> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.anyformat.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# annie

> anyformat's AI assistant — describe what you want in plain language and annie builds, runs, and improves your workflows.

**annie** is anyformat's AI assistant. You chat with her in plain language and she builds the [workflow](/concepts/workflows) for you, runs your documents, and helps you improve the results — no need to assemble steps or write fields by hand.

The name is a wink at the company: *any-format → annie*.

<Tip>
  The fastest way to start is to just describe what you want. On the **home** screen, type something like *"Extract vendor, line items, and totals from my invoices"* — annie builds a Parse → Extract workflow and opens it in [Studio](/concepts/studio) so you can refine it.
</Tip>

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## What annie can do

Ask in plain language and annie handles the rest:

* **Build a workflow** from a description or a sample document — she picks the fields, types, and steps.
* **Edit fields and steps** — add, rename, retype, or remove fields; add [Classify](/guides/studio/nodes) to sort documents by type, [Split](/guides/studio/nodes) to break up multi-document files, or [Validate](/guides/studio/validate-rules) to check results against your rules.
* **Suggest fields and descriptions** — annie is the expert. Ask "what else should I extract?" or "write a better description for this field" and she'll propose improvements you can accept or ignore.
* **Enrich values with [Smart Lookup](/concepts/smart-lookup)** — match an extracted value against a reference file you provide (a vendor list, a product catalog) to fill in codes or IDs.
* **Run documents** and read back the results, flagging low-confidence values so you know what to review.
* **Improve accuracy** — record the correct values (ground truth) and ask annie to improve the workflow; she measures accuracy against your examples and keeps only changes that help.
* **Generate code** — get a ready-to-run Python, JavaScript, or curl script to call your workflow from your own app.

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## Where to find annie

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Home" icon="house">
    The **Create with annie** chat on the home screen — the starting point for a new workflow.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Assistant" icon="robot">
    The **Assistant** item in the left sidebar opens a full-page chat with annie.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Studio" icon="diagram-project">
    Inside any workflow, annie is the **Chat** tab of the Studio sidebar — she edits the workflow you're looking at.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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## From a prompt to a workflow

Building a workflow is a conversation:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Describe what you want">
    On the home screen, type what you want to extract — and optionally drop in a sample document or image. For example: *"Read supplier invoices and pull out the invoice number, date, supplier, and line items."*
  </Step>

  <Step title="annie builds it">
    annie proposes a workflow and shows you a preview to approve. She reads the sample, picks sensible fields and types, and adds the steps the document needs.
  </Step>

  <Step title="You land in Studio">
    Once approved, annie opens the new workflow in [Studio](/concepts/studio) — with the same conversation continuing in the **Chat** tab, so you can keep refining by asking for changes or editing fields yourself.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Run and improve">
    Add documents, run them, and review the results. Ask annie to tighten fields, add validation, or improve accuracy against examples you mark as correct.
  </Step>
</Steps>

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## What's next?

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  <Card title="Studio" icon="diagram-project" href="/concepts/studio">
    The visual editor annie drops you into — refine the workflow by hand or by chat
  </Card>

  <Card title="Workflows" icon="arrows-rotate" href="/concepts/workflows">
    The building blocks annie assembles for you
  </Card>

  <Card title="Fields" icon="table-list" href="/concepts/fields">
    What a field is and the properties annie sets on each one
  </Card>

  <Card title="Smart Lookup" icon="magnifying-glass" href="/concepts/smart-lookup">
    Enrich extracted values against a reference file
  </Card>
</CardGroup>