# Turn messy document collections into structured rows with DocETL

> Define repeatable extraction pipelines that pull fields from large document collections, normalize outputs, and audit failures across the corpus.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/turn-messy-document-collections-into-structured-rows-with-do` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/turn-messy-document-collections-into-structured-rows-with-do`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/turn-messy-document-collections-into-structured-rows-with-do/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Security
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/turn-messy-document-collections-into-structured-rows-with-do

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# Turn messy document collections into structured rows with DocETL

Define repeatable extraction pipelines that pull fields from large document collections, normalize outputs, and audit failures across the corpus.

## Prerequisites

Python 3.10+, DocETL, document corpus, extraction configuration

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- Use Docker (recommended for quick start): make docker
- pip install docetl
- Run Docker:
- make docker

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- A Python package for running production pipelines from the command line or Python code
- ### 2. 📦 Python Package (For Production Use)
- If you want to use DocETL as a Python package:

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- ## 🚀 Getting Started
- DocWrangler is hosted at [docetl.org/playground](https://docetl.org/playground). But to run the playground locally, you can either:
- OpenAI API key

- Source: https://github.com/ucbepic/docetl
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ucbepic/docetl/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://docetl.org/

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/turn-messy-document-collections-into-structured-rows-with-docetl/)