Doc Ocr Skills

OCR documents (PDFs and images) using Gemini 2.5 Flash, PaddleOCR (local), or RapidOCR (local).

Document OCR Skill (docr)

Uses Gemini 2.5 Flash, PaddleOCR, or RapidOCR (local) to recognize text from scanned PDFs and images. Compiled as a single Go binary.

Prerequisites

• API Key configured in ~/.ocr/config (not needed for Paddle/Rapid)
• For RapidOCR engine: pip install rapidocr_onnxruntime
• For PaddleOCR engine: pip install paddleocr paddlepaddle

API Key Configuration

Create the config file:

bash

mkdir -p ~/.ocr
cat > ~/.ocr/config << EOF
# Google Gemini API Key
gemini_api_key=your_gemini_key
EOF

Quick Start

Path Variable: All commands below use $DOCR. Before running any command, set this variable:

bash

SKILL_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "<path-to-this-SKILL.md>")" && pwd)"
DOCR="$SKILL_DIR/scripts/docr/docr"

bash

# OCR a single document using RapidOCR (default)
$DOCR document.pdf
$DOCR image.jpg

# Use Gemini engine
$DOCR -engine gemini document.pdf

# Use PaddleOCR local engine
$DOCR -engine paddle document.pdf

# Specify output file
$DOCR document.pdf -o result.txt

# Batch process all supported files in a directory
$DOCR -batch ./docs/ -o ./outputs/

Engines

Engine	Flag	API Key Config	Doc Handling
RapidOCR (default)	-engine rapid	None	Local OCR
Gemini	-engine gemini	gemini_api_key	Cloud Vision API
PaddleOCR (local)	-engine paddle	None	Local OCR

CLI Reference

text

docr [options] <file or directory>

Options:
  -engine string   OCR engine: rapid (default) / gemini / paddle
  -e string        Engine (short flag)
  -o string        Output file path or directory (batch mode)
  -output string   Output path (long flag)
  -batch           Batch mode: process all files in directory
  -prompt string   Custom recognition prompt (gemini)

Installation

We provide pre-compiled binaries to get you started quickly.

bash

cd doc-ocr-skills/scripts
./install.sh

This script will detect your OS (darwin/linux) and architecture (amd64/arm64) and download the appropriate version of docr.

Building from Source (Optional)

If you prefer to build from source, ensure you have Go 1.21+ installed:

bash

cd doc-ocr-skills/scripts/docr
go build -o docr .

Error Handling

Error	Solution
config file not found	Create ~/.ocr/config with API keys
gemini_api_key not found	Add gemini_api_key=VALUE to config
file not found	Verify the document file path
API timeout	Retry; large files may need longer