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Search, inspect, edit, upload, download, and organize Paperless-ngx documents with the local `paperless` CLI.
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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.
Configure the Paperless CLI and manage tags, correspondents, and document types with the local `paperless` binary.
Read local PDF text and inspect local PDF metadata with the `paperless` CLI before upload or troubleshooting.
| name | paperless-documents |
| description | Search, inspect, edit, upload, download, and organize Paperless-ngx documents with the local `paperless` CLI. |
Use this skill for document-centric Paperless tasks.
paperless document list --query "invoice"
paperless document search "github receipt"
paperless --output json document list --tag TODO
paperless document content 303
paperless --output json document get 303
paperless document edit 303 --title "Updated title"
paperless document edit 303 --add-tag important --remove-tag TODO
paperless document update 303 --tag-id 59 --tag-id 60
paperless document upload ./invoice.pdf --title "April invoice"
paperless document download 303 --output-dir ./downloads
paperless document preview 303 --output-dir ./downloads
paperless document thumb 303 --output-dir ./downloads
paperless document delete 303
document edit is the ergonomic command for incremental tag changes.document update is the low-level ID-based command when you already know target IDs.