Extracts structured data from invoice PDFs in Gmail, categorizes expenses, and exports to Google Sheets.
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~5 minutesProcessing invoices manually means opening each PDF, reading line items, typing them into a spreadsheet, checking the math, and categorizing each expense. For teams processing more than 10 invoices per week, this is a meaningful time sink — and it's error-prone. The Invoice Data Extractor automates the entire pipeline: parse → extract → validate → categorize → export.
This workflow can be triggered three ways: manually with a file path, automatically via 9 AM daily cron that watches a configured folder, or via webhook for invoice upload integrations.
1. Invoice Discovery: For manual runs, processes the specified file. For cron runs, scans the watch folder (~/Downloads/invoices-to-process by default) for any new PDF, JPG, or PNG files. For webhook runs, processes the uploaded file directly.
2. Data Extraction: Each invoice file is processed by Claude's vision model, which reads the document (whether it's a clean PDF or a photographed paper invoice) and extracts:
3. Math Validation: The workflow validates the arithmetic independently — recalculates line item totals, subtotals, and grand totals. Flags any discrepancies (vendor calculation errors or OCR misreads) with specific line-by-line variance reports.
4. Expense Categorization: Line items are automatically categorized against your chart of accounts using keyword matching:
Each line item gets an account code assigned, ready for import into your accounting software.
5. Export: Results are exported in your chosen format:
6. File Management: Processed invoices are moved from the watch folder to a processed folder automatically, maintaining an audit trail.
Finance teams, founders, and operations staff at companies processing 10–500 invoices per month. Removes the need for a dedicated AP data entry resource. Particularly valuable for teams receiving invoices in mixed formats (digital PDFs, scanned paper invoices, email attachments).
invoice-data-extractor.yml — complete workflow with three trigger types (manual, cron, webhook), vision-model extraction, math validation, chart-of-accounts categorization, and multi-format exportinvoice-data-extractor.yml into your OpenClaw workspacewatch_folder, processed_folder, and output_folder pathschart_of_accounts section to match your categories and account codesopenclaw cron add invoice-data-extractor.ymlManual invoice processing for a 50-invoice batch takes 2–4 hours: opening each file, reading it, typing data, checking math, and categorizing. That's a task most people do monthly, which means it always feels rushed at month-end.
With this workflow, invoices are processed daily as they arrive. Each takes about 30 seconds. The extracted data is immediately structured, categorized, and validated. Month-end reconciliation becomes a review task instead of a data entry marathon.
Result: AP data entry becomes a background process. Your team reviews the output instead of creating it.
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