Most of the time, when Rowan is not doing what you were expecting him to, the issue comes down to how the prompt is written.
Rowan works best when your instructions are clear and specific.
Example 1: Extracting data
❌ Bad: “Pull data from this PDF.”
✅ Good: “Import the revenue figures from the PDF into a new sheet called ‘Revenue_Import’, placing them in columns A–D.”
Example 2: Calculations
❌ Bad: “Work out average receivables.”
✅ Good: “Calculate the average receivables using column G (rows 2–250) and place the result in cell H2, rounded to 2 decimal places.”
Example 3: Reviewing data
❌ Bad: “Check if this is right.”
✅ Good: “Review the summary in column F against the source data in column B, and highlight any rows where the totals don’t match.”
The more detail you provide, the better Rowan's output will be.
Additional tips to get better results from your prompts are available here.