Uploading Your First Document

The four ways to upload

1. Drag-and-drop (web)

The fastest. From any page on Papyrus:

1. Drag a file from your desktop or file explorer
2. Drop it anywhere on the page
3. Choose the destination folder
4. Add tags (optional — AI will suggest some)
5. Click “Upload”

The document begins processing immediately. You'll see a notification when classification and extraction complete (usually within 30 seconds).

2. The Browse button

If you prefer dialogs over dragging:

1. Go to Documents
2. Click “Upload” (top-right)
3. Choose “Browse files”
4. Select one or more files
5. Configure metadata and submit

3. Email-to-Papyrus

Each tenant has a unique inbox address: inbox@{tenant}.papyrus.io. Forward an email with attachments to that address — both the email body and attachments are ingested.

Useful when:

• You receive supplier invoices by email
• A counterparty sends signed documents
• Field officers email reports from their phone

4. Mobile scan

Open the Papyrus mobile app:

1. Tap the camera button
2. Point at the document
3. The app auto-detects edges, deskews, and enhances
4. Confirm, set tags, upload

The mobile capture pipeline produces OCR-ready PDFs.

What happens after upload

Once Papyrus has the document:

1. Classification — AI guesses the document type (Invoice, Contract, Employee Record, etc.) with a confidence score
2. OCR — If the document is scanned/image, text is extracted via Tesseract
3. Metadata extraction — Key fields (dates, amounts, parties, KRA PIN, etc.) are parsed
4. Embedding — The document becomes semantically searchable via the Copilot
5. Notification — You're notified if any human review is needed (low-confidence classification, missing required field)

File size and format limits

Supported formats: PDF, DOCX/DOC, XLSX/XLS, PPTX/PPT, TXT, JPG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, plus any common image format.

Related reading

• Bulk Uploads via Drag-and-Drop
• Organising Documents with Folders and Tags
• Scanning Documents With Your Phone