type: entity
created: Mon Apr 06 2026 02:00:00 GMT+0200 (Central European Summer Time)
updated: Mon Apr 06 2026 02:00:00 GMT+0200 (Central European Summer Time)
sources: raw/plans/invoice-processing-plan, raw/notes/reference_api_keys
tags: tool ai pdf-extraction
aliases: LlamaCloud, LlamaParse API

LlamaParse

abstract

PDF extraction service by LlamaIndex. Used for wiki/concepts/invoice-processing to convert invoice PDFs to structured data. Cost Effective mode (gpt4o_mode), 3 credits/page, 3,333 free/month.

Usage in UnitCycle

Extracts vendor name, invoice number, dates, line items, totals from PDF invoices
API key stored in backend/.env as LLAMAPARSE_API_KEY
Feeds into wiki/entities/openrouter LLM for structured field extraction

Sources

raw/plans/invoice-processing-plan — integration details
raw/notes/reference_api_keys — API key location

Related

wiki/concepts/invoice-processing — primary use case
wiki/entities/openrouter — paired for the extraction pipeline
wiki/concepts/tech-stack — infrastructure