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# Pull structured fields out of PDFs and scans

The same fields from every PDF, with gaps flagged.

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Opens BotBento. Paste the prompt into a bot; nothing is preconfigured.

- When you askYou send PDFs
- ThenExtracts the same fields
- ResultJSON or table rows

Point a bot at invoices, forms or reports and have it return the same fields every time as a table or JSON, flagging any value it could not read clearly.

## Prompt to start with

BotBentoRecommended

```
For each PDF I send, extract vendor, date, total and currency into one JSON object. If a value is missing or unreadable, set it to null and say why.
```

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## Tools it uses

PDF filesSpreadsheet

## Works with

BotBento

## Tags

- pdf
- extraction
- documents

## Source

[Launch HN: Midship (YC S24) – Turn PDFs, docs, and images into usable data](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42066500)
Hacker News · checked 2026-10-14

Summarized in our own words. Any results described there are the authors’ own, not measured by BotBento.

By BotBento Editorial · Added 2026-10-14 · Updated 2026-10-14 · [Suggest a correction](/contact/)

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