Add controller endpoints for the DocParse editor tools

.github/workflows/push-docker.yml

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: boolean
         default: true
+      build_engine:
+        description: "Build & push the stirling-pdf-engine image (plus the -docparse addon variant)."
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
       force_unoserver_rebuild:
         description: "Rebuild stirling-unoserver even if its source hash is unchanged."
         required: false
@@ -51,6 +56,8 @@ jobs:
     env:
       RUN_MAIN_APP: ${{ github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' || inputs.build_main_app }}
       RUN_UNOSERVER: ${{ github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' || inputs.build_unoserver }}
+      # Engine images are dispatch-only for now; flip the default once the addon stabilises.
+      RUN_ENGINE: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.build_engine }}
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
         uses: step-security/harden-runner@ab7a9404c0f3da075243ca237b5fac12c98deaa5 # v2.19.3
@@ -219,6 +226,62 @@ jobs:
             cosign sign --key env://COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY --yes "${tag}@${DIGEST}"
           done
 
+      - name: Generate tags for engine
+        id: meta-engine
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@80c7e94dd9b9319bd5eb7a0e0fe9291e23a2a2e9 # v6.1.0
+        if: env.RUN_ENGINE == 'true'
+        with:
+          images: |
+            ghcr.io/${{ steps.repoowner.outputs.lowercase }}/stirling-pdf-engine
+            ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_ORG_USERNAME }}/stirling-pdf-engine
+          tags: |
+            type=raw,value=${{ steps.versionNumber.outputs.versionNumber }}
+            type=raw,value=latest
+
+      - name: Build and push engine image
+        id: build-push-engine
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@53b7df96c91f9c12dcc8a07bcb9ccacbed38856a # v7.3.0
+        if: env.RUN_ENGINE == 'true' && steps.meta-engine.outputs.tags != ''
+        with:
+          builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
+          context: ./engine
+          push: true
+          cache-from: type=gha,scope=stirling-pdf-engine
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max,scope=stirling-pdf-engine
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta-engine.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta-engine.outputs.labels }}
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64/v8
+          provenance: true
+          sbom: true
+
+      - name: Generate tags for engine docparse addon
+        id: meta-engine-docparse
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@80c7e94dd9b9319bd5eb7a0e0fe9291e23a2a2e9 # v6.1.0
+        if: env.RUN_ENGINE == 'true'
+        with:
+          images: |
+            ghcr.io/${{ steps.repoowner.outputs.lowercase }}/stirling-pdf-engine
+            ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_ORG_USERNAME }}/stirling-pdf-engine
+          tags: |
+            type=raw,value=${{ steps.versionNumber.outputs.versionNumber }}-docparse
+            type=raw,value=latest-docparse
+
+      - name: Build and push engine docparse addon image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@53b7df96c91f9c12dcc8a07bcb9ccacbed38856a # v7.3.0
+        if: env.RUN_ENGINE == 'true' && steps.meta-engine-docparse.outputs.tags != ''
+        with:
+          builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
+          context: ./engine
+          push: true
+          cache-from: type=gha,scope=stirling-pdf-engine-docparse
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max,scope=stirling-pdf-engine-docparse
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta-engine-docparse.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta-engine-docparse.outputs.labels }}
+          build-args: DOCPARSE=true
+          platforms: linux/amd64
+          provenance: true
+          sbom: true
+
       - name: Generate tags for ultra-lite
         id: meta-lite
         uses: docker/metadata-action@80c7e94dd9b9319bd5eb7a0e0fe9291e23a2a2e9 # v6.1.0

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/EndpointConfiguration.java

@@ -433,6 +433,17 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
         addEndpointToGroup("Automation", "automate"); // Alias for handleData (user-friendly name)
         addEndpointToGroup("Automation", "pipeline");
 
+        // Adding endpoints to "DocParse" group (parsing, splitting, chunking, extraction,
+        // templating)
+        addEndpointToGroup("DocParse", "parse-document");
+        addEndpointToGroup("DocParse", "extract-fields");
+        addEndpointToGroup("DocParse", "smart-split");
+        addEndpointToGroup("DocParse", "chunk-document");
+        addEndpointToGroup("DocParse", "rag-ingest");
+        addEndpointToGroup("DocParse", "extract-tables");
+        addEndpointToGroup("DocParse", "suggest-schema");
+        addEndpointToGroup("DocParse", "fill-template");
+
         // Adding endpoints to "DeveloperTools" group
         addEndpointToGroup("DeveloperTools", "show-javascript");
 

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/model/ApplicationProperties.java

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
     private ProcessExecutor processExecutor = new ProcessExecutor();
     private PdfEditor pdfEditor = new PdfEditor();
     private AiEngine aiEngine = new AiEngine();
+    private Docparse docparse = new Docparse();
     private Mcp mcp = new Mcp();
     private InternalApi internalApi = new InternalApi();
     private Cluster cluster = new Cluster();
@@ -425,6 +426,24 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * DocParse settings (top-level {@code docparse.*}): document understanding for ingestion
+     * pipelines. The basic tier (text layer) always works; the advanced tier lives in the engine's
+     * docparse addon.
+     */
+    @Data
+    public static class Docparse {
+
+        /** Master switch; hides the DocParse endpoints when false. */
+        private boolean enabled = true;
+
+        /** Requested tier: 'auto', 'basic', or 'advanced'. 'auto' resolves per document. */
+        private String mode = "auto";
+
+        /** Mirrors DOCPARSE_AUTO_INSTALL for the engine's boot-time addon install script. */
+        private boolean autoInstall = false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Model Context Protocol (MCP) server configuration. All keys live under the top-level {@code
      * mcp.*} prefix. {@link #enabled} defaults to {@code false}: when off, no MCP beans are wired,

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/service/DocparseCapabilityServiceInterface.java

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package stirling.software.common.service;
+
+/**
+ * View of the engine's DocParse capability for modules that cannot see the proprietary
+ * implementation (e.g. ConfigController in core). Implemented by the proprietary
+ * DocparseCapabilityService; absent when the proprietary module is not loaded.
+ */
+public interface DocparseCapabilityServiceInterface {
+
+    /**
+     * Whether the engine reports the docparse addon (advanced tier) as installed. Must be cheap and
+     * non-blocking: returns the cached probe result, {@code false} when the engine is disabled,
+     * unreachable, or not yet probed.
+     */
+    boolean isAdvancedInstalled();
+}

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/service/InternalApiClient.java

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class InternalApiClient {
     // ApiConnectionResolver.
     private static final Pattern ALLOWED_ENDPOINT_PATH =
             Pattern.compile(
-                    "^/api/v1/(general|misc|security|convert|filter|integration)(/[A-Za-z0-9_-]+)+$"
+                    "^/api/v1/(general|misc|security|convert|filter|integration|docparse)(/[A-Za-z0-9_-]+)+$"
                             + "|^/api/v1/ai/tools(/[A-Za-z0-9_-]+)+$");
 
     /**

app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/misc/ConfigController.java

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import stirling.software.common.annotations.api.ConfigApi;
 import stirling.software.common.configuration.AppConfig;
 import stirling.software.common.configuration.interfaces.ShowAdminInterface;
 import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
+import stirling.software.common.service.DocparseCapabilityServiceInterface;
 import stirling.software.common.service.ServerCertificateServiceInterface;
 import stirling.software.common.service.UserServiceInterface;
 import stirling.software.common.util.GeneralUtils;
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ public class ConfigController {
     private final ShowAdminInterface showAdmin;
     private final stirling.software.common.service.LicenseServiceInterface licenseService;
     private final stirling.software.SPDF.config.ExternalAppDepConfig externalAppDepConfig;
+    private final DocparseCapabilityServiceInterface docparseCapabilityService;
 
     public ConfigController(
             ApplicationProperties applicationProperties,
@@ -54,7 +56,9 @@ public class ConfigController {
                     ShowAdminInterface showAdmin,
             @org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired(required = false)
                     stirling.software.common.service.LicenseServiceInterface licenseService,
-            stirling.software.SPDF.config.ExternalAppDepConfig externalAppDepConfig) {
+            stirling.software.SPDF.config.ExternalAppDepConfig externalAppDepConfig,
+            @org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired(required = false)
+                    DocparseCapabilityServiceInterface docparseCapabilityService) {
         this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
         this.applicationContext = applicationContext;
         this.endpointConfiguration = endpointConfiguration;
@@ -63,6 +67,7 @@ public class ConfigController {
         this.showAdmin = showAdmin;
         this.licenseService = licenseService;
         this.externalAppDepConfig = externalAppDepConfig;
+        this.docparseCapabilityService = docparseCapabilityService;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -350,6 +355,16 @@ public class ConfigController {
                             Map.entry("pdfComment", aiFeatures.isPdfComment()),
                             Map.entry("classify", aiFeatures.isClassify())));
 
+            // DocParse settings; "advanced" reflects the cached engine capability probe and is
+            // false when the engine is disabled, unreachable, or the proprietary module is absent.
+            boolean docparseEnabled = applicationProperties.getDocparse().isEnabled();
+            configData.put("docparseEnabled", docparseEnabled);
+            configData.put(
+                    "docparseAdvanced",
+                    docparseEnabled
+                            && docparseCapabilityService != null
+                            && docparseCapabilityService.isAdvancedInstalled());
+
             // Timestamp TSA settings — single source of truth for presets + admin URLs
             ApplicationProperties.Security.Timestamp tsConfig =
                     applicationProperties.getSecurity().getTimestamp();

app/core/src/main/resources/settings.yml.template

@@ -396,6 +396,14 @@ aiEngine:
     pdfComment: true # AI-authored PDF comments/annotations
     classify: true # Automatic document classification/labelling
 
+# DocParse: document understanding for ingestion pipelines (chunking + knowledge-base
+# indexing). The basic tier (text layer) always works; the advanced tier (layout parsing)
+# requires the engine's docparse addon. Env overrides: DOCPARSE_ENABLED, DOCPARSE_MODE.
+docparse:
+  enabled: true # Master switch; hides the DocParse endpoints when false
+  mode: auto # Tier selection: 'auto' (best available), 'basic', or 'advanced'
+  autoInstall: false # Mirrors DOCPARSE_AUTO_INSTALL for the engine's boot-time addon install script
+
 policies:
   # Folder automations can read from and write to the directories you allow here, so treat this as a
   # security boundary. Leave allowedFolderRoots empty (default) to disable folder sources/outputs,

app/core/src/test/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/misc/ConfigControllerMoreTest.java

@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ class ConfigControllerMoreTest {
                 userService,
                 showAdmin,
                 licenseService,
-                externalAppDepConfig);
+                externalAppDepConfig,
+                null);
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")

app/core/src/test/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/misc/ConfigControllerTest.java

@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ class ConfigControllerTest {
                         userService,
                         showAdmin,
                         licenseService,
-                        mock(stirling.software.SPDF.config.ExternalAppDepConfig.class));
+                        mock(stirling.software.SPDF.config.ExternalAppDepConfig.class),
+                        null);
     }
 
     @Test

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/controller/api/DocParseController.java

@@ -0,0 +1,481 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.controller.api;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
+import java.util.Base64;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
+import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
+
+import org.apache.commons.csv.CSVFormat;
+import org.apache.commons.csv.CSVPrinter;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ByteArrayResource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ModelAttribute;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
+import org.springframework.web.server.ResponseStatusException;
+
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Operation;
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;
+
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+import stirling.software.common.annotations.AutoJobPostMapping;
+import stirling.software.common.enumeration.ResourceWeight;
+import stirling.software.common.service.CustomPDFDocumentFactory;
+import stirling.software.common.util.FormUtils;
+import stirling.software.common.util.GeneralUtils;
+import stirling.software.common.util.TempFile;
+import stirling.software.common.util.TempFileManager;
+import stirling.software.common.util.WebResponseUtils;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.api.docparse.ChunkDocumentApiRequest;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.api.docparse.ExtractFieldsApiRequest;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.api.docparse.ExtractTablesApiRequest;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.api.docparse.ParseDocumentApiRequest;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.api.docparse.RagIngestApiRequest;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.api.docparse.SmartSplitApiRequest;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.api.docparse.SuggestSchemaApiRequest;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.ChunkDocumentResponse;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.DocChunk;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.DocTable;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.DocparseCapabilitiesView;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.DocparseMode;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.ExtractFieldsResponse;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.ExtractTablesResponse;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.FillDocxResponse;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.ParseDocumentResponse;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.RagIngestResponse;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.SmartSplitResponse;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.SplitPart;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.SuggestSchemaResponse;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.service.AiToolResponseHeaders;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.service.DocParseService;
+
+import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import tools.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
+/**
+ * Public DocParse ingestion API. Thin HTTP layer over {@link DocParseService}, which owns the
+ * engine wire contract; this class owns the pipeline step shape (report header, export ZIP).
+ */
+@Slf4j
+@RestController
+@RequestMapping("/api/v1/docparse")
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+@Tag(
+        name = "DocParse",
+        description =
+                "Document ingestion: chunk, embed, and index documents into the searchable"
+                        + " knowledge base, or export the parsed content (markdown, chunks JSONL)"
+                        + " for external systems.")
+public class DocParseController {
+
+    private static final MediaType CSV = MediaType.parseMediaType("text/csv");
+
+    private static final MediaType MARKDOWN = MediaType.parseMediaType("text/markdown");
+    private static final MediaType DOCX =
+            MediaType.parseMediaType(
+                    "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document");
+
+    private final DocParseService docParseService;
+    private final CustomPDFDocumentFactory pdfDocumentFactory;
+    private final TempFileManager tempFileManager;
+    private final ObjectMapper objectMapper;
+
+    @AutoJobPostMapping(
+            consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE,
+            value = "/rag-ingest",
+            resourceWeight = ResourceWeight.LARGE_WEIGHT)
+    @Operation(
+            summary = "Chunk, embed, and index a document into the RAG store (pipeline shape)",
+            description =
+                    "Ingests the document into the engine's RAG store under a stable documentId"
+                            + " (default: content hash). Returns the ORIGINAL PDF unchanged as the"
+                            + " body, with the ingest summary JSON in the X-Stirling-Tool-Report"
+                            + " header so policy pipelines pick it up as the step report. With"
+                            + " exportMarkdown/exportChunksJsonl the body becomes a ZIP holding the"
+                            + " original plus the corpus files, ready for delivery to external"
+                            + " systems. Input:PDF Output:PDF/ZIP Type:SISO")
+    public ResponseEntity<Resource> ragIngest(@ModelAttribute RagIngestApiRequest request)
+            throws IOException {
+        MultipartFile file = request.getFileInput();
+        boolean export = request.isExportMarkdown() || request.isExportChunksJsonl();
+        RagIngestResponse result =
+                docParseService.ragIngest(
+                        file,
+                        request.getDocumentId(),
+                        request.getChunkSize(),
+                        request.getOverlap(),
+                        DocparseMode.fromWire(request.getMode()),
+                        request.isIndex(),
+                        request.isExportMarkdown(),
+                        request.isExportChunksJsonl());
+
+        // The report header must stay small: summary fields only, never the echoed content.
+        ObjectNode report = objectMapper.createObjectNode();
+        report.put("mode", result.mode().wire());
+        report.put("documentId", result.documentId());
+        report.put("chunksIndexed", result.chunksIndexed());
+        report.put("pages", result.pages());
+        report.put("indexed", request.isIndex());
+
+        String fileName = DocParseService.fileName(file);
+        byte[] original = file.getBytes();
+        HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
+        headers.set(AiToolResponseHeaders.TOOL_REPORT, objectMapper.writeValueAsString(report));
+
+        if (!export) {
+            headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_PDF);
+            headers.setContentDispositionFormData("attachment", fileName);
+            headers.setContentLength(original.length);
+            return ResponseEntity.ok().headers(headers).body(new ByteArrayResource(original));
+        }
+
+        byte[] zip = exportZip(fileName, original, result, request);
+        headers.setContentType(MediaType.parseMediaType("application/zip"));
+        headers.setContentDispositionFormData("attachment", baseName(fileName) + "-ingested.zip");
+        headers.setContentLength(zip.length);
+        return ResponseEntity.ok().headers(headers).body(new ByteArrayResource(zip));
+    }
+
+    @AutoJobPostMapping(
+            consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE,
+            value = "/extract-fields",
+            resourceWeight = ResourceWeight.LARGE_WEIGHT)
+    @Operation(
+            summary = "Extract typed fields from a document (pipeline shape)",
+            description =
+                    "Extracts the fields described by the JSON Schema and returns the ORIGINAL PDF"
+                            + " unchanged as the body, with the extraction JSON in the"
+                            + " X-Stirling-Tool-Report header so policy pipelines pick it up as the"
+                            + " step report. Use /extract-fields/json for the raw JSON."
+                            + " Input:PDF Output:PDF Type:SISO")
+    public ResponseEntity<Resource> extractFields(@ModelAttribute ExtractFieldsApiRequest request)
+            throws IOException {
+        MultipartFile file = request.getFileInput();
+        ExtractFieldsResponse result =
+                docParseService.extractFields(
+                        file,
+                        request.getFieldsSchema(),
+                        DocparseMode.fromWire(request.getMode()),
+                        request.getInstructions());
+        byte[] original = file.getBytes();
+        HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
+        headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_PDF);
+        headers.setContentDispositionFormData("attachment", DocParseService.fileName(file));
+        headers.setContentLength(original.length);
+        headers.set(AiToolResponseHeaders.TOOL_REPORT, objectMapper.writeValueAsString(result));
+        return ResponseEntity.ok().headers(headers).body(new ByteArrayResource(original));
+    }
+
+    @AutoJobPostMapping(
+            consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE,
+            value = "/extract-fields/json",
+            resourceWeight = ResourceWeight.LARGE_WEIGHT)
+    @Operation(
+            summary = "Extract typed fields from a document (JSON)",
+            description =
+                    "Extracts the fields described by the JSON Schema and returns the extraction"
+                            + " result (fields, confidence, citations) as JSON."
+                            + " Input:PDF Output:JSON Type:SISO")
+    public ResponseEntity<ExtractFieldsResponse> extractFieldsJson(
+            @ModelAttribute ExtractFieldsApiRequest request) throws IOException {
+        return ResponseEntity.ok(
+                docParseService.extractFields(
+                        request.getFileInput(),
+                        request.getFieldsSchema(),
+                        DocparseMode.fromWire(request.getMode()),
+                        request.getInstructions()));
+    }
+
+    @AutoJobPostMapping(
+            consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE,
+            value = "/suggest-schema",
+            resourceWeight = ResourceWeight.LARGE_WEIGHT)
+    @Operation(
+            summary = "Suggest an extraction schema for a document",
+            description =
+                    "Reads the document and proposes the fields worth extracting (name, type,"
+                            + " description), ready to feed into /extract-fields as a JSON Schema."
+                            + " Input:PDF Output:JSON Type:SISO")
+    public ResponseEntity<SuggestSchemaResponse> suggestSchema(
+            @ModelAttribute SuggestSchemaApiRequest request) throws IOException {
+        return ResponseEntity.ok(
+                docParseService.suggestSchema(request.getFileInput(), request.getMaxFields()));
+    }
+
+    @AutoJobPostMapping(
+            consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE,
+            value = "/parse-document",
+            resourceWeight = ResourceWeight.XLARGE_WEIGHT)
+    @Operation(
+            summary = "Parse a document into structured blocks, tables, and markdown",
+            description =
+                    "Parses the PDF into layout blocks, tables, and a markdown rendering. The"
+                            + " basic tier reads the text layer; the advanced tier (docparse addon)"
+                            + " adds OCR, real table structure, and bounding boxes."
+                            + " Input:PDF Output:JSON Type:SISO")
+    public ResponseEntity<?> parseDocument(@ModelAttribute ParseDocumentApiRequest request)
+            throws IOException {
+        ParseDocumentResponse result =
+                docParseService.parse(
+                        request.getFileInput(),
+                        DocparseMode.fromWire(request.getMode()),
+                        request.isWithOcr());
+        if ("markdown".equalsIgnoreCase(request.getOutputFormat())) {
+            return WebResponseUtils.bytesToWebResponse(
+                    result.markdown().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8),
+                    outputName(request.getFileInput(), "_parsed.md"),
+                    MARKDOWN);
+        }
+        return ResponseEntity.ok(result);
+    }
+
+    @AutoJobPostMapping(
+            consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE,
+            value = "/smart-split",
+            resourceWeight = ResourceWeight.LARGE_WEIGHT)
+    @Operation(
+            summary = "Split a document at content-derived boundaries",
+            description =
+                    "Asks the engine where sub-documents start (per the natural-language rule) and"
+                            + " returns a ZIP with one PDF per part, named from the part labels."
+                            + " Input:PDF Output:ZIP-PDF Type:SIMO")
+    public ResponseEntity<Resource> smartSplit(@ModelAttribute SmartSplitApiRequest request)
+            throws IOException {
+        MultipartFile file = request.getFileInput();
+        SmartSplitResponse split =
+                docParseService.split(file, request.getRule(), request.getMaxParts());
+        if (split.parts().isEmpty()) {
+            throw new ResponseStatusException(
+                    HttpStatus.UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
+                    "The split rule produced no parts for this document");
+        }
+        TempFile zipTempFile = tempFileManager.createManagedTempFile(".zip");
+        try {
+            try (TempFile sourceTempFile = new TempFile(tempFileManager, ".pdf")) {
+                Files.copy(
+                        file.getInputStream(),
+                        sourceTempFile.getPath(),
+                        StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
+                try (ZipOutputStream zipOut =
+                        new ZipOutputStream(Files.newOutputStream(zipTempFile.getPath()))) {
+                    writeParts(sourceTempFile, split.parts(), zipOut);
+                }
+            }
+            return WebResponseUtils.zipFileToWebResponse(
+                    zipTempFile,
+                    GeneralUtils.generateFilename(file.getOriginalFilename(), "_split.zip"));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            zipTempFile.close();
+            throw e;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @AutoJobPostMapping(
+            consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE,
+            value = "/chunk-document",
+            resourceWeight = ResourceWeight.MEDIUM_WEIGHT)
+    @Operation(
+            summary = "Chunk a document for RAG",
+            description =
+                    "Splits the document text into overlapping chunks with page spans and (advanced"
+                            + " tier) heading breadcrumbs. Input:PDF Output:JSON Type:SISO")
+    public ResponseEntity<ChunkDocumentResponse> chunkDocument(
+            @ModelAttribute ChunkDocumentApiRequest request) throws IOException {
+        return ResponseEntity.ok(
+                docParseService.chunk(
+                        request.getFileInput(),
+                        request.getChunkSize(),
+                        request.getOverlap(),
+                        DocparseMode.fromWire(request.getMode())));
+    }
+
+    @AutoJobPostMapping(
+            consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE,
+            value = "/fill-template",
+            resourceWeight = ResourceWeight.SMALL_WEIGHT)
+    @Operation(
+            summary = "Fill a DOCX template with JSON data",
+            description =
+                    "Replaces the template's placeholders with values from the JSON object and"
+                            + " returns the filled DOCX. Replacement counts and missing keys ride"
+                            + " the X-Stirling-Tool-Report header."
+                            + " Input:DOCX Output:DOCX Type:SISO")
+    public ResponseEntity<Resource> fillTemplate(
+            @RequestParam("templateFile") MultipartFile templateFile,
+            @RequestParam("data") String data)
+            throws IOException {
+        FillDocxResponse result = docParseService.fillDocx(templateFile, data);
+        byte[] filled = Base64.getDecoder().decode(result.docxBase64());
+        HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
+        headers.setContentType(DOCX);
+        headers.setContentDispositionFormData(
+                "attachment",
+                GeneralUtils.generateFilename(templateFile.getOriginalFilename(), "_filled.docx"));
+        headers.setContentLength(filled.length);
+        headers.set(
+                AiToolResponseHeaders.TOOL_REPORT,
+                objectMapper.writeValueAsString(
+                        new FillDocxResponse("", result.replaced(), result.missing())));
+        return ResponseEntity.ok().headers(headers).body(new ByteArrayResource(filled));
+    }
+
+    @GetMapping("/capabilities")
+    @Operation(
+            summary = "DocParse capability summary",
+            description =
+                    "Merged view of the Java settings and the engine's capability probe, so"
+                            + " clients can gate advanced-tier UI.")
+    public ResponseEntity<DocparseCapabilitiesView> capabilities() {
+        return ResponseEntity.ok(docParseService.capabilitiesView());
+    }
+
+    @AutoJobPostMapping(
+            consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE,
+            value = "/extract-tables",
+            resourceWeight = ResourceWeight.LARGE_WEIGHT)
+    @Operation(
+            summary = "Extract tables from a document",
+            description =
+                    "Extracts table structure and returns CSV (all tables concatenated, blank line"
+                            + " between them) or the structured JSON table list."
+                            + " Input:PDF Output:CSV/JSON Type:SISO")
+    public ResponseEntity<?> extractTables(@ModelAttribute ExtractTablesApiRequest request)
+            throws IOException {
+        ExtractTablesResponse result = docParseService.tables(request.getFileInput());
+        if ("json".equalsIgnoreCase(request.getOutputFormat())) {
+            return ResponseEntity.ok(result);
+        }
+        return WebResponseUtils.bytesToWebResponse(
+                tablesToCsv(result.tables()).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8),
+                outputName(request.getFileInput(), "_tables.csv"),
+                CSV);
+    }
+
+    /** Original + requested corpus files in one ZIP, so destinations receive them together. */
+    private byte[] exportZip(
+            String fileName, byte[] original, RagIngestResponse result, RagIngestApiRequest request)
+            throws IOException {
+        String base = baseName(fileName);
+        ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        try (ZipOutputStream zip = new ZipOutputStream(out)) {
+            zip.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(fileName));
+            zip.write(original);
+            zip.closeEntry();
+            if (request.isExportMarkdown()) {
+                zip.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(base + ".md"));
+                zip.write(
+                        (result.markdown() == null ? "" : result.markdown())
+                                .getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+                zip.closeEntry();
+            }
+            if (request.isExportChunksJsonl()) {
+                zip.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(base + ".chunks.jsonl"));
+                zip.write(chunksJsonl(result).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+                zip.closeEntry();
+            }
+        }
+        return out.toByteArray();
+    }
+
+    /** One chunk per line, each self-describing (documentId + source travel on every line). */
+    private String chunksJsonl(RagIngestResponse result) {
+        if (result.chunks() == null) {
+            return "";
+        }
+        StringBuilder lines = new StringBuilder();
+        for (DocChunk chunk : result.chunks()) {
+            ObjectNode line = objectMapper.createObjectNode();
+            line.put("documentId", result.documentId());
+            line.put("index", chunk.index());
+            line.put("text", chunk.text());
+            if (chunk.pageStart() != null) {
+                line.put("pageStart", chunk.pageStart());
+            }
+            if (chunk.pageEnd() != null) {
+                line.put("pageEnd", chunk.pageEnd());
+            }
+            var headings = line.putArray("headingPath");
+            chunk.headingPath().forEach(headings::add);
+            lines.append(objectMapper.writeValueAsString(line)).append('\n');
+        }
+        return lines.toString();
+    }
+
+    private static String baseName(String fileName) {
+        int dot = fileName.lastIndexOf('.');
+        return dot > 0 ? fileName.substring(0, dot) : fileName;
+    }
+
+    private void writeParts(TempFile sourceTempFile, List<SplitPart> parts, ZipOutputStream zipOut)
+            throws IOException {
+        for (int i = 0; i < parts.size(); i++) {
+            SplitPart part = parts.get(i);
+            // Load per part and remove pages outside the range: avoids the PDFBox cross-document
+            // addPage pitfalls while keeping shared resources intact.
+            try (PDDocument partDoc = pdfDocumentFactory.load(sourceTempFile.getFile())) {
+                int pageCount = partDoc.getNumberOfPages();
+                int start = Math.clamp(part.startPage(), 1, pageCount);
+                int end = Math.clamp(part.endPage(), start, pageCount);
+                for (int p = pageCount - 1; p >= 0; p--) {
+                    int pageNumber = p + 1;
+                    if (pageNumber < start || pageNumber > end) {
+                        partDoc.removePage(p);
+                    }
+                }
+                FormUtils.pruneOrphanedFormFields(partDoc);
+                zipOut.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(partEntryName(i, part)));
+                partDoc.save(zipOut);
+                zipOut.closeEntry();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static String partEntryName(int index, SplitPart part) {
+        String label = part.label() == null ? "" : part.label().trim();
+        String sanitized = label.replaceAll("[^A-Za-z0-9 ._-]", "_").replaceAll("\\s+", "_");
+        if (sanitized.isBlank() || sanitized.chars().allMatch(c -> c == '_' || c == '.')) {
+            sanitized = "part";
+        }
+        // Index prefix keeps entries unique even when labels repeat.
+        return String.format(Locale.ROOT, "%02d_%s.pdf", index + 1, sanitized);
+    }
+
+    private static String tablesToCsv(List<DocTable> tables) throws IOException {
+        CSVFormat format = CSVFormat.EXCEL.builder().setEscape('"').build();
+        StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
+        try (CSVPrinter printer = format.print(writer)) {
+            boolean first = true;
+            for (DocTable table : tables) {
+                if (!first) {
+                    printer.println();
+                }
+                first = false;
+                for (List<String> row : table.cells()) {
+                    printer.printRecord(row);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return writer.toString();
+    }
+
+    private static String outputName(MultipartFile file, String suffix) {
+        return GeneralUtils.removeExtension(DocParseService.fileName(file)) + suffix;
+    }
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/api/docparse/ChunkDocumentApiRequest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.api.docparse;
+
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.Schema;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+
+import stirling.software.common.model.api.PDFFile;
+
+@Data
+@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
+public class ChunkDocumentApiRequest extends PDFFile {
+
+    @Schema(description = "Target chunk size in characters (64-32768)", defaultValue = "512")
+    private int chunkSize = 512;
+
+    @Schema(
+            description = "Overlap between adjacent chunks in characters (0-4096)",
+            defaultValue = "64")
+    private int overlap = 64;
+
+    @Schema(
+            description = "Tier to use: 'auto' picks per document, or force 'basic'/'advanced'",
+            allowableValues = {"auto", "basic", "advanced"},
+            defaultValue = "auto")
+    private String mode = "auto";
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/api/docparse/ExtractFieldsApiRequest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.api.docparse;
+
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.Schema;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+
+import stirling.software.common.model.api.PDFFile;
+
+@Data
+@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
+public class ExtractFieldsApiRequest extends PDFFile {
+
+    @Schema(
+            description = "JSON Schema object describing the fields to extract, as a JSON string",
+            requiredMode = Schema.RequiredMode.REQUIRED,
+            example =
+                    "{\"type\":\"object\",\"properties\":{\"invoiceNumber\":{\"type\":\"string\"}}}")
+    private String fieldsSchema;
+
+    @Schema(
+            description = "Tier to use: 'auto' picks per document, or force 'basic'/'advanced'",
+            allowableValues = {"auto", "basic", "advanced"},
+            defaultValue = "auto")
+    private String mode = "auto";
+
+    @Schema(description = "Optional natural-language guidance for the extraction")
+    private String instructions;
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/api/docparse/ExtractTablesApiRequest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.api.docparse;
+
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.Schema;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+
+import stirling.software.common.model.api.PDFFile;
+
+@Data
+@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
+public class ExtractTablesApiRequest extends PDFFile {
+
+    @Schema(
+            description = "Response format: CSV text or the structured JSON table list",
+            allowableValues = {"csv", "json"},
+            defaultValue = "csv")
+    private String outputFormat = "csv";
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/api/docparse/ParseDocumentApiRequest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.api.docparse;
+
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.Schema;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+
+import stirling.software.common.model.api.PDFFile;
+
+@Data
+@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
+public class ParseDocumentApiRequest extends PDFFile {
+
+    @Schema(
+            description = "Tier to use: 'auto' picks per document, or force 'basic'/'advanced'",
+            allowableValues = {"auto", "basic", "advanced"},
+            defaultValue = "auto")
+    private String mode = "auto";
+
+    @Schema(
+            description = "Apply OCR when parsing scanned pages (advanced tier only)",
+            defaultValue = "true")
+    private boolean withOcr = true;
+
+    @Schema(
+            description = "Response format: full JSON result or the markdown rendering only",
+            allowableValues = {"json", "markdown"},
+            defaultValue = "json")
+    private String outputFormat = "json";
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/api/docparse/RagIngestApiRequest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.api.docparse;
+
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.Schema;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+
+import stirling.software.common.model.api.PDFFile;
+
+@Data
+@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
+public class RagIngestApiRequest extends PDFFile {
+
+    @Schema(
+            description =
+                    "Stable identifier for the ingested document; re-ingesting the same id replaces"
+                            + " its chunks. Defaults to a content hash of the uploaded bytes.")
+    private String documentId;
+
+    @Schema(description = "Target chunk size in characters (64-32768)", defaultValue = "512")
+    private int chunkSize = 512;
+
+    @Schema(
+            description = "Overlap between adjacent chunks in characters (0-4096)",
+            defaultValue = "64")
+    private int overlap = 64;
+
+    @Schema(
+            description = "Tier to use: 'auto' picks per document, or force 'basic'/'advanced'",
+            allowableValues = {"auto", "basic", "advanced"},
+            defaultValue = "auto")
+    private String mode = "auto";
+
+    @Schema(
+            description = "Index the document into the built-in knowledge base",
+            defaultValue = "true")
+    private boolean index = true;
+
+    @Schema(
+            description =
+                    "Also return the parsed document as a markdown file, for delivery to external"
+                            + " systems (vector DBs, training corpora)",
+            defaultValue = "false")
+    private boolean exportMarkdown = false;
+
+    @Schema(
+            description =
+                    "Also return the chunks as a JSONL file (one chunk per line with page span and"
+                            + " heading breadcrumb), ready for external embedding or indexing",
+            defaultValue = "false")
+    private boolean exportChunksJsonl = false;
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/api/docparse/SmartSplitApiRequest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.api.docparse;
+
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.Schema;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+
+import stirling.software.common.model.api.PDFFile;
+
+@Data
+@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
+public class SmartSplitApiRequest extends PDFFile {
+
+    @Schema(
+            description = "Natural-language boundary rule, e.g. 'split where a new invoice starts'",
+            requiredMode = Schema.RequiredMode.REQUIRED)
+    private String rule;
+
+    @Schema(description = "Maximum number of parts to produce (1-500)", defaultValue = "50")
+    private int maxParts = 50;
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/api/docparse/SuggestSchemaApiRequest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.api.docparse;
+
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.Schema;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+
+import stirling.software.common.model.api.PDFFile;
+
+@Data
+@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
+public class SuggestSchemaApiRequest extends PDFFile {
+
+    @Schema(description = "Maximum number of fields to suggest (1-20)", defaultValue = "10")
+    private int maxFields = 10;
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/ChunkDocumentRequest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.api.ai.AiPageText;
+
+/** Engine request for {@code POST /api/v1/docparse/chunk}. */
+public record ChunkDocumentRequest(
+        String fileName,
+        List<AiPageText> pages,
+        String contentBase64,
+        int chunkSize,
+        int overlap,
+        DocparseMode mode) {}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/ChunkDocumentResponse.java

