Extract data from PDFs and scanned documents automatically

Reads PDFs, scans, and photos of documents and pulls out the text and tables automatically.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Any that apply are taken.

Pattern: Sequence (1) · Multi-Choice (6)

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Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
Document Processing & OCRWeb Scraping & Data CollectionFile & Cloud Storage
Connects
Mistral AI

The problem it solves

Bank statements, invoices, and scanned forms pile up as PDFs and photos that someone has to retype by hand into a usable format. That manual data entry is slow, tedious, and an easy place for typos to creep in.

Who it fits

Operations and finance teams who process paperwork like bank statements and invoices.

How it works

  1. You provide a PDF or image, such as a bank statement or scanned form
  2. The document is sent to Mistral's OCR service for processing
  3. Text, tables, and page layout are extracted and converted to clean markdown
  4. You can also ask direct questions about the document's contents
What you get

Documents converted without manual retyping

You can turn any PDF, scan, or photo of a document into clean, searchable text and tables ready for your records.

What you get

Extracted text and tables from your documents, ready to use without retyping.

What you need

A Mistral Cloud account with API credit.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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