-number-checks.csv and number-review.md. Each number on the new slides matched to a workbook cell, with every mismatch flagged.
• Open items. Missing facts and checks that did not run, each with the next action.

How the work is checked

• Every change in both registers has a place (cell or slide) and a before and after.
• Each number check names a workbook cell and a slide.
• Matches by label are marked "inferred". None is invented.
• Every check that did not run is listed, not hidden.
• States which checks passed, failed or could not run, and names missing inputs.

These checks have not been run against a model yet. Your AI uses them to check its own work.

Capabilities

• Excel workbook change reviewer. Compares the old and new workbook by stable row ID and your change list. It keeps formula and feature changes and hands step 3 the changed cells.
• PowerPoint deck change reviewer. Compares the old and new deck by slide, including notes, hidden slides and chart data. It hands step 3 the changed slides and their numbers.
• Excel to PowerPoint number checker. Matches every number on the new slides to the new workbook. It uses steps 1 and 2 as separate proof of what changed, and flags stale numbers.

How the role works

1. Checks your task, context and available tools.
2. Picks the methods needed and prepares a work plan.
3. Carries out supported tasks, with each method's limits and review gates.
4. Checks the real deliverables and corrects supported faults.
5. Hands back files, evidence and unresolved gaps.

Your specialist's working setup

Download the base specialist without a task form or account. README.md and SETUP.md explain how to use the folder. SOUL.md defines its scope. INTAKE.md asks missing questions inside your AI. PLAYBOOK.md, SKILLS.md, BEST_PRACTICES.md, CHECKS.md and HANDOFF.md guide the work and its checked deliverables.

Complete associated skills, supporting files and licences are included. Choose only the methods needed for the actual task. Keep context, working files and accepted feedback in your AI project.

Use this specialist through MCP or the API

Call prepare_specialist with role_id review-revised-excel-and-powerpoint-files only. No task is required to load it. Your AI asks what job you need done, what you want back and which relevant context it can use.

For task-led hiring, call find_specialist, explain the suggested specialists and let the user accept or change the team.

Complete ZIP: Download base specialist. API: GET /api/v1/specialists/review-revised-excel-and-powerpoint-files/pack. The host AI supplies its own model, tools and execution; a pack does not connect accounts or run a task.

Inputs and helpful context

The specialist starts from the task brief. Only active methods require their inputs.

For the primary method, when used

• The old workbook and the revised workbook (.xlsx)
• The old deck and the revised deck (.pptx)
• What you meant to change, in a few lines (optional)
• Which column or ID names each row, and which slide shows which cell (optional)
• How much rounding is fine, and the period the numbers cover (optional)

Helpful context (optional)

• The change request or email that asked for the revision.
• A short list of which slide figure comes from which cell.

Tools and access

• Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini with file and code tools: They can open .xlsx and .pptx files and compare them. A plain chat that cannot open the files can only review pasted exports and must say so.
• Claude with file tools, or a coding assistant: It can open both .pptx files, read notes and hidden slides, and draw changed slides.

Functions and deliverables

• Excel and PowerPoint version checker: Share old and revised workbooks and decks. Get change reports and checks that the new slides use the new workbook's figures.
  • A workbook change register (workbook-change-review.xlsx and change-register.md): each changed value, formula and feature with its cell
  • A deck change register (deck-change-register.md): each changed message, number, note, hidden slide and slide move
  • A number check (slide-number-checks.csv and number-review.md): each slide figure matched to a workbook cell, or flagged
  • A source map and a list of open items, including every check that did not run
• Excel workbook change reviewer: Share old and new workbooks. Get changed values, formulas and file features explained.
  • workbook-change-review.xlsx and change-register.md.
  • A record of source files, changes and check results
  • Missing facts and any checks that could not run
• PowerPoint deck change reviewer: Compare an old and a new PowerPoint deck. Get every changed message, chart number, note, link and slide move in one list.
  • A change register (deck-change-register.md) with each change, its slide, the before and after, and how sure the match is
  • Moved, added and deleted slides, kept apart from edited ones
  • Changes in text, chart and table data, speaker notes, comments, hidden slides and links
  • Before and after pictures of changed slides, when your AI can draw slides
  • A list of checks that passed, failed or did not run, and what is still open
• Excel to PowerPoint number checker: Share Excel and PowerPoint files. Get checks that slide figures match their workbook sources.
  • slide-number-checks.csv and number-review.md; revised files only if repair is requested.
  • A record of source files, changes and check results
  • Missing facts and any checks that could not run
• me.md builder: Answer a few questions, or let your AI use what it remembers. Get one private file that tells any AI who you are.
  • One me.md file with up to ten dated sections
  • A list of facts taken from memory, for you to check
  • A short note of what it removed for privacy
  • The two next steps, to save it and set it up

Tasks you can use it for

• A colleague returns a revised workbook and deck and you must say what changed before you sign off
• The monthly report went out and someone fixed a number late. You need to know the slide matches the sheet
• You are about to send a board or client deck and want proof that each figure comes from the final workbook
• Two people edited the same files and you must merge the changes with confidence

Limits to check before starting

• You have one workbook and one deck and no earlier versions. Use the Excel to PowerPoint number checker.
• You want to build this month's workbook and deck from records. Use Excel report and PowerPoint update writer.
• You only want the numbers in a deck refreshed from new figures. Use the Slide deck number updater.
• You only compare two workbooks, or two decks. Use the Excel workbook change reviewer or the PowerPoint deck change reviewer on its own.

Best way to use this role

Give it one clear outcome, the actual files and a definition of done. Keep the work in one AI project so it can reuse checked context and earlier files.

• Download the handoff pack. It is a zip with HANDOFF.md and every skill file this workflow uses.
• Give the folder to Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini and say "Follow HANDOFF.md". Use an AI that can open .xlsx and .pptx files.
• Attach both versions of the workbook and the deck. Add what you meant to change, if you know it.
• Read the number check first. Open the slides and cells it flags and fix each mismatch in your own file.
• If your AI says a check did not run, such as a recalculation or a slide picture, do that check in Excel or PowerPoint before you share.

Read it as data

Read the complete role setup as JSON. Connect your AI to the AI Blocks MCP library and read aiblocks://roles/review-revised-excel-and-powerpoint-files for its role instructions and pinned sources.

This is a prepared AI role. No task has run. Your AI carries out authorized work using its available tools and reports the actual deliverables and checks.