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/** Engine response for {@code POST /api/v1/docparse/chunk}. */
+public record ChunkDocumentResponse(DocparseTier mode, List<DocChunk> chunks) {
+
+    public ChunkDocumentResponse {
+        chunks = chunks == null ? List.of() : chunks;
+    }
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/DocBlock.java

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+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * One layout block. {@code bbox} is [x0, y0, x1, y1] normalized to 0..1 with a top-left origin;
+ * {@code null} in basic tier (no layout model ran). Mirrors {@code docparse.py DocBlock}.
+ */
+public record DocBlock(String type, String text, int page, List<Double> bbox, Double confidence) {}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/DocChunk.java

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/** One RAG chunk with page span and heading breadcrumb. Mirrors {@code docparse.py DocChunk}. */
+public record DocChunk(
+        int index, String text, Integer pageStart, Integer pageEnd, List<String> headingPath) {
+
+    public DocChunk {
+        headingPath = headingPath == null ? List.of() : headingPath;
+    }
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/DocTable.java

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/** One extracted table. Mirrors {@code docparse.py DocTable}. */
+public record DocTable(
+        int page, List<Double> bbox, List<List<String>> cells, String markdown, Double confidence) {
+
+    public DocTable {
+        cells = cells == null ? List.of() : cells;
+    }
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/DocparseCapabilities.java

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * What the engine can actually do right now; Java caches and republishes this. Mirrors {@code
+ * docparse.py DocparseCapabilities}.
+ */
+public record DocparseCapabilities(
+        boolean advancedInstalled,
+        String doclingVersion,
+        String torchVersion,
+        boolean modelsAvailable,
+        String modelsPath,
+        List<String> errors) {
+
+    public DocparseCapabilities {
+        errors = errors == null ? List.of() : errors;
+    }
+
+    /** The addon-absent view used when the engine is disabled, unreachable, or probing failed. */
+    public static DocparseCapabilities absent(String reason) {
+        return new DocparseCapabilities(false, null, null, false, null, List.of(reason));
+    }
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/DocparseCapabilitiesView.java

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+/** Merged capability view served by {@code GET /api/v1/docparse/capabilities} (Java side). */
+public record DocparseCapabilitiesView(
+        boolean enabled,
+        String mode,
+        boolean advancedInstalled,
+        boolean engineReachable,
+        String doclingVersion) {}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/DocparseMode.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonValue;
+
+/**
+ * What the caller asked for; {@code AUTO} resolves per request. Wire values are lowercase to match
+ * {@code engine/src/stirling/contracts/docparse.py DocparseMode}.
+ */
+public enum DocparseMode {
+    AUTO("auto"),
+    BASIC("basic"),
+    ADVANCED("advanced");
+
+    private final String wire;
+
+    DocparseMode(String wire) {
+        this.wire = wire;
+    }
+
+    @JsonValue
+    public String wire() {
+        return wire;
+    }
+
+    @JsonCreator
+    public static DocparseMode fromWire(String value) {
+        if (value == null || value.isBlank()) {
+            return AUTO;
+        }
+        return valueOf(value.trim().toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT));
+    }
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/DocparseTier.java

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonValue;
+
+/**
+ * Which implementation actually served a request. Wire values are lowercase to match {@code
+ * engine/src/stirling/contracts/docparse.py DocparseTier}.
+ */
+public enum DocparseTier {
+    BASIC("basic"),
+    ADVANCED("advanced");
+
+    private final String wire;
+
+    DocparseTier(String wire) {
+        this.wire = wire;
+    }
+
+    @JsonValue
+    public String wire() {
+        return wire;
+    }
+
+    @JsonCreator
+    public static DocparseTier fromWire(String value) {
+        return valueOf(value.trim().toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT));
+    }
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/ExtractFieldsRequest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.api.ai.AiPageText;
+
+import tools.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
+/**
+ * Engine request for {@code POST /api/v1/docparse/extract}. {@code pages} drives the basic tier
+ * (Java-extracted text); {@code contentBase64} lets the advanced tier parse the raw file itself.
+ */
+public record ExtractFieldsRequest(
+        String fileName,
+        JsonNode fieldsSchema,
+        List<AiPageText> pages,
+        String contentBase64,
+        DocparseMode mode,
+        String instructions) {}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/ExtractFieldsResponse.java

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/** Engine response for {@code POST /api/v1/docparse/extract}. */
+public record ExtractFieldsResponse(
+        DocparseTier mode, List<ExtractedField> fields, double overallConfidence) {
+
+    public ExtractFieldsResponse {
+        fields = fields == null ? List.of() : fields;
+    }
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/ExtractTablesRequest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+/** Engine request for {@code POST /api/v1/docparse/tables}. */
+public record ExtractTablesRequest(String fileName, String contentBase64) {}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/ExtractTablesResponse.java

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/** Engine response for {@code POST /api/v1/docparse/tables}. */
+public record ExtractTablesResponse(DocparseTier mode, List<DocTable> tables) {
+
+    public ExtractTablesResponse {
+        tables = tables == null ? List.of() : tables;
+    }
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/ExtractedField.java

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import tools.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
+/**
+ * One extracted field with confidence and citations. Mirrors {@code docparse.py ExtractedField}.
+ */
+public record ExtractedField(
+        String name, JsonNode value, double confidence, List<FieldCitation> citations) {
+
+    public ExtractedField {
+        citations = citations == null ? List.of() : citations;
+    }
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/FieldCitation.java

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Where a value came from. {@code quote} is always set; {@code bbox} only when a layout parse ran
+ * (advanced tier); offsets index into the cited page's text. Mirrors {@code docparse.py
+ * FieldCitation}.
+ */
+public record FieldCitation(
+        Integer page, List<Double> bbox, String quote, Integer startOffset, Integer endOffset) {}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/FillDocxRequest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+import tools.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
+/** Engine request for {@code POST /api/v1/docparse/fill-docx}. */
+public record FillDocxRequest(String templateBase64, JsonNode data) {}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/FillDocxResponse.java

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/** Engine response for {@code POST /api/v1/docparse/fill-docx}. */
+public record FillDocxResponse(String docxBase64, int replaced, List<String> missing) {
+
+    public FillDocxResponse {
+        missing = missing == null ? List.of() : missing;
+    }
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/ParseDocumentRequest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+/** Engine request for {@code POST /api/v1/docparse/parse}. */
+public record ParseDocumentRequest(String fileName, String contentBase64, boolean withOcr) {}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/ParseDocumentResponse.java

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Engine response for {@code POST /api/v1/docparse/parse}; also produced by the Java basic tier.
+ */
+public record ParseDocumentResponse(
+        DocparseTier mode,
+        int pages,
+        List<DocBlock> blocks,
+        List<DocTable> tables,
+        String markdown,
+        boolean ocrApplied) {
+
+    public ParseDocumentResponse {
+        blocks = blocks == null ? List.of() : blocks;
+        tables = tables == null ? List.of() : tables;
+        markdown = markdown == null ? "" : markdown;
+    }
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/RagIngestRequest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.api.ai.AiPageText;
+
+/**
+ * Engine request for {@code POST /api/v1/docparse/rag-ingest}. Owner semantics mirror {@code POST
+ * /api/v1/documents}: {@code ownerId} is the tenant, {@code readPrincipals} the explicit readers,
+ * and a null {@code expiresAt} keeps the ingested content until an explicit delete. {@code index}
+ * false skips the store (export-only); {@code includeMarkdown}/{@code includeChunks} echo the
+ * parsed content back so the caller can emit corpus files.
+ */
+public record RagIngestRequest(
+        String fileName,
+        String documentId,
+        String source,
+        String ownerId,
+        List<String> readPrincipals,
+        Instant expiresAt,
+        List<AiPageText> pages,
+        String contentBase64,
+        int chunkSize,
+        int overlap,
+        DocparseMode mode,
+        boolean index,
+        boolean includeMarkdown,
+        boolean includeChunks) {}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/RagIngestResponse.java

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Engine response for {@code POST /api/v1/docparse/rag-ingest}. {@code markdown} and {@code chunks}
+ * are only present when the request asked for them via includeMarkdown/includeChunks.
+ */
+public record RagIngestResponse(
+        DocparseTier mode,
+        String documentId,
+        int chunksIndexed,
+        int pages,
+        String markdown,
+        List<DocChunk> chunks) {}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/SmartSplitRequest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.api.ai.AiPageText;
+
+/** Engine request for {@code POST /api/v1/docparse/split}. */
+public record SmartSplitRequest(
+        String fileName, String rule, List<AiPageText> pages, int maxParts) {}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/SmartSplitResponse.java

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/** Engine response for {@code POST /api/v1/docparse/split}. */
+public record SmartSplitResponse(List<SplitPart> parts) {
+
+    public SmartSplitResponse {
+        parts = parts == null ? List.of() : parts;
+    }
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/SplitPart.java

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+/** One sub-document page range (1-based, inclusive). Mirrors {@code docparse.py SplitPart}. */
+public record SplitPart(int startPage, int endPage, String label, double confidence) {}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/SuggestSchemaRequest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.api.ai.AiPageText;
+
+/**
+ * Engine request for {@code POST /api/v1/docparse/suggest-schema}. {@code pages} drives the basic
+ * tier (Java-extracted text); {@code contentBase64} lets the advanced tier parse the raw file.
+ */
+public record SuggestSchemaRequest(
+        String fileName, List<AiPageText> pages, String contentBase64, int maxFields) {}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/SuggestSchemaResponse.java

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/** Engine response for {@code POST /api/v1/docparse/suggest-schema}. */
+public record SuggestSchemaResponse(DocparseTier mode, List<SuggestedField> fields) {
+
+    public SuggestSchemaResponse {
+        fields = fields == null ? List.of() : fields;
+    }
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/SuggestedField.java

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+/** One field the engine proposes for an extraction schema. */
+public record SuggestedField(String name, String type, String description) {}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/security/filter/PrincipalMdcFilter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.security.filter;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.slf4j.MDC;
+import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order;
+import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
+import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolder;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+import org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter;
+
+import jakarta.servlet.FilterChain;
+import jakarta.servlet.ServletException;
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+/**
+ * Stamps the authenticated principal into MDC for every request. Async job workers resolve the
+ * caller via UserService's MDC fallback; without this the fallback only worked when the audit
+ * aspect (a pro feature) happened to populate it.
+ */
+@Component
+@Order(Ordered.LOWEST_PRECEDENCE)
+public class PrincipalMdcFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
+
+    static final String MDC_KEY = "auditPrincipal";
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doFilterInternal(
+            HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, FilterChain filterChain)
+            throws ServletException, IOException {
+        String previous = MDC.get(MDC_KEY);
+        Authentication authentication = SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication();
+        boolean stamped = false;
+        if (previous == null
+                && authentication != null
+                && authentication.isAuthenticated()
+                && !"anonymousUser".equals(authentication.getPrincipal())) {
+            MDC.put(MDC_KEY, authentication.getName());
+            stamped = true;
+        }
+        try {
+            filterChain.doFilter(request, response);
+        } finally {
+            if (stamped) {
+                MDC.remove(MDC_KEY);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/service/AiEngineClient.java

@@ -254,6 +254,13 @@ public class AiEngineClient {
 
     private void checkResponseStatus(HttpResponse<String> response) {
         int status = response.statusCode();
+        // 501 = capability not implemented (e.g. docparse addon missing); keep the status and
+        // body so callers can surface the machine-readable addonRequired detail.
+        if (status == 501) {
+            throw new ResponseStatusException(
+                    HttpStatus.NOT_IMPLEMENTED,
+                    "AI engine capability not implemented: " + response.body());
+        }
         if (status >= 500) {
             throw new ResponseStatusException(
                     HttpStatus.BAD_GATEWAY, "AI engine returned error: " + status);

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/service/DocParseService.java

@@ -0,0 +1,491 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.service;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Base64;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
+import org.springframework.web.server.ResponseStatusException;
+
+import io.github.pixee.security.Filenames;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
+import stirling.software.common.service.CustomPDFDocumentFactory;
+import stirling.software.common.service.UserServiceInterface;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.api.ai.AiPageText;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.ChunkDocumentRequest;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.ChunkDocumentResponse;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.DocBlock;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.DocparseCapabilities;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.DocparseCapabilitiesView;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.DocparseMode;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.DocparseTier;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.ExtractFieldsRequest;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.ExtractFieldsResponse;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.ExtractTablesRequest;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.ExtractTablesResponse;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.FillDocxRequest;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.FillDocxResponse;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.ParseDocumentRequest;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.ParseDocumentResponse;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.RagIngestRequest;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.RagIngestResponse;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.SmartSplitRequest;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.SmartSplitResponse;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.SuggestSchemaRequest;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.SuggestSchemaResponse;
+
+import tools.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
+/**
+ * DocParse ingestion: per-page text extraction (reusing the same {@link PdfContentExtractor} the AI
+ * chat path uses) plus engine dispatch for chunk + embed + index. The engine owns chunking,
+ * embedding, and the document store; Java owns identity, limits, and the wire contract from {@code
+ * engine/src/stirling/contracts/docparse.py}.
+ */
+@Slf4j
+@Service
+public class DocParseService {
+
+    private static final String PARSE_ENDPOINT = "/api/v1/docparse/parse";
+    private static final String EXTRACT_ENDPOINT = "/api/v1/docparse/extract";
+    private static final String SPLIT_ENDPOINT = "/api/v1/docparse/split";
+    private static final String CHUNK_ENDPOINT = "/api/v1/docparse/chunk";
+    private static final String TABLES_ENDPOINT = "/api/v1/docparse/tables";
+    private static final String FILL_DOCX_ENDPOINT = "/api/v1/docparse/fill-docx";
+    private static final String SUGGEST_SCHEMA_ENDPOINT = "/api/v1/docparse/suggest-schema";
+    private static final String RAG_INGEST_ENDPOINT = "/api/v1/docparse/rag-ingest";
+
+    /** Below this average of extractable chars per page the document is treated as scanned. */
+    static final int SCANNED_AVG_CHARS_PER_PAGE = 100;
+
+    /** Pages sampled for the scanned heuristic; keeps the probe cheap on huge documents. */
+    private static final int SCANNED_SAMPLE_PAGES = 20;
+
+    private final AiEngineClient aiEngineClient;
+    private final DocparseCapabilityService capabilityService;
+    private final CustomPDFDocumentFactory pdfDocumentFactory;
+    private final PdfContentExtractor pdfContentExtractor;
+    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
+    private final ObjectMapper objectMapper;
+    private final FileIdStrategy fileIdStrategy;
+    private final UserServiceInterface userService;
+
+    public DocParseService(
+            AiEngineClient aiEngineClient,
+            DocparseCapabilityService capabilityService,
+            CustomPDFDocumentFactory pdfDocumentFactory,
+            PdfContentExtractor pdfContentExtractor,
+            ApplicationProperties applicationProperties,
+            ObjectMapper objectMapper,
+            FileIdStrategy fileIdStrategy,
+            @Autowired(required = false) UserServiceInterface userService) {
+        this.aiEngineClient = aiEngineClient;
+        this.capabilityService = capabilityService;
+        this.pdfDocumentFactory = pdfDocumentFactory;
+        this.pdfContentExtractor = pdfContentExtractor;
+        this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
+        this.objectMapper = objectMapper;
+        this.fileIdStrategy = fileIdStrategy;
+        this.userService = userService;
+    }
+
+    /** Throws 503 when the docparse.enabled master switch is off. */
+    public void requireEnabled() {
+        if (!applicationProperties.getDocparse().isEnabled()) {
+            throw new ResponseStatusException(
+                    HttpStatus.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, "DocParse is disabled");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public DocparseCapabilitiesView capabilitiesView() {
+        ApplicationProperties.Docparse config = applicationProperties.getDocparse();
+        DocparseCapabilities capabilities = capabilityService.capabilities();
+        return new DocparseCapabilitiesView(
+                config.isEnabled(),
+                config.getMode(),
+                capabilities.advancedInstalled(),
+                capabilityService.isEngineReachable(),
+                capabilities.doclingVersion());
+    }
+
+    public ParseDocumentResponse parse(
+            MultipartFile file, DocparseMode requestedMode, boolean withOcr) throws IOException {
+        requireEnabled();
+        DocparseTier tier;
+        try (PDDocument document = pdfDocumentFactory.load(file, true)) {
+            tier =
+                    resolveTier(
+                            requestedMode,
+                            capabilityService.capabilities(),
+                            false,
+                            looksScanned(document));
+            if (tier == DocparseTier.BASIC) {
+                return basicParse(document);
+            }
+        }
+        ParseDocumentRequest request =
+                new ParseDocumentRequest(fileName(file), encodeBase64(file), withOcr);
+        String responseJson =
+                aiEngineClient.postLongRunning(
+                        PARSE_ENDPOINT, objectMapper.writeValueAsString(request), currentUserId());
+        return objectMapper.readValue(responseJson, ParseDocumentResponse.class);
+    }
+
+    public SmartSplitResponse split(MultipartFile file, String rule, int maxParts)
+            throws IOException {
+        requireEnabled();
+        if (rule == null || rule.isBlank()) {
+            throw new ResponseStatusException(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST, "A split rule is required");
+        }
+        List<AiPageText> pages;
+        try (PDDocument document = pdfDocumentFactory.load(file, true)) {
+            pages = extractPages(document);
+        }
+        SmartSplitRequest request =
+                new SmartSplitRequest(fileName(file), rule, pages, Math.clamp(maxParts, 1, 500));
+        String responseJson =
+                aiEngineClient.post(
+                        SPLIT_ENDPOINT, objectMapper.writeValueAsString(request), currentUserId());
+        return objectMapper.readValue(responseJson, SmartSplitResponse.class);
+    }
+
+    public ChunkDocumentResponse chunk(
+            MultipartFile file, int chunkSize, int overlap, DocparseMode mode) throws IOException {
+        requireEnabled();
+        List<AiPageText> pages;
+        DocparseTier tier;
+        try (PDDocument document = pdfDocumentFactory.load(file, true)) {
+            pages = extractPages(document);
+            tier =
+                    resolveTier(
+                            mode, capabilityService.capabilities(), false, looksScanned(document));
+        }
+        ChunkDocumentRequest request =
+                new ChunkDocumentRequest(
+                        fileName(file),
+                        pages,
+                        tier == DocparseTier.ADVANCED ? encodeBase64(file) : null,
+                        Math.clamp(chunkSize, 64, 32_768),
+                        Math.clamp(overlap, 0, 4_096),
+                        toMode(tier));
+        String responseJson =
+                aiEngineClient.postLongRunning(
+                        CHUNK_ENDPOINT, objectMapper.writeValueAsString(request), currentUserId());
+        return objectMapper.readValue(responseJson, ChunkDocumentResponse.class);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Chunk, embed, and index the document into the engine's RAG store, and/or echo the parsed
+     * content back for corpus export. Text extraction and tier routing happen here; the engine
+     * handles both basic (text-only) and advanced (layout) tiers.
+     */
+    public RagIngestResponse ragIngest(
+            MultipartFile file,
+            String documentId,
+            int chunkSize,
+            int overlap,
+            DocparseMode mode,
+            boolean index,
+            boolean includeMarkdown,
+            boolean includeChunks)
+            throws IOException {
+        requireEnabled();
+        if (!index && !includeMarkdown && !includeChunks) {
+            throw new ResponseStatusException(
+                    HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST,
+                    "Nothing to do: enable index, exportMarkdown, or exportChunksJsonl");
+        }
+        // Content hash default: re-ingesting identical bytes dedupes to the same document.
+        String docId =
+                (documentId == null || documentId.isBlank())
+                        ? fileIdStrategy.idFor(file)
+                        : documentId.trim();
+        List<AiPageText> pages;
+        DocparseTier tier;
+        try (PDDocument document = pdfDocumentFactory.load(file, true)) {
+            tier =
+                    resolveTier(
+                            mode, capabilityService.capabilities(), false, looksScanned(document));
+            // The advanced tier parses the raw file engine-side; extracting pages
+            // too would double both the PDFBox work and the payload.
+            pages = tier == DocparseTier.BASIC ? extractPages(document) : null;
+        }
+        String callerId = currentUserId();
+        // Null expiresAt = persistent until explicit delete; ingest here is a deliberate
+        // knowledge-base action, unlike the TTL'd auto-ingest in AiWorkflowService.
+        RagIngestRequest request =
+                new RagIngestRequest(
+                        fileName(file),
+                        docId,
+                        fileName(file),
+                        callerId,
+                        // Engine forbids an empty list here (min_length=1); null means
+                        // "default to the owner" on the engine side.
+                        callerId == null ? null : List.of(callerId),
+                        null,
+                        pages,
+                        tier == DocparseTier.ADVANCED ? encodeBase64(file) : null,
+                        Math.clamp(chunkSize, 64, 32_768),
+                        Math.clamp(overlap, 0, 4_096),
+                        toMode(tier),
+                        index,
+                        includeMarkdown,
+                        includeChunks);
+        String responseJson =
+                aiEngineClient.postLongRunning(
+                        RAG_INGEST_ENDPOINT, objectMapper.writeValueAsString(request), callerId);
+        return objectMapper.readValue(responseJson, RagIngestResponse.class);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Resolve the tier that will serve a request. The settings mode wins when stricter: a settings
+     * {@code basic} always forces basic, a settings {@code advanced} upgrades everything except an
+     * explicit basic request. {@code auto} picks advanced only when the addon is installed and the
+     * document actually needs it (scanned, or the operation needs layout).
+     */
+    DocparseTier resolveTier(
+            DocparseMode requested,
+            DocparseCapabilities capability,
+            boolean needsLayout,
+            boolean looksScanned) {
+        DocparseMode effective = effectiveMode(settingsMode(), requested);
+        return switch (effective) {
+            case BASIC -> DocparseTier.BASIC;
+            case ADVANCED -> requireAdvanced(capability);
+            case AUTO ->
+                    capability.advancedInstalled() && (looksScanned || needsLayout)
+                            ? DocparseTier.ADVANCED
+                            : DocparseTier.BASIC;
+        };
+    }
+
+    /** Extract the fields described by a JSON Schema, with confidence and citations. */
+    public ExtractFieldsResponse extractFields(
+            MultipartFile file, String fieldsSchemaJson, DocparseMode mode, String instructions)
+            throws IOException {
+        requireEnabled();
+        JsonNode schema = parseJsonObject(fieldsSchemaJson, "fieldsSchema");
+        List<AiPageText> pages;
+        DocparseTier tier;
+        try (PDDocument document = pdfDocumentFactory.load(file, true)) {
+            pages = extractPages(document);
+            tier =
+                    resolveTier(
+                            mode, capabilityService.capabilities(), false, looksScanned(document));
+        }
+        ExtractFieldsRequest request =
+                new ExtractFieldsRequest(
+                        fileName(file),
+                        schema,
+                        pages,
+                        tier == DocparseTier.ADVANCED ? encodeBase64(file) : null,
+                        toMode(tier),
+                        instructions);
+        String responseJson =
+                aiEngineClient.postLongRunning(
+                        EXTRACT_ENDPOINT,
+                        objectMapper.writeValueAsString(request),
+                        currentUserId());
+        return objectMapper.readValue(responseJson, ExtractFieldsResponse.class);
+    }
+
+    /** Propose an extraction schema from the document's first pages. */
+    public SuggestSchemaResponse suggestSchema(MultipartFile file, int maxFields)
+            throws IOException {
+        requireEnabled();
+        List<AiPageText> pages;
+        DocparseTier tier;
+        try (PDDocument document = pdfDocumentFactory.load(file, true)) {
+            pages = extractPages(document);
+            tier =
+                    resolveTier(
+                            DocparseMode.AUTO,
+                            capabilityService.capabilities(),
+                            false,
+                            looksScanned(document));
+        }
+        SuggestSchemaRequest request =
+                new SuggestSchemaRequest(
+                        fileName(file),
+                        pages,
+                        tier == DocparseTier.ADVANCED ? encodeBase64(file) : null,
+                        Math.clamp(maxFields, 1, 20));
+        String responseJson =
+                aiEngineClient.postLongRunning(
+                        SUGGEST_SCHEMA_ENDPOINT,
+                        objectMapper.writeValueAsString(request),
+                        currentUserId());
+        return objectMapper.readValue(responseJson, SuggestSchemaResponse.class);
+    }
+
+    private JsonNode parseJsonObject(String json, String fieldName) {
+        if (json == null || json.isBlank()) {
+            throw new ResponseStatusException(
+                    HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST, "'" + fieldName + "' is required");
+        }
+        JsonNode node;
+        try {
+            node = objectMapper.readTree(json);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new ResponseStatusException(
+                    HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST, "'" + fieldName + "' is not valid JSON");
+        }
+        if (!node.isObject()) {
+            throw new ResponseStatusException(
+                    HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST, "'" + fieldName + "' must be a JSON object");
+        }
+        return node;
+    }
+
+    private static void requireNonBlank(String value, String fieldName) {
+        if (value == null || value.isBlank()) {
+            throw new ResponseStatusException(
+                    HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST, "'" + fieldName + "' is required");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The settings mode wins when stricter: a settings {@code basic} always forces basic, a
+     * settings {@code advanced} upgrades everything except an explicit basic request.
+     */
+    static DocparseMode effectiveMode(DocparseMode settings, DocparseMode requested) {
+        DocparseMode request = requested == null ? DocparseMode.AUTO : requested;
+        if (settings == DocparseMode.BASIC) {
+            return DocparseMode.BASIC;
+        }
+        if (settings == DocparseMode.ADVANCED) {
+            return request == DocparseMode.BASIC ? DocparseMode.BASIC : DocparseMode.ADVANCED;
+        }
+        return request;
+    }
+
+    /** True when the sampled average of extractable chars per page falls below the threshold. */
+    boolean looksScanned(PDDocument document) throws IOException {
+        int pageCount = document.getNumberOfPages();
+        if (pageCount == 0) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        int sampled = Math.min(pageCount, SCANNED_SAMPLE_PAGES);
+        long totalChars = 0;
+        for (int page = 1; page <= sampled; page++) {
+            String text = pdfContentExtractor.extractPageTextRaw(document, page);
+            totalChars += text == null ? 0 : text.length();
+        }
+        return (totalChars / sampled) < SCANNED_AVG_CHARS_PER_PAGE;
+    }
+
+    private DocparseTier requireAdvanced(DocparseCapabilities capability) {
+        if (!capability.advancedInstalled()) {
+            throw new ResponseStatusException(
+                    HttpStatus.NOT_IMPLEMENTED,
+                    "The advanced DocParse tier requires the docparse addon"
+                            + " (addonRequired=docparse); install it or use mode=basic");
+        }
+        return DocparseTier.ADVANCED;
+    }
+
+    private static DocparseMode toMode(DocparseTier tier) {
+        return tier == DocparseTier.ADVANCED ? DocparseMode.ADVANCED : DocparseMode.BASIC;
+    }
+
+    private static String encodeBase64(MultipartFile file) throws IOException {
+        return Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(file.getBytes());
+    }
+
+    public ExtractTablesResponse tables(MultipartFile file) throws IOException {
+        requireEnabled();
+        // Tables need layout, so a forced-advanced setting without the addon must 501 here
+        // rather than let the engine silently fall back; the engine picks the tier otherwise.
+        resolveTier(DocparseMode.AUTO, capabilityService.capabilities(), true, false);
+        ExtractTablesRequest request = new ExtractTablesRequest(fileName(file), encodeBase64(file));
+        String responseJson =
+                aiEngineClient.postLongRunning(
+                        TABLES_ENDPOINT, objectMapper.writeValueAsString(request), currentUserId());
+        return objectMapper.readValue(responseJson, ExtractTablesResponse.class);
+    }
+
+    public FillDocxResponse fillDocx(MultipartFile templateFile, String dataJson)
+            throws IOException {
+        requireEnabled();
+        JsonNode data = parseJsonObject(dataJson, "data");
+        FillDocxRequest request =
+                new FillDocxRequest(
+                        Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(templateFile.getBytes()), data);
+        String responseJson =
+                aiEngineClient.post(
+                        FILL_DOCX_ENDPOINT,
+                        objectMapper.writeValueAsString(request),
+                        currentUserId());
+        return objectMapper.readValue(responseJson, FillDocxResponse.class);
+    }
+
+    /** Basic tier parse: PDFBox text layer only, one paragraph block per non-blank page. */
+    ParseDocumentResponse basicParse(PDDocument document) throws IOException {
+        int pageCount = document.getNumberOfPages();
+        List<DocBlock> blocks = new ArrayList<>();
+        StringBuilder markdown = new StringBuilder();
+        for (int page = 1; page <= pageCount; page++) {
+            String text = pdfContentExtractor.extractPageTextRaw(document, page);
+            if (text == null || text.isBlank()) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            blocks.add(new DocBlock("paragraph", text, page, null, null));
+            if (!markdown.isEmpty()) {
+                markdown.append("\n\n");
+            }
+            markdown.append(text);
+        }
+        return new ParseDocumentResponse(
+                DocparseTier.BASIC, pageCount, blocks, List.of(), markdown.toString(), false);
+    }
+
+    /** Extract per-page text for the engine, capped by the shared aiEngine limits. */
+    List<AiPageText> extractPages(PDDocument document) throws IOException {
+        ApplicationProperties.AiEngine.Limits limits =
+                applicationProperties.getAiEngine().getLimits();
+        int maxPages = Math.min(document.getNumberOfPages(), limits.getMaxPages());
+        int remainingCharacters = limits.getMaxCharacters();
+        List<AiPageText> pages = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (int page = 1; page <= maxPages && remainingCharacters > 0; page++) {
+            String text = pdfContentExtractor.extractPageTextRaw(document, page);
+            if (text == null || text.isBlank()) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (text.length() > remainingCharacters) {
+                text = text.substring(0, remainingCharacters);
+            }
+            pages.add(new AiPageText(page, text));
+            remainingCharacters -= text.length();
+        }
+        return pages;
+    }
+
+    private DocparseMode settingsMode() {
+        try {
+            return DocparseMode.fromWire(applicationProperties.getDocparse().getMode());
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            log.warn(
+                    "Unknown docparse.mode '{}'; falling back to auto",
+                    applicationProperties.getDocparse().getMode());
+            return DocparseMode.AUTO;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static String fileName(MultipartFile file) {
+        String name = Filenames.toSimpleFileName(file.getOriginalFilename());
+        return (name == null || name.isBlank()) ? "document.pdf" : name;
+    }
+
+    private String currentUserId() {
+        return userService != null ? userService.getCurrentUsername() : null;
+    }
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/service/DocparseCapabilityService.java

