Docs

Document governance matters because files change the risk profile fast.

This page explains what PalmerAI checks today, how readable docs and scanned docs fit into the governed path, what remains bounded, and why companies should care about document-aware control.

What is supported today

PalmerAI can govern prompt text, readable office documents, governed images, scanned PDFs, and mixed PDFs inside a bounded business-document path, with current proven multilingual European support for core business-document workflows.

What gets checked

File type, inspectability, extraction or OCR path, policy fit, approval pressure, and whether the workflow can continue safely.

What remains bounded

PalmerAI is not positioned as universal OCR. The public claim stays bounded to governed business documents, not every phone photo, handwriting case, or arbitrary scan.

Why document governance matters

Files become invisible context fast

Without a governed intake point, contracts, CVs, invoices, support exports, and internal files can move through AI workflows without a reviewable story later.

Inspectability changes the decision

Unreadable or weakly inspectable inputs should not be treated the same way as clean, reviewable ones. That is why document-aware control cannot be reduced to prompt-only checks.

Later reviews need more than raw logs

Teams need a decision trail that shows what entered the path, what policy applied, whether approval was required, and what remained reviewable later.

Readable docs

Readable office files can be parsed directly and evaluated in the same governance path as prompts.

Scanned docs

Governed images and rasterized scanned PDFs can follow deterministic OCR paths when the case stays inside the bounded business-document scope.

Mixed PDFs

PalmerAI also supports mixed PDFs where some pages are readable and others require OCR, so the workflow does not split into separate control models.

Use this with the approval and evidence docs.

Document control explains the intake and inspectability side. Use it together with approval workflow and audit evidence when buyers want the full operating picture.