How Does Receiptor AI Work?

Receiptor AI is an AI agent that handles your entire receipt and invoice workflow — from capturing documents to exporting them to your accounting software — with as little manual work as possible.

Receiptor AI is an AI agent that handles your entire receipt and invoice workflow — from capturing documents to exporting them to your accounting software — with as little manual work as possible. Here is the full picture from start to finish.


Step 1: Connect Your Sources

Receiptor AI works by monitoring the places where your documents arrive. You connect one or more sources and the AI watches them automatically.

  • Emails — connect Gmail, Outlook, or any IMAP inbox. Receiptor AI scans incoming emails continuously and extracts receipts and invoices as they arrive.

  • Mobile Scanners (WhatsApp & iMessage) — connect a mobile number and send photos or documents via WhatsApp or iMessage. Each mobile scanner is assigned a name (persona), so documents and interactions are attributed to the right person.

  • Quick Upload — drag and drop PDF or image files directly into Receiptor AI for one-off uploads.

You can connect multiple sources of each type — for example, three different email accounts and two mobile scanners — all feeding into one workspace. Go to Collect in the left sidebar to manage your connected sources.


Step 2: AI Extracts Your Documents

Once a source is connected, extraction runs automatically. Here is how the email extraction process works:

  1. Filter — Receiptor AI checks each incoming email against your sender rules (Allowed/Blocked Senders list) and scans for signals that the email contains a financial document.

  2. Analyze — Emails that pass the filter are analyzed for document content: attached PDFs, embedded HTML receipts, images, and forwarded messages.

  3. Extract — The AI reads the document and pulls out every data field: vendor name, date, total amount, tax, line items, currency, payment status, due date, and more.


Step 3: AI Processes and Categorizes Documents

  • Auto-categorization — if you have a default chart of accounts set, the AI assigns the best-matching expense category to every document automatically.

  • Duplicate detection — the AI flags documents that appear to be duplicates of ones already in your workspace, so you do not double-count expenses.

  • Anomaly detection — unusual amounts, missing fields, or inconsistencies are flagged for your review.

  • Business entity assignment — if you manage multiple entities, the AI assigns each document to the correct one based on the billing details and patterns it has learned.


Step 4: Manage Your Documents

Every extracted document appears in the Documents section. From here you can review, edit, filter, search, label, and bulk-act on documents.


Step 5: Export and Integrate

  • CSV export — download a spreadsheet of any set of documents with all fields included.

  • PDF or ZIP export — download the original files for record-keeping or sharing.

  • Forward by email — send documents directly to your accountant or any email address.

  • Xero or QuickBooks: match an existing purchase first, attach the source document, and create the right accounting record only when needed. If Receiptor cannot make a safe decision, the export pauses for your review.

  • Google Drive or Dropbox — save documents to a named folder structure in your cloud storage.

  • Mercury — attach documents directly to the matching Mercury bank transaction, automatically matched by the AI.


Common Questions

Q: How quickly are documents extracted after an email arrives?

A: Extraction typically happens within a few minutes of an email arriving in a monitored inbox.

Q: Does Receiptor AI access all emails in my inbox, or just the ones with documents?

A: Receiptor AI scans for financial documents only. It applies your Allowed/Blocked Sender filters before analyzing anything and does not read or store content from emails that do not contain relevant documents.

Q: Is my data secure?

A: Yes. Receiptor AI uses OAuth 2.0 for email connections (no passwords stored), encrypted connections for all integrations, and stores your documents securely.


Support

Contact us via the in-app chat or at [email protected].

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