Product Context

Project Purpose

paperless-gpt is an AI-powered companion application designed to enhance the document management capabilities of paperless-ngx by automating document organization tasks through advanced AI technologies.

Problems Solved

Manual Document Organization
- Eliminates time-consuming manual tagging and title creation
- Reduces human error in document categorization
- Streamlines document processing workflow
OCR Quality
- Improves text extraction from poor quality scans
- Provides context-aware OCR capabilities
- Handles complex document layouts better than traditional OCR
Document Categorization
- Automates correspondent identification
- Provides intelligent tag suggestions
- Generates meaningful document titles

Core Functionality

1. LLM-Enhanced OCR

Uses Large Language Models for better text extraction
Handles messy or low-quality scans effectively
Provides context-aware text interpretation

2. Automatic Document Processing

Title Generation: Creates descriptive titles based on content
Tag Generation: Suggests relevant tags from existing tag set
Correspondent Identification: Automatically detects document senders/recipients

3. Integration Features

Seamless paperless-ngx integration
Docker-based deployment
Customizable prompt templates
Support for multiple LLM providers (OpenAI, Ollama)

4. User Interface

Web-based management interface
Manual review capabilities
Batch processing support
Auto-processing workflow option

Usage Flow

Documents are tagged with specific markers (e.g., 'paperless-gpt')
System processes documents using AI/LLM capabilities
Results can be automatically applied or manually reviewed
Processed documents are updated in paperless-ngx

Configuration Options

Manual vs. automatic processing
LLM provider selection
Language preferences
Processing limits and constraints
Custom prompt templates

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