paperless

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Search and manage documents in Paperless-ngx document management system. Use when the user asks about documents, invoices, receipts, tax forms, bills, or wants to search their document library.

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Sourcemichaelvessia/nixos-config

Added on2026-02-18

NPX Install

npx skill4agent add michaelvessia/nixos-config paperless

SKILL.md Content

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Paperless-ngx

Interact with Paperless-ngx document management system via CLI.

Setup

Environment:

~/.secrets.env

(PAPERLESS_URL, PAPERLESS_TOKEN) - loaded by wrapper.

CLI Discovery

Run

paperless-cli --help

to see available commands. Run

paperless-cli <command> --help

for detailed usage of any command.

Capabilities

The CLI supports:

Search: Full-text search with filters (date ranges, tags, correspondents)
Browse: List recent documents, inbox items
Read: Get document details and extracted text content
Organize: Add/remove tags, edit metadata (title, correspondent, type)
Find related: Discover similar documents
Download: Save original files locally
Metadata: List tags, correspondents, document types, stats

Workflow

Search or list to find documents
Get document by ID to read full content
Add/remove tags to organize
Find similar documents for related items
Download originals when needed

Notes

Flags must come BEFORE positional arguments
Document IDs are integers returned from search/list results