Paddleocr Doc Parsing

PaddleOCR's document parsing goes beyond basic OCR by returning structured data including tables, mathematical formulas, charts, and full layout analysis. This is what you reach for when dealing with complex documents like financial reports, academic papers, or multi-column layouts where you need to preserve the document structure, not just extract raw text. The skill is strict about routing everything through the PaddleOCR API and explicitly forbids fallback attempts, which is honest but means you need the API configured before it's useful. Output comes as JSON with complete content in markdown format, and the docs are clear about displaying full results rather than truncating.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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$ npx -y skills add freestylefly/canghe-skills --skill paddleocr-doc-parsing --agent claude-code

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PaddleOCR Document Parsing Skill

When to Use This Skill

Use Document Parsing for:

Documents with tables (invoices, financial reports, spreadsheets)
Documents with mathematical formulas (academic papers, scientific documents)
Documents with charts and diagrams
Multi-column layouts (newspapers, magazines, brochures)
Complex document structures requiring layout analysis
Any document requiring structured understanding

Use Text Recognition instead for:

Simple text-only extraction
Quick OCR tasks where speed is critical
Screenshots or simple images with clear text

How to Use This Skill

⛔ MANDATORY RESTRICTIONS - DO NOT VIOLATE ⛔

ONLY use PaddleOCR Document Parsing API - Execute the script python scripts/vl_caller.py
NEVER parse documents directly - Do NOT parse documents yourself
NEVER offer alternatives - Do NOT suggest "I can try to analyze it" or similar
IF API fails - Display the error message and STOP immediately
NO fallback methods - Do NOT attempt document parsing any other way