Smart Capture Engine
v0.1 · Framework

01 Document intelligence infrastructure

Production environment

Documents in.
Understanding out.

SCE identifies what a document is, extracts what matters, resolves ambiguity, and returns data your applications can trust.

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SCE / COREv1.0

01ClassifyUnderstands document type

02ExtractMaps data to your schema

03ResolveAsks only when uncertain

02 Capture framework

Validate the document intake flow.

Version 0.1 accepts, fingerprints, preserves, records, and queues each source. Document understanding is intentionally reserved for a later version.

Source documentImages · PDFs · Scans
PDFpacific-office-supply.pdf2 pages · 284 KB
Framework responseReady
Your output appears here

Version 0.1 returns capture_id, status, and durable storage_location.

03 Canonical pipeline

One durable path from source to application.

Every capture receives the same ordered workflow. Version 0.1 completes intake and preservation, then stops at the Image Processing boundary.

  1. 01UploadComplete
  2. 02Original StorageComplete
  3. 03Image Processingv0.1 boundary
  4. 04OCRNot started
  5. 05ClassificationNot started
  6. 06AINot started
  7. 07Rules EngineNot started
  8. 08Human ConfirmationNot started
  9. 09JSON OutputNot started
  10. 10Project IntegrationNot started

OCR, classification, AI, rules, human confirmation, JSON output, and project integration are framework stages only. No processor is implemented yet.

04 More than OCR

SCE captures meaning, not just text.

TYPE

Document-aware

Identifies invoices, receipts, IDs, forms, contracts, and custom document types before extraction begins.

SCHEMA

Application-ready

Normalizes every result to a versioned schema, so downstream applications receive consistent data.

HUMAN LOOP

Intelligently uncertain

Surfaces focused follow-up questions when confidence is low instead of guessing or failing silently.

ORIGINAL

Evidence preserved

Stores the original file and maintains a traceable relationship between source, extraction, and corrections.

05 Independent plugins

One stable core.
Isolated integrations.

Product integrations live outside SCE as separately installed plugins. Each plugin uses the same versioned contract without adding application knowledge to the core.

Stable contractIndependent packagesVersioned compatibilityIsolated releases
POST /api/v1/capture
curl -X POST https://capture.combridgecorp.com/api/v1/capture \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCE_API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@invoice.pdf" \
  -F "schema_id=invoice.v1"
202 Accepted1.42s