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Task guide · Documents

Extract data from invoices

Use a language model to turn invoice text into fields such as supplier, date and total. A document-reading step is still needed.

What AI can take over

Use a language model to turn invoice text into fields such as supplier, date and total. A document-reading step is still needed.

Your remaining responsibilities

  • Compare every important field with the original invoice.
  • Handle PDF extraction or OCR before using a text-only model.
  • Review exceptions before posting anything to your accounts.

Tools for the job

1 tool

Start small

Give it something real to do.

01

Start with readable text

Extract text from a small set of invoices. Keep the originals next to it.

02

Define the fields

Ask for supplier, invoice number, date, currency and total in a fixed format.

03

Check the exceptions

Include a credit note and a difficult layout, not only clean examples.