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Read 40 PDF invoices and prepare 44 entries, with Claude

Use described publicly by LinkedIn — Nicolas Cléton (testimony public signé) (26 October 2025), summarised by the desk. Not tested by iadujour.

The result to aim for

Nicolas Cléton launched the `/traitement-factures` order on a PDF file: 40 invoices read by OCR, 13 accounts receivable out of 92, 8 VAT autoliquidation detected, 44 entries in a spreadsheet (date, newspaper, account, debit, credit), 8 USD invoices converted.

What was done

Post LinkedIn public signed (Nicolas Cléton, October 26, 2025, page read November 10, 2026). Target declared: 100 €/month less tools; Pennylane is still reading 30 to 50 bills a month. The post also describes an accounting classification and renaming PDFs — out of title. Next step (balance sheet, VAT): not yet in production. "Zero for lack of seizure" is his finding on this lot, unaudited. Distinct from Lalau (Evaneos) and Ceiba (fees).

Before you start

Tool cited by the source: Claude (Skills); other tools cited: Claude. Fill in the bracketed items: [fichiers], [comptes]. Strip confidential data that is not needed and check your tool’s access terms. Features and plans can change.

The method, in three steps.

  1. Gather the context

    Spot the bracketed items in the prompt ([fichiers], [comptes]) and prepare what they ask for.

  2. Adapt the prompt

    Copy the prompt below, replace the bracketed items, then paste it into Claude.

  3. Reread before using

    Reread the result, correct it if needed and keep the final decision. Caveats are detailed below.

Your starting point.

Replace the bracketed items, then adapt the proposal to your situation. This prompt is written by the iadujour desk It is not a quotation from the source.

The prompt to customise
Invoice folder PDF (without names): [fichiers]. Chart of Accounts (extracts): [comptes].

For each invoice: date, supplier, amount, account proposed, VAT / autoliquidation. Get a spreadsheet: Date, Journal, Account, Debit, Credit. If an exchange rate is missing, say so. Don't make up any accounts.

What deserves your attention

A spreadsheet is not validated. Cross-check VAT, autoliquidation and exchange rates on PDFs before entering, and do not paste a customer invoice into a consumer account.
Origin of the case. Use described publicly by LinkedIn — Nicolas Cléton (testimony public signé) (26 October 2025).
Proof level: Public declarative post. Source checked on 10 November 2026. Use described by the source, not tested by the desk. Original summary written by iadujour.fr: figures and claims are the source’s; the prompt is a desk proposal, not a quotation.

Useful skills

Official skills on the same task, paired by the desk: they are not part of the described case.

  • Everything with PDFsAnthropic · Covers most operations on PDFs: extract text and tables, merge, cut, rotate, watermark, create, fill out forms, encrypt or decipher, extract images and make a scan searchable by OCR.
  • Create and analyze Excel spreadsheetsAnthropic · Serves as soon as a spreadsheet file is the main deliverable: open, read, edit or correct a `.xlsx`, `.xlsm`, `.xltx`, `.csv` or `.tsv` (columns, formulas, formatting, graphics, cleaning), create a binder, or convert between tabular formats.
TO GO FURTHER

Other ideas to put to work.

The whole Accounting & finance theme
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