ClaudeClaude for Chrome is becoming a handy automation tool for many professionals because it is easy to deploy and use. The level of automation it provides is superior to that of the ChatGPT Atlas browser and Perplexity Comet.
If you want a dead-simple way to stay on top of your expenses, this setup is hard to beat. In just a couple of minutes, you can use Claude for Chrome to scan your Gmail receipts, pull out key details like merchant, amount, date, and category, then drop everything neatly into Google Sheets. No scripts, no brittle automation chains, no third-party tools to babysit. It is a practical first step into using Claude as a real personal assistant that actually saves you time, keeps your finances organized, and scales naturally as you add more tasks later.
This tutorial shows you how to track your expenses using email receipts. We will show you how to install the Claude Chrome extension, access your Gmail account, instruct Claude to extract receipts from your email, and create a new Google Sheets listing of all expenses by category.
By the end of this tutorial, you'll be able to:
- Install and access Claude for Chrome
- Extract receipts from Gmail
- Create a Google sheet
- Review and iterate
Let’s get right into it!
