watched people manually enter receipts for years. finally automated it.
THE WORKFLOW:
receipt arrives via email → structured extraction (merchant, date, items, total) → google sheets logging → slack routing by amount threshold
approval logic: $100 cutoff. above needs review, below auto-approves.
WHY THE THRESHOLD MATTERS:
without routing: manager reviews every $6 coffee receipt. bottleneck.
with routing: manager only sees $100+ purchases. 80% auto-process.
reduces review time from 3 hours weekly to 30 minutes.
THE EXTRACTION CHALLENGE:
receipts have no standard format. different merchants, different layouts, photos vs scans.
extraction needs to handle variability. consistent output from inconsistent inputs.
tested 40+ different receipt types. extraction worked across all.
json attached
how do you handle receipt processing?