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+package stirling.software.proprietary.service;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
+import stirling.software.common.service.DocparseCapabilityServiceInterface;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.DocparseCapabilities;
+
+import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
+/**
+ * Probes the engine's {@code GET /api/v1/docparse/capabilities} and caches the answer for 5
+ * minutes. Reports "addon absent" when the AI engine is disabled or the probe fails, so callers can
+ * always route to the basic tier without special-casing errors.
+ */
+@Slf4j
+@Service
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+public class DocparseCapabilityService implements DocparseCapabilityServiceInterface {
+
+    private static final String CAPABILITIES_ENDPOINT = "/api/v1/docparse/capabilities";
+    private static final Duration CACHE_TTL = Duration.ofMinutes(5);
+
+    private final AiEngineClient aiEngineClient;
+    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
+    private final ObjectMapper objectMapper;
+
+    private record Snapshot(
+            DocparseCapabilities capabilities, boolean engineReachable, Instant fetchedAt) {}
+
+    private volatile Snapshot snapshot;
+    private final AtomicBoolean refreshing = new AtomicBoolean();
+
+    /** The cached capabilities, refreshed synchronously when stale. */
+    public DocparseCapabilities capabilities() {
+        return freshSnapshot().capabilities();
+    }
+
+    /** Whether the last capability probe reached the engine. */
+    public boolean isEngineReachable() {
+        Snapshot current = snapshot;
+        return current != null && current.engineReachable();
+    }
+
+    /** {@code refresh(true)} bypasses the cache and re-probes the engine now. */
+    public DocparseCapabilities refresh(boolean force) {
+        if (!force) {
+            return capabilities();
+        }
+        Snapshot fresh = fetch();
+        snapshot = fresh;
+        return fresh.capabilities();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Non-blocking read for app-config: returns the last known value and kicks off a background
+     * refresh when stale, so a slow/unreachable engine never delays page load.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAdvancedInstalled() {
+        Snapshot current = snapshot;
+        if (current == null || isStale(current)) {
+            triggerAsyncRefresh();
+        }
+        return current != null && current.capabilities().advancedInstalled();
+    }
+
+    private Snapshot freshSnapshot() {
+        Snapshot current = snapshot;
+        if (current != null && !isStale(current)) {
+            return current;
+        }
+        Snapshot fresh = fetch();
+        snapshot = fresh;
+        return fresh;
+    }
+
+    private void triggerAsyncRefresh() {
+        if (!refreshing.compareAndSet(false, true)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        Thread.ofVirtual()
+                .name("docparse-capability-refresh")
+                .start(
+                        () -> {
+                            try {
+                                snapshot = fetch();
+                            } finally {
+                                refreshing.set(false);
+                            }
+                        });
+    }
+
+    private Snapshot fetch() {
+        if (!applicationProperties.getAiEngine().isEnabled()) {
+            return new Snapshot(
+                    DocparseCapabilities.absent("AI engine is disabled"), false, Instant.now());
+        }
+        try {
+            String json = aiEngineClient.get(CAPABILITIES_ENDPOINT, null);
+            DocparseCapabilities capabilities =
+                    objectMapper.readValue(json, DocparseCapabilities.class);
+            return new Snapshot(capabilities, true, Instant.now());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.debug("DocParse capability probe failed: {}", e.getMessage());
+            return new Snapshot(
+                    DocparseCapabilities.absent("Capability probe failed: " + e.getMessage()),
+                    false,
+                    Instant.now());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isStale(Snapshot current) {
+        return current.fetchedAt().plus(CACHE_TTL).isBefore(Instant.now());
+    }
+}

app/proprietary/src/test/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/docparse/DocparseWireContractTest.java

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+package stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.api.ai.AiPageText;
+
+import tools.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import tools.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
+
+/**
+ * The Java DTOs must serialize to exactly the camelCase wire shapes defined in {@code
+ * engine/src/stirling/contracts/docparse.py}; a drift here breaks ingestion silently.
+ */
+class DocparseWireContractTest {
+
+    private final JsonMapper mapper = JsonMapper.builder().build();
+
+    @Test
+    void ragIngestRequestSerializesTheEngineContract() {
+        RagIngestRequest request =
+                new RagIngestRequest(
+                        "report.pdf",
+                        "doc-1",
+                        "report.pdf",
+                        "user:alice",
+                        List.of("user:alice"),
+                        null,
+                        List.of(new AiPageText(1, "hello")),
+                        null,
+                        512,
+                        64,
+                        DocparseMode.AUTO,
+                        true,
+                        false,
+                        true);
+        JsonNode json = mapper.readTree(mapper.writeValueAsString(request));
+        assertEquals("report.pdf", json.get("fileName").asText());
+        assertEquals("doc-1", json.get("documentId").asText());
+        assertEquals("user:alice", json.get("ownerId").asText());
+        assertEquals("user:alice", json.get("readPrincipals").get(0).asText());
+        assertEquals(1, json.get("pages").get(0).get("pageNumber").asInt());
+        assertEquals("hello", json.get("pages").get(0).get("text").asText());
+        assertEquals(512, json.get("chunkSize").asInt());
+        assertEquals(64, json.get("overlap").asInt());
+        assertEquals("auto", json.get("mode").asText());
+        assertTrue(json.get("index").asBoolean());
+        assertFalse(json.get("includeMarkdown").asBoolean());
+        assertTrue(json.get("includeChunks").asBoolean());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void ragIngestResponseReadsTheEngineShapeIncludingEchoedContent() {
+        String engineJson =
+                "{\"mode\":\"basic\",\"documentId\":\"doc-1\",\"chunksIndexed\":2,\"pages\":3,"
+                        + "\"markdown\":\"# Title\",\"chunks\":[{\"index\":0,\"text\":\"t\","
+                        + "\"pageStart\":1,\"pageEnd\":2,\"headingPath\":[\"Intro\"]}]}";
+        RagIngestResponse response = mapper.readValue(engineJson, RagIngestResponse.class);
+        assertEquals(DocparseTier.BASIC, response.mode());
+        assertEquals("doc-1", response.documentId());
+        assertEquals(2, response.chunksIndexed());
+        assertEquals(3, response.pages());
+        assertEquals("# Title", response.markdown());
+        assertEquals(1, response.chunks().size());
+        assertEquals(List.of("Intro"), response.chunks().get(0).headingPath());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void ragIngestResponseToleratesAbsentEchoFields() {
+        String engineJson =
+                "{\"mode\":\"basic\",\"documentId\":\"d\",\"chunksIndexed\":0,\"pages\":1}";
+        RagIngestResponse response = mapper.readValue(engineJson, RagIngestResponse.class);
+        assertNull(response.markdown());
+        assertNull(response.chunks());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void capabilitiesReadTheEngineProbeShape() {
+        String engineJson =
+                "{\"advancedInstalled\":false,\"doclingVersion\":null,\"torchVersion\":null,"
+                        + "\"modelsAvailable\":false,\"modelsPath\":null,\"errors\":[\"missing\"]}";
+        DocparseCapabilities capabilities =
+                mapper.readValue(engineJson, DocparseCapabilities.class);
+        assertFalse(capabilities.advancedInstalled());
+        assertEquals(List.of("missing"), capabilities.errors());
+    }
+}

app/proprietary/src/test/java/stirling/software/proprietary/security/filter/PrincipalMdcFilterTest.java

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+package stirling.software.proprietary.security.filter;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.slf4j.MDC;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletResponse;
+import org.springframework.security.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationToken;
+import org.springframework.security.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken;
+import org.springframework.security.core.authority.AuthorityUtils;
+import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolder;
+
+class PrincipalMdcFilterTest {
+
+    private final PrincipalMdcFilter filter = new PrincipalMdcFilter();
+
+    @AfterEach
+    void cleanUp() {
+        SecurityContextHolder.clearContext();
+        MDC.remove(PrincipalMdcFilter.MDC_KEY);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void stampsAuthenticatedPrincipalDuringTheChainAndClearsAfter() throws Exception {
+        SecurityContextHolder.getContext()
+                .setAuthentication(
+                        new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(
+                                "alice", "n/a", AuthorityUtils.createAuthorityList("ROLE_USER")));
+        String[] seen = new String[1];
+
+        filter.doFilter(
+                new MockHttpServletRequest(),
+                new MockHttpServletResponse(),
+                (req, res) -> seen[0] = MDC.get(PrincipalMdcFilter.MDC_KEY));
+
+        assertEquals("alice", seen[0]);
+        assertNull(MDC.get(PrincipalMdcFilter.MDC_KEY));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void anonymousRequestsAreNotStamped() throws Exception {
+        SecurityContextHolder.getContext()
+                .setAuthentication(
+                        new AnonymousAuthenticationToken(
+                                "key",
+                                "anonymousUser",
+                                AuthorityUtils.createAuthorityList("ROLE_ANONYMOUS")));
+        String[] seen = new String[] {"sentinel"};
+
+        filter.doFilter(
+                new MockHttpServletRequest(),
+                new MockHttpServletResponse(),
+                (req, res) -> seen[0] = MDC.get(PrincipalMdcFilter.MDC_KEY));
+
+        assertNull(seen[0]);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void existingMdcPrincipalIsLeftUntouched() throws Exception {
+        MDC.put(PrincipalMdcFilter.MDC_KEY, "policy-run-owner");
+        SecurityContextHolder.getContext()
+                .setAuthentication(
+                        new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(
+                                "alice", "n/a", AuthorityUtils.createAuthorityList("ROLE_USER")));
+        String[] seen = new String[1];
+
+        filter.doFilter(
+                new MockHttpServletRequest(),
+                new MockHttpServletResponse(),
+                (req, res) -> seen[0] = MDC.get(PrincipalMdcFilter.MDC_KEY));
+
+        assertEquals("policy-run-owner", seen[0]);
+        assertEquals("policy-run-owner", MDC.get(PrincipalMdcFilter.MDC_KEY));
+    }
+}

app/proprietary/src/test/java/stirling/software/proprietary/service/DocParseServiceTest.java

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+package stirling.software.proprietary.service;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyBoolean;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyInt;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.isNull;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoInteractions;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockMultipartFile;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
+import org.springframework.web.server.ResponseStatusException;
+
+import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
+import stirling.software.common.service.CustomPDFDocumentFactory;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.DocparseCapabilities;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.DocparseMode;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.DocparseTier;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse.RagIngestResponse;
+
+import tools.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import tools.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
+
+/** Wire-building and mode capping for the ingestion path. */
+@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
+class DocParseServiceTest {
+
+    private static final String ENGINE_RESPONSE =
+            "{\"mode\":\"basic\",\"documentId\":\"doc-1\",\"chunksIndexed\":3,\"pages\":2,"
+                    + "\"markdown\":null,\"chunks\":null}";
+
+    @Mock private AiEngineClient aiEngineClient;
+    @Mock private DocparseCapabilityService capabilityService;
+    @Mock private CustomPDFDocumentFactory pdfDocumentFactory;
+    @Mock private PdfContentExtractor pdfContentExtractor;
+    @Mock private FileIdStrategy fileIdStrategy;
+
+    private ApplicationProperties properties;
+    private DocParseService service;
+    private final JsonMapper jsonMapper = JsonMapper.builder().build();
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    void setUp() {
+        properties = new ApplicationProperties();
+        service =
+                new DocParseService(
+                        aiEngineClient,
+                        capabilityService,
+                        pdfDocumentFactory,
+                        pdfContentExtractor,
+                        properties,
+                        jsonMapper,
+                        fileIdStrategy,
+                        null);
+    }
+
+    // --- effectiveMode: the settings mode wins when stricter ---
+
+    @Test
+    void settingsBasicForcesBasic() {
+        assertEquals(
+                DocparseMode.BASIC,
+                DocParseService.effectiveMode(DocparseMode.BASIC, DocparseMode.ADVANCED));
+        assertEquals(
+                DocparseMode.BASIC,
+                DocParseService.effectiveMode(DocparseMode.BASIC, DocparseMode.AUTO));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void settingsAdvancedUpgradesAutoButRespectsExplicitBasic() {
+        assertEquals(
+                DocparseMode.ADVANCED,
+                DocParseService.effectiveMode(DocparseMode.ADVANCED, DocparseMode.AUTO));
+        assertEquals(
+                DocparseMode.BASIC,
+                DocParseService.effectiveMode(DocparseMode.ADVANCED, DocparseMode.BASIC));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void settingsAutoPassesRequestThroughAndNullMeansAuto() {
+        assertEquals(
+                DocparseMode.ADVANCED,
+                DocParseService.effectiveMode(DocparseMode.AUTO, DocparseMode.ADVANCED));
+        assertEquals(DocparseMode.AUTO, DocParseService.effectiveMode(DocparseMode.AUTO, null));
+    }
+
+    // --- ragIngest wire building ---
+
+    private MultipartFile pdfFile() {
+        return new MockMultipartFile("fileInput", "invoice.pdf", "application/pdf", new byte[] {1});
+    }
+
+    private JsonNode ingestAndCaptureRequest(
+            String documentId, boolean index, boolean markdown, boolean chunks) throws IOException {
+        try (PDDocument document = new PDDocument()) {
+            document.addPage(new PDPage());
+            document.addPage(new PDPage());
+            when(pdfDocumentFactory.load(any(MultipartFile.class), anyBoolean()))
+                    .thenReturn(document);
+            when(pdfContentExtractor.extractPageTextRaw(any(), eq(1))).thenReturn("page one");
+            when(pdfContentExtractor.extractPageTextRaw(any(), eq(2))).thenReturn("page two");
+            when(capabilityService.capabilities()).thenReturn(absent());
+            ArgumentCaptor<String> body = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(String.class);
+            when(aiEngineClient.postLongRunning(
+                            eq("/api/v1/docparse/rag-ingest"), body.capture(), isNull()))
+                    .thenReturn(ENGINE_RESPONSE);
+
+            RagIngestResponse response =
+                    service.ragIngest(
+                            pdfFile(),
+                            documentId,
+                            512,
+                            64,
+                            DocparseMode.AUTO,
+                            index,
+                            markdown,
+                            chunks);
+            assertEquals(3, response.chunksIndexed());
+            return jsonMapper.readTree(body.getValue());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void ragIngestExtractsPagesAndSendsTheWireContract() throws IOException {
+        JsonNode request = ingestAndCaptureRequest("doc-1", true, false, false);
+        assertEquals("invoice.pdf", request.get("fileName").asText());
+        assertEquals("doc-1", request.get("documentId").asText());
+        // AUTO resolves to a concrete tier before the wire; without the addon that is basic.
+        assertEquals("basic", request.get("mode").asText());
+        assertEquals(2, request.get("pages").size());
+        assertEquals("page one", request.get("pages").get(0).get("text").asText());
+        assertEquals(512, request.get("chunkSize").asInt());
+        assertEquals(64, request.get("overlap").asInt());
+        assertTrue(request.get("index").asBoolean());
+        assertFalse(request.get("includeMarkdown").asBoolean());
+        assertFalse(request.get("includeChunks").asBoolean());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void ragIngestDefaultsDocumentIdToContentHash() throws IOException {
+        when(fileIdStrategy.idFor(any(MultipartFile.class))).thenReturn("sha-abc");
+        JsonNode request = ingestAndCaptureRequest("  ", true, false, false);
+        assertEquals("sha-abc", request.get("documentId").asText());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void ragIngestForwardsExportFlags() throws IOException {
+        JsonNode request = ingestAndCaptureRequest("doc-1", false, true, true);
+        assertFalse(request.get("index").asBoolean());
+        assertTrue(request.get("includeMarkdown").asBoolean());
+        assertTrue(request.get("includeChunks").asBoolean());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void ragIngestSettingsBasicCapsTheWireMode() throws IOException {
+        properties.getDocparse().setMode("basic");
+        JsonNode request = ingestAndCaptureRequest("doc-1", true, false, false);
+        assertEquals("basic", request.get("mode").asText());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void ragIngestWithNothingToDoIs400() {
+        ResponseStatusException error =
+                assertThrows(
+                        ResponseStatusException.class,
+                        () ->
+                                service.ragIngest(
+                                        pdfFile(),
+                                        "doc",
+                                        512,
+                                        64,
+                                        DocparseMode.AUTO,
+                                        false,
+                                        false,
+                                        false));
+        assertEquals(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST, error.getStatusCode());
+        verifyNoInteractions(aiEngineClient);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void ragIngestWhenDisabledIs503() {
+        properties.getDocparse().setEnabled(false);
+        ResponseStatusException error =
+                assertThrows(
+                        ResponseStatusException.class,
+                        () ->
+                                service.ragIngest(
+                                        pdfFile(),
+                                        "doc",
+                                        512,
+                                        64,
+                                        DocparseMode.AUTO,
+                                        true,
+                                        false,
+                                        false));
+        assertEquals(HttpStatus.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, error.getStatusCode());
+        verifyNoInteractions(aiEngineClient);
+    }
+
+    // --- tier resolution: auto and explicit requests ---
+
+    private DocparseCapabilities installed() {
+        return new DocparseCapabilities(true, "2.55.0", "2.6.0", true, "/models", List.of());
+    }
+
+    private DocparseCapabilities absent() {
+        return new DocparseCapabilities(false, null, null, false, null, List.of());
+    }
+
+    private void settingsMode(String mode) {
+        properties.getDocparse().setMode(mode);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void autoPicksAdvancedWhenScannedAndInstalled() {
+        settingsMode("auto");
+        assertEquals(
+                DocparseTier.ADVANCED,
+                service.resolveTier(DocparseMode.AUTO, installed(), false, true));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void autoPicksAdvancedWhenLayoutNeededAndInstalled() {
+        settingsMode("auto");
+        assertEquals(
+                DocparseTier.ADVANCED,
+                service.resolveTier(DocparseMode.AUTO, installed(), true, false));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void autoPicksBasicForBornDigitalDocument() {
+        settingsMode("auto");
+        assertEquals(
+                DocparseTier.BASIC,
+                service.resolveTier(DocparseMode.AUTO, installed(), false, false));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void autoPicksBasicWhenAddonMissingEvenIfScanned() {
+        settingsMode("auto");
+        assertEquals(
+                DocparseTier.BASIC, service.resolveTier(DocparseMode.AUTO, absent(), false, true));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void explicitBasicRequestAlwaysBasic() {
+        settingsMode("auto");
+        assertEquals(
+                DocparseTier.BASIC,
+                service.resolveTier(DocparseMode.BASIC, installed(), true, true));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void explicitAdvancedRequestUsesAdvancedWhenInstalled() {
+        settingsMode("auto");
+        assertEquals(
+                DocparseTier.ADVANCED,
+                service.resolveTier(DocparseMode.ADVANCED, installed(), false, false));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void explicitAdvancedRequestWithoutAddonReturns501() {
+        settingsMode("auto");
+        ResponseStatusException e =
+                assertThrows(
+                        ResponseStatusException.class,
+                        () -> service.resolveTier(DocparseMode.ADVANCED, absent(), false, false));
+        assertEquals(HttpStatus.NOT_IMPLEMENTED, e.getStatusCode());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void settingsBasicOverridesAdvancedRequest() {
+        settingsMode("basic");
+        assertEquals(
+                DocparseTier.BASIC,
+                service.resolveTier(DocparseMode.ADVANCED, installed(), true, true));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void settingsAdvancedUpgradesAutoRequest() {
+        settingsMode("advanced");
+        assertEquals(
+                DocparseTier.ADVANCED,
+                service.resolveTier(DocparseMode.AUTO, installed(), false, false));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void settingsAdvancedHonoursStricterBasicRequest() {
+        settingsMode("advanced");
+        assertEquals(
+                DocparseTier.BASIC,
+                service.resolveTier(DocparseMode.BASIC, installed(), false, false));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void settingsAdvancedWithoutAddonReturns501() {
+        settingsMode("advanced");
+        ResponseStatusException e =
+                assertThrows(
+                        ResponseStatusException.class,
+                        () -> service.resolveTier(DocparseMode.AUTO, absent(), false, false));
+        assertEquals(HttpStatus.NOT_IMPLEMENTED, e.getStatusCode());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void nullRequestBehavesAsAuto() {
+        settingsMode("auto");
+        assertEquals(DocparseTier.BASIC, service.resolveTier(null, installed(), false, false));
+        assertEquals(DocparseTier.ADVANCED, service.resolveTier(null, installed(), false, true));
+    }
+
+    // --- scanned heuristic ---
+
+    @Test
+    void looksScannedWhenAveragePageTextBelowThreshold() throws IOException {
+        try (PDDocument document = new PDDocument()) {
+            document.addPage(new PDPage());
+            document.addPage(new PDPage());
+            when(pdfContentExtractor.extractPageTextRaw(eq(document), anyInt()))
+                    .thenReturn("short");
+            assertTrue(service.looksScanned(document));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void doesNotLookScannedWithRealTextLayer() throws IOException {
+        try (PDDocument document = new PDDocument()) {
+            document.addPage(new PDPage());
+            document.addPage(new PDPage());
+            when(pdfContentExtractor.extractPageTextRaw(eq(document), anyInt()))
+                    .thenReturn("x".repeat(500));
+            assertFalse(service.looksScanned(document));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void fileNameFallsBackWhenMissing() {
+        MultipartFile nameless =
+                new MockMultipartFile("fileInput", "", "application/pdf", new byte[] {1});
+        assertEquals("document.pdf", DocParseService.fileName(nameless));
+        assertEquals("invoice.pdf", DocParseService.fileName(pdfFile()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void extractPagesSkipsBlankPagesAndCapsCharacters() throws IOException {
+        properties.getAiEngine().getLimits().setMaxCharacters(12);
+        try (PDDocument document = new PDDocument()) {
+            document.addPage(new PDPage());
+            document.addPage(new PDPage());
+            document.addPage(new PDPage());
+            when(pdfContentExtractor.extractPageTextRaw(any(), eq(1))).thenReturn("0123456789");
+            when(pdfContentExtractor.extractPageTextRaw(any(), eq(2))).thenReturn("   ");
+            when(pdfContentExtractor.extractPageTextRaw(any(), eq(3))).thenReturn("abcdef");
+            var pages = service.extractPages(document);
+            assertEquals(2, pages.size());
+            // Page 3 is truncated to the remaining budget (12 - 10 = 2 chars).
+            assertEquals("ab", pages.get(1).getText());
+        }
+    }
+}

docker/compose/docker-compose.docparse.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Stirling-PDF + AI engine with the DocParse addon.
+# Two ways to get the addon; pick ONE per deployment:
+#   1. Dynamic install (default here): standard engine image downloads the addon
+#      (~1.6 GB, one-time) into the docparse-data volume at first boot.
+#   2. Baked image (air-gapped): build the engine with `--build-arg DOCPARSE=true`
+#      (uncomment DOCPARSE below) and drop DOCPARSE_AUTO_INSTALL.
+services:
+  stirling-pdf:
+    build:
+      context: ../..
+      dockerfile: docker/embedded/Dockerfile.fat
+    container_name: stirling-pdf-docparse
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "curl -f http://localhost:8080$${SYSTEM_ROOTURIPATH:-''}/api/v1/info/status | grep -q 'UP'"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 16
+    ports:
+      - "8080:8080"
+    volumes:
+      - ../../stirling/latest/data:/usr/share/tessdata:rw
+      - ../../stirling/latest/config:/configs:rw
+      - ../../stirling/latest/logs:/logs:rw
+    environment:
+      SECURITY_ENABLELOGIN: "false"
+      SYSTEM_DEFAULTLOCALE: en-US
+      AIENGINE_ENABLED: "true"
+      AIENGINE_URL: http://stirling-pdf-engine:5001
+      DOCPARSE_ENABLED: "true"
+      DOCPARSE_MODE: auto
+      STIRLING_ENGINE_SHARED_SECRET: change-me
+    depends_on:
+      - stirling-pdf-engine
+    networks:
+      - stirling-network
+
+  stirling-pdf-engine:
+    build:
+      context: ../../engine
+      # args:
+      #   DOCPARSE: "true"   # bake the addon + models into the image instead
+    container_name: stirling-pdf-engine
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes:
+      - docparse-data:/configs/docparse:rw
+    environment:
+      DOCPARSE_AUTO_INSTALL: "true"
+      STIRLING_ENGINE_REQUIRE_AUTH: "true"
+      STIRLING_ENGINE_SHARED_SECRET: change-me
+    networks:
+      - stirling-network
+
+networks:
+  stirling-network:
+    driver: bridge
+
+volumes:
+  docparse-data:

engine/Dockerfile

@@ -15,11 +15,19 @@ WORKDIR /app/engine
 
 COPY pyproject.toml uv.lock .env ./
 COPY scripts/ ./scripts/
+# DOCPARSE=true bakes the docparse addon (Docling + CPU torch, ~1.6 GB) and its
+# model weights into the image for air-gapped deployments; default stays lean.
+ARG DOCPARSE=false
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
-    uv sync --frozen --no-dev
+    if [ "$DOCPARSE" = "true" ]; then uv sync --frozen --no-dev --extra docparse; else uv sync --frozen --no-dev; fi
 
 COPY src/ ./src/
 
+RUN if [ "$DOCPARSE" = "true" ]; then \
+        mkdir -p /opt/docparse/models \
+        && .venv/bin/python scripts/prefetch_docparse_models.py --output /opt/docparse/models; \
+    fi
+
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY Taskfile.yml ./
 COPY .taskfiles/ ./.taskfiles/
@@ -34,4 +42,6 @@ ENV STIRLING_ENGINE_PORT=5001
 
 EXPOSE 5001
 
+RUN chmod +x /app/engine/scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh /app/engine/scripts/init_docparse.sh
+ENTRYPOINT ["/app/engine/scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
 CMD ["task", "engine:run"]

engine/pyproject.toml

@@ -14,12 +14,24 @@ dependencies = [
     "pydantic-ai-slim[voyageai]>=1.99.0,<2.0.0",
     "pydantic-settings>=2.0.0",
     "python-dotenv>=1.2.1",
+    # Small (MIT) and always installed: DOCX template filling needs no addon.
+    "python-docx>=1.1.2",
     "sqlite-vec>=0.1.6",
     "uvicorn>=0.35.0",
     "opentelemetry-sdk>=1.39.0",
     "posthog>=3.0.0",
 ]
 
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+# DocParse advanced tier (layout parsing, tables, OCR, bbox citations).
+# ~1.6 GB installed with CPU torch; never in the default image. Delivered via
+# the addon engine image or the runtime dynamic install.
+docparse = [
+    "docling>=2.55.0",
+    "torch>=2.6.0",
+    "torchvision>=0.21.0",
+]
+
 [dependency-groups]
 dev = [
     "anyio>=4.0.0",
@@ -34,6 +46,17 @@ dev = [
 requires = ["hatchling"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
+# Linux installs of the docparse extra must never pull CUDA wheels (~7 GB);
+# pin torch to the CPU index there. Windows/macOS PyPI wheels are already CPU.
+[[tool.uv.index]]
+name = "pytorch-cpu"
+url = "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu"
+explicit = true
+
+[tool.uv.sources]
+torch = [{ index = "pytorch-cpu", marker = "sys_platform == 'linux'" }]
+torchvision = [{ index = "pytorch-cpu", marker = "sys_platform == 'linux'" }]
+
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["src"]
 exclude = [

engine/scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Engine entrypoint: resolve where the docparse addon lives (baked vs dynamic)
+# before handing off to the server command.
+set -e
+
+# Baked addon image (--build-arg DOCPARSE=true) prefetches models here.
+if [ -z "${STIRLING_DOCPARSE_HOME:-}" ] && [ -d /opt/docparse/models ]; then
+    export STIRLING_DOCPARSE_HOME=/opt/docparse
+fi
+
+if [ "${DOCPARSE_AUTO_INSTALL:-false}" = "true" ]; then
+    export STIRLING_DOCPARSE_HOME="${STIRLING_DOCPARSE_HOME:-/configs/docparse}"
+    /app/engine/scripts/init_docparse.sh || echo "[docparse] dynamic install failed; continuing with basic tier" >&2
+fi
+
+exec "$@"

engine/scripts/init_docparse.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Dynamic docparse install: put the addon's locked package delta into
+# $STIRLING_DOCPARSE_HOME/site (a volume, so it survives image upgrades) and
+# prefetch model weights into $STIRLING_DOCPARSE_HOME/models.
+# Idempotent: keyed on a marker derived from uv.lock, re-runs after upgrades.
+set -e
+
+ENGINE_DIR=/app/engine
+HOME_DIR="${STIRLING_DOCPARSE_HOME:-/configs/docparse}"
+SITE_DIR="$HOME_DIR/site"
+MODELS_DIR="$HOME_DIR/models"
+PYTHON="$ENGINE_DIR/.venv/bin/python"
+
+mkdir -p "$SITE_DIR" "$MODELS_DIR"
+
+LOCK_HASH=$(sha256sum "$ENGINE_DIR/uv.lock" | cut -c1-16)
+MARKER="$HOME_DIR/.installed-$LOCK_HASH"
+
+if [ ! -f "$MARKER" ]; then
+    echo "[docparse] installing addon packages into $SITE_DIR (one-time, ~1.6 GB)"
+    cd "$ENGINE_DIR"
+    # Delta = locked docparse resolution minus what the base venv already has.
+    uv export --frozen --no-dev --no-emit-project --no-hashes -o /tmp/docparse-base.req
+    uv export --frozen --extra docparse --no-dev --no-emit-project --no-hashes -o /tmp/docparse-full.req
+    grep -vxFf /tmp/docparse-base.req /tmp/docparse-full.req > /tmp/docparse-delta.req || true
+    uv pip install \
+        --python "$PYTHON" \
+        --target "$SITE_DIR" \
+        --no-deps \
+        --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu \
+        --index-strategy unsafe-best-match \
+        -r /tmp/docparse-delta.req
+    rm -f "$HOME_DIR"/.installed-* /tmp/docparse-*.req
+    touch "$MARKER"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "$MODELS_DIR/docling" ] && [ -z "$(ls -A "$MODELS_DIR" 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+    echo "[docparse] prefetching model weights into $MODELS_DIR"
+    PYTHONPATH="$SITE_DIR" "$PYTHON" "$ENGINE_DIR/scripts/prefetch_docparse_models.py" --output "$MODELS_DIR" \
+        || echo "[docparse] model prefetch failed; docling will fetch into its cache on first use" >&2
+fi
+
+echo "[docparse] ready (site=$SITE_DIR, models=$MODELS_DIR)"

engine/scripts/prefetch_docparse_models.py

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+"""Prefetch Docling model weights for offline/air-gapped docparse.
+
+Usage:
+    uv run --extra docparse python scripts/prefetch_docparse_models.py --output /configs/docparse/models
+
+The output directory is what STIRLING_DOCPARSE_HOME/models points at; the
+parser passes it to Docling as ``artifacts_path`` so no network is touched at
+request time.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import importlib
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument("--output", required=True, help="Directory to download model weights into")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    try:
+        # importlib keeps this file typecheckable without the docparse extra installed
+        downloader = importlib.import_module("docling.utils.model_downloader")
+    except ImportError:
+        print("docling is not installed; run with: uv run --extra docparse ...", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
+
+    output = Path(args.output)
+    output.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    path = downloader.download_models(output_dir=output, progress=True)
+    print(f"docparse models ready at {path}")
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())

engine/src/stirling/api/app.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from stirling.api.routes import (
     agent_capabilities_router,
     agent_draft_router,
     config_router,
+    docparse_router,
     document_classifier_router,
     document_router,
     execution_router,
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ from stirling.api.routes.config import CONFIG_APPLY_ERRORS, apply_to_app, resolv
 from stirling.config import AppSettings, load_settings
 from stirling.config.config_cache import cache_stamp, load_config
 from stirling.contracts import HealthResponse
+from stirling.docparse import activate_site
 from stirling.documents import DocumentService, EmbeddingService
 from stirling.services import setup_posthog_tracking
 
