Driver routes in Google Sheets
Stops split across drivers, in the best order, with a Google Maps link for each driver. Ask your AI in plain English: it reads Google Sheets, InstaMaps does the location work, and the results land in Google Sheets.
Google Sheets
InstaMapsDriver routes
Google Sheets
Claude
ChatGPT
Copilot
GeminiThe prompt
Using the rows in this Google Sheet: <link to your sheet>, plan routes for 2 drivers starting from <your depot address>, with an 8-hour shift and 15 minutes at each stop, and write the results into the same sheet as new columns beside the rows.
Replace the parts in <angle brackets>.What comes back
- Each driver's stops in order, with arrival times
- A Google Maps link per driver to drive from
- Any stops that don't fit the shift, with the reason
- Anything that can't be placed or answered comes back with the reason. Nothing is dropped.
Set it up
Driver routes in Claude
Every plan, including Free. On Free, InstaMaps uses your one custom connector; Google Drive, Gmail and Google Calendar are directory connectors and don't count against it.
- In Claude, open Settings, then Connectors, and choose "Add custom connector".
- Name it InstaMaps and paste https://get-instamaps.com/mcp. Click Add.
- Click Connect and continue with Google. You land back in Claude, ready to ask.
- Paste the prompt above.
Before you start
Reading Google SheetsShare the sheet with InstaMaps, or set it to "anyone with the link can view". InstaMaps reads it straight from Google, so a sheet of thousands of rows is one call, and nothing passes through the chat.
Writing to Google SheetsInstaMaps writes to the sheet itself: share it with the address the answer gives you, as Editor. It adds new dated columns or a new tab, and never overwrites a cell.
Run it on a schedule
Every weekday at 7am, for that day's stops: using the rows in this Google Sheet: <link to your sheet>, plan routes for 2 drivers starting from <your depot address>, with an 8-hour shift and 15 minutes at each stop, and write the results into the same sheet as new columns beside the rows.
- Claude. Scheduled tasks run a prompt hourly, daily, on weekdays or weekly, with the connectors you've added. They need a paid plan (Pro, Max, Team or Enterprise), and on Pro and Max they run in the cloud, so your computer can be off.
- ChatGPT. ChatGPT has scheduled tasks, but OpenAI doesn't yet say whether they can use a custom connector. Run the prompt by hand until it does.
- Microsoft Copilot and Teams. Copilot Studio agents can run on a schedule with a Recurrence trigger. The run uses the agent author's sign-ins.
- Gemini. Google doesn't yet say whether scheduled actions can use a custom app. Run the prompt by hand until it does.
Good to know
- Up to 100 stops and 10 drivers per plan, on roads in Great Britain and the US. Google Maps picks the roads when the driver opens the link.
- The connector is free: 5,000 tool calls a day per person, and a whole sheet read by link counts as one call.
- Rather do it without an AI? Use the free tool on our site.
