Parse documents (PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, images) locally with LiteParse. Use when the user asks to extract text from files, parse documents, convert documents for processing, or needs to read content from PDFs/Office docs/images. Also triggers on "parse this file", "extract text", "read this PDF", or any document processing task.
Local document parsing via the lit CLI. No cloud, no API keys. Outputs LLM-optimized text with spatial positioning.
lit CLI installed (brew install run-llama/liteparse/llamaindex-liteparse)brew install --cask libreoffice)brew install imagemagick)| Category | Formats |
|---|---|
.pdf | |
| Word | .doc, .docx, .docm, .odt, .rtf |
| PowerPoint | .ppt, .pptx, .pptm, .odp |
| Spreadsheets | .xls, , , , , |
.xlsx.xlsm.ods.csv.tsv| Images | .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .gif, .bmp, .tiff, .webp, .svg |
Office docs and images are auto-converted to PDF before parsing (requires LibreOffice/ImageMagick).
# Plain text (default) -- best for feeding to LLMs
lit parse document.pdf
# JSON with bounding boxes
lit parse document.pdf --format json -o output.json
# Specific pages
lit parse document.pdf --target-pages "1-5,10,15-20"
# No OCR (faster for digital/text-based PDFs)
lit parse document.pdf --no-ocr
# Higher DPI for better quality
lit parse document.pdf --dpi 300
lit batch-parse ./input-directory ./output-directory
# Filter by extension, recursive
lit batch-parse ./input ./output --extension .pdf --recursive
Useful when LLMs need to see visual layout (charts, forms, complex tables).
lit screenshot document.pdf -o ./screenshots
lit screenshot document.pdf --pages "1,3,5" --dpi 300 --format png -o ./screenshots
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
--format json | Structured JSON with bounding boxes |
--format text | Plain text (default) |
-o <file> | Save output to file |
--no-ocr | Skip OCR (faster for digital PDFs) |
--ocr-language <code> | OCR language (ISO code, default: en) |
--ocr-server-url <url> | External OCR server (EasyOCR, PaddleOCR) |
--dpi <n> | Render DPI (default: 150, use 300 for quality) |
--max-pages <n> | Limit pages parsed |
--target-pages <pages> | Specific pages (e.g. "1-5,10") |
--no-precise-bbox | Faster, skip precise bounding boxes |
--skip-diagonal-text | Ignore rotated text |
--preserve-small-text | Keep very small text |
For repeated use, create liteparse.config.json:
{
"ocrLanguage": "en",
"ocrEnabled": true,
"maxPages": 1000,
"dpi": 150,
"outputFormat": "json"
}
Use: lit parse document.pdf --config liteparse.config.json
--no-ocr for speed--ocr-server-url for better accuracy)