@@ -145,6 +147,8 @@ def _restore_cached_config(
 async def lifespan(fast_api: FastAPI):
     # Load env vars on startup so we can immediately crash if required env vars aren't set
     settings = _load_startup_settings(fast_api)
+    # Initialize docparse addon if available (engine boot-time setup).
+    activate_site(settings.docparse_home)
     # Precedence: env < persisted cache < live push. Stamp first so a push landing mid-boot
     # is re-adopted by the watcher rather than mistaken for the config we just restored.
     fast_api.state.config_cache_stamp = cache_stamp()
@@ -217,6 +221,7 @@ app.include_router(ledger_router, dependencies=_user_gate)
 app.include_router(pdf_comments_router, dependencies=_user_gate)
 app.include_router(agent_capabilities_router, dependencies=_user_gate)
 app.include_router(document_classifier_router, dependencies=_user_gate)
+app.include_router(docparse_router, dependencies=_user_gate)
 # Config push is a system sync with no X-User-Id, so it is guarded by the shared secret
 # and allow_config_push flag only, deliberately NOT the per-user identity gate.
 app.include_router(config_router)

engine/src/stirling/api/bootstrap.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from stirling.agents import (
 from stirling.agents.ledger import MathAuditorAgent
 from stirling.agents.pdf_comment import PdfCommentAgent
 from stirling.config import AppSettings
+from stirling.docparse import ExtractFieldsAgent, SmartSplitAgent, SuggestSchemaAgent
 from stirling.documents import DocumentService, EmbeddingService
 from stirling.services import AppRuntime, build_runtime
 
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ class AppState:
     math_auditor_agent: MathAuditorAgent
     pdf_comment_agent: PdfCommentAgent
     document_classifier_agent: DocumentClassifierAgent
+    extract_fields_agent: ExtractFieldsAgent
+    smart_split_agent: SmartSplitAgent
+    suggest_schema_agent: SuggestSchemaAgent
 
 
 def build_app_state(
@@ -63,6 +67,9 @@ def build_app_state(
         math_auditor_agent=MathAuditorAgent(runtime),
         pdf_comment_agent=PdfCommentAgent(runtime),
         document_classifier_agent=DocumentClassifierAgent(runtime),
+        extract_fields_agent=ExtractFieldsAgent(runtime),
+        smart_split_agent=SmartSplitAgent(runtime),
+        suggest_schema_agent=SuggestSchemaAgent(runtime),
     )
 
 

engine/src/stirling/api/dependencies.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from stirling.agents import (
 from stirling.agents.ledger import MathAuditorAgent
 from stirling.agents.pdf_comment import PdfCommentAgent
 from stirling.config import AppSettings, load_settings
+from stirling.docparse import ExtractFieldsAgent, SmartSplitAgent, SuggestSchemaAgent
 from stirling.documents import DocumentService
 from stirling.models import UserId
 from stirling.services import AppRuntime, current_user_id
@@ -60,6 +61,18 @@ def get_document_classifier_agent(request: Request) -> DocumentClassifierAgent:
     return request.app.state.document_classifier_agent
 
 
+def get_extract_fields_agent(request: Request) -> ExtractFieldsAgent:
+    return request.app.state.extract_fields_agent
+
+
+def get_suggest_schema_agent(request: Request) -> SuggestSchemaAgent:
+    return request.app.state.suggest_schema_agent
+
+
+def get_smart_split_agent(request: Request) -> SmartSplitAgent:
+    return request.app.state.smart_split_agent
+
+
 def require_user_id() -> UserId:
     """FastAPI dependency for routes that touch per-user storage.
 

engine/src/stirling/api/routes/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from .agent_capabilities import router as agent_capabilities_router
 from .agent_drafts import router as agent_draft_router
 from .config import router as config_router
+from .docparse import router as docparse_router
 from .document_classifier import router as document_classifier_router
 from .documents import router as document_router
 from .execution import router as execution_router
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "agent_capabilities_router",
     "agent_draft_router",
     "config_router",
+    "docparse_router",
     "document_classifier_router",
     "document_router",
     "execution_router",

engine/src/stirling/api/routes/docparse.py

@@ -0,0 +1,314 @@
+"""DocParse routes: parse, extract, split, chunk, tables, fill, capabilities.
+
+Tier routing happens here: requests carrying raw file bytes can use the
+advanced (Docling) path when the addon is installed; text-only requests run
+the basic path. Forcing ``advanced`` without the addon returns 501 with a
+machine-readable ``addonRequired`` detail that Java maps onto its own error.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import base64
+import binascii
+import logging
+from typing import Annotated
+
+import anyio.to_thread
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException, status
+
+from stirling.api.dependencies import (
+    get_document_service,
+    get_extract_fields_agent,
+    get_smart_split_agent,
+    get_suggest_schema_agent,
+    require_user_id,
+)
+from stirling.config import AppSettings, load_settings
+from stirling.contracts.docparse import (
+    ChunkDocumentRequest,
+    ChunkDocumentResponse,
+    DocChunk,
+    DocparseCapabilities,
+    DocparseMode,
+    DocparseTier,
+    ExtractFieldsRequest,
+    ExtractFieldsResponse,
+    ExtractTablesRequest,
+    ExtractTablesResponse,
+    FillDocxRequest,
+    FillDocxResponse,
+    ParseDocumentRequest,
+    ParseDocumentResponse,
+    RagIngestRequest,
+    RagIngestResponse,
+    SmartSplitRequest,
+    SmartSplitResponse,
+    SuggestSchemaRequest,
+    SuggestSchemaResponse,
+)
+from stirling.docparse import basic_chunks, fill_docx, probe_capabilities
+from stirling.docparse.capability import models_dir
+from stirling.docparse.chunking import advanced_chunks
+from stirling.docparse.extractor import ExtractFieldsAgent, SchemaError, pages_from_parse
+from stirling.docparse.splitter import SmartSplitAgent
+from stirling.docparse.suggest_schema import SuggestSchemaAgent
+from stirling.documents import DocumentService
+from stirling.documents.service import CONTENT_TYPE_METADATA_KEY, DOCPARSE_CHUNK_CONTENT_TYPE
+from stirling.models import OwnerId, PrincipalId, UserId
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+router = APIRouter(prefix="/api/v1/docparse", tags=["docparse"])
+
+_ADDON_REQUIRED_DETAIL = {
+    "addonRequired": "docparse",
+    "message": "The docparse addon (Docling) is not installed on the engine. "
+    "Install the engine's 'docparse' extra or enable DOCPARSE_AUTO_INSTALL.",
+}
+
+
+def _settings() -> AppSettings:
+    return load_settings()
+
+
+def _capabilities(settings: AppSettings, *, refresh: bool = False) -> DocparseCapabilities:
+    return probe_capabilities(settings.docparse_home, refresh=refresh)
+
+
+def _require_advanced(settings: AppSettings) -> str | None:
+    caps = _capabilities(settings)
+    if not caps.advanced_installed:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_501_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, detail=_ADDON_REQUIRED_DETAIL)
+    directory = models_dir(settings.docparse_home)
+    return str(directory) if caps.models_available and directory is not None else None
+
+
+def _decode_content(content_base64: str) -> bytes:
+    try:
+        return base64.b64decode(content_base64, validate=True)
+    except (binascii.Error, ValueError) as error:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY, detail="contentBase64 is not valid base64"
+        ) from error
+
+
+async def _parse_advanced(content_base64: str, file_name: str, *, with_ocr: bool, artifacts: str | None):
+    """Run the Docling parse off-thread; unparsable documents are a caller error."""
+    from stirling.docparse.parser import parse_pdf_bytes  # deferred: touches docling
+
+    data = _decode_content(content_base64)
+    try:
+        return await anyio.to_thread.run_sync(
+            lambda: parse_pdf_bytes(data, file_name, with_ocr=with_ocr, artifacts_path=artifacts)
+        )
+    except ValueError as error:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY, detail=str(error)) from error
+
+
+@router.get("/capabilities", response_model=DocparseCapabilities)
+async def capabilities(refresh: bool = False) -> DocparseCapabilities:
+    return _capabilities(_settings(), refresh=refresh)
+
+
+@router.post("/parse", response_model=ParseDocumentResponse)
+async def parse_document(request: ParseDocumentRequest) -> ParseDocumentResponse:
+    """Advanced-tier layout parse. The basic tier lives Java-side (PDFBox) and
+    never reaches the engine, so this endpoint requires the addon outright."""
+    settings = _settings()
+    artifacts = _require_advanced(settings)
+    return await _parse_advanced(
+        request.content_base64, request.file_name, with_ocr=request.with_ocr, artifacts=artifacts
+    )
+
+
+@router.post("/extract", response_model=ExtractFieldsResponse)
+async def extract_fields(
+    request: ExtractFieldsRequest,
+    agent: Annotated[ExtractFieldsAgent, Depends(get_extract_fields_agent)],
+) -> ExtractFieldsResponse:
+    settings = _settings()
+    caps = _capabilities(settings)
+
+    use_advanced = request.mode is DocparseMode.ADVANCED or (
+        request.mode is DocparseMode.AUTO and caps.advanced_installed and request.content_base64 is not None
+    )
+    parse = None
+    if use_advanced:
+        artifacts = _require_advanced(settings)
+        if request.content_base64 is None:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
+                detail="advanced extraction needs contentBase64 (the raw file)",
+            )
+        parse = await _parse_advanced(request.content_base64, request.file_name, with_ocr=True, artifacts=artifacts)
+
+    pages = request.pages or (pages_from_parse(parse) if parse is not None else None)
+    if not pages:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
+            detail="send pages (extracted text) or contentBase64 with the addon installed",
+        )
+    try:
+        return await agent.extract(request, pages, parse)
+    except SchemaError as error:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY, detail=str(error)) from error
+
+
+@router.post("/suggest-schema", response_model=SuggestSchemaResponse)
+async def suggest_schema(
+    request: SuggestSchemaRequest,
+    agent: Annotated[SuggestSchemaAgent, Depends(get_suggest_schema_agent)],
+) -> SuggestSchemaResponse:
+    """Propose an extraction schema from the document's first pages.
+    Tier routing: pages -> basic; contentBase64 + addon -> advanced parse."""
+    settings = _settings()
+    caps = _capabilities(settings)
+    pages = request.pages
+    tier = DocparseTier.BASIC
+    if not pages and request.content_base64 is not None and caps.advanced_installed:
+        artifacts = _require_advanced(settings)
+        parse = await _parse_advanced(request.content_base64, request.file_name, with_ocr=True, artifacts=artifacts)
+        pages = pages_from_parse(parse)
+        tier = DocparseTier.ADVANCED
+    if not pages:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
+            detail="send pages (extracted text) or contentBase64 with the addon installed",
+        )
+    return await agent.suggest(request, pages, tier)
+
+
+@router.post("/split", response_model=SmartSplitResponse)
+async def smart_split(
+    request: SmartSplitRequest,
+    agent: Annotated[SmartSplitAgent, Depends(get_smart_split_agent)],
+) -> SmartSplitResponse:
+    return await agent.split(request)
+
+
+@router.post("/chunk", response_model=ChunkDocumentResponse)
+async def chunk_document(request: ChunkDocumentRequest) -> ChunkDocumentResponse:
+    settings = _settings()
+    caps = _capabilities(settings)
+    use_advanced = request.mode is DocparseMode.ADVANCED or (
+        request.mode is DocparseMode.AUTO and caps.advanced_installed and request.content_base64 is not None
+    )
+    if use_advanced:
+        artifacts = _require_advanced(settings)
+        if request.content_base64 is None:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
+                detail="advanced chunking needs contentBase64 (the raw file)",
+            )
+        parse = await _parse_advanced(request.content_base64, request.file_name, with_ocr=True, artifacts=artifacts)
+        return advanced_chunks(parse, request.chunk_size, request.overlap)
+
+    if not request.pages:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
+            detail="send pages (extracted text) or contentBase64 with the addon installed",
+        )
+    return basic_chunks(request.pages, request.chunk_size, request.overlap)
+
+
+def _chunk_metadata(chunk: DocChunk) -> dict[str, str]:
+    meta = {CONTENT_TYPE_METADATA_KEY: DOCPARSE_CHUNK_CONTENT_TYPE}
+    if chunk.page_start is not None:
+        meta["page_start"] = str(chunk.page_start)
+    if chunk.page_end is not None:
+        meta["page_end"] = str(chunk.page_end)
+    if chunk.heading_path:
+        meta["heading_path"] = " > ".join(chunk.heading_path)
+    return meta
+
+
+@router.post("/rag-ingest", response_model=RagIngestResponse)
+async def rag_ingest(
+    request: RagIngestRequest,
+    documents: Annotated[DocumentService, Depends(get_document_service)],
+    user_id: Annotated[UserId, Depends(require_user_id)],
+) -> RagIngestResponse:
+    """Chunk the document, then embed and index into the document store.
+    Re-ingesting a documentId replaces its stored content (never duplicates).
+    ``index=False`` skips the store; ``includeMarkdown``/``includeChunks``
+    echo the content back for corpus export."""
+    settings = _settings()
+    caps = _capabilities(settings)
+    chunk_size = request.chunk_size if request.chunk_size is not None else settings.rag_chunk_size
+    overlap = request.overlap if request.overlap is not None else settings.rag_chunk_overlap
+
+    if not request.index and not request.include_markdown and not request.include_chunks:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
+            detail="nothing to do: enable index, includeMarkdown, or includeChunks",
+        )
+
+    use_advanced = request.mode is DocparseMode.ADVANCED or (
+        request.mode is DocparseMode.AUTO and caps.advanced_installed and request.content_base64 is not None
+    )
+    if use_advanced:
+        artifacts = _require_advanced(settings)
+        if request.content_base64 is None:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
+                detail="advanced chunking needs contentBase64 (the raw file)",
+            )
+        parse = await _parse_advanced(request.content_base64, request.file_name, with_ocr=True, artifacts=artifacts)
+        chunked = advanced_chunks(parse, chunk_size, overlap)
+        page_count = parse.pages
+        markdown = parse.markdown if request.include_markdown else None
+    else:
+        if not request.pages:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
+                detail="send pages (extracted text) or contentBase64 with the addon installed",
+            )
+        chunked = basic_chunks(request.pages, chunk_size, overlap)
+        page_count = max(p.page_number for p in request.pages)
+        markdown = None
+        if request.include_markdown:
+            markdown = "\n\n".join(p.text for p in request.pages if p.text.strip())
+
+    chunks_indexed = 0
+    if request.index:
+        # Owner/ACL semantics mirror IngestDocumentRequest; omitted values default
+        # to the authenticated caller (personal-doc behaviour).
+        owner_id = request.owner_id if request.owner_id is not None else OwnerId(user_id)
+        read_principals = request.read_principals or [PrincipalId(owner_id)]
+        chunks_indexed = await documents.ingest_prepared(
+            collection=request.document_id,
+            chunks=[(chunk.text, _chunk_metadata(chunk)) for chunk in chunked.chunks],
+            source=request.source,
+            owner_id=owner_id,
+            read_principals=read_principals,
+            expires_at=request.expires_at,
+        )
+    logger.info(
+        "docparse: rag-ingested %s: %d chunks indexed, %d pages", request.document_id, chunks_indexed, page_count
+    )
+    return RagIngestResponse(
+        mode=chunked.mode,
+        document_id=request.document_id,
+        chunks_indexed=chunks_indexed,
+        pages=page_count,
+        markdown=markdown,
+        chunks=chunked.chunks if request.include_chunks else None,
+    )
+
+
+@router.post("/tables", response_model=ExtractTablesResponse)
+async def extract_tables(request: ExtractTablesRequest) -> ExtractTablesResponse:
+    settings = _settings()
+    artifacts = _require_advanced(settings)
+    parse = await _parse_advanced(request.content_base64, request.file_name, with_ocr=True, artifacts=artifacts)
+    return ExtractTablesResponse(mode=parse.mode, tables=parse.tables)
+
+
+@router.post("/fill-docx", response_model=FillDocxResponse)
+async def fill_docx_template(request: FillDocxRequest) -> FillDocxResponse:
+    try:
+        return await anyio.to_thread.run_sync(lambda: fill_docx(request))
+    except (KeyError, ValueError) as error:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY, detail=f"invalid docx template: {error}"
+        ) from error

engine/src/stirling/config/settings.py

@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ class AppSettings(BaseSettings):
     max_pages: int = Field(validation_alias="STIRLING_MAX_PAGES")
     max_characters: int = Field(validation_alias="STIRLING_MAX_CHARACTERS")
 
+    # DocParse addon home: <home>/site holds a dynamically installed docling
+    # stack (prepended to sys.path at startup), <home>/models holds prefetched
+    # model weights. Empty = addon only usable when baked into the image.
+    docparse_home: str = Field(default="", validation_alias="STIRLING_DOCPARSE_HOME")
+
     # When true, API routes reject requests that lack an X-User-Id header at
     # the boundary. Self-hosted deployments with security disabled have no
     # user identity and leave this off; multi-tenant deployments turn it on so

engine/src/stirling/contracts/docparse.py

@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+"""Wire contracts for the DocParse ingestion capability (chunking + rag-ingest).
+
+Java counterpart DTOs live under ``stirling.software.proprietary.model.docparse``
+and must stay in sync. Tier model: ``basic`` (text layer) runs everywhere;
+``advanced`` (layout parsing) arrives with the docparse addon.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from datetime import datetime
+from enum import StrEnum
+
+from pydantic import Field, JsonValue
+
+from stirling.contracts.documents import PageText
+from stirling.models import ApiModel, FileId, OwnerId, PrincipalId
+
+
+class DocparseTier(StrEnum):
+    """Which implementation actually served a request."""
+
+    BASIC = "basic"
+    ADVANCED = "advanced"
+
+
+class DocparseMode(StrEnum):
+    """What the caller asked for; AUTO resolves per-request."""
+
+    AUTO = "auto"
+    BASIC = "basic"
+    ADVANCED = "advanced"
+
+
+class BlockType(StrEnum):
+    """Normalized layout block labels; Docling labels map onto these."""
+
+    HEADING = "heading"
+    PARAGRAPH = "paragraph"
+    LIST_ITEM = "list_item"
+    TABLE = "table"
+    FIGURE = "figure"
+    CAPTION = "caption"
+    CODE = "code"
+    FORMULA = "formula"
+    PAGE_HEADER = "page_header"
+    PAGE_FOOTER = "page_footer"
+    FOOTNOTE = "footnote"
+    OTHER = "other"
+
+
+class DocBlock(ApiModel):
+    """One layout block. ``bbox`` is [x0, y0, x1, y1] normalized to 0..1 with a
+    top-left origin; ``None`` in basic tier (no layout model ran)."""
+
+    type: BlockType
+    text: str
+    page: int = Field(ge=1)
+    bbox: list[float] | None = None
+    confidence: float | None = Field(default=None, ge=0.0, le=1.0)
+
+
+class DocTable(ApiModel):
+    page: int = Field(ge=1)
+    bbox: list[float] | None = None
+    cells: list[list[str]]
+    markdown: str
+    confidence: float | None = Field(default=None, ge=0.0, le=1.0)
+
+
+class ParseDocumentRequest(ApiModel):
+    file_name: str = Field(min_length=1)
+    content_base64: str = Field(min_length=1)
+    with_ocr: bool = True
+
+
+class ParseDocumentResponse(ApiModel):
+    mode: DocparseTier
+    pages: int = Field(ge=0)
+    blocks: list[DocBlock] = Field(default_factory=list)
+    tables: list[DocTable] = Field(default_factory=list)
+    markdown: str = ""
+    ocr_applied: bool = False
+
+
+class ExtractTablesRequest(ApiModel):
+    file_name: str = Field(min_length=1)
+    content_base64: str = Field(min_length=1)
+
+
+class ExtractTablesResponse(ApiModel):
+    mode: DocparseTier
+    tables: list[DocTable] = Field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+class DocChunk(ApiModel):
+    index: int = Field(ge=0)
+    text: str
+    page_start: int | None = Field(default=None, ge=1)
+    page_end: int | None = Field(default=None, ge=1)
+    heading_path: list[str] = Field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+class ChunkDocumentResponse(ApiModel):
+    mode: DocparseTier
+    chunks: list[DocChunk] = Field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+class RagIngestRequest(ApiModel):
+    """Chunk the document, then optionally embed and replace-index it.
+
+    ``owner_id``/``read_principals`` default to the calling user (personal-doc
+    semantics); ``chunk_size``/``overlap`` default to the engine's RAG settings.
+    ``index=False`` skips the store entirely (export-only ingestion);
+    ``include_markdown``/``include_chunks`` echo the parsed content back so the
+    caller can emit corpus files (markdown, chunks JSONL).
+    """
+
+    file_name: str = Field(min_length=1)
+    document_id: FileId = Field(min_length=1)
+    source: str = Field(default="docparse", min_length=1)
+    owner_id: OwnerId | None = None
+    read_principals: list[PrincipalId] | None = Field(default=None, min_length=1)
+    expires_at: datetime | None = None
+    pages: list[PageText] | None = None
+    content_base64: str | None = None
+    chunk_size: int | None = Field(default=None, ge=64, le=32_768)
+    overlap: int | None = Field(default=None, ge=0, le=4_096)
+    mode: DocparseMode = DocparseMode.AUTO
+    index: bool = True
+    include_markdown: bool = False
+    include_chunks: bool = False
+
+
+class RagIngestResponse(ApiModel):
+    mode: DocparseTier
+    document_id: FileId
+    chunks_indexed: int = Field(ge=0)
+    pages: int = Field(ge=0)
+    markdown: str | None = None
+    chunks: list[DocChunk] | None = None
+
+
+class FieldCitation(ApiModel):
+    """Where a value came from. ``quote`` is always set; ``bbox`` only when a
+    layout parse ran (advanced tier); offsets index into the cited page's text."""
+
+    page: int | None = Field(default=None, ge=1)
+    bbox: list[float] | None = None
+    quote: str
+    start_offset: int | None = Field(default=None, ge=0)
+    end_offset: int | None = Field(default=None, ge=0)
+
+
+class ExtractedField(ApiModel):
+    name: str
+    value: JsonValue = None
+    confidence: float = Field(ge=0.0, le=1.0)
+    citations: list[FieldCitation] = Field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+class ExtractFieldsRequest(ApiModel):
+    """``pages`` drives the basic tier (caller-extracted text); ``content_base64``
+    lets the advanced tier parse the raw file itself. Send either or both."""
+
+    file_name: str = Field(min_length=1)
+    fields_schema: dict[str, JsonValue]
+    pages: list[PageText] | None = None
+    content_base64: str | None = None
+    mode: DocparseMode = DocparseMode.AUTO
+    instructions: str | None = None
+
+
+class ExtractFieldsResponse(ApiModel):
+    mode: DocparseTier
+    fields: list[ExtractedField] = Field(default_factory=list)
+    overall_confidence: float = Field(ge=0.0, le=1.0)
+
+
+class SuggestedFieldType(StrEnum):
+    """Scalar types the schema suggester may propose; the extractor's leaf subset."""
+
+    STRING = "string"
+    NUMBER = "number"
+    INTEGER = "integer"
+    BOOLEAN = "boolean"
+
+
+class SuggestedField(ApiModel):
+    name: str = Field(description="snake_case field identifier, e.g. 'invoice_number'.")
+    type: SuggestedFieldType
+    description: str = ""
+
+
+class SuggestSchemaRequest(ApiModel):
+    """``pages`` drives the basic tier (caller-extracted text); ``content_base64``
+    lets the advanced tier parse the raw file itself. Send either."""
+
+    file_name: str = Field(min_length=1)
+    pages: list[PageText] | None = None
+    content_base64: str | None = None
+    max_fields: int = Field(default=8, ge=1, le=20)
+
+
+class SuggestSchemaResponse(ApiModel):
+    mode: DocparseTier
+    fields: list[SuggestedField] = Field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+class SplitPart(ApiModel):
+    start_page: int = Field(ge=1)
+    end_page: int = Field(ge=1)
+    label: str
+    confidence: float = Field(ge=0.0, le=1.0)
+
+
+class SmartSplitRequest(ApiModel):
+    file_name: str = Field(min_length=1)
+    rule: str = Field(
+        min_length=1, description="Natural-language boundary rule, e.g. 'split where a new invoice starts'."
+    )
+    pages: list[PageText]
+    max_parts: int = Field(default=50, ge=1, le=500)
+
+
+class SmartSplitResponse(ApiModel):
+    parts: list[SplitPart] = Field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+class ChunkDocumentRequest(ApiModel):
+    file_name: str = Field(min_length=1)
+    pages: list[PageText] | None = None
+    content_base64: str | None = None
+    chunk_size: int = Field(default=512, ge=64, le=32_768)
+    overlap: int = Field(default=64, ge=0, le=4_096)
+    mode: DocparseMode = DocparseMode.AUTO
+
+
+class FillDocxRequest(ApiModel):
+    template_base64: str = Field(min_length=1)
+    data: dict[str, JsonValue]
+
+
+class FillDocxResponse(ApiModel):
+    docx_base64: str
+    replaced: int = Field(ge=0)
+    missing: list[str] = Field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+class DocparseCapabilities(ApiModel):
+    """What the engine can actually do right now; Java caches and republishes this."""
+
+    advanced_installed: bool
+    docling_version: str | None = None
+    torch_version: str | None = None
+    models_available: bool = False
+    models_path: str | None = None
+    errors: list[str] = Field(default_factory=list)

engine/src/stirling/docparse/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+"""DocParse: document understanding for ingestion pipelines.
+
+This package holds the basic (text-layer) tier; the advanced tier (Docling
+layout parsing) is delivered as an optional addon and probed at runtime.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from stirling.docparse.capability import activate_site, probe_capabilities
+from stirling.docparse.chunking import advanced_chunks, basic_chunks
+from stirling.docparse.docxfill import fill_docx
+from stirling.docparse.extractor import ExtractFieldsAgent
+from stirling.docparse.splitter import SmartSplitAgent
+from stirling.docparse.suggest_schema import SuggestSchemaAgent
+
+__all__ = [
+    "ExtractFieldsAgent",
+    "SmartSplitAgent",
+    "SuggestSchemaAgent",
+    "activate_site",
+    "advanced_chunks",
+    "basic_chunks",
+    "fill_docx",
+    "probe_capabilities",
+]

engine/src/stirling/docparse/capability.py

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+"""Probe whether the docparse addon (Docling) is importable and its models present.
+
+The addon arrives either baked into the engine image (uv extra) or dynamically
+installed into ``$STIRLING_DOCPARSE_HOME/site`` on a mounted volume; in the
+latter case :func:`activate_site` prepends that directory to ``sys.path`` at
+startup so the probe and the parser see it.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import importlib
+import importlib.metadata
+import importlib.util
+import logging
+import sys
+import threading
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from stirling.contracts.docparse import DocparseCapabilities
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+_lock = threading.Lock()
+_cached: DocparseCapabilities | None = None
+
+
+def site_dir(docparse_home: str) -> Path | None:
+    return Path(docparse_home) / "site" if docparse_home else None
+
+
+def models_dir(docparse_home: str) -> Path | None:
+    return Path(docparse_home) / "models" if docparse_home else None
+
+
+def activate_site(docparse_home: str) -> bool:
+    """Prepend the dynamic-install site dir to ``sys.path`` if it exists.
+
+    Idempotent; returns True when the path is active. Called once from the app
+    lifespan before the first capability probe.
+    """
+    site = site_dir(docparse_home)
+    if site is None or not site.is_dir():
+        return False
+    site_str = str(site)
+    if site_str not in sys.path:
+        sys.path.insert(0, site_str)
+        logger.info("docparse: activated dynamic site dir %s", site_str)
+    return True
+
+
+def _version_of(distribution: str) -> str | None:
+    try:
+        return importlib.metadata.version(distribution)
+    except importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+        return None
+
+
+def _models_available(docparse_home: str) -> tuple[bool, str | None]:
+    """Models count as available when the prefetch dir has content, or when no
+    home is configured at all (Docling then downloads into its default cache)."""
+    directory = models_dir(docparse_home)
+    if directory is None:
+        return True, None
+    if directory.is_dir() and any(directory.iterdir()):
+        return True, str(directory)
+    return False, str(directory)
+
+
+def probe_capabilities(docparse_home: str, *, refresh: bool = False) -> DocparseCapabilities:
+    """Report what the docparse layer can do right now. Cached after first call
+    (imports are expensive); ``refresh=True`` re-probes, e.g. after a dynamic install."""
+    global _cached
+    with _lock:
+        if _cached is not None and not refresh:
+            return _cached
+
+        errors: list[str] = []
+        advanced = importlib.util.find_spec("docling") is not None
+        docling_version: str | None = None
+        torch_version: str | None = None
+        if advanced:
+            docling_version = _version_of("docling")
+            torch_version = _version_of("torch")
+            if torch_version is None:
+                advanced = False
+                errors.append("docling present but torch missing; install is incomplete")
+        models_ok, models_path = _models_available(docparse_home)
+
+        _cached = DocparseCapabilities(
+            advanced_installed=advanced,
+            docling_version=docling_version,
+            torch_version=torch_version,
+            models_available=models_ok,
+            models_path=models_path,
+            errors=errors,
+        )
+        logger.info(
+            "docparse capabilities: advanced=%s docling=%s torch=%s models=%s",
+            advanced,
+            docling_version,
+            torch_version,
+            models_ok,
+        )
+        return _cached

