> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://filla.io/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Document upload

> Let respondents upload documents that are automatically parsed by AI into form fields.

## What document upload does

When document upload is enabled, respondents can upload a document (such as a PDF, invoice, or application form) and Filla uses AI to extract information and populate the form fields automatically. The respondent can then review and correct the parsed values before submitting.

## Setting up document upload

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the Form Settings dialog">
    Press `⌘,` in the editor, or click **Form settings** in the editor's top tab bar.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Go to the Document Upload tab">
    Select the **Document Upload** tab in the dialog (or section in the Form settings view).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enable document upload">
    Toggle **Enable document upload** to on.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add AI instructions (optional)">
    Provide custom instructions in the **AI instructions** textarea to guide how the document content maps to your fields.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## AI instructions

The AI instructions textarea lets you describe how the uploaded document should be parsed. For example:

* "This is an invoice. Extract the vendor name, invoice number, date, and total amount."
* "Look for the applicant's name in the header and their address in the first paragraph."

The more specific your instructions, the more accurate the parsing.

<Info>
  Document upload is only available when the form's intake method is set to **Web**. It does not appear in email intake mode. Enabling document upload also removes any login page from the form.
</Info>

## How it works

1. The respondent opens the form and uploads a document
2. Filla sends the document to AI for parsing
3. The AI extracts values and maps them to the form fields
4. The respondent reviews the pre-filled values, makes corrections if needed, and submits

## When to use document upload

* Intake workflows where respondents have data in existing documents (invoices, applications, contracts)
* Reducing manual data entry by pre-filling fields from uploaded files
* Processing standardized forms or templates that respondents already have filled out on paper or in PDF format