Use Case
Paperless-ngx is a powerful AI agent skill that extends your assistant with new capabilities. Interact with Paperless-ngx document management system via REST API. Use when users want to search, upload, download, organize documents, manage tags, correspondents, or document types in their Paperless-ngx instance. This guide walks you through installing Paperless-ngx, configuring it for your setup, and running your first commands β so you can start getting value in minutes.
Install Paperless-ngx: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install paperless-ngx
Restart your AI client (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or OpenClaw)
Type a natural language request related to documents & notes to trigger Paperless-ngx
Review the output and refine your prompt for better results
Combine Paperless-ngx with other skills to build multi-step workflows
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing Paperless-ngx
Help me get started with Paperless-ngx
What can Paperless-ngx do for my documents & notes workflow?
Show me an example of using Paperless-ngx
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install paperless-ngxOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install paperless-ngxβ οΈ Requires Node.js 18+. No Node? Use Option 2 below to download the ZIP instead. Install Node.js β
Option 2: Manual install (no Node required)
Download the ZIP, extract it, and place the folder at the path below. Restart your agent to activate.
Install path
~/.claude/skills/paperless-ngx/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.