engine/src/stirling/docparse/chunking.py

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+"""RAG chunking, both tiers.
+
+Basic: the existing character chunker per page. Advanced: structure-aware
+packing over parse blocks - heading-bounded, heading breadcrumbs attached,
+page ranges tracked. No tokenizer dependency; sizes are characters, matching
+the rest of the engine."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from stirling.contracts.docparse import BlockType, ChunkDocumentResponse, DocChunk, DocparseTier, ParseDocumentResponse
+from stirling.contracts.documents import PageText
+from stirling.documents.chunker import chunk_text
+
+# Blocks that are noise for retrieval purposes.
+_SKIP_TYPES = {BlockType.PAGE_HEADER, BlockType.PAGE_FOOTER}
+
+
+def basic_chunks(pages: list[PageText], chunk_size: int, overlap: int) -> ChunkDocumentResponse:
+    chunks: list[DocChunk] = []
+    for page in pages:
+        for piece in chunk_text(page.text, chunk_size=chunk_size, overlap=overlap):
+            chunks.append(
+                DocChunk(
+                    index=len(chunks),
+                    text=piece,
+                    page_start=page.page_number,
+                    page_end=page.page_number,
+                )
+            )
+    return ChunkDocumentResponse(mode=DocparseTier.BASIC, chunks=chunks)
+
+
+def advanced_chunks(parse: ParseDocumentResponse, chunk_size: int, overlap: int) -> ChunkDocumentResponse:
+    """Pack layout blocks into chunks that never straddle a heading boundary."""
+    chunks: list[DocChunk] = []
+    heading_path: list[str] = []
+    buffer: list[str] = []
+    buffer_len = 0
+    page_start: int | None = None
+    page_end: int | None = None
+    buffer_headings: list[str] = []
+
+    def flush() -> None:
+        nonlocal buffer, buffer_len, page_start, page_end, buffer_headings
+        text = "\n\n".join(buffer).strip()
+        if text:
+            chunks.append(
+                DocChunk(
+                    index=len(chunks),
+                    text=text,
+                    page_start=page_start,
+                    page_end=page_end,
+                    heading_path=list(buffer_headings),
+                )
+            )
+        buffer = []
+        buffer_len = 0
+        page_start = None
+        page_end = None
+        buffer_headings = list(heading_path)
+
+    buffer_headings = []
+    for block in parse.blocks:
+        if block.type in _SKIP_TYPES:
+            continue
+        if block.type is BlockType.HEADING:
+            flush()
+            heading_path = [*heading_path[-2:], block.text.strip()] if block.text.strip() else heading_path
+            buffer_headings = list(heading_path)
+            continue
+
+        text = block.text
+        if not text.strip():
+            continue
+        if buffer_len + len(text) > chunk_size and buffer:
+            flush()
+        # A single oversized block falls back to the character chunker.
+        if len(text) > chunk_size:
+            for piece in chunk_text(text, chunk_size=chunk_size, overlap=overlap):
+                chunks.append(
+                    DocChunk(
+                        index=len(chunks),
+                        text=piece,
+                        page_start=block.page,
+                        page_end=block.page,
+                        heading_path=list(buffer_headings),
+                    )
+                )
+            continue
+        buffer.append(text)
+        buffer_len += len(text)
+        page_start = block.page if page_start is None else min(page_start, block.page)
+        page_end = block.page if page_end is None else max(page_end, block.page)
+
+    flush()
+    return ChunkDocumentResponse(mode=DocparseTier.ADVANCED, chunks=chunks)

engine/src/stirling/docparse/docxfill.py

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+"""Fill DOCX templates from JSON data: ``{{ dotted.path }}`` placeholders.
+
+Scalar placeholders are replaced everywhere (body, tables, headers, footers).
+A table row whose text contains ``{{#items.field}}`` markers is treated as a
+row template: it is cloned once per element of the ``items`` array. Unresolved
+placeholders are left in place and reported back so the caller can surface them.
+
+Formatting caveat: a placeholder split across styled runs collapses that
+paragraph's text into its first run's style.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import base64
+import copy
+import io
+import re
+from typing import Any
+
+from pydantic import JsonValue
+
+from stirling.contracts.docparse import FillDocxRequest, FillDocxResponse
+
+_PLACEHOLDER = re.compile(r"\{\{\s*(#?[\w.]+)\s*\}\}")
+
+
+def _resolve(path: str, data: dict[str, Any]) -> Any | None:
+    node: Any = data
+    for part in path.split("."):
+        if isinstance(node, dict) and part in node:
+            node = node[part]
+        else:
+            return None
+    return node
+
+
+def _render_scalar(value: Any) -> str:
+    if value is None:
+        return ""
+    if isinstance(value, bool):
+        return "true" if value else "false"
+    if isinstance(value, list):
+        return ", ".join(_render_scalar(v) for v in value)
+    return str(value)
+
+
+class _Stats:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.replaced = 0
+        self.missing: set[str] = set()
+
+
+def _fill_paragraph(paragraph: Any, data: dict[str, Any], stats: _Stats) -> None:
+    text = paragraph.text
+    if "{{" not in text:
+        return
+
+    def substitute(match: re.Match[str]) -> str:
+        path = match.group(1)
+        if path.startswith("#"):
+            return match.group(0)  # row-template marker, handled at table level
+        value = _resolve(path, data)
+        if value is None:
+            stats.missing.add(path)
+            return match.group(0)
+        stats.replaced += 1
+        return _render_scalar(value)
+
+    rendered = _PLACEHOLDER.sub(substitute, text)
+    if rendered == text:
+        return
+    # Collapse into the first run to survive placeholders split across runs.
+    if paragraph.runs:
+        paragraph.runs[0].text = rendered
+        for run in paragraph.runs[1:]:
+            run.text = ""
+    else:
+        paragraph.add_run(rendered)
+
+
+def _row_template_array(row: Any) -> str | None:
+    """Return the array name when the row carries ``{{#name.field}}`` markers."""
+    names = {
+        match.group(1)[1:].split(".")[0]
+        for cell in row.cells
+        for match in _PLACEHOLDER.finditer(cell.text)
+        if match.group(1).startswith("#")
+    }
+    return names.pop() if len(names) == 1 else None
+
+
+def _fill_table(table: Any, data: dict[str, Any], stats: _Stats) -> None:
+    for row in list(table.rows):
+        array_name = _row_template_array(row)
+        if array_name is None:
+            continue
+        items = _resolve(array_name, data)
+        if not isinstance(items, list):
+            stats.missing.add(array_name)
+            continue
+        for _ in items:
+            new_row = copy.deepcopy(row._tr)
+            row._tr.addprevious(new_row)
+        # Clones sit before the template; rewrite their markers, then drop the template.
+        _rewrite_cloned_rows(table, row, array_name, items, data, stats)
+        row._tr.getparent().remove(row._tr)
+
+
+def _rewrite_cloned_rows(
+    table: Any, template_row: Any, array_name: str, items: list[Any], data: dict[str, Any], stats: _Stats
+) -> None:
+    marker_prefix = f"#{array_name}"
+    clones = [
+        r for r in table.rows if r._tr is not template_row._tr and marker_prefix in "".join(c.text for c in r.cells)
+    ]
+    for row, item in zip(clones, items, strict=False):
+        scoped = dict(data)
+        scoped[array_name] = item if isinstance(item, dict) else {"value": item}
+        for cell in row.cells:
+            for paragraph in cell.paragraphs:
+                text = paragraph.text
+
+                def substitute(match: re.Match[str]) -> str:
+                    path = match.group(1)
+                    if not path.startswith(marker_prefix):
+                        return match.group(0)
+                    item_path = path[1:]  # "#items.field" -> "items.field"
+                    value = _resolve(item_path, scoped)
+                    if value is None and "." not in item_path:
+                        value = scoped[array_name].get("value") if isinstance(scoped[array_name], dict) else None
+                    if value is None:
+                        stats.missing.add(item_path)
+                        return match.group(0)
+                    stats.replaced += 1
+                    return _render_scalar(value)
+
+                rendered = _PLACEHOLDER.sub(substitute, text)
+                if rendered != text:
+                    if paragraph.runs:
+                        paragraph.runs[0].text = rendered
+                        for run in paragraph.runs[1:]:
+                            run.text = ""
+                    else:
+                        paragraph.add_run(rendered)
+
+
+def _walk_paragraphs(document: Any) -> list[tuple[Any, Any]]:
+    """Yield (paragraph, containing table or None) across body, tables, headers, footers."""
+    found: list[tuple[Any, Any]] = [(p, None) for p in document.paragraphs]
+    for table in document.tables:
+        for row in table.rows:
+            for cell in row.cells:
+                found.extend((p, table) for p in cell.paragraphs)
+    for section in document.sections:
+        for part in (section.header, section.footer):
+            found.extend((p, None) for p in part.paragraphs)
+    return found
+
+
+def fill_docx(request: FillDocxRequest) -> FillDocxResponse:
+    import docx  # local import: python-docx is small but only needed here
+
+    data: dict[str, JsonValue] = dict(request.data)
+    document = docx.Document(io.BytesIO(base64.b64decode(request.template_base64)))
+    stats = _Stats()
+
+    for table in document.tables:
+        _fill_table(table, data, stats)
+    for paragraph, _table in _walk_paragraphs(document):
+        _fill_paragraph(paragraph, data, stats)
+
+    out = io.BytesIO()
+    document.save(out)
+    return FillDocxResponse(
+        docx_base64=base64.b64encode(out.getvalue()).decode("ascii"),
+        replaced=stats.replaced,
+        missing=sorted(stats.missing),
+    )

engine/src/stirling/docparse/evals.py

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+"""Extraction accuracy harness: score a gold-labelled case set against a live engine.
+
+Case layout (one directory per document):
+
+    cases/
+      invoice-001/
+        input.pdf            # the document
+        expected.json        # {"fieldsSchema": {...}, "fields": {"invoice_number": "INV-1", ...},
+                             #  "pages": [{"pageNumber": 1, "text": "..."}]?  (optional, for basic tier)}
+
+Run:
+    uv run python -m stirling.docparse.evals cases/ --engine http://localhost:5001 --output report.json
+
+Scoring per field: exact match, then normalized match (case/whitespace/currency
+punctuation collapsed, numeric tolerance 1e-6). The report aggregates per-case
+and overall accuracy so pipeline changes can be regression-tracked. Stdlib
+HTTP only - the harness must run anywhere the engine runs.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import base64
+import json
+import re
+import sys
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.request
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+_NORMALIZE_STRIP = re.compile(r"[\s,€$£%]+")
+
+
+def normalized_equal(expected: Any, actual: Any) -> bool:
+    if expected is None or actual is None:
+        return expected is actual
+    try:
+        return abs(float(expected) - float(actual)) < 1e-6
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        pass
+    if isinstance(expected, list) and isinstance(actual, list):
+        return len(expected) == len(actual) and all(normalized_equal(e, a) for e, a in zip(expected, actual))
+    return _NORMALIZE_STRIP.sub("", str(expected)).casefold() == _NORMALIZE_STRIP.sub("", str(actual)).casefold()
+
+
+def _call_extract(engine: str, secret: str | None, payload: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    request = urllib.request.Request(
+        f"{engine.rstrip('/')}/api/v1/docparse/extract",
+        data=json.dumps(payload).encode("utf-8"),
+        headers={"Content-Type": "application/json", **({"X-Engine-Auth": secret} if secret else {})},
+        method="POST",
+    )
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=600) as response:
+        return json.loads(response.read().decode("utf-8"))
+
+
+def score_case(engine: str, secret: str | None, case_dir: Path) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    expected_spec = json.loads((case_dir / "expected.json").read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    payload: dict[str, Any] = {
+        "fileName": "input.pdf",
+        "fieldsSchema": expected_spec["fieldsSchema"],
+    }
+    input_pdf = case_dir / "input.pdf"
+    if input_pdf.exists():
+        payload["contentBase64"] = base64.b64encode(input_pdf.read_bytes()).decode("ascii")
+    if expected_spec.get("pages"):
+        payload["pages"] = expected_spec["pages"]
+
+    response = _call_extract(engine, secret, payload)
+    actual = {field["name"]: field for field in response.get("fields", [])}
+
+    fields: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    exact = 0
+    normalized = 0
+    for name, expected_value in expected_spec.get("fields", {}).items():
+        actual_field = actual.get(name, {})
+        actual_value = actual_field.get("value")
+        is_exact = expected_value == actual_value
+        is_normalized = is_exact or normalized_equal(expected_value, actual_value)
+        exact += is_exact
+        normalized += is_normalized
+        fields.append(
+            {
+                "name": name,
+                "expected": expected_value,
+                "actual": actual_value,
+                "exact": is_exact,
+                "normalized": is_normalized,
+                "confidence": actual_field.get("confidence"),
+                "cited": bool(actual_field.get("citations")),
+            }
+        )
+
+    total = len(fields) or 1
+    return {
+        "case": case_dir.name,
+        "mode": response.get("mode"),
+        "fields": fields,
+        "exactAccuracy": round(exact / total, 4),
+        "normalizedAccuracy": round(normalized / total, 4),
+    }
+
+
+def run(cases_root: Path, engine: str, secret: str | None) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    case_dirs = sorted(d for d in cases_root.iterdir() if d.is_dir() and (d / "expected.json").exists())
+    results: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    failures: list[dict[str, str]] = []
+    for case_dir in case_dirs:
+        try:
+            results.append(score_case(engine, secret, case_dir))
+        except (urllib.error.URLError, OSError, KeyError, ValueError) as error:
+            failures.append({"case": case_dir.name, "error": str(error)})
+
+    scored = [r for r in results if r["fields"]]
+    overall = {
+        "cases": len(case_dirs),
+        "scored": len(scored),
+        "errors": failures,
+        "exactAccuracy": round(sum(r["exactAccuracy"] for r in scored) / len(scored), 4) if scored else 0.0,
+        "normalizedAccuracy": round(sum(r["normalizedAccuracy"] for r in scored) / len(scored), 4) if scored else 0.0,
+        "results": results,
+    }
+    return overall
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Score docparse extraction against a gold case set.")
+    parser.add_argument("cases", help="Directory of case subdirectories")
+    parser.add_argument("--engine", default="http://localhost:5001", help="Engine base URL")
+    parser.add_argument("--secret", default=None, help="X-Engine-Auth shared secret, if the engine requires it")
+    parser.add_argument("--output", default=None, help="Write the JSON report here (default: stdout)")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    report = run(Path(args.cases), args.engine, args.secret)
+    rendered = json.dumps(report, indent=2)
+    if args.output:
+        Path(args.output).write_text(rendered, encoding="utf-8")
+        print(f"exact={report['exactAccuracy']} normalized={report['normalizedAccuracy']} -> {args.output}")
+    else:
+        print(rendered)
+    return 0 if not report["errors"] else 1
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())

engine/src/stirling/docparse/extractor.py

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+"""Schema-driven field extraction with grounded citations and confidence.
+
+The caller supplies a JSON Schema (subset: scalar types, enums, arrays of
+scalars, nested objects). We build a dynamic pydantic output model where every
+leaf answers ``{value, quote, confidence}``, run one smart-model pass, then
+ground each quote against the page text in code. Model confidence is damped
+when a quote can't be found - the model asserts, the grounding decides how
+much to believe it.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+import re
+from typing import Any
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, JsonValue, create_model
+from pydantic_ai import Agent
+
+from stirling.agents.output_mode import output_retries, structured_output
+from stirling.contracts.docparse import (
+    DocparseTier,
+    ExtractedField,
+    ExtractFieldsRequest,
+    ExtractFieldsResponse,
+    FieldCitation,
+    ParseDocumentResponse,
+)
+from stirling.contracts.documents import PageText
+from stirling.models import ApiModel
+from stirling.services import AppRuntime
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+# Confidence multiplier when the supporting quote can't be found in the document.
+UNGROUNDED_PENALTY = 0.6
+# Floor when the model omitted quote/confidence but the value itself is found
+# verbatim in the document - the grounding is real even if the model was terse.
+VALUE_GROUNDED_FLOOR = 0.5
+MAX_SCHEMA_DEPTH = 3
+MAX_FIELDS = 100
+
+_SYSTEM_PROMPT = (
+    "You extract structured fields from a document.\n"
+    "\n"
+    "Rules:\n"
+    "- For every field, return the value exactly as the schema types it, a short VERBATIM quote "
+    "from the document that supports it, and your confidence from 0.0 to 1.0.\n"
+    "- The quote must be copied character-for-character from the document text, at most 200 characters.\n"
+    "- If the document does not contain the field, return value null, quote null, confidence 0.0. "
+    "Never guess or fabricate.\n"
+    "- Dates: return them formatted as the schema/description asks; quote the original text.\n"
+    "- The document may be in any language."
+)
+
+
+class SchemaError(ValueError):
+    """The supplied JSON Schema is outside the supported subset."""
+
+
+def _scalar_type(spec: dict[str, Any]) -> Any:
+    # Enums stay str-typed; the allowed values travel in the field description
+    # (dynamic Literal types don't typecheck and local models handle them badly).
+    match spec.get("type"):
+        case "string":
+            return str
+        case "integer":
+            return int
+        case "number":
+            return float
+        case "boolean":
+            return bool
+        case _:
+            raise SchemaError(f"Unsupported schema type: {spec.get('type')!r}")
+
+
+def _describe(spec: dict[str, Any]) -> str | None:
+    description = spec.get("description") if isinstance(spec.get("description"), str) else None
+    enum = spec.get("enum")
+    if isinstance(enum, list) and enum:
+        allowed = ", ".join(str(v) for v in enum)
+        description = f"{description + ' ' if description else ''}Allowed values: {allowed}."
+    return description
+
+
+def _leaf_answer_model(name: str, value_type: Any, description: str | None) -> type[BaseModel]:
+    return create_model(
+        f"Answer_{re.sub(r'[^A-Za-z0-9]', '_', name)}",
+        __base__=ApiModel,
+        value=(value_type | None, Field(default=None, description=description or None)),
+        quote=(str | None, Field(default=None, max_length=400)),
+        confidence=(float, Field(default=0.0, ge=0.0, le=1.0)),
+    )
+
+
+def build_output_model(
+    fields_schema: dict[str, Any], *, _depth: int = 0, _name: str = "ExtractionOutput"
+) -> type[BaseModel]:
+    """Turn the caller's JSON Schema into a pydantic model of leaf answers."""
+    if _depth > MAX_SCHEMA_DEPTH:
+        raise SchemaError(f"Schema nesting deeper than {MAX_SCHEMA_DEPTH} is not supported")
+    properties = fields_schema.get("properties")
+    if not isinstance(properties, dict) or not properties:
+        raise SchemaError("Schema must be an object with a non-empty 'properties' map")
+    if len(properties) > MAX_FIELDS:
+        raise SchemaError(f"Schema has more than {MAX_FIELDS} fields")
+
+    model_fields: dict[str, Any] = {}
+    for raw_name, spec in properties.items():
+        name = str(raw_name)
+        if not re.fullmatch(r"[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*", name):
+            raise SchemaError(f"Field name {name!r} must be a valid identifier")
+        if not isinstance(spec, dict):
+            raise SchemaError(f"Field {name!r} must map to a schema object")
+        description = _describe(spec)
+
+        if spec.get("type") == "object":
+            nested = build_output_model(spec, _depth=_depth + 1, _name=f"{_name}_{name}")
+            model_fields[name] = (nested, Field(...))
+        elif spec.get("type") == "array":
+            items = spec.get("items")
+            if not isinstance(items, dict):
+                raise SchemaError(f"Array field {name!r} needs an 'items' schema")
+            if items.get("type") == "object":
+                raise SchemaError(f"Array field {name!r}: arrays of objects are not supported yet")
+            item_type: Any = _scalar_type(items)
+            answer = _leaf_answer_model(name, list[item_type], description)
+            model_fields[name] = (answer, Field(...))
+        else:
+            answer = _leaf_answer_model(name, _scalar_type(spec), description)
+            model_fields[name] = (answer, Field(...))
+
+    return create_model(_name, __base__=ApiModel, **model_fields)
+
+
+_WHITESPACE = re.compile(r"\s+")
+
+
+def _normalize(text: str) -> str:
+    return _WHITESPACE.sub(" ", text).strip().casefold()
+
+
+def find_quote(quote: str, pages: list[PageText]) -> tuple[int, int, int] | None:
+    """Locate ``quote`` in the page texts, whitespace-insensitively.
+
+    Returns (page_number, start_offset, end_offset) into the page's raw text,
+    or None. Offsets are approximate under whitespace collapsing: we search the
+    normalized page, then map back by counting non-space characters.
+    """
+    needle = _normalize(quote)
+    if not needle:
+        return None
+    for page in pages:
+        haystack = _normalize(page.text)
+        idx = haystack.find(needle)
+        if idx < 0:
+            continue
+        start = _denormalize_offset(page.text, idx)
+        end = _denormalize_offset(page.text, idx + len(needle))
+        return page.page_number, start, min(end, len(page.text))
+    return None
+
+
+def _denormalize_offset(raw: str, normalized_offset: int) -> int:
+    """Map an offset in the normalized string back into the raw string."""
+    count = 0
+    in_space = True  # leading whitespace is stripped by _normalize
+    for i, ch in enumerate(raw):
+        if ch.isspace():
+            if in_space:
+                continue
+            in_space = True
+        else:
+            in_space = False
+        if count >= normalized_offset:
+            return i
+        count += 1
+    return len(raw)
+
+
+def _bbox_for_quote(quote: str, parse: ParseDocumentResponse | None) -> list[float] | None:
+    if parse is None:
+        return None
+    needle = _normalize(quote)
+    if not needle:
+        return None
+    for block in parse.blocks:
+        if block.bbox is not None and needle in _normalize(block.text):
+            return block.bbox
+    return None
+
+
+def flatten_answers(output: BaseModel, prefix: str = "") -> list[tuple[str, JsonValue, str | None, float]]:
+    """Walk the dynamic output model into (dotted_name, value, quote, confidence) leaves."""
+    leaves: list[tuple[str, JsonValue, str | None, float]] = []
+    for name in type(output).model_fields:
+        node = getattr(output, name)
+        dotted = f"{prefix}{name}"
+        if isinstance(node, BaseModel) and "confidence" in type(node).model_fields:
+            value = getattr(node, "value", None)
+            quote = getattr(node, "quote", None)
+            confidence = float(getattr(node, "confidence", 0.0) or 0.0)
+            leaves.append((dotted, value, quote, confidence))
+        elif isinstance(node, BaseModel):
+            leaves.extend(flatten_answers(node, prefix=f"{dotted}."))
+    return leaves
+
+
+def _format_pages(pages: list[PageText], max_characters: int) -> str:
+    parts: list[str] = []
+    used = 0
+    for page in pages:
+        snippet = page.text[: max(0, max_characters - used)]
+        parts.append(f"[Page {page.page_number}]\n{snippet}")
+        used += len(snippet)
+        if used >= max_characters:
+            break
+    return "\n\n".join(parts) if parts else "(no extractable text)"
+
+
+def pages_from_parse(parse: ParseDocumentResponse) -> list[PageText]:
+    """Rebuild per-page text from parse blocks (advanced path with no caller text)."""
+    by_page: dict[int, list[str]] = {}
+    for block in parse.blocks:
+        by_page.setdefault(block.page, []).append(block.text)
+    return [PageText(page_number=n, text="\n".join(t)) for n, t in sorted(by_page.items())]
+
+
+class ExtractFieldsAgent:
+    """One smart-model pass over the document, then code-side grounding."""
+
+    def __init__(self, runtime: AppRuntime) -> None:
+        self.runtime = runtime
+
+    async def extract(
+        self,
+        request: ExtractFieldsRequest,
+        pages: list[PageText],
+        parse: ParseDocumentResponse | None,
+    ) -> ExtractFieldsResponse:
+        output_model = build_output_model(dict(request.fields_schema))
+        provider = self.runtime.settings.chat_provider
+        agent: Agent[None, BaseModel] = Agent(
+            model=self.runtime.smart_model,
+            output_type=structured_output([output_model], chat_provider=provider),
+            system_prompt=_SYSTEM_PROMPT,
+            model_settings=self.runtime.smart_model_settings,
+            retries=output_retries(provider),
+        )
+        prompt = self._build_prompt(request, pages)
+        result = await agent.run(prompt)
+        fields = self._ground(result.output, pages, parse)
+        overall = round(min((f.confidence for f in fields), default=0.0), 4)
+        tier = DocparseTier.ADVANCED if parse is not None else DocparseTier.BASIC
+        return ExtractFieldsResponse(mode=tier, fields=fields, overall_confidence=overall)
+
+    def _build_prompt(self, request: ExtractFieldsRequest, pages: list[PageText]) -> str:
+        instructions = f"Additional instructions: {request.instructions}\n\n" if request.instructions else ""
+        return (
+            f"{instructions}"
+            f"Document file name: {request.file_name}\n"
+            f"Document content:\n{_format_pages(pages, self.runtime.settings.max_characters)}"
+        )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _ground(
+        output: BaseModel,
+        pages: list[PageText],
+        parse: ParseDocumentResponse | None,
+    ) -> list[ExtractedField]:
+        fields: list[ExtractedField] = []
+        for name, value, quote, model_confidence in flatten_answers(output):
+            citations: list[FieldCitation] = []
+            confidence = max(0.0, min(1.0, model_confidence))
+            if value is None:
+                confidence = 0.0
+            elif quote:
+                located = find_quote(quote, pages)
+                if located is not None:
+                    page_number, start, end = located
+                    citations.append(
+                        FieldCitation(
+                            page=page_number,
+                            bbox=_bbox_for_quote(quote, parse),
+                            quote=quote,
+                            start_offset=start,
+                            end_offset=end,
+                        )
+                    )
+                else:
+                    citations.append(FieldCitation(page=None, bbox=None, quote=quote))
+                    confidence *= UNGROUNDED_PENALTY
+            else:
+                # Terse models (local Ollama especially) often skip the quote;
+                # grounding the value itself keeps citations and a usable score.
+                value_text = _render_value(value)
+                located = find_quote(value_text, pages) if value_text else None
+                if located is not None:
+                    page_number, start, end = located
+                    citations.append(
+                        FieldCitation(
+                            page=page_number,
+                            bbox=_bbox_for_quote(value_text, parse),
+                            quote=value_text,
+                            start_offset=start,
+                            end_offset=end,
+                        )
+                    )
+                    confidence = max(confidence, VALUE_GROUNDED_FLOOR)
+                else:
+                    confidence *= UNGROUNDED_PENALTY
+            fields.append(ExtractedField(name=name, value=value, confidence=round(confidence, 4), citations=citations))
+        return fields
+
+
+def _render_value(value: JsonValue) -> str:
+    """A searchable text form of a leaf value; empty when nothing sensible exists."""
+    if value is None or isinstance(value, (dict, list)) or isinstance(value, bool):
+        return ""
+    return str(value)

engine/src/stirling/docparse/parser.py

@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+"""Advanced-tier document parsing via Docling.
+
+Everything Docling is imported lazily through :mod:`importlib` so this module
+imports cleanly (and pyright passes) when the addon isn't installed. Callers
+must check :func:`stirling.docparse.capability.probe_capabilities` first; the
+route returns 501 otherwise.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import importlib
+import io
+import logging
+import threading
+from typing import Any
+
+from stirling.contracts.docparse import (
+    BlockType,
+    DocBlock,
+    DocparseTier,
+    DocTable,
+    ParseDocumentResponse,
+)
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+_converter_lock = threading.Lock()
+_converter: Any | None = None
+_converter_key: tuple[str, bool] | None = None
+
+# Docling DocItemLabel values → our normalized block vocabulary.
+_LABEL_MAP: dict[str, BlockType] = {
+    "title": BlockType.HEADING,
+    "section_header": BlockType.HEADING,
+    "paragraph": BlockType.PARAGRAPH,
+    "text": BlockType.PARAGRAPH,
+    "list_item": BlockType.LIST_ITEM,
+    "table": BlockType.TABLE,
+    "picture": BlockType.FIGURE,
+    "chart": BlockType.FIGURE,
+    "caption": BlockType.CAPTION,
+    "code": BlockType.CODE,
+    "formula": BlockType.FORMULA,
+    "page_header": BlockType.PAGE_HEADER,
+    "page_footer": BlockType.PAGE_FOOTER,
+    "footnote": BlockType.FOOTNOTE,
+}
+
+
+def _get_converter(artifacts_path: str | None, with_ocr: bool) -> Any:
+    """Build (once) and cache the Docling converter; model load costs seconds."""
+    global _converter, _converter_key
+    key = (artifacts_path or "", with_ocr)
+    with _converter_lock:
+        if _converter is not None and _converter_key == key:
+            return _converter
+
+        pdf_options_mod = importlib.import_module("docling.datamodel.pipeline_options")
+        converter_mod = importlib.import_module("docling.document_converter")
+        base_models = importlib.import_module("docling.datamodel.base_models")
+
+        pipeline_options = pdf_options_mod.PdfPipelineOptions()
+        pipeline_options.do_ocr = with_ocr
+        pipeline_options.do_table_structure = True
+        if artifacts_path:
+            pipeline_options.artifacts_path = artifacts_path
+            # Never reach the network when a prefetched model dir is configured.
+            pipeline_options.enable_remote_services = False
+
+        input_format = base_models.InputFormat.PDF
+        pdf_format_option = converter_mod.PdfFormatOption(pipeline_options=pipeline_options)
+        _converter = converter_mod.DocumentConverter(format_options={input_format: pdf_format_option})
+        _converter_key = key
+        return _converter
+
+
+def _normalize_bbox(prov: Any, page_sizes: dict[int, tuple[float, float]]) -> tuple[int, list[float] | None]:
+    """Docling prov → (page, [x0, y0, x1, y1] normalized, top-left origin)."""
+    page_no = int(getattr(prov, "page_no", 1) or 1)
+    bbox = getattr(prov, "bbox", None)
+    size = page_sizes.get(page_no)
+    if bbox is None or size is None or size[0] <= 0 or size[1] <= 0:
+        return page_no, None
+    width, height = size
+    try:
+        # Docling boxes are bottom-left origin; flip to top-left before normalizing.
+        top_left = bbox.to_top_left_origin(page_height=height) if hasattr(bbox, "to_top_left_origin") else bbox
+        x0 = float(top_left.l) / width
+        y0 = float(top_left.t) / height
+        x1 = float(top_left.r) / width
+        y1 = float(top_left.b) / height
+    except (AttributeError, TypeError, ValueError):
+        return page_no, None
+    clamp = lambda v: max(0.0, min(1.0, v))  # noqa: E731
+    x0, x1 = sorted((clamp(x0), clamp(x1)))
+    y0, y1 = sorted((clamp(y0), clamp(y1)))
+    return page_no, [round(x0, 5), round(y0, 5), round(x1, 5), round(y1, 5)]
+
+
+def _document_confidence(result: Any) -> float | None:
+    """Pull a single 0..1 confidence out of Docling's confidence report, if any."""
+    report = getattr(result, "confidence", None)
+    if report is None:
+        return None
+    for attr in ("mean_score", "mean_grade_score", "score"):
+        value = getattr(report, attr, None)
+        if isinstance(value, (int, float)) and 0.0 <= float(value) <= 1.0:
+            return round(float(value), 4)
+    return None
+
+
+def _table_cells(item: Any) -> list[list[str]]:
+    data = getattr(item, "data", None)
+    grid = getattr(data, "grid", None) or []
+    cells: list[list[str]] = []
+    for row in grid:
+        cells.append([str(getattr(cell, "text", "") or "") for cell in row])
+    return cells
+
+
+def _cells_to_markdown(cells: list[list[str]]) -> str:
+    if not cells:
+        return ""
+    esc = lambda s: s.replace("|", "\\|").replace("\n", " ")  # noqa: E731
+    lines = ["| " + " | ".join(esc(c) for c in cells[0]) + " |"]
+    lines.append("|" + "---|" * len(cells[0]))
+    for row in cells[1:]:
+        lines.append("| " + " | ".join(esc(c) for c in row) + " |")
+    return "\n".join(lines)
+
+
+def parse_pdf_bytes(
+    data: bytes,
+    file_name: str,
+    *,
+    with_ocr: bool = True,
+    artifacts_path: str | None = None,
+) -> ParseDocumentResponse:
+    """Synchronous, CPU-heavy; call from a worker thread (routes use ``anyio.to_thread``)."""
+    io_mod = importlib.import_module("docling_core.types.io")
+    converter = _get_converter(artifacts_path, with_ocr)
+
+    stream = io_mod.DocumentStream(name=file_name or "document.pdf", stream=io.BytesIO(data))
+    try:
+        result = converter.convert(stream)
+    except Exception as error:
+        raise ValueError(f"document could not be parsed: {error}") from error
+    doc = result.document
+
+    page_sizes: dict[int, tuple[float, float]] = {}
+    for page_no, page in (getattr(doc, "pages", None) or {}).items():
+        size = getattr(page, "size", None)
+        if size is not None:
+            page_sizes[int(page_no)] = (float(size.width), float(size.height))
+
+    doc_confidence = _document_confidence(result)
+    blocks: list[DocBlock] = []
+    tables: list[DocTable] = []
+    for item, _level in doc.iterate_items():
+        provs = getattr(item, "prov", None) or []
+        page, bbox = _normalize_bbox(provs[0], page_sizes) if provs else (1, None)
+        label = str(getattr(item, "label", "") or "").lower()
+        block_type = _LABEL_MAP.get(label, BlockType.OTHER)
+
+        if block_type is BlockType.TABLE:
+            cells = _table_cells(item)
+            tables.append(
+                DocTable(
+                    page=page, bbox=bbox, cells=cells, markdown=_cells_to_markdown(cells), confidence=doc_confidence
+                )
+            )
+
+        text = str(getattr(item, "text", "") or "")
+        if not text and block_type not in (BlockType.TABLE, BlockType.FIGURE):
+            continue
+        blocks.append(DocBlock(type=block_type, text=text, page=page, bbox=bbox, confidence=doc_confidence))
+
+    markdown = doc.export_to_markdown()
+    pages = len(page_sizes) or len(getattr(doc, "pages", None) or {})
+    logger.info("docparse: parsed %s: %d pages, %d blocks, %d tables", file_name, pages, len(blocks), len(tables))
+    return ParseDocumentResponse(
+        mode=DocparseTier.ADVANCED,
+        pages=pages,
+        blocks=blocks,
+        tables=tables,
+        markdown=markdown,
+        ocr_applied=with_ocr,
+    )

