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Configure the Paperless CLI and manage tags, correspondents, and document types with the local `paperless` binary.
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Use the local `paperless` Rust CLI to search, inspect, upload, download, edit, and manage documents in Paperless-ngx, plus read local PDFs and configure access.
Search, inspect, edit, upload, download, and organize Paperless-ngx documents with the local `paperless` CLI.
Read local PDF text and inspect local PDF metadata with the `paperless` CLI before upload or troubleshooting.
| name | paperless-admin |
| description | Configure the Paperless CLI and manage tags, correspondents, and document types with the local `paperless` binary. |
Use this skill for setup and catalog-management tasks.
paperless login --url https://paperless.example.com --token YOUR_TOKEN
paperless config set-url https://paperless.example.com
paperless config set-token YOUR_TOKEN
PAPERLESS_URL=https://paperless.example.com PAPERLESS_TOKEN=secret paperless status
paperless -u https://paperless.example.com status
paperless status calls only /api/status/. Use paperless dashboard when you
explicitly need status, statistics, and task data together.
paperless tag list
paperless tag create TODO --color '#ffcc00'
paperless tag edit 12 --name receipts --color '#336699'
paperless tag delete 12
paperless correspondent list
paperless correspondent create "GitHub" ""
paperless doctype list
paperless doctype create "Invoice" ""
PAPERLESS_URL and PAPERLESS_TOKEN when you need compatibility with external tooling or ephemeral shells.tag edit rather than delete-and-recreate when preserving existing references matters.