What documentis this?
We specialise in financial documents: payslips, tax invoices, bank statements, salary certificates, PAYG summaries, and receipts. Upload one (or paste a link) and get its type, issuing country, and confidence — it abstains rather than guesses. Type only: to check a document is genuine, use Verify.
About the document classifier
The document classifier identifies what kind of financial document you have. It specialises in the document types that move through financial-services workflows — payslip, tax invoice, bank statement, salary certificate, PAYG summary, and receipt. Upload a PDF or image, or point it at a document URL, and it returns the type, the issuing country, and a confidence score.
It is built to be honest about uncertainty. Anything that clearly isn’t one of the supported financial documents comes back as “other”, and a result that falls below the confidence threshold abstains as “unknown” rather than forcing a guess. It reports the document’s type only — it does not judge whether the document is genuine. For that, use the document verifier.
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Upload a document or paste a link
Send a PDF or an image (PNG/JPG/WebP), or give it a public URL to one. The classifier reads the rendered page, not just the file name.
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It reads the document
A vision engine takes in the layout, headings, and visible markers — the structural cues that distinguish, say, a payslip from a tax invoice.
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It matches against the financial taxonomy
The document is weighed against the supported types — payslip, tax invoice, bank statement, salary certificate, PAYG summary, receipt — and anything outside that set is marked “other”.
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It scores its confidence — or abstains
When the signal is strong you get a type with a confidence score; when it’s weak the classifier returns “unknown” instead of guessing.
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You get the type, country, and evidence
The response names the document type, the issuing country, a confidence figure, and the visible markers behind the call.
What you get back
document_type
The identified type — one of the supported financial documents, or “other” / “unknown” when it doesn’t fit or the classifier abstains.
confidence
How sure the classifier is, 0–100%. Below the threshold the result abstains as “unknown” rather than committing.
country_code
The issuing country inferred from the document, so downstream rules can branch on jurisdiction.
evidence + is_financial_document
The visible markers that drove the call, plus a flag for whether the document is a financial one at all.
Common uses
- Routing or triaging incoming documents to the right team or workflow
- Pre-sorting a mixed inbox of uploads before anyone reviews them
- Gating which extractor or rule set runs, based on the detected type
- Filtering out non-financial files early so they never reach a specialised pipeline
Classification reports the document’s type, not its authenticity — and it abstains as “unknown” rather than guessing when confidence is low. Use it to route and sort documents; reach for the document verifier when you need to know a document is genuine.
Questions
- Does it tell me whether the document is real?
- No. The classifier reports the document’s type only — it is not an authenticity judgment. A genuine payslip and a forged one both classify as “payslip”. To check whether a document is genuine, use the document verifier.
- What happens if the document isn’t financial?
- If it clearly isn’t one of the supported financial documents, you get “other”. If the classifier can’t place it with enough confidence, it returns “unknown” and abstains rather than guessing.
- Which document types does it support?
- Payslip, tax invoice, bank statement, salary certificate, PAYG summary, and receipt. Anything else is reported as “other”.
- What can I send it?
- A PDF or an image (PNG/JPG/WebP) as an upload, or a public URL to one. It reads the rendered document either way.
- Do you store what I submit?
- No. The classifier is stateless — your document is classified and not retained.