engine/src/stirling/docparse/splitter.py

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+"""Content-based document splitting: an LLM finds sub-document boundaries.
+
+Works entirely from caller-supplied page text (basic tier friendly); the fast
+model sees a bounded per-page preview and answers with boundary start pages,
+which are then validated in code (monotonic, in range, capped)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+
+from pydantic import Field
+from pydantic_ai import Agent
+
+from stirling.agents.output_mode import output_retries, structured_output
+from stirling.contracts.docparse import SmartSplitRequest, SmartSplitResponse, SplitPart
+from stirling.contracts.documents import PageText
+from stirling.models import ApiModel
+from stirling.services import AppRuntime
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+# Per-page preview budget; boundaries are recognisable from page openings.
+PAGE_PREVIEW_CHARS = 600
+
+_SYSTEM_PROMPT = (
+    "You split a multi-document file into its component documents.\n"
+    "\n"
+    "You are shown the beginning of every page. Apply the user's splitting rule and "
+    "answer with every page where a NEW component document starts.\n"
+    "Rules:\n"
+    "- Page 1 always starts the first component.\n"
+    "- Give each component a short descriptive label (e.g. 'Invoice #4821', 'Cover letter').\n"
+    "- Give your confidence 0.0-1.0 per boundary.\n"
+    "- If the rule doesn't match anything, return just the page-1 component spanning the whole file."
+)
+
+
+class _Boundary(ApiModel):
+    start_page: int = Field(ge=1, description="First page of this component document.")
+    label: str = Field(description="Short human label for the component.")
+    confidence: float = Field(ge=0.0, le=1.0)
+
+
+class _SplitOutput(ApiModel):
+    boundaries: list[_Boundary] = Field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+def _format_pages(pages: list[PageText], max_pages: int) -> str:
+    shown = pages[:max_pages]
+    parts = [f"[Page {p.page_number}] {p.text[:PAGE_PREVIEW_CHARS]}" for p in shown]
+    if len(pages) > max_pages:
+        parts.append(f"({len(pages) - max_pages} further pages omitted)")
+    return "\n\n".join(parts) if parts else "(no extractable text)"
+
+
+def validate_boundaries(output: _SplitOutput, page_count: int, max_parts: int) -> list[SplitPart]:
+    """Coerce the model's boundaries into a clean, complete partition of 1..page_count."""
+    starts: dict[int, _Boundary] = {}
+    for boundary in output.boundaries:
+        if 1 <= boundary.start_page <= page_count and boundary.start_page not in starts:
+            starts[boundary.start_page] = boundary
+    if 1 not in starts:
+        starts[1] = _Boundary(start_page=1, label="Document", confidence=1.0)
+
+    ordered = [starts[k] for k in sorted(starts)][:max_parts]
+    parts: list[SplitPart] = []
+    for i, boundary in enumerate(ordered):
+        end_page = ordered[i + 1].start_page - 1 if i + 1 < len(ordered) else page_count
+        parts.append(
+            SplitPart(
+                start_page=boundary.start_page,
+                end_page=end_page,
+                label=boundary.label.strip() or f"Part {i + 1}",
+                confidence=round(boundary.confidence, 4),
+            )
+        )
+    return parts
+
+
+class SmartSplitAgent:
+    def __init__(self, runtime: AppRuntime) -> None:
+        self.runtime = runtime
+        provider = runtime.settings.chat_provider
+        self._agent: Agent[None, _SplitOutput] = Agent(
+            model=runtime.fast_model,
+            output_type=structured_output([_SplitOutput], chat_provider=provider),
+            system_prompt=_SYSTEM_PROMPT,
+            model_settings=runtime.fast_model_settings,
+            retries=output_retries(provider),
+        )
+
+    async def split(self, request: SmartSplitRequest) -> SmartSplitResponse:
+        pages = request.pages
+        if not pages:
+            return SmartSplitResponse(parts=[])
+        page_count = max(p.page_number for p in pages)
+        prompt = (
+            f"Splitting rule: {request.rule}\n\n"
+            f"Document file name: {request.file_name}\n"
+            f"Pages:\n{_format_pages(pages, self.runtime.settings.max_pages)}"
+        )
+        result = await self._agent.run(prompt)
+        parts = validate_boundaries(result.output, page_count, request.max_parts)
+        logger.info("docparse: split %s into %d parts", request.file_name, len(parts))
+        return SmartSplitResponse(parts=parts)

engine/src/stirling/docparse/suggest_schema.py

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+"""Schema suggestion: the fast model proposes extractable fields for a document.
+
+Reads a bounded window of the first pages (the fields worth extracting from a
+document type are evident from its opening) and answers with candidate fields,
+which are then validated in code: names coerced to snake_case, duplicates and
+unsupported types dropped, capped at the caller's maxFields."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+import re
+
+from pydantic import Field
+from pydantic_ai import Agent
+
+from stirling.agents.output_mode import output_retries, structured_output
+from stirling.contracts.docparse import (
+    DocparseTier,
+    SuggestedField,
+    SuggestedFieldType,
+    SuggestSchemaRequest,
+    SuggestSchemaResponse,
+)
+from stirling.contracts.documents import PageText
+from stirling.models import ApiModel
+from stirling.services import AppRuntime
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+# First pages read; a fixed window keeps cost flat regardless of length.
+WINDOW_PAGES = 3
+# Per-page preview budget; field candidates show up near page openings.
+PAGE_PREVIEW_CHARS = 2_000
+
+_SYSTEM_PROMPT = (
+    "You design an extraction schema for a document type.\n"
+    "\n"
+    "You are shown the first pages of a document. Propose the most useful fields "
+    "a user would want extracted from documents of this type.\n"
+    "Rules:\n"
+    "- Name each field as a snake_case identifier (e.g. 'invoice_number').\n"
+    "- Type each field as one of: string, number, integer, boolean.\n"
+    "- Give each field a one-sentence description of what it holds.\n"
+    "- Propose fields for the document TYPE, not only values visible on these pages.\n"
+    "- Order fields from most to least useful."
+)
+
+
+class _SuggestedField(ApiModel):
+    # Loosely typed on purpose: bad names/types are dropped in code, not retried.
+    name: str = Field(description="snake_case identifier for the field.")
+    type: str = Field(description="One of: string, number, integer, boolean.")
+    description: str = ""
+
+
+class _SuggestOutput(ApiModel):
+    fields: list[_SuggestedField] = Field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+_IDENTIFIER = re.compile(r"[a-z][a-z0-9_]*")
+_CAMEL_BOUNDARY = re.compile(r"(?<=[a-z0-9])(?=[A-Z])")
+_NON_ALNUM = re.compile(r"[^A-Za-z0-9]+")
+_VALID_TYPES = {t.value for t in SuggestedFieldType}
+
+
+def to_snake_case(name: str) -> str:
+    """Coerce a model-proposed name into snake_case ('Invoice No.' -> 'invoice_no')."""
+    return _NON_ALNUM.sub("_", _CAMEL_BOUNDARY.sub("_", name.strip())).strip("_").lower()
+
+
+def validate_fields(output: _SuggestOutput, max_fields: int) -> list[SuggestedField]:
+    """Keep unique snake_case names with supported types, capped at ``max_fields``."""
+    kept: list[SuggestedField] = []
+    seen: set[str] = set()
+    for field in output.fields:
+        name = to_snake_case(field.name)
+        type_name = field.type.strip().lower()
+        if not _IDENTIFIER.fullmatch(name) or name in seen or type_name not in _VALID_TYPES:
+            continue
+        seen.add(name)
+        kept.append(
+            SuggestedField(name=name, type=SuggestedFieldType(type_name), description=field.description.strip())
+        )
+        if len(kept) == max_fields:
+            break
+    return kept
+
+
+def _format_pages(pages: list[PageText]) -> str:
+    shown = pages[:WINDOW_PAGES]
+    parts = [f"[Page {p.page_number}] {p.text[:PAGE_PREVIEW_CHARS]}" for p in shown]
+    if len(pages) > WINDOW_PAGES:
+        parts.append(f"({len(pages) - WINDOW_PAGES} further pages omitted)")
+    return "\n\n".join(parts) if parts else "(no extractable text)"
+
+
+class SuggestSchemaAgent:
+    def __init__(self, runtime: AppRuntime) -> None:
+        self.runtime = runtime
+        provider = runtime.settings.chat_provider
+        self._agent: Agent[None, _SuggestOutput] = Agent(
+            model=runtime.fast_model,
+            output_type=structured_output([_SuggestOutput], chat_provider=provider),
+            system_prompt=_SYSTEM_PROMPT,
+            model_settings=runtime.fast_model_settings,
+            retries=output_retries(provider),
+        )
+
+    async def suggest(
+        self, request: SuggestSchemaRequest, pages: list[PageText], tier: DocparseTier
+    ) -> SuggestSchemaResponse:
+        prompt = (
+            f"Propose up to {request.max_fields} fields.\n\n"
+            f"Document file name: {request.file_name}\n"
+            f"Document content (first pages):\n{_format_pages(pages)}"
+        )
+        result = await self._agent.run(prompt)
+        fields = validate_fields(result.output, request.max_fields)
+        logger.info("docparse: suggested %d fields for %s", len(fields), request.file_name)
+        return SuggestSchemaResponse(mode=tier, fields=fields)

engine/src/stirling/documents/service.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 PAGE_NUMBER_METADATA_KEY = "page_number"
 CONTENT_TYPE_METADATA_KEY = "content_type"
 PAGE_TEXT_CONTENT_TYPE = "page_text"
+DOCPARSE_CHUNK_CONTENT_TYPE = "docparse_chunk"
 
 
 class DocumentService:
@@ -109,6 +110,42 @@ class DocumentService:
         await self._store.add_documents(collection, chunks, embeddings, owner_id)
         return len(chunks)
 
+    async def ingest_prepared(
+        self,
+        collection: FileId,
+        chunks: list[tuple[str, dict[str, str]]],
+        source: str,
+        owner_id: OwnerId,
+        read_principals: list[PrincipalId],
+        expires_at: datetime | None,
+    ) -> int:
+        """Replace-ingest pre-chunked content (e.g. docparse structure-aware chunks).
+
+        Same lifecycle as :meth:`ingest` - wipe the ``(collection, owner_id)``
+        pair, recreate it, grant reads, embed in batches, upsert - but chunk
+        ``(text, metadata)`` pairs arrive pre-built and no page representation
+        is written. Returns the number of vector chunks indexed.
+        """
+        if not read_principals:
+            raise ValueError("read_principals must not be empty - every doc needs at least one reader")
+
+        await self._store.delete_collection(collection, owner_id)
+        await self._store.ensure_collection(collection, source, owner_id, expires_at)
+        await self._store.grant_read(collection, owner_id, read_principals)
+
+        documents: list[Document] = []
+        for i, (text, metadata) in enumerate(chunks):
+            if not text.strip():
+                continue
+            meta = {**metadata, "source": source, "chunk_index": str(i)}
+            documents.append(Document(id=f"{source}:docparse:{i}", text=text, metadata=meta))
+
+        if not documents:
+            return 0
+        embeddings = await self._embedder.embed_documents([doc.text for doc in documents])
+        await self._store.add_documents(collection, documents, embeddings, owner_id)
+        return len(documents)
+
     async def search(
         self,
         query: str,

engine/tests/docparse/test_chunking.py

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from stirling.contracts import PageText
+from stirling.contracts.docparse import BlockType, DocBlock, DocparseTier, ParseDocumentResponse
+from stirling.docparse.chunking import advanced_chunks, basic_chunks
+
+
+def test_basic_chunks_carry_page_numbers() -> None:
+    pages = [
+        PageText(page_number=1, text="alpha " * 200),
+        PageText(page_number=2, text="beta " * 200),
+    ]
+    result = basic_chunks(pages, chunk_size=256, overlap=32)
+    assert result.mode is DocparseTier.BASIC
+    assert len(result.chunks) >= 4
+    assert {c.page_start for c in result.chunks} == {1, 2}
+    assert [c.index for c in result.chunks] == list(range(len(result.chunks)))
+
+
+def _parse_fixture() -> ParseDocumentResponse:
+    blocks = [
+        DocBlock(type=BlockType.PAGE_HEADER, text="CONFIDENTIAL", page=1),
+        DocBlock(type=BlockType.HEADING, text="1. Introduction", page=1),
+        DocBlock(type=BlockType.PARAGRAPH, text="Short intro paragraph.", page=1),
+        DocBlock(type=BlockType.PARAGRAPH, text="Second paragraph on same topic.", page=1),
+        DocBlock(type=BlockType.HEADING, text="2. Terms", page=2),
+        DocBlock(type=BlockType.PARAGRAPH, text="terms " * 300, page=2),
+    ]
+    return ParseDocumentResponse(mode=DocparseTier.ADVANCED, pages=2, blocks=blocks, tables=[], markdown="")
+
+
+def test_advanced_chunks_respect_headings_and_skip_furniture() -> None:
+    result = advanced_chunks(_parse_fixture(), chunk_size=512, overlap=64)
+    assert result.mode is DocparseTier.ADVANCED
+    texts = [c.text for c in result.chunks]
+    assert all("CONFIDENTIAL" not in t for t in texts)
+    intro = next(c for c in result.chunks if "Short intro" in c.text)
+    assert intro.heading_path[-1] == "1. Introduction"
+    assert intro.page_start == 1
+    # Intro chunk must not bleed into the Terms section.
+    assert "terms" not in intro.text
+
+
+def test_advanced_chunks_split_oversized_blocks() -> None:
+    result = advanced_chunks(_parse_fixture(), chunk_size=512, overlap=64)
+    terms_chunks = [c for c in result.chunks if c.heading_path and c.heading_path[-1] == "2. Terms"]
+    assert len(terms_chunks) > 1
+    assert all(c.page_start == 2 for c in terms_chunks)

engine/tests/docparse/test_docxfill.py

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import base64
+import io
+from typing import Any
+
+import docx
+
+from stirling.contracts.docparse import FillDocxRequest
+from stirling.docparse.docxfill import fill_docx
+
+
+def _template_base64() -> str:
+    document = docx.Document()
+    document.add_paragraph("Dear {{ customer.name }},")
+    document.add_paragraph("Your total is {{ total }}.")
+    document.add_paragraph("Unknown: {{ nowhere.field }}")
+    table = document.add_table(rows=2, cols=2)
+    table.rows[0].cells[0].text = "Item"
+    table.rows[0].cells[1].text = "Price"
+    table.rows[1].cells[0].text = "{{#items.name}}"
+    table.rows[1].cells[1].text = "{{#items.price}}"
+    buffer = io.BytesIO()
+    document.save(buffer)
+    return base64.b64encode(buffer.getvalue()).decode("ascii")
+
+
+def _load(response_base64: str) -> Any:
+    return docx.Document(io.BytesIO(base64.b64decode(response_base64)))
+
+
+def test_fills_scalars_tables_and_reports_missing() -> None:
+    request = FillDocxRequest(
+        template_base64=_template_base64(),
+        data={
+            "customer": {"name": "ACME GmbH"},
+            "total": 12.5,
+            "items": [
+                {"name": "Widget", "price": "2.00"},
+                {"name": "Gadget", "price": "10.50"},
+            ],
+        },
+    )
+    response = fill_docx(request)
+    filled = _load(response.docx_base64)
+
+    paragraphs = [p.text for p in filled.paragraphs]
+    assert "Dear ACME GmbH," in paragraphs
+    assert "Your total is 12.5." in paragraphs
+    # Unresolved placeholders stay put and are reported.
+    assert any("{{ nowhere.field }}" in p for p in paragraphs)
+    assert response.missing == ["nowhere.field"]
+
+    table = filled.tables[0]
+    rendered_rows = [[cell.text for cell in row.cells] for row in table.rows]
+    assert ["Widget", "2.00"] in rendered_rows
+    assert ["Gadget", "10.50"] in rendered_rows
+    # The template row is gone.
+    assert all("{{#" not in cell for row in rendered_rows for cell in row)
+    assert response.replaced >= 6
+
+
+def test_empty_items_removes_template_row() -> None:
+    request = FillDocxRequest(
+        template_base64=_template_base64(),
+        data={"customer": {"name": "X"}, "total": 1, "items": []},
+    )
+    response = fill_docx(request)
+    filled = _load(response.docx_base64)
+    assert len(filled.tables[0].rows) == 1  # only the header remains

engine/tests/docparse/test_grounding.py

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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+from stirling.contracts import PageText
+from stirling.docparse.extractor import (
+    VALUE_GROUNDED_FLOOR,
+    ExtractFieldsAgent,
+    build_output_model,
+    find_quote,
+)
+from stirling.docparse.splitter import _Boundary, _SplitOutput, validate_boundaries
+
+
+def _pages() -> list[PageText]:
+    return [
+        PageText(page_number=1, text="Invoice INV-123\nTotal due:   1,240.00 EUR"),
+        PageText(page_number=2, text="Payment terms\nNet 30 days from receipt."),
+    ]
+
+
+def test_find_quote_exact() -> None:
+    located = find_quote("Invoice INV-123", _pages())
+    assert located is not None
+    page, start, end = located
+    assert page == 1
+    assert start == 0
+
+
+def test_find_quote_is_whitespace_insensitive() -> None:
+    located = find_quote("Total due: 1,240.00 EUR", _pages())
+    assert located is not None
+    assert located[0] == 1
+
+
+def test_find_quote_is_case_insensitive_and_crosses_pages() -> None:
+    located = find_quote("net 30 DAYS", _pages())
+    assert located is not None
+    assert located[0] == 2
+
+
+def test_find_quote_missing_returns_none() -> None:
+    assert find_quote("does not appear", _pages()) is None
+    assert find_quote("   ", _pages()) is None
+
+
+def test_validate_boundaries_partitions_cleanly() -> None:
+    output = _SplitOutput(
+        boundaries=[
+            _Boundary(start_page=4, label="Invoice B", confidence=0.8),
+            _Boundary(start_page=1, label="Invoice A", confidence=0.9),
+            _Boundary(start_page=4, label="dup", confidence=0.1),
+            _Boundary(start_page=99, label="out of range", confidence=0.5),
+        ]
+    )
+    parts = validate_boundaries(output, page_count=6, max_parts=10)
+    assert [(p.start_page, p.end_page) for p in parts] == [(1, 3), (4, 6)]
+    assert parts[0].label == "Invoice A"
+
+
+def test_validate_boundaries_inserts_page_one() -> None:
+    output = _SplitOutput(boundaries=[_Boundary(start_page=3, label="Part", confidence=0.7)])
+    parts = validate_boundaries(output, page_count=5, max_parts=10)
+    assert parts[0].start_page == 1
+    assert parts[1].start_page == 3
+    assert parts[-1].end_page == 5
+
+
+def test_validate_boundaries_empty_output_spans_whole_file() -> None:
+    parts = validate_boundaries(_SplitOutput(), page_count=7, max_parts=10)
+    assert [(p.start_page, p.end_page) for p in parts] == [(1, 7)]
+
+
+def _answers(quote: str | None, confidence: float) -> BaseModel:
+    model = build_output_model({"type": "object", "properties": {"invoice_number": {"type": "string"}}})
+    return model.model_validate({"invoiceNumber": {"value": "INV-123", "quote": quote, "confidence": confidence}})
+
+
+def test_ground_falls_back_to_value_when_quote_missing() -> None:
+    # Terse local models return the value but no quote; the value itself grounds.
+    pages = [PageText(page_number=1, text="Invoice INV-123 issued today.")]
+    fields = ExtractFieldsAgent._ground(_answers(quote=None, confidence=0.0), pages, None)
+    assert fields[0].citations and fields[0].citations[0].page == 1
+    assert fields[0].citations[0].quote == "INV-123"
+    assert fields[0].confidence >= VALUE_GROUNDED_FLOOR
+
+
+def test_ground_penalises_when_nothing_grounds() -> None:
+    pages = [PageText(page_number=1, text="completely unrelated text")]
+    fields = ExtractFieldsAgent._ground(_answers(quote=None, confidence=0.9), pages, None)
+    assert not fields[0].citations
+    assert fields[0].confidence < 0.9

engine/tests/docparse/test_rag_ingest.py

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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from collections.abc import Iterator
+from datetime import datetime
+from typing import Any
+
+import pytest
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
+from stirling.api import app
+from stirling.api.dependencies import get_document_service
+from stirling.documents import DocumentService, SqliteVecStore
+from stirling.models import FileId, OwnerId, PrincipalId
+
+HEADERS = {"X-User-Id": "test-user"}
+
+
+class StubDocumentService:
+    """Records ingest_prepared calls so the route's passthrough can be asserted."""
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.calls: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+
+    async def ingest_prepared(
+        self,
+        collection: FileId,
+        chunks: list[tuple[str, dict[str, str]]],
+        source: str,
+        owner_id: OwnerId,
+        read_principals: list[PrincipalId],
+        expires_at: datetime | None,
+    ) -> int:
+        self.calls.append(
+            {
+                "collection": collection,
+                "chunks": chunks,
+                "source": source,
+                "owner_id": owner_id,
+                "read_principals": read_principals,
+                "expires_at": expires_at,
+            }
+        )
+        return len(chunks)
+
+
+class StubEmbedder:
+    """Deterministic embeddings: no network, no provider needed."""
+
+    def __init__(self, dim: int = 8) -> None:
+        self._dim = dim
+
+    async def embed_query(self, text: str) -> list[float]:
+        h = hash(text) % 1000
+        return [(h + i) / 1000.0 for i in range(self._dim)]
+
+    async def embed_documents(self, texts: list[str]) -> list[list[float]]:
+        return [await self.embed_query(t) for t in texts]
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def stub_service() -> StubDocumentService:
+    return StubDocumentService()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def client(stub_service: StubDocumentService) -> Iterator[TestClient]:
+    app.dependency_overrides[get_document_service] = lambda: stub_service
+    try:
+        yield TestClient(app)
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.pop(get_document_service, None)
+
+
+def test_rag_ingest_basic_tier_indexes_chunks_with_metadata(
+    client: TestClient, stub_service: StubDocumentService
+) -> None:
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1/docparse/rag-ingest",
+        json={
+            "fileName": "report.pdf",
+            "documentId": "doc-1",
+            "pages": [{"pageNumber": 1, "text": "para one"}, {"pageNumber": 2, "text": "para two"}],
+            "chunkSize": 64,
+        },
+        headers=HEADERS,
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    body = response.json()
+    assert body["mode"] == "basic"
+    assert body["documentId"] == "doc-1"
+    assert body["chunksIndexed"] == 2
+    assert body["pages"] == 2
+    assert body["markdown"] is None
+    assert body["chunks"] is None
+
+    call = stub_service.calls[0]
+    assert call["collection"] == "doc-1"
+    assert call["source"] == "docparse"
+    text, metadata = call["chunks"][0]
+    assert text == "para one"
+    assert metadata["content_type"] == "docparse_chunk"
+    assert metadata["page_start"] == "1"
+    assert metadata["page_end"] == "1"
+
+
+def test_rag_ingest_defaults_owner_and_readers_to_caller(client: TestClient, stub_service: StubDocumentService) -> None:
+    client.post(
+        "/api/v1/docparse/rag-ingest",
+        json={"fileName": "a.pdf", "documentId": "d", "pages": [{"pageNumber": 1, "text": "t"}]},
+        headers=HEADERS,
+    )
+    call = stub_service.calls[0]
+    assert call["owner_id"] == "test-user"
+    assert call["read_principals"] == ["test-user"]
+    assert call["expires_at"] is None
+
+
+def test_rag_ingest_passes_explicit_owner_acl_and_expiry_through(
+    client: TestClient, stub_service: StubDocumentService
+) -> None:
+    client.post(
+        "/api/v1/docparse/rag-ingest",
+        json={
+            "fileName": "a.pdf",
+            "documentId": "d",
+            "source": "handbook.pdf",
+            "ownerId": "org:acme",
+            "readPrincipals": ["group:eng", "user:bob"],
+            "expiresAt": "2030-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+            "pages": [{"pageNumber": 1, "text": "t"}],
+        },
+        headers=HEADERS,
+    )
+    call = stub_service.calls[0]
+    assert call["owner_id"] == "org:acme"
+    assert call["read_principals"] == ["group:eng", "user:bob"]
+    assert call["source"] == "handbook.pdf"
+    assert call["expires_at"] is not None
+
+
+def test_rag_ingest_export_only_skips_the_store(client: TestClient, stub_service: StubDocumentService) -> None:
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1/docparse/rag-ingest",
+        json={
+            "fileName": "a.pdf",
+            "documentId": "d",
+            "pages": [{"pageNumber": 1, "text": "alpha"}, {"pageNumber": 2, "text": "beta"}],
+            "index": False,
+            "includeMarkdown": True,
+            "includeChunks": True,
+        },
+        headers=HEADERS,
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    body = response.json()
+    assert stub_service.calls == []
+    assert body["chunksIndexed"] == 0
+    assert body["markdown"] == "alpha\n\nbeta"
+    assert [c["text"] for c in body["chunks"]] == ["alpha", "beta"]
+    assert body["chunks"][0]["pageStart"] == 1
+
+
+def test_rag_ingest_index_off_with_no_export_is_422(client: TestClient) -> None:
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1/docparse/rag-ingest",
+        json={
+            "fileName": "a.pdf",
+            "documentId": "d",
+            "pages": [{"pageNumber": 1, "text": "t"}],
+            "index": False,
+        },
+        headers=HEADERS,
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 422
+
+
+def test_rag_ingest_advanced_mode_needs_the_addon(client: TestClient) -> None:
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1/docparse/rag-ingest",
+        json={
+            "fileName": "x.pdf",
+            "documentId": "d",
+            "mode": "advanced",
+            "pages": [{"pageNumber": 1, "text": "t"}],
+        },
+        headers=HEADERS,
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 501
+    assert response.json()["detail"]["addonRequired"] == "docparse"
+
+
+def test_rag_ingest_without_pages_is_422(client: TestClient) -> None:
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1/docparse/rag-ingest", json={"fileName": "x.pdf", "documentId": "d"}, headers=HEADERS
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 422
+
+
+def test_rag_ingest_rejects_missing_user_header(client: TestClient) -> None:
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1/docparse/rag-ingest",
+        json={"fileName": "x.pdf", "documentId": "d", "pages": [{"pageNumber": 1, "text": "t"}]},
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 401
+
+
+def test_rag_ingest_rejects_empty_document_id(client: TestClient) -> None:
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1/docparse/rag-ingest",
+        json={"fileName": "x.pdf", "documentId": "", "pages": [{"pageNumber": 1, "text": "t"}]},
+        headers=HEADERS,
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 422
+
+
+def test_capabilities_reports_probe_shape() -> None:
+    # Not asserting a value: a dev venv may genuinely have docling installed.
+    client = TestClient(app)
+    response = client.get("/api/v1/docparse/capabilities", headers=HEADERS)
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert isinstance(response.json()["advancedInstalled"], bool)
+
+
+# ── real service: replacement semantics ─────────────────────────────────
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_rag_ingest_reingest_replaces_instead_of_duplicating() -> None:
+    service = DocumentService(embedder=StubEmbedder(), store=SqliteVecStore.ephemeral(), default_top_k=3)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+    app.dependency_overrides[get_document_service] = lambda: service
+    try:
+        client = TestClient(app)
+        payload = {
+            "fileName": "report.pdf",
+            "documentId": "doc-replace",
+            "pages": [{"pageNumber": 1, "text": "first version"}],
+        }
+        assert client.post("/api/v1/docparse/rag-ingest", json=payload, headers=HEADERS).status_code == 200
+        payload["pages"] = [{"pageNumber": 1, "text": "second version"}]
+        assert client.post("/api/v1/docparse/rag-ingest", json=payload, headers=HEADERS).status_code == 200
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.pop(get_document_service, None)
+
+    results = await service.search("version", principals=[PrincipalId("test-user")], collection=FileId("doc-replace"))
+    assert [r.document.text for r in results] == ["second version"]
+    assert results[0].document.metadata["content_type"] == "docparse_chunk"
+    assert results[0].document.metadata["source"] == "docparse"

