| name | paperless-admin |
| description | Configure the Paperless CLI and manage tags, correspondents, and document types with the local `paperless` binary. |
Paperless Admin
Use this skill for setup and catalog-management tasks.
Setup
paperless login --url https://paperless.example.com --token YOUR_TOKEN
paperless config set-url https://paperless.example.com
paperless config set-token YOUR_TOKEN
Temporary overrides
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.
Tags
paperless tag list
paperless tag create TODO --color '#ffcc00'
paperless tag edit 12 --name receipts --color '#336699'
paperless tag delete 12
Other catalog objects
paperless correspondent list
paperless correspondent create "GitHub" ""
paperless doctype list
paperless doctype create "Invoice" ""
Notes
- Use
PAPERLESS_URL and PAPERLESS_TOKEN when you need compatibility with external tooling or ephemeral shells.
- Use
tag edit rather than delete-and-recreate when preserving existing references matters.