How to Automate File Renaming with AI and OCR

Give your files names that actually describe what is inside them. TL;DR OCR reads text from PDFs and scanned documents; vision models describe photo content A structured LLM prompt turns raw OCR output into reliable filename fields Four Python functions cover the full pipeline in roughly 130 lines Works on invoices, contracts, receipts, and mixed photo batches Ends with a short note on when to build this yourself vs. reach for an existing tool The Problem Open a folder of s...