engine/tests/docparse/test_schema_model.py

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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any
+
+import pytest
+
+from stirling.docparse.extractor import MAX_SCHEMA_DEPTH, SchemaError, build_output_model, flatten_answers
+
+
+def _schema(properties: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    return {"type": "object", "properties": properties}
+
+
+def test_builds_scalar_fields() -> None:
+    model = build_output_model(
+        _schema(
+            {
+                "invoice_number": {"type": "string", "description": "The invoice id"},
+                "total": {"type": "number"},
+                "line_count": {"type": "integer"},
+                "paid": {"type": "boolean"},
+            }
+        )
+    )
+    instance = model.model_validate(
+        {
+            "invoiceNumber": {"value": "INV-1", "quote": "Invoice INV-1", "confidence": 0.9},
+            "total": {"value": 12.5, "quote": None, "confidence": 0.8},
+            "lineCount": {"value": 3, "quote": None, "confidence": 0.7},
+            "paid": {"value": True, "quote": None, "confidence": 0.6},
+        }
+    )
+    leaves = dict((name, value) for name, value, _quote, _conf in flatten_answers(instance))
+    assert leaves == {"invoice_number": "INV-1", "total": 12.5, "line_count": 3, "paid": True}
+
+
+def test_nested_objects_flatten_to_dotted_names() -> None:
+    model = build_output_model(_schema({"vendor": {"type": "object", "properties": {"name": {"type": "string"}}}}))
+    instance = model.model_validate({"vendor": {"name": {"value": "ACME", "quote": None, "confidence": 0.5}}})
+    names = [name for name, _v, _q, _c in flatten_answers(instance)]
+    assert names == ["vendor.name"]
+
+
+def test_arrays_of_scalars() -> None:
+    model = build_output_model(_schema({"tags": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "string"}}}))
+    instance = model.model_validate({"tags": {"value": ["a", "b"], "quote": None, "confidence": 1.0}})
+    leaves = flatten_answers(instance)
+    assert leaves[0][1] == ["a", "b"]
+
+
+def test_enum_lands_in_description_not_type() -> None:
+    model = build_output_model(_schema({"currency": {"type": "string", "enum": ["EUR", "USD"]}}))
+    answer_model = model.model_fields["currency"].annotation
+    description = answer_model.model_fields["value"].description  # type: ignore[union-attr]
+    assert "EUR" in description and "USD" in description
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "schema",
+    [
+        {"type": "object", "properties": {}},
+        {"type": "object"},
+        {"type": "object", "properties": {"bad-name": {"type": "string"}}},
+        {"type": "object", "properties": {"x": {"type": "date"}}},
+        {"type": "object", "properties": {"x": {"type": "array"}}},
+        {"type": "object", "properties": {"x": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "object"}}}},
+    ],
+)
+def test_rejects_unsupported_schemas(schema: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(SchemaError):
+        build_output_model(schema)
+
+
+def test_rejects_over_deep_nesting() -> None:
+    schema: dict = {"type": "string"}
+    for _ in range(MAX_SCHEMA_DEPTH + 2):
+        schema = {"type": "object", "properties": {"child": schema}}
+    with pytest.raises(SchemaError):
+        build_output_model(schema)

engine/tests/docparse/test_suggest_schema.py

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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import base64
+from collections.abc import Iterator
+
+import pytest
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
+from stirling.api import app
+from stirling.api.dependencies import get_suggest_schema_agent
+from stirling.api.routes import docparse as docparse_routes
+from stirling.contracts.docparse import (
+    DocparseCapabilities,
+    DocparseTier,
+    SuggestedField,
+    SuggestedFieldType,
+    SuggestSchemaRequest,
+    SuggestSchemaResponse,
+)
+from stirling.contracts.documents import PageText
+from stirling.docparse.suggest_schema import _SuggestedField, _SuggestOutput, to_snake_case, validate_fields
+
+
+def _force_addon(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, installed: bool) -> None:
+    caps = DocparseCapabilities(advanced_installed=installed, models_available=installed)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(docparse_routes, "probe_capabilities", lambda _home, refresh=False: caps)
+
+
+class StubSuggestAgent:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.seen_pages: list[PageText] | None = None
+
+    async def suggest(
+        self, _request: SuggestSchemaRequest, pages: list[PageText], tier: DocparseTier
+    ) -> SuggestSchemaResponse:
+        self.seen_pages = pages
+        return SuggestSchemaResponse(
+            mode=tier,
+            fields=[SuggestedField(name="invoice_number", type=SuggestedFieldType.STRING, description="The number.")],
+        )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def stub_agent() -> StubSuggestAgent:
+    return StubSuggestAgent()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def client(stub_agent: StubSuggestAgent) -> Iterator[TestClient]:
+    app.dependency_overrides[get_suggest_schema_agent] = lambda: stub_agent
+    try:
+        yield TestClient(app)
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.pop(get_suggest_schema_agent, None)
+
+
+# ── validation (model proposes, code decides) ───────────────────────────
+
+
+def _output(*fields: tuple[str, str]) -> _SuggestOutput:
+    return _SuggestOutput(fields=[_SuggestedField(name=n, type=t, description="d") for n, t in fields])
+
+
+def test_names_are_coerced_to_snake_case() -> None:
+    fields = validate_fields(_output(("Invoice Number", "string"), ("dueDate", "string")), max_fields=8)
+    assert [f.name for f in fields] == ["invoice_number", "due_date"]
+
+
+def test_invalid_types_are_dropped() -> None:
+    fields = validate_fields(_output(("total", "money"), ("count", "integer"), ("date", "datetime")), max_fields=8)
+    assert [f.name for f in fields] == ["count"]
+    assert fields[0].type is SuggestedFieldType.INTEGER
+
+
+def test_duplicate_names_collapse_to_first() -> None:
+    fields = validate_fields(_output(("total", "number"), ("Total", "string"), ("total", "integer")), max_fields=8)
+    assert len(fields) == 1
+    assert fields[0].type is SuggestedFieldType.NUMBER
+
+
+def test_result_is_capped_at_max_fields() -> None:
+    fields = validate_fields(_output(*[(f"field_{i}", "string") for i in range(10)]), max_fields=3)
+    assert [f.name for f in fields] == ["field_0", "field_1", "field_2"]
+
+
+def test_names_that_cannot_become_identifiers_are_dropped() -> None:
+    fields = validate_fields(_output(("123abc", "string"), ("!!!", "string"), ("ok_name", "string")), max_fields=8)
+    assert [f.name for f in fields] == ["ok_name"]
+
+
+def test_snake_case_coercion_examples() -> None:
+    assert to_snake_case("Invoice No.") == "invoice_no"
+    assert to_snake_case("invoiceNumber") == "invoice_number"
+    assert to_snake_case("TotalUSD") == "total_usd"
+    assert to_snake_case("  already_snake ") == "already_snake"
+
+
+# ── route ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def test_suggest_schema_basic_tier_from_pages(client: TestClient) -> None:
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1/docparse/suggest-schema",
+        json={"fileName": "invoice.pdf", "pages": [{"pageNumber": 1, "text": "Invoice INV-1"}]},
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    body = response.json()
+    assert body["mode"] == "basic"
+    assert body["fields"][0] == {"name": "invoice_number", "type": "string", "description": "The number."}
+
+
+def test_suggest_schema_without_pages_or_content_is_422(client: TestClient) -> None:
+    response = client.post("/api/v1/docparse/suggest-schema", json={"fileName": "x.pdf"})
+    assert response.status_code == 422
+
+
+def test_suggest_schema_content_without_addon_is_422(client: TestClient, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    _force_addon(monkeypatch, installed=False)
+    payload = {"fileName": "scan.pdf", "contentBase64": base64.b64encode(b"%PDF-1.4").decode()}
+    response = client.post("/api/v1/docparse/suggest-schema", json=payload)
+    assert response.status_code == 422
+
+
+def test_suggest_schema_rejects_max_fields_above_cap(client: TestClient) -> None:
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1/docparse/suggest-schema",
+        json={"fileName": "x.pdf", "pages": [{"pageNumber": 1, "text": "t"}], "maxFields": 21},
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 422

frontend/editor/public/locales/en-US/translation.toml

@@ -2986,6 +2986,38 @@ summary_one = "Ran 1 tool"
 summary_other = "Ran {{count}} tools"
 unknownTool = "Unknown tool"
 
+[chunkDocument]
+intro = "Turns a document into retrieval-ready chunks in three layers, so answers cite the right section instead of a random page."
+processorCallout = "To index automatically, add the 'Index into knowledge base' step to an ingestion policy in the"
+processorLink = "Processor"
+submit = "Prepare chunks"
+
+[chunkDocument.chunkSize]
+label = "Chunk size (characters)"
+
+[chunkDocument.error]
+failed = "Failed to chunk document"
+
+[chunkDocument.layers]
+chunk = "Structure-aware chunks: each carries its heading breadcrumb and page range"
+embed = "Ready to embed: exported as JSONL for any vector store"
+parse = "Layout-aware parse: headings, paragraphs, and tables are recognized as structure"
+
+[chunkDocument.mode]
+advanced = "Advanced"
+auto = "Auto"
+basic = "Basic"
+label = "Mode"
+
+[chunkDocument.overlap]
+label = "Overlap (characters)"
+
+[chunkDocument.results]
+title = "Chunks (JSONL)"
+
+[chunkDocument.settings]
+title = "Chunking settings"
+
 [cloudBadge]
 tooltip = "This operation will use your cloud credits"
 
@@ -3573,6 +3605,13 @@ tags = "automation,folder,scanning,watch folder,hot folder,automatic processing,
 [devSsoGuide]
 tags = "SSO,single sign-on,authentication,SAML,OAuth,OIDC,login,enterprise,identity provider,IdP"
 
+[docparse.intro]
+advancedOff = "Advanced parsing: off"
+advancedOn = "Advanced parsing: on"
+aiLayoutModel = "AI layout model"
+basicFallback = "Scanned documents fall back to basic text extraction - install the DocParse addon for layout AI"
+usesAi = "Uses AI"
+
 [dropdownList]
 searchPlaceholder = "Search..."
 
@@ -3700,6 +3739,56 @@ _value = "Error"
 dismissAllErrors = "Dismiss All Errors"
 generic = "An error occurred"
 
+[extractFields]
+intro = "Describe the fields you need and AI reads the document and returns each value with a confidence score and a citation you can verify."
+submit = "Extract fields"
+
+[extractFields.error]
+failed = "Failed to extract fields"
+
+[extractFields.fields]
+add = "Add field"
+description = "Description"
+descriptionPlaceholder = "What to look for"
+label = "Fields to extract"
+name = "Name"
+namePlaceholder = "invoice_number"
+remove = "Remove field"
+type = "Type"
+
+[extractFields.instructions]
+label = "Instructions"
+placeholder = "e.g. Amounts are in EUR unless stated otherwise"
+
+[extractFields.mode]
+advanced = "Advanced"
+auto = "Auto"
+basic = "Basic"
+label = "Mode"
+
+[extractFields.presets]
+contract = "Contract"
+custom = "Custom"
+invoice = "Invoice"
+label = "Preset template"
+purchaseOrder = "Purchase order"
+receipt = "Receipt"
+
+[extractFields.results]
+title = "Extraction report"
+
+[extractFields.resultsPanel]
+title = "Extracted fields"
+
+[extractFields.settings]
+title = "Extraction schema"
+
+[extractFields.suggest]
+button = "Suggest fields (AI)"
+failed = "Could not suggest fields"
+failedBody = "The document could not be analyzed. Add fields manually or try again."
+needsFile = "Select a file first to suggest fields"
+
 [extractImages]
 allowDuplicates = "Save duplicate images"
 selectText = "Select image format to convert extracted images to"
@@ -4183,6 +4272,24 @@ upload = "Upload"
 uploadFile = "Upload File"
 uploadFiles = "Upload Files"
 
+[fillTemplate]
+hint = "The input file must be a .docx template (not a PDF). Each placeholder in the template is replaced with the matching JSON value."
+intro = "Replaces the placeholders in a Word (.docx) template with your JSON data and returns the filled document - deterministic, no AI involved."
+submit = "Fill template"
+
+[fillTemplate.data]
+invalid = "Enter a valid JSON object"
+label = "Data (JSON)"
+
+[fillTemplate.error]
+failed = "Failed to fill template"
+
+[fillTemplate.results]
+title = "Filled document"
+
+[fillTemplate.settings]
+title = "Template data"
+
 [firstLogin]
 allFieldsRequired = "All fields are required"
 changePassword = "Change Password"
@@ -4522,6 +4629,11 @@ desc = "Change document restrictions and permissions"
 tags = "permissions,restrictions,rights,access control,allow,deny,printing,copying,editing,modify permissions,security settings,user rights"
 title = "Change Permissions"
 
+[home.chunkDocument]
+desc = "Layout-aware parse to structure-aware chunks with heading breadcrumbs and page ranges, ready to embed"
+tags = "chunk,RAG,prepare,split text,segments,embedding,vector,ingest,LLM,retrieval,JSONL,overlap,knowledge base,index"
+title = "Prepare for RAG"
+
 [home.compare]
 desc = "Compares and shows the differences between 2 PDF Documents"
 tags = "difference,compare,diff,compare PDFs,compare documents,find differences,show differences,changes,what changed,track changes,revisions,version compare,side by side,contrast,delta"
@@ -4567,6 +4679,11 @@ desc = "Add or edit bookmarks and table of contents in PDF documents"
 tags = "bookmarks,contents,edit,table of contents,TOC,outline,navigation,chapters,sections,add bookmarks,edit bookmarks,PDF outline"
 title = "Edit Table of Contents"
 
+[home.extractFields]
+desc = "Pull typed fields out of a document with confidence scores and citations"
+tags = "extract,fields,schema,structured data,invoice,form data,key value,confidence,citations,capture,parse"
+title = "Extract Fields"
+
 [home.extractImages]
 desc = "Extracts all images from a PDF and saves them to zip"
 tags = "pull,save,export,extract images,get images,save images,export images,extract photos,extract pictures,pull images,download images,rip images,extract graphics,save photos"
@@ -4577,6 +4694,11 @@ desc = "Extract specific pages from a PDF document"
 tags = "pull,select,copy,extract,extract pages,get pages,pull out,save pages,export pages,copy pages,select pages,specific pages"
 title = "Extract Pages"
 
+[home.fillTemplate]
+desc = "Fill a DOCX template's placeholders from JSON data"
+tags = "template,DOCX,fill,merge fields,mail merge,generate document,placeholders,letters,contracts,Word"
+title = "Fill Template"
+
 [home.flatten]
 desc = "Remove all interactive elements and forms from a PDF"
 tags = "simplify,remove,interactive,flatten,flatten form,remove form fields,make static,finalize form,lock form,disable editing,convert to image,non-editable"
@@ -4630,6 +4752,11 @@ desc = "Merge multiple pages of a PDF document into a single page"
 tags = "layout,arrange,combine,N-up,2-up,4-up,multiple per page,pages per sheet,layout pages,tile,grid layout,multi-page layout,combine on page,handout"
 title = "Multi-Page Layout"
 
+[home.parseDocument]
+desc = "Layout-aware parsing to structured JSON or Markdown, with optional OCR"
+tags = "parse,layout,structure,blocks,markdown,JSON,docling,OCR,scan,document understanding,convert"
+title = "Parse Document"
+
 [home.pdfCommentAgent]
 desc = "Ask AI to annotate a PDF with sticky-note comments based on your prompt"
 tags = "AI,agent,comment,annotate,sticky note,review,feedback,notes"
@@ -4743,6 +4870,11 @@ desc = "Adds signature to PDF by drawing, text or image"
 tags = "signature,autograph,e-sign,electronic signature,digital signature,sign document,approval,signoff,authorize,endorse,ink signature,handwriting"
 title = "Sign"
 
+[home.smartSplit]
+desc = "Split a PDF into sub-documents using a natural-language boundary rule"
+tags = "split,smart,boundaries,separate,invoices,batches,content split,divide,rules,auto split"
+title = "Smart Split"
+
 [home.split]
 desc = "Split PDFs into multiple documents"
 tags = "divide,separate,break,split,extract pages,separate pages,divide document,break apart,separate files,unbind,split by page,divide by chapter"
@@ -5501,6 +5633,33 @@ title = "Page Ranges"
 bullet1 = "<strong>all</strong> → selects all pages"
 title = "Special Keywords"
 
+[parseDocument]
+intro = "Reads the document's layout - headings, paragraphs, tables - and turns it into clean structured JSON or Markdown you can feed to other systems."
+submit = "Parse document"
+
+[parseDocument.error]
+failed = "Failed to parse document"
+
+[parseDocument.mode]
+advanced = "Advanced"
+auto = "Auto"
+basic = "Basic"
+label = "Mode"
+
+[parseDocument.outputFormat]
+json = "JSON"
+label = "Output format"
+markdown = "Markdown"
+
+[parseDocument.results]
+title = "Parsed output"
+
+[parseDocument.settings]
+title = "Parse settings"
+
+[parseDocument.withOcr]
+label = "Apply OCR to scanned pages (recommended)"
+
 [payg.activity]
 docs = "docs"
 empty = "No billable activity yet this period."
@@ -7764,6 +7923,23 @@ unsavedTitle = "Unsaved changes"
 uploadUnsupported = "Uploaded files aren't supported in pipelines yet, so these steps can't be saved: {{tools}}."
 usesDefaults = "Runs with default settings"
 
+[portal.pipelines.builder.docIntelligence]
+chunkSize = "Chunk size (characters)"
+exportChunks = "Export chunks (JSONL)"
+exportChunksHint = "Adds a .chunks.jsonl file to the step output, ready for external embedding or indexing."
+exportMarkdown = "Export markdown"
+exportMarkdownHint = "Adds a .md rendering of the parsed document to the step output."
+index = "Index into the knowledge base"
+indexHint = "Embed and store the chunks in the built-in knowledge base. Turn off for export-only ingestion."
+mode = "Parsing mode"
+modeAdvanced = "Advanced"
+modeAuto = "Auto"
+modeBasic = "Basic"
+overlap = "Overlap (characters)"
+ragIngest = "Ingest into knowledge base"
+ragIngestHint = "Parses, chunks, embeds, and indexes each document in one step. Export toggles add corpus files (markdown, chunks JSONL) to the step output for delivery to external systems."
+section = "Document intelligence"
+
 [portal.pipelines.composer]
 addTool = "Add tool"
 cancel = "Cancel"
@@ -7860,8 +8036,12 @@ label = "Classification"
 desc = "Enforce HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2, or FedRAMP requirements on every document."
 label = "Compliance"
 
+[portal.policies.categories.docIntelligence]
+desc = "Extract the structured fields you describe from every document, with confidence scores and citations."
+label = "Document intelligence"
+
 [portal.policies.categories.ingestion]
-desc = "Classify documents, extract structured data, enforce naming conventions, and normalize pages."
+desc = "Normalize incoming documents - OCR scans, flatten forms - and index them into the searchable knowledge base, or export them as a clean corpus for your own systems."
 label = "Ingestion"
 
 [portal.policies.categories.retention]
@@ -7900,18 +8080,25 @@ onViolation = "When non-compliant"
 1 = "Enforce action"
 2 = "Audit trail"
 
-[portal.policies.config.ingestion]
-summary = "Classifies documents, extracts structured data, enforces naming, and normalizes pages."
+[portal.policies.config.docIntelligence]
+summary = "Extracts the fields you describe from every document, with confidence and citations."
 
-[portal.policies.config.ingestion.fields]
-belowThreshold = "Below threshold"
-minConfidence = "Min confidence"
+[portal.policies.config.docIntelligence.rules]
+0 = "Extract the fields you describe, with confidence and citations"
+
+[portal.policies.config.extractFields.fields]
+instructions = "Extraction guidance (optional)"
+instructionsHelp = "Plain-language hints for tricky fields, e.g. \"the invoice number is top right\"."
+schema = "Fields to extract (JSON Schema)"
+schemaHelp = "A JSON Schema object describing the fields. Each extracted value carries a confidence score and a citation."
+
+[portal.policies.config.ingestion]
+summary = "Normalizes incoming documents and indexes them into the searchable knowledge base, with optional markdown/JSONL export."
 
 [portal.policies.config.ingestion.rules]
-0 = "Classify"
-1 = "Extract"
-2 = "Name"
-3 = "Normalize"
+0 = "OCR scans and flatten forms so every page is readable"
+1 = "Parse, chunk, embed, and index into the knowledge base"
+2 = "Optionally export markdown and chunks JSONL for external systems"
 
 [portal.policies.config.purview]
 label = "Apply a Microsoft Purview sensitivity label"
@@ -7936,6 +8123,25 @@ label = "Read a Microsoft Purview label"
 connection = "Purview tenant"
 connectionHelp = "Reads the label the document already carries, so later steps can act on it."
 
+[portal.policies.config.ragIngest.fields]
+chunkSize = "Chunk size (characters)"
+chunkSizeHelp = "How much text each searchable passage holds. Larger chunks carry more context; smaller ones match more precisely."
+exportChunks = "Export chunks (JSONL)"
+exportChunksHelp = "Adds a .chunks.jsonl file to the step output - one chunk per line with page span - ready for external embedding or indexing."
+exportMarkdown = "Export markdown"
+exportMarkdownHelp = "Adds a .md rendering of the parsed document to the step output, for delivery to external systems."
+index = "Index into the knowledge base"
+indexHelp = "Embed and store the chunks in the built-in knowledge base. Turn off for export-only ingestion."
+overlap = "Chunk overlap (characters)"
+overlapHelp = "How much neighbouring chunks share, so answers spanning a boundary aren't cut in half."
+
+[portal.policies.config.ragIngest.fields.mode]
+advanced = "Advanced (layout parsing addon)"
+auto = "Auto (best available)"
+basic = "Basic (text layer)"
+help = "Auto uses the best parser available. The advanced layout tier requires the engine's docparse addon."
+label = "Parse tier"
+
 [portal.policies.config.retention]
 summary = "Enforces how long documents are kept, when to archive, and when to delete."
 
@@ -8005,8 +8211,10 @@ addWatermark = "Watermark"
 autoRedact = "Redact PII"
 classifyAndLabel = "Classify"
 compressPdf = "Compress"
+extractFields = "Extract fields"
 flatten = "Flatten"
 ocrPdf = "OCR"
+ragIngest = "Ingest into knowledge base"
 sanitizePdf = "Remove JavaScript"
 
 [portal.policies.offline]
@@ -8238,6 +8446,10 @@ label = "Classify the document"
 desc = "Compresses the document to a smaller file size."
 label = "Reduce file size"
 
+[portal.policies.wizard.capability.extractFields]
+desc = "Pulls the values you describe - like invoice numbers or dates - out of every document, each with a confidence score and a citation back to the page."
+label = "Extract structured fields"
+
 [portal.policies.wizard.capability.flatten]
 desc = "Merges form fields and annotations into the page so they can't be edited."
 label = "Flatten the document"
@@ -8246,6 +8458,10 @@ label = "Flatten the document"
 desc = "Runs OCR so scanned pages become selectable, searchable text."
 label = "Make text searchable"
 
+[portal.policies.wizard.capability.ragIngest]
+desc = "Parses, chunks, and embeds the document so it becomes searchable knowledge, or exports the parsed content (markdown, chunks JSONL) for your own systems."
+label = "Index into the knowledge base"
+
 [portal.policies.wizard.capability.redact]
 desc = "Finds and blacks out sensitive details — like Social Security and card numbers — so they can't be read."
 label = "Redact sensitive information"
@@ -10248,6 +10464,26 @@ medium = "Medium"
 small = "Small"
 x-large = "X-Large"
 
+[smartSplit]
+intro = "Describe where sub-documents start in plain language and AI reads the content to find those boundaries - no page numbers needed."
+submit = "Split document"
+
+[smartSplit.error]
+failed = "Failed to split document"
+
+[smartSplit.maxParts]
+label = "Maximum parts"
+
+[smartSplit.results]
+title = "Split documents"
+
+[smartSplit.rule]
+label = "Split rule"
+placeholder = "e.g. Start a new document at every invoice header"
+
+[smartSplit.settings]
+title = "Split settings"
+
 [split]
 resultsTitle = "Split Results"
 selectMethod = "Select a split method"
@@ -10714,6 +10950,7 @@ standardTools = "Standard Tools"
 advancedFormatting = "Advanced Formatting"
 automation = "Automation"
 developerTools = "Developer Tools"
+documentIntelligence = "Document intelligence"
 documentReview = "Document Review"
 documentSecurity = "Document Security"
 extraction = "Extraction"

frontend/editor/src/core/data/toolsTaxonomy.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import ViewAgendaRoundedIcon from "@mui/icons-material/ViewAgendaRounded";
 import FileDownloadRoundedIcon from "@mui/icons-material/FileDownloadRounded";
 import DeleteSweepRoundedIcon from "@mui/icons-material/DeleteSweepRounded";
 import SmartToyRoundedIcon from "@mui/icons-material/SmartToyRounded";
+import AutoAwesomeRoundedIcon from "@mui/icons-material/AutoAwesomeRounded";
 import BuildRoundedIcon from "@mui/icons-material/BuildRounded";
 import TuneRoundedIcon from "@mui/icons-material/TuneRounded";
 import CodeRoundedIcon from "@mui/icons-material/CodeRounded";
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ export enum SubcategoryId {
   VERIFICATION = "verification",
   DOCUMENT_REVIEW = "documentReview",
   PAGE_FORMATTING = "pageFormatting",
+  DOCUMENT_INTELLIGENCE = "documentIntelligence",
   EXTRACTION = "extraction",
   REMOVAL = "removal",
   AUTOMATION = "automation",
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ export const SUBCATEGORY_ORDER: SubcategoryId[] = [
   SubcategoryId.VERIFICATION,
   SubcategoryId.DOCUMENT_REVIEW,
   SubcategoryId.PAGE_FORMATTING,
+  SubcategoryId.DOCUMENT_INTELLIGENCE,
   SubcategoryId.EXTRACTION,
   SubcategoryId.REMOVAL,
   SubcategoryId.AUTOMATION,
@@ -109,6 +112,7 @@ export const SUBCATEGORY_COLOR_MAP: Record<SubcategoryId, string> = {
   [SubcategoryId.VERIFICATION]: "var(--category-color-verification)", // Orange
   [SubcategoryId.DOCUMENT_REVIEW]: "var(--category-color-general)", // Blue
   [SubcategoryId.PAGE_FORMATTING]: "var(--category-color-formatting)", // Purple
+  [SubcategoryId.DOCUMENT_INTELLIGENCE]: "var(--category-color-automation)", // Pink
   [SubcategoryId.EXTRACTION]: "var(--category-color-extraction)", // Cyan
   [SubcategoryId.REMOVAL]: "var(--category-color-removal)", // Red
   [SubcategoryId.AUTOMATION]: "var(--category-color-automation)", // Pink
@@ -131,6 +135,8 @@ export const getSubcategoryIcon = (
       return React.createElement(RateReviewRoundedIcon);
     case SubcategoryId.PAGE_FORMATTING:
       return React.createElement(ViewAgendaRoundedIcon);
+    case SubcategoryId.DOCUMENT_INTELLIGENCE:
+      return React.createElement(AutoAwesomeRoundedIcon);
     case SubcategoryId.EXTRACTION:
       return React.createElement(FileDownloadRoundedIcon);
     case SubcategoryId.REMOVAL:

frontend/editor/src/core/hooks/useDocparseEnabled.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { useAppConfig } from "@app/contexts/AppConfigContext";
+
+/**
+ * Whether the DocParse layer is enabled, per the backend's app-config.
+ * Gates the DocParse tools' visibility; flavors may shadow this hook.
+ */
+export function useDocparseEnabled(): boolean {
+  const { config } = useAppConfig();
+  return Boolean(config?.docparseEnabled);
+}

frontend/editor/src/core/tests/stubbed/docparse-walkthrough.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+import { test, expect } from "@app/tests/helpers/stub-test-base";
+import type { Page, Route } from "@playwright/test";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+/** DocParse walkthrough: the five workbench tools.
+ * Dumps PNGs to screenshots/docparse; light + dark per view, RTL spot checks. */
+
+const SCREENSHOTS_DIR = path.resolve(process.cwd(), "screenshots", "docparse");
+
+function shotPath(name: string): string {
+  return path.join(SCREENSHOTS_DIR, `${name}.png`);
+}
+
+async function settle(page: Page, ms = 400): Promise<void> {
+  await page.waitForTimeout(ms);
+}
+
+async function stubApis(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  // Narrow fallbacks only: a blanket /api/v1/** would out-rank the stub
+  // fixture's own /auth/me route (last-registered wins) and break the session.
+  await page.route("**/api/v1/policies/**", (route: Route) =>
+    route.fulfill({ json: [] }),
+  );
+  await page.route("**/api/v1/proprietary/ui-data/**", (route: Route) =>
+    route.fulfill({ json: [] }),
+  );
+  // enableLogin true: the portal only builds a session when login mode is on
+  // (matches live behavior; with login off the portal shows its login screen).
+  const configPayload = {
+    appVersion: "test",
+    enableLogin: true,
+    isAdmin: true,
+    languages: ["en-US"],
+    defaultLocale: "en-US",
+    aiEngineEnabled: true,
+    docparseEnabled: true,
+    docparseAdvanced: true,
+    storageEnabled: false,
+    premiumEnabled: true,
+    runningProOrHigher: true,
+  };
+  await page.route("**/api/v1/config/app-config", (route: Route) =>
+    route.fulfill({ json: configPayload }),
+  );
+  // The auth layer decides login mode from public-config; keep it in sync.
+  await page.route("**/api/v1/config/public-config", (route: Route) =>
+    route.fulfill({
+      json: { enableLogin: true, languages: ["en-US"], defaultLocale: "en-US" },
+    }),
+  );
+  await page.route(
+    "**/api/v1/config/endpoints-availability**",
+    (route: Route) => route.fulfill({ json: {} }),
+  );
+  await page.route("**/api/v1/config/endpoint-enabled**", (route: Route) =>
+    route.fulfill({ json: { enabled: true } }),
+  );
+  // DocparseToolIntro probes live capabilities for its tier badges.
+  await page.route("**/api/v1/docparse/capabilities", (route: Route) =>
+    route.fulfill({
+      json: {
+        enabled: true,
+        mode: "auto",
+        advancedInstalled: true,
+        engineReachable: true,
+        doclingVersion: "2.116.0",
+      },
+    }),
+  );
+}
+
+async function enableDarkMode(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await page.addInitScript(() => {
+    localStorage.setItem("mantine-color-scheme", "dark");
+    localStorage.setItem("mantine-color-scheme-value", "dark");
+  });
+  await page.emulateMedia({ colorScheme: "dark" });
+}
+
+async function enableRtl(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await page.addInitScript(() => {
+    localStorage.setItem("i18nextLng", "ar-AR");
+    localStorage.setItem("stirling-language", "ar-AR");
+    localStorage.setItem("stirling-language-source", "user");
+    const applyDir = () => {
+      document.documentElement.setAttribute("dir", "rtl");
+      document.documentElement.setAttribute("lang", "ar-AR");
+    };
+    if (document.documentElement) applyDir();
+    else document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", applyDir);
+  });
+}
+
+const TOOLS = [
+  { id: "parseDocument", url: "/parse-document", waitText: /Parse/i },
+  { id: "extractFields", url: "/extract-fields", waitText: /Extract/i },
+  { id: "smartSplit", url: "/smart-split", waitText: /Split/i },
+  { id: "chunkDocument", url: "/chunk-document", waitText: /Chunk/i },
+  { id: "fillTemplate", url: "/fill-template", waitText: /Template|Fill/i },
+];
+
+async function openTool(page: Page, url: string): Promise<void> {
+  await page.goto(url, { waitUntil: "domcontentloaded" });
+  await expect(page.locator("body").first()).not.toBeEmpty();
+  // The tool panel is the left rail; give lazy chunks a moment.
+  await settle(page, 900);
+}
+
+test.describe("DocParse walkthrough", () => {
+  test.use({
+    autoGoto: false,
+    viewport: { width: 1600, height: 900 },
+    seedJwt: true,
+  });
+
+  // ─── Editor tools, light ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  for (const [i, tool] of TOOLS.entries()) {
+    test(`t${i}_${tool.id}_light`, async ({ page }) => {
+      await stubApis(page);
+      await openTool(page, tool.url);
+      await page.screenshot({ path: shotPath(`0${i + 1}_${tool.id}_light`) });
+    });
+
+    test(`t${i}_${tool.id}_dark`, async ({ page }) => {
+      await enableDarkMode(page);
+      await stubApis(page);
+      await openTool(page, tool.url);
+      await page.screenshot({ path: shotPath(`0${i + 1}_${tool.id}_dark`) });
+    });
+  }
+
+  // ─── Extract Fields with builder rows filled ─────────────────────────────
+  for (const theme of ["light", "dark"] as const) {
+    test(`extract_fields_populated_${theme}`, async ({ page }) => {
+      if (theme === "dark") await enableDarkMode(page);
+      await stubApis(page);
+      await openTool(page, "/extract-fields");
+      // Fill the first schema-builder row when present; tolerate layout drift.
+      const nameInput = page.getByPlaceholder(/name/i).first();
+      if (await nameInput.isVisible().catch(() => false)) {
+        await nameInput.fill("invoice_number");
+        const addButton = page.getByRole("button", { name: /add/i }).first();
+        if (await addButton.isVisible().catch(() => false)) {
+          await addButton.click();
+          const second = page.getByPlaceholder(/name/i).nth(1);
+          if (await second.isVisible().catch(() => false)) {
+            await second.fill("total_due");
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      await settle(page);
+      await page.screenshot({
+        path: shotPath(`06_extract_fields_populated_${theme}`),
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  // ─── RTL spot checks ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  test("rtl_extract_fields", async ({ page }) => {
+    await enableRtl(page);
+    await stubApis(page);
+    await openTool(page, "/extract-fields");
+    await page.screenshot({ path: shotPath("11_extract_fields_rtl") });
+  });
+});

frontend/editor/src/core/types/appConfig.ts

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ export interface AppConfig {
   timestampCustomTsaUrls?: string[];
   timestampTsaPresets?: { label: string; url: string }[];
   aiEngineEnabled?: boolean;
+  docparseEnabled?: boolean;
 }
 
 export type AppConfigBootstrapMode = "blocking" | "non-blocking";

frontend/editor/src/portal/api/policies.ts

@@ -138,7 +138,13 @@ export interface CatalogueEntry {
  * {@link ToolEndpoint}s, plus the AI classify endpoint, which isn't part of the generated union.
  */
 export const ENDPOINT_LABELS: Partial<
-  Record<ToolEndpoint | "/api/v1/ai/tools/classify-and-label", string>
+  Record<
+    | ToolEndpoint
+    | "/api/v1/ai/tools/classify-and-label"
+    | "/api/v1/docparse/rag-ingest"
+    | "/api/v1/docparse/extract-fields",
+    string
+  >
 > = {
   "/api/v1/security/auto-redact": "portal.policies.endpoints.autoRedact",
   "/api/v1/security/sanitize-pdf": "portal.policies.endpoints.sanitizePdf",
@@ -148,6 +154,8 @@ export const ENDPOINT_LABELS: Partial<
   "/api/v1/misc/compress-pdf": "portal.policies.endpoints.compressPdf",
   "/api/v1/ai/tools/classify-and-label":
     "portal.policies.endpoints.classifyAndLabel",
+  "/api/v1/docparse/rag-ingest": "portal.policies.endpoints.ragIngest",
+  "/api/v1/docparse/extract-fields": "portal.policies.endpoints.extractFields",
 };
 
 export function humanizeEndpoint(
@@ -174,13 +182,18 @@ const DEFAULT_PII_PATTERNS: string[] = [
 
