How to read an AI Does Help guide

Every guide on this site answers one question about one task: can AI help me do this, and how far will it get me? The answer always comes in the same four parts, in the same order, so you can jump to the part you need.

1. Tools that work

We name the two or three tools that handle the task well rather than every tool that could. For each one you get what it costs, whether the free tier is enough for this task, and anything that makes it a poor fit (for example, a tool that can't read spreadsheets, or one that needs an upload you may not want to share).

2. A prompt to paste

Each guide gives a prompt you can copy. The parts you need to change are marked in square brackets, like [your job title]. A good prompt tells the tool its role, gives it your material, and says exactly what output and format you want back. If the task works better as a short back-and-forth, the guide gives the follow-up prompts too.

3. How far AI gets you

The rating uses four steps. It describes the task, not how impressive a tool is:

• AI does it. AI can do the job end to end; you review the result.
• AI drafts, you finish. AI gets you a solid first version; you correct, fill in and decide.
• AI assists. AI helps with pieces (research, ideas, checks); the core work is yours.
• You or a pro. AI can explain the basics; the decision or sign-off needs you or a licensed professional.

The same tool can land on different steps for different tasks. Writing an Excel formula is often "AI does it"; deciding which insurance policy fits your business is "you or a pro".

4. What you still do

This is the part most AI tutorials skip. Every guide names the step AI can't own: checking figures before they go to a client, confirming a fact against the original source, signing a document, or making a decision that needs a licensed adviser. Where a task involves insurance, legal, tax, immigration or health decisions, the guide says so plainly and points you to the kind of professional or official source to use.

Partner links

Some guides link to tools or services through partner links. They are labelled where they appear, and whether a tool pays a commission has no effect on its rating. How partner links work.