Question 1

What does T3rnel Document Intelligence do?

Accepted Answer

It turns receipts and invoices into typed records with confidence scores and review flags, as five MCP tools and a tenant-scoped HTTP API. Every field carries its evidence, and facts the document does not state stay null.

Question 2

Which MCP tools does it expose?

Accepted Answer

Exactly five: extract_receipt, extract_invoice, categorize_expense, validate_document and extract_batch, served over Streamable HTTP at POST /mcp.

Question 3

What can I send it?

Accepted Answer

Bounded inline base64 JPEG, PNG, WebP or PDF, or a safe public HTTPS URL. Document content is treated as untrusted input.

Question 4

How does it handle money and missing values?

Accepted Answer

Money is returned as integer minor units, and an unknown fact is null rather than a guess. Deterministic arithmetic validation and the evidence drive confidence and the review flag.

Question 5

Is there a free tier?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The free tier is 10 extraction units, 24-hour raw-document retention and all five MCP tools. Higher quota and retention are bought through T3rnel WavePay.

Question 6

How do I get an API credential?

Accepted Answer

Sign up at /signup or POST /api/signup. You receive a 256-bit bearer credential exactly once; only a peppered hash is stored, and it can be rotated or revoked from the Security page.

Question 7

How is billing and quota handled?

Accepted Answer

T3rnel WavePay is the sole billing, entitlement and quota authority. Quota is reserved before extraction, committed after the exact result is stored, and released if the extraction fails.

Question 8

How long are my documents kept?

Accepted Answer

Raw documents expire after 24 hours by default, under unpredictable tenant-prefixed storage keys. Metadata, results, corrections and audit events remain until deletion is requested, subject to security and legal needs.

Question 9

Can I use the output without a human checking it?

Accepted Answer

It is built for a review point, not to approve payables silently: review flags and arithmetic validation mark uncertain fields. It does not provide accounting, tax or legal advice.

Question 10

Is the demo output a real extraction?

Accepted Answer

No. GET /api/demo returns synthetic sample data, labelled as such, and never calls an AI provider.

Question 11

Which MCP clients can connect?

Accepted Answer

Any client that speaks Streamable HTTP MCP: set the server URL to your host's /mcp and send the credential as an Authorization: Bearer header.

Question 12

Is it production-ready?

Accepted Answer

It is an initial beta. Signup, storage accounting and the storage limit are verified live; extraction quality on representative consented documents and a real PayNow merchant checkout still need launch-owner review before public marketing.