 /** `label`/`desc` values are i18n keys — render with t(). */
 export const POLICY_CATEGORIES: PolicyCategory[] = [
+  // First on purpose: document intelligence is the processor's flagship flow.
+  {
+    id: "docIntelligence",
+    label: "portal.policies.categories.docIntelligence.label",
+    tone: "blue",
+    desc: "portal.policies.categories.docIntelligence.desc",
+  },
   {
     id: "ingestion",
     label: "portal.policies.categories.ingestion.label",
     tone: "blue",
     desc: "portal.policies.categories.ingestion.desc",
-    providesClassification: true,
-    comingSoon: true,
   },
   {
     id: "security",
@@ -224,32 +237,27 @@ export const POLICY_CATEGORIES: PolicyCategory[] = [
  * stay as stable values (translating them would corrupt saved configs).
  */
 export const POLICY_CONFIG: Record<string, PolicyConfigDef> = {
+  docIntelligence: {
+    summary: "portal.policies.config.docIntelligence.summary",
+    rules: ["portal.policies.config.docIntelligence.rules.0"],
+    scopeLabel: "portal.policies.config.scopeAll",
+    defaultOperations: [policyStep("extractFields")],
+    fields: [],
+  },
   ingestion: {
     summary: "portal.policies.config.ingestion.summary",
     rules: [
       "portal.policies.config.ingestion.rules.0",
       "portal.policies.config.ingestion.rules.1",
       "portal.policies.config.ingestion.rules.2",
-      "portal.policies.config.ingestion.rules.3",
     ],
     scopeLabel: "portal.policies.config.scopeAll",
-    defaultOperations: [policyStep("ocr"), policyStep("flatten")],
-    fields: [
-      {
-        label: "portal.policies.config.ingestion.fields.minConfidence",
-        key: "minConfidence",
-        type: "select",
-        value: "p80",
-        options: ["p60", "p70", "p80", "p90", "p95"],
-      },
-      {
-        label: "portal.policies.config.ingestion.fields.belowThreshold",
-        key: "belowThreshold",
-        type: "select",
-        value: "flagForReview",
-        options: ["flagForReview", "routeToBucket", "hold"],
-      },
+    defaultOperations: [
+      policyStep("ocr"),
+      policyStep("flatten"),
+      policyStep("ragIngest"),
     ],
+    fields: [],
   },
   security: {
     summary: "portal.policies.config.security.summary",

frontend/editor/src/portal/components/icons.tsx

@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ export function EditorIcon(props: IconProps) {
   );
 }
 
+export function KnowledgeIcon(props: IconProps) {
+  return (
+    <Svg {...props}>
+      <ellipse cx="12" cy="5" rx="8" ry="3" />
+      <path d="M4 5v6c0 1.66 3.58 3 8 3s8-1.34 8-3V5" />
+      <path d="M4 11v6c0 1.66 3.58 3 8 3s8-1.34 8-3v-6" />
+    </Svg>
+  );
+}
+
 export function SourcesIcon(props: IconProps) {
   return (
     <Svg {...props}>

frontend/editor/src/portal/components/pipelines/PipelineStepSettings.test.tsx

@@ -49,4 +49,30 @@ describe("PipelineStepSettings", () => {
     ).not.toThrow();
     expect(screen.getByText("field")).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
+
+  it("renders the rag-ingest form for the knowledge indexing operation", () => {
+    const ragStep = {
+      support: "unknown",
+      toolId: null,
+      operation: "/api/v1/docparse/rag-ingest",
+      params: { chunkSize: 512, overlap: 64, mode: "auto" },
+    } as unknown as WorkingToolStep;
+    render(
+      <MantineProvider>
+        <PipelineStepSettings
+          step={ragStep}
+          registry={{}}
+          onChange={() => {}}
+        />
+      </MantineProvider>,
+    );
+    expect(
+      screen.getByText("portal.pipelines.builder.docIntelligence.chunkSize"),
+    ).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(
+      screen.getByText(
+        "portal.pipelines.builder.docIntelligence.ragIngestHint",
+      ),
+    ).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
 });

frontend/editor/src/portal/components/pipelines/PipelineStepSettings.tsx

@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ import { type WorkingToolStep } from "@app/hooks/tools/shared/toolAutomation";
 import { PolicyExternalApiConfig } from "@portal/components/policies/PolicyExternalApiConfig";
 import { isIntegrationStep } from "@portal/components/pipelines/integrationStep";
 import type { ExternalApiStepParams } from "@portal/components/policies/stepOperations";
+import { RAG_INGEST_OPERATION } from "@portal/components/pipelines/docIntelligenceSteps";
+import {
+  RagIngestStepConfig,
+  type RagIngestParams,
+} from "@portal/components/pipelines/RagIngestStepConfig";
 
 interface PipelineStepSettingsProps {
   step: WorkingToolStep;
@@ -31,6 +36,16 @@ export function PipelineStepSettings({
   // above useTranslation would change the hook count between renders and crash.
   const { t } = useTranslation();
 
+  // Document-intelligence steps carry their own small forms; they have no registry entry.
+  if (step.operation === RAG_INGEST_OPERATION) {
+    return (
+      <RagIngestStepConfig
+        parameters={step.params as unknown as RagIngestParams}
+        onChange={(params) => onChange(params as never)}
+      />
+    );
+  }
+
   // An integration step is configured by the operations catalogue, not by a tool's settings UI:
   // it has no registry entry to look one up from.
   if (isIntegrationStep(step)) {

frontend/editor/src/portal/components/pipelines/RagIngestStepConfig.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
+import { FormField, Input, Select, ToggleSwitch } from "@app/ui";
+
+/** Parameters for the "Ingest into knowledge base" pipeline step. */
+export interface RagIngestParams {
+  chunkSize?: number;
+  overlap?: number;
+  mode?: string;
+  index?: boolean;
+  exportMarkdown?: boolean;
+  exportChunksJsonl?: boolean;
+}
+
+interface RagIngestStepConfigProps {
+  parameters: RagIngestParams;
+  onChange: (parameters: RagIngestParams) => void;
+}
+
+/** Settings for the rag-ingest step: destination toggles, chunking knobs, parse tier. */
+export function RagIngestStepConfig({
+  parameters,
+  onChange,
+}: RagIngestStepConfigProps) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const setNumber = (key: "chunkSize" | "overlap", raw: string) => {
+    const value = Number(raw);
+    onChange({
+      ...parameters,
+      [key]: Number.isFinite(value) && raw !== "" ? value : undefined,
+    });
+  };
+  return (
+    <div className="portal-policies__capability-config">
+      <ToggleSwitch
+        size="sm"
+        checked={parameters.index ?? true}
+        onChange={(checked) => onChange({ ...parameters, index: checked })}
+        label={t("portal.pipelines.builder.docIntelligence.index")}
+        description={t("portal.pipelines.builder.docIntelligence.indexHint")}
+      />
+      <ToggleSwitch
+        size="sm"
+        checked={parameters.exportMarkdown ?? false}
+        onChange={(checked) =>
+          onChange({ ...parameters, exportMarkdown: checked })
+        }
+        label={t("portal.pipelines.builder.docIntelligence.exportMarkdown")}
+        description={t(
+          "portal.pipelines.builder.docIntelligence.exportMarkdownHint",
+        )}
+      />
+      <ToggleSwitch
+        size="sm"
+        checked={parameters.exportChunksJsonl ?? false}
+        onChange={(checked) =>
+          onChange({ ...parameters, exportChunksJsonl: checked })
+        }
+        label={t("portal.pipelines.builder.docIntelligence.exportChunks")}
+        description={t(
+          "portal.pipelines.builder.docIntelligence.exportChunksHint",
+        )}
+      />
+      <FormField
+        label={t("portal.pipelines.builder.docIntelligence.chunkSize")}
+      >
+        <Input
+          type="number"
+          inputSize="sm"
+          min={64}
+          max={32768}
+          value={parameters.chunkSize ?? ""}
+          onChange={(e) => setNumber("chunkSize", e.target.value)}
+        />
+      </FormField>
+      <FormField label={t("portal.pipelines.builder.docIntelligence.overlap")}>
+        <Input
+          type="number"
+          inputSize="sm"
+          min={0}
+          max={4096}
+          value={parameters.overlap ?? ""}
+          onChange={(e) => setNumber("overlap", e.target.value)}
+        />
+      </FormField>
+      <FormField label={t("portal.pipelines.builder.docIntelligence.mode")}>
+        <Select
+          value={parameters.mode ?? "auto"}
+          onChange={(value) =>
+            onChange({ ...parameters, mode: value ?? "auto" })
+          }
+          options={[
+            {
+              value: "auto",
+              label: t("portal.pipelines.builder.docIntelligence.modeAuto"),
+            },
+            {
+              value: "basic",
+              label: t("portal.pipelines.builder.docIntelligence.modeBasic"),
+            },
+            {
+              value: "advanced",
+              label: t("portal.pipelines.builder.docIntelligence.modeAdvanced"),
+            },
+          ]}
+        />
+      </FormField>
+      <p className="portal-pipelines__step-hint">
+        {t("portal.pipelines.builder.docIntelligence.ragIngestHint")}
+      </p>
+    </div>
+  );
+}

frontend/editor/src/portal/components/pipelines/ToolPicker.tsx

@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ import {
   searchOperations,
   type StepOperation,
 } from "@portal/components/policies/stepOperations";
+import {
+  DOC_INTELLIGENCE_STEPS,
+  type DocIntelligenceStep,
+} from "@portal/components/pipelines/docIntelligenceSteps";
 import { BrandMark } from "@portal/components/BrandMarks";
+import { KnowledgeIcon } from "@portal/components/icons";
 
 interface ToolPickerProps {
   tools: ExecutableTool[];
@@ -24,6 +29,8 @@ interface ToolPickerProps {
    */
   operations?: StepOperation[];
   onPickOperation?: (operation: StepOperation) => void;
+  /** Document-intelligence policy steps (knowledge indexing). */
+  onPickDocStep?: (step: DocIntelligenceStep) => void;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -36,6 +43,7 @@ export function ToolPicker({
   onClose,
   operations = [],
   onPickOperation,
+  onPickDocStep,
 }: ToolPickerProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const [query, setQuery] = useState("");
@@ -48,6 +56,14 @@ export function ToolPicker({
     [operations, onPickOperation, query, t],
   );
 
+  const matchedDocSteps = useMemo(() => {
+    if (!onPickDocStep) return [];
+    const q = query.trim().toLowerCase();
+    return DOC_INTELLIGENCE_STEPS.filter(
+      (step) => !q || t(step.labelKey).toLowerCase().includes(q),
+    );
+  }, [onPickDocStep, query, t]);
+
   const groups = useMemo(() => {
     const q = query.trim().toLowerCase();
     const matched = q
@@ -84,7 +100,38 @@ export function ToolPicker({
         />
       </div>
       <div className="portal-pipelines__picker-list">
-        {groups.length === 0 && matchedOperations.length === 0 ? (
+        {matchedDocSteps.length > 0 && onPickDocStep ? (
+          <div className="portal-pipelines__picker-group">
+            <div className="portal-pipelines__picker-group-label">
+              {t("portal.pipelines.builder.docIntelligence.section")}
+            </div>
+            {matchedDocSteps.map((step) => (
+              <Button
+                key={step.operation}
+                variant="quiet"
+                justify="start"
+                fullWidth
+                className="portal-pipelines__picker-item"
+                onClick={() => onPickDocStep(step)}
+                leftSection={
+                  <span
+                    className="portal-pipelines__picker-icon"
+                    aria-hidden="true"
+                  >
+                    <KnowledgeIcon size={17} />
+                  </span>
+                }
+              >
+                <span className="portal-pipelines__picker-name">
+                  {t(step.labelKey)}
+                </span>
+              </Button>
+            ))}
+          </div>
+        ) : null}
+        {groups.length === 0 &&
+        matchedOperations.length === 0 &&
+        matchedDocSteps.length === 0 ? (
           <p className="portal-pipelines__picker-empty">
             {t("portal.pipelines.builder.noToolMatches")}
           </p>

frontend/editor/src/portal/components/pipelines/docIntelligenceSteps.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import type { WorkingToolStep } from "@app/hooks/tools/shared/toolAutomation";
+import type { ErasedToolParams } from "@app/hooks/tools/shared/toolOperationTypes";
+
+/**
+ * First-class document-intelligence policy steps addable from the pipeline builder.
+ * They ride the unmapped-step path like integration steps (toolId null), but hit
+ * internal endpoints.
+ */
+export interface DocIntelligenceStep {
+  operation: string;
+  labelKey: string;
+  defaultParams: Record<string, unknown>;
+}
+
+export const RAG_INGEST_OPERATION = "/api/v1/docparse/rag-ingest";
+
+export const DOC_INTELLIGENCE_STEPS: DocIntelligenceStep[] = [
+  {
+    operation: RAG_INGEST_OPERATION,
+    labelKey: "portal.pipelines.builder.docIntelligence.ragIngest",
+    defaultParams: {
+      chunkSize: 512,
+      overlap: 64,
+      mode: "auto",
+      index: true,
+      exportMarkdown: false,
+      exportChunksJsonl: false,
+    },
+  },
+];
+
+export function newDocIntelligenceStep(
+  step: DocIntelligenceStep,
+): WorkingToolStep {
+  return {
+    toolId: null,
+    operation: step.operation,
+    params: { ...step.defaultParams } as ErasedToolParams,
+    support: "unknown",
+  };
+}
+
+export function isDocIntelligenceOperation(operation: string): boolean {
+  return DOC_INTELLIGENCE_STEPS.some((step) => step.operation === operation);
+}

frontend/editor/src/portal/components/policies/PolicyExtractFieldsConfig.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
+import { FormField, Input } from "@app/ui";
+
+/** Configures the extract-fields step: the schema and optional guidance. */
+export interface ExtractFieldsStepParams {
+  fieldsSchema: string;
+  mode: string;
+  instructions: string;
+}
+
+interface PolicyExtractFieldsConfigProps {
+  parameters: ExtractFieldsStepParams;
+  onChange: (parameters: ExtractFieldsStepParams) => void;
+}
+
+export function PolicyExtractFieldsConfig({
+  parameters,
+  onChange,
+}: PolicyExtractFieldsConfigProps) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+
+  return (
+    <div className="portal-policies__capability-config">
+      <FormField
+        label={t("portal.policies.config.extractFields.fields.schema")}
+        helperText={t("portal.policies.config.extractFields.fields.schemaHelp")}
+      >
+        <textarea
+          className="portal-sources__connection-textarea"
+          rows={4}
+          value={parameters.fieldsSchema ?? ""}
+          placeholder='{"type": "object", "properties": {"invoice_number": {"type": "string"}}}'
+          onChange={(e) =>
+            onChange({ ...parameters, fieldsSchema: e.target.value })
+          }
+        />
+      </FormField>
+      <FormField
+        label={t("portal.policies.config.extractFields.fields.instructions")}
+        helperText={t(
+          "portal.policies.config.extractFields.fields.instructionsHelp",
+        )}
+      >
+        <Input
+          inputSize="sm"
+          value={parameters.instructions ?? ""}
+          onChange={(e) =>
+            onChange({ ...parameters, instructions: e.target.value })
+          }
+        />
+      </FormField>
+    </div>
+  );
+}

frontend/editor/src/portal/components/policies/PolicyRagIngestConfig.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
+import { FormField, Input, Select, ToggleSwitch } from "@app/ui";
+
+/** Configures the rag-ingest step: destination toggles, chunk sizing, parse tier. */
+export interface RagIngestParams {
+  chunkSize: string;
+  overlap: string;
+  mode: string;
+  index: string;
+  exportMarkdown: string;
+  exportChunksJsonl: string;
+}
+
+interface PolicyRagIngestConfigProps {
+  parameters: RagIngestParams;
+  onChange: (parameters: RagIngestParams) => void;
+}
+
+export function PolicyRagIngestConfig({
+  parameters,
+  onChange,
+}: PolicyRagIngestConfigProps) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const flag = (value: string | undefined, fallback: boolean): boolean =>
+    value === undefined ? fallback : value === "true";
+
+  return (
+    <div className="portal-policies__capability-config">
+      <ToggleSwitch
+        size="sm"
+        checked={flag(parameters.index, true)}
+        onChange={(checked) =>
+          onChange({ ...parameters, index: String(checked) })
+        }
+        label={t("portal.policies.config.ragIngest.fields.index")}
+        description={t("portal.policies.config.ragIngest.fields.indexHelp")}
+      />
+      <ToggleSwitch
+        size="sm"
+        checked={flag(parameters.exportMarkdown, false)}
+        onChange={(checked) =>
+          onChange({ ...parameters, exportMarkdown: String(checked) })
+        }
+        label={t("portal.policies.config.ragIngest.fields.exportMarkdown")}
+        description={t(
+          "portal.policies.config.ragIngest.fields.exportMarkdownHelp",
+        )}
+      />
+      <ToggleSwitch
+        size="sm"
+        checked={flag(parameters.exportChunksJsonl, false)}
+        onChange={(checked) =>
+          onChange({ ...parameters, exportChunksJsonl: String(checked) })
+        }
+        label={t("portal.policies.config.ragIngest.fields.exportChunks")}
+        description={t(
+          "portal.policies.config.ragIngest.fields.exportChunksHelp",
+        )}
+      />
+      <FormField
+        label={t("portal.policies.config.ragIngest.fields.chunkSize")}
+        helperText={t("portal.policies.config.ragIngest.fields.chunkSizeHelp")}
+      >
+        <Input
+          type="number"
+          inputSize="sm"
+          min={64}
+          step={64}
+          value={parameters.chunkSize ?? ""}
+          onChange={(e) =>
+            onChange({ ...parameters, chunkSize: e.target.value })
+          }
+        />
+      </FormField>
+      <FormField
+        label={t("portal.policies.config.ragIngest.fields.overlap")}
+        helperText={t("portal.policies.config.ragIngest.fields.overlapHelp")}
+      >
+        <Input
+          type="number"
+          inputSize="sm"
+          min={0}
+          step={16}
+          value={parameters.overlap ?? ""}
+          onChange={(e) => onChange({ ...parameters, overlap: e.target.value })}
+        />
+      </FormField>
+      <FormField
+        label={t("portal.policies.config.ragIngest.fields.mode.label")}
+        helperText={t("portal.policies.config.ragIngest.fields.mode.help")}
+      >
+        <Select
+          inputSize="sm"
+          value={parameters.mode || "auto"}
+          onChange={(value) =>
+            onChange({ ...parameters, mode: value ?? "auto" })
+          }
+          options={[
+            {
+              value: "auto",
+              label: t("portal.policies.config.ragIngest.fields.mode.auto"),
+            },
+            {
+              value: "basic",
+              label: t("portal.policies.config.ragIngest.fields.mode.basic"),
+            },
+            {
+              value: "advanced",
+              label: t("portal.policies.config.ragIngest.fields.mode.advanced"),
+            },
+          ]}
+        />
+      </FormField>
+    </div>
+  );
+}

frontend/editor/src/portal/components/policies/PolicySetupWizard.tsx

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ import { PolicyCategoryBadge } from "@portal/components/policies/PolicyCategoryI
 import { PolicyRedactConfig } from "@app/components/policies/PolicyRedactConfig";
 import { PolicyWatermarkConfig } from "@app/components/policies/PolicyWatermarkConfig";
 import { PolicyPurviewConfig } from "@portal/components/policies/PolicyPurviewConfig";
+import { PolicyExtractFieldsConfig } from "@portal/components/policies/PolicyExtractFieldsConfig";
+import { PolicyRagIngestConfig } from "@portal/components/policies/PolicyRagIngestConfig";
 import { ClassificationLabelsSection } from "@portal/components/policies/ClassificationLabelsSection";
 import "@portal/views/Policies.css";
 
@@ -97,6 +99,8 @@ const DISABLED_BY_DEFAULT = new Set<PolicyToolId>([
   "purviewApplyLabel",
   "purviewReadLabel",
   "externalApiCall",
+  // Needs a fields schema before a run can succeed.
+  "extractFields",
 ]);
 
 // Steps that cannot work without a Purview tenant connection, so they are hidden entirely until one
@@ -192,6 +196,21 @@ const CAPABILITY_META: Record<
     descEn:
       "Hands the document to a system you have connected, and records what it answered.",
   },
+  extractFields: {
+    labelKey: "portal.policies.wizard.capability.extractFields.label",
+    labelEn: "Extract structured fields",
+    descKey: "portal.policies.wizard.capability.extractFields.desc",
+    descEn:
+      "Pulls the values you describe - like invoice numbers or dates - out of every document, each with a confidence score and a citation back to the page.",
+  },
+  ragIngest: {
+    labelKey: "portal.policies.wizard.capability.ragIngest.label",
+    labelEn: "Index into the knowledge base",
+    descKey: "portal.policies.wizard.capability.ragIngest.desc",
+    descEn:
+      "Parses, chunks, and embeds the document so it becomes searchable knowledge, or exports the" +
+      " parsed content (markdown, chunks JSONL) for your own systems.",
+  },
 };
 
 function seedTools(entry: CatalogueEntry): ToolState[] {
@@ -553,6 +572,22 @@ function PolicySetupWizardBody({
                             }
                           />
                         )}
+                        {tl.toolId === "extractFields" && (
+                          <PolicyExtractFieldsConfig
+                            parameters={tl.params}
+                            onChange={(params) =>
+                              setToolParams("extractFields", params)
+                            }
+                          />
+                        )}
+                        {tl.toolId === "ragIngest" && (
+                          <PolicyRagIngestConfig
+                            parameters={tl.params}
+                            onChange={(params) =>
+                              setToolParams("ragIngest", params)
+                            }
+                          />
+                        )}
                       </div>
                     )}
                   </div>

frontend/editor/src/portal/views/PipelineBuilder.tsx

@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ import { VIEW_PATHS, toPortalPath } from "@portal/contexts/ViewContext";
 import { humanizeOperation } from "@portal/components/pipelines/pipelineOperations";
 import { PipelineStepSettings } from "@portal/components/pipelines/PipelineStepSettings";
 import { ToolPicker } from "@portal/components/pipelines/ToolPicker";
+import {
+  newDocIntelligenceStep,
+  type DocIntelligenceStep,
+} from "@portal/components/pipelines/docIntelligenceSteps";
 import { STEP_OPERATIONS } from "@portal/components/policies/stepOperations";
 import {
   integrationStepConfigured,
@@ -261,6 +265,15 @@ export function PipelineBuilder() {
     setPickerOpen(false);
   }
 
+  function addDocIntelligenceStep(step: DocIntelligenceStep) {
+    setSteps((current) => {
+      const next = [...current, newDocIntelligenceStep(step)];
+      setSelectedIndex(next.length - 1);
+      return next;
+    });
+    setPickerOpen(false);
+  }
+
   function addStep(tool: ExecutableTool) {
     setSteps((current) => {
       const next = [...current, newWorkingToolStep(tool, allTools)];
@@ -852,6 +865,7 @@ export function PipelineBuilder() {
               onPick={addStep}
               operations={STEP_OPERATIONS}
               onPickOperation={addOperationStep}
+              onPickDocStep={addDocIntelligenceStep}
               onClose={() => setPickerOpen(false)}
             />
           ) : (

frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/tools/docparse/ChunkDocumentSettings.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
+import { Anchor, List, NumberInput, Select, Stack, Text } from "@mantine/core";
+import type { ToolAutomationSettingsProps } from "@app/hooks/tools/shared/toolOperationTypes";
+import type { ChunkDocumentParameters } from "@app/hooks/tools/chunkDocument/useChunkDocumentParameters";
+import type { DocparseMode } from "@app/hooks/tools/parseDocument/useParseDocumentParameters";
+import DocparseToolIntro from "@app/components/tools/docparse/DocparseToolIntro";
+
+const ChunkDocumentSettings = ({
+  parameters,
+  onParameterChange,
+  disabled,
+}: ToolAutomationSettingsProps<ChunkDocumentParameters>) => {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+
+  return (
+    <Stack gap="sm">
+      <DocparseToolIntro
+        description={t(
+          "chunkDocument.intro",
+          "Turns a document into retrieval-ready chunks in three layers, so answers cite the right section instead of a random page.",
+        )}
+        aiBadge="layout"
+      />
+      <List type="ordered" size="sm" spacing={4}>
+        <List.Item>
+          {t(
+            "chunkDocument.layers.parse",
+            "Layout-aware parse: headings, paragraphs, and tables are recognized as structure",
+          )}
+        </List.Item>
+        <List.Item>
+          {t(
+            "chunkDocument.layers.chunk",
+            "Structure-aware chunks: each carries its heading breadcrumb and page range",
+          )}
+        </List.Item>
+        <List.Item>
+          {t(
+            "chunkDocument.layers.embed",
+            "Ready to embed: exported as JSONL for any vector store",
+          )}
+        </List.Item>
+      </List>
+      <NumberInput
+        label={t("chunkDocument.chunkSize.label", "Chunk size (characters)")}
+        value={parameters.chunkSize}
+        onChange={(value) =>
+          onParameterChange("chunkSize", typeof value === "number" ? value : 0)
+        }
+        min={1}
+        disabled={disabled}
+      />
+      <NumberInput
+        label={t("chunkDocument.overlap.label", "Overlap (characters)")}
+        value={parameters.overlap}
+        onChange={(value) =>
+          onParameterChange("overlap", typeof value === "number" ? value : 0)
+        }
+        min={0}
+        disabled={disabled}
+      />
+      <Select
+        label={t("chunkDocument.mode.label", "Mode")}
+        value={parameters.mode}
+        onChange={(value) =>
+          onParameterChange("mode", (value ?? "auto") as DocparseMode)
+        }
+        data={[
+          { value: "auto", label: t("chunkDocument.mode.auto", "Auto") },
+          { value: "basic", label: t("chunkDocument.mode.basic", "Basic") },
+          {
+            value: "advanced",
+            label: t("chunkDocument.mode.advanced", "Advanced"),
+          },
+        ]}
+        disabled={disabled}
+      />
+      <Text size="xs" c="dimmed">
+        {t(
+          "chunkDocument.processorCallout",
+          "To index automatically, add the 'Index into knowledge base' step to an ingestion policy in the",
+        )}{" "}
+        <Anchor href="/processor/policies" size="xs">
+          {t("chunkDocument.processorLink", "Processor")}
+        </Anchor>
+      </Text>
+    </Stack>
+  );
+};
+
+export default ChunkDocumentSettings;

frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/tools/docparse/DocparseToolIntro.module.css

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+.card {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  padding: 0.625rem 0.75rem;
+  border: 1px solid var(--c-border-subtle);
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  background: var(--c-surface-sunken);
+}
+
+.description {
+  margin: 0;
+  font-size: 0.8125rem;
+  line-height: 1.45;
+  color: var(--c-text-subtle);
+}
+
+.badges {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: 0.375rem;
+}
+
+.fallback {
+  margin: 0;
+  font-size: 0.75rem;
+  line-height: 1.4;
+  color: var(--c-text-subtle);
+  font-style: italic;
+}

frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/tools/docparse/DocparseToolIntro.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
+import { Badge } from "@mantine/core";
+import { useDocparseCapabilities } from "@app/hooks/useDocparseCapabilities";
+import styles from "@app/components/tools/docparse/DocparseToolIntro.module.css";
+
+interface DocparseToolIntroProps {
+  /** 1-2 sentence "how this works" copy for the tool, already translated. */
+  description: string;
+  /**
+   * Which AI badge fits the tool: "llm" tools always call the language model;
+   * "layout" tools use the layout AI model only when advanced parsing is on.
+   */
+  aiBadge?: "llm" | "layout";
+  /** Hide the scanned-docs fallback note where it cannot apply (DOCX input). */
+  showFallbackNote?: boolean;
+}
+
+/** Compact "how this works" card at the top of every DocParse settings panel. */
+const DocparseToolIntro = ({
+  description,
+  aiBadge,
+  showFallbackNote = true,
+}: DocparseToolIntroProps) => {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const { capabilities } = useDocparseCapabilities();
+  const advanced = capabilities ? capabilities.advancedInstalled : null;
+
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.card}>
+      <p className={styles.description}>{description}</p>
+      <div className={styles.badges}>
+        {aiBadge === "llm" && (
+          <Badge size="sm" variant="light" color="grape">
+            {t("docparse.intro.usesAi", "Uses AI")}
+          </Badge>
+        )}
+        {aiBadge === "layout" && advanced === true && (
+          <Badge size="sm" variant="light" color="grape">
+            {t("docparse.intro.aiLayoutModel", "AI layout model")}
+          </Badge>
+        )}
+        {advanced !== null && (
+          <Badge size="sm" variant="light" color={advanced ? "teal" : "gray"}>
+            {advanced
+              ? t("docparse.intro.advancedOn", "Advanced parsing: on")
+              : t("docparse.intro.advancedOff", "Advanced parsing: off")}
+          </Badge>
+        )}
+      </div>
+      {advanced === false && showFallbackNote && (
+        <p className={styles.fallback}>
+          {t(
+            "docparse.intro.basicFallback",
+            "Scanned documents fall back to basic text extraction - install the DocParse addon for layout AI",
+          )}
+        </p>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default DocparseToolIntro;