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Shortcut compared with Engineering Corpus
DetailShortcut logo ShortcutEngineering Corpus logo Engineering Corpus
What it doesAI agent for Excel automation and financial modeling Coding agents that cite open-source prior art
StageStartup MVP
Founded2024 Not given
Based inNot given Not given
Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingFree plan with 20 weekly credits. Pro plan: $100/month (billed annually; credits refresh monthly, save $300/year). Teams: $320/month + $100 per seat/month (billed annually). Enterprise: Custom pricing. Individual credits: 1,000 monthly plan credits with Pro. Teams pooled credits: 1,000 monthly team Open source engine (MIT); hosted service is paid
Key features
  • Natural language Excel commands
  • Automatic formula generation
  • LBO model building
  • DCF and 3-statement model creation
  • Excel add-in integration
  • Existing file automation
  • CLI interface for workflows
  • Data tracing to source files
  • Error checking and validation
  • Cites open-source code at specific commits with exact line numbers
  • Prior-art briefs showing how projects solved the same problem
  • Automated license classification and verdicts
  • Semantic search using embedding model and BM25
  • Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other MCP clients
  • Runs locally on your machine under MIT license
  • Receipt with repo, commit, lines and license class
What makes it different
  • Saves 10-15 hours per week on financial reporting tasks
  • Reduces manual work by up to 70%
  • Costs 38% less than Claude for Excel
  • 76% accuracy on real-world finance tasks
  • Only tool that automatically cites exact lines and commits from real open-source projects
  • Eliminates hallucinated code by searching real open-source implementations
  • Handles license compliance automatically in every report
  • Runs entirely on your machine with no telemetry or analytics
  • Open-source engine with MIT license; paid hosted service option
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)42 −1 (down) since last check4 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)130
Citation Flow (Majestic)378
Referring domains (Majestic)4131

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