paperless-documents

name	paperless-documents
description	Search, inspect, edit, upload, download, and organize Paperless-ngx documents with the local `paperless` CLI.

Paperless Documents

Use this skill for document-centric Paperless tasks.

Common flows

Find documents

paperless document list --query "invoice"
paperless document search "github receipt"
paperless --output json document list --tag TODO

Read document text

paperless document content 303
paperless --output json document get 303

Change metadata

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

Move files in and out

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

Notes

• 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.
• Markdown mode is the default and is usually the best output for human review.