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Automate Data Extraction and Document Processing with Merlin Extract
Connect Merlin Extract to your entire tech stack and turn unstructured documents into structured data — no manual effort required.
What can you do with the Merlin Extract (Beta) connector?
Merlin Extract lets teams pull structured data from unstructured documents, PDFs, emails, and web content using AI-powered extraction. When you connect Merlin Extract through tray.ai, extracted data flows directly into your CRMs, databases, data warehouses, and business applications the moment it's ready. Processing invoices, contracts, research reports, or customer documents? tray.ai handles the full pipeline from ingestion to downstream action.
Automate & integrate Merlin Extract (Beta)
Automating Merlin Extract (Beta) business processes or integrating Merlin Extract (Beta) data is made easy with Tray.ai.
Use case
Automated Invoice and Accounts Payable Processing
Finance teams waste hours manually pulling line items, vendor details, and totals from PDF invoices. With Merlin Extract integrated via tray.ai, incoming invoices are automatically parsed and the structured data is pushed into your ERP, accounting software, or Google Sheets for immediate reconciliation and approval workflows.
- Eliminate manual data entry from invoices and purchase orders
- Trigger payment approval workflows in real time based on extracted values
- Reduce processing errors and speed up accounts payable cycles
Use case
Contract Metadata Extraction and CRM Enrichment
Sales and legal teams often need contract terms — renewal dates, parties, payment terms, clause summaries — stored in their CRM or contract management tools. Merlin Extract pulls this metadata automatically, and tray.ai routes it to Salesforce, HubSpot, or your document management system without manual review.
- Auto-populate CRM records with contract start dates, values, and renewal triggers
- Alert account managers when renewal windows are approaching based on extracted dates
- Maintain a searchable, structured contract database without manual tagging
Use case
AI-Powered Resume and Candidate Profile Parsing
Recruiting teams dealing with high application volumes struggle to extract consistent candidate data from resumes in varying formats. Connect Merlin Extract to your ATS via tray.ai and it standardizes candidate profile data — skills, experience, education — syncing it automatically to tools like Greenhouse, Lever, or Workday.
- Parse resumes in multiple formats into structured candidate records
- Automatically score and route candidates based on extracted criteria
- Reduce time-to-screen by eliminating manual profile entry
Use case
Web and Document Research Data Aggregation
Research, competitive intelligence, and product teams often need to pull specific data points from reports, web pages, and documents at scale. Merlin Extract handles the extraction while tray.ai pushes structured results into Notion, Airtable, BigQuery, or Slack for team review and analysis.
- Schedule recurring extraction jobs across multiple document sources
- Centralize structured research data in your preferred collaboration or analytics tool
- Trigger stakeholder notifications when newly extracted data is ready for review
Use case
Customer Document Onboarding Automation
Financial services, insurance, and SaaS companies routinely collect identity documents, application forms, and compliance paperwork during onboarding. Merlin Extract reads and structures this data, and tray.ai integrates it into your CRM, compliance platform, or KYC system to speed up onboarding without manual review.
- Cut onboarding cycle time by automating document data capture
- Automatically flag missing or inconsistent document fields for follow-up
- Feed structured customer data directly into compliance and verification workflows
Use case
Purchase Order and Procurement Data Sync
Procurement teams managing supplier relationships need purchase order data extracted from emails and attachments and synced into procurement platforms. Merlin Extract captures PO numbers, quantities, delivery terms, and vendor details, while tray.ai routes the structured output into NetSuite, SAP, or custom databases.
- Eliminate manual PO data re-entry across procurement systems
- Trigger automated supplier acknowledgment emails based on extracted PO data
- Keep procurement data accurate across systems in real time
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Challenges Tray.ai solves
Common obstacles when integrating Merlin Extract (Beta) — and how Tray.ai handles them.
Challenge
Handling Inconsistent Document Formats at Scale
Invoices, contracts, and forms arrive in dozens of different layouts — PDFs, scanned images, Word documents, email bodies. Building custom parsers for each format isn't sustainable, and small layout changes break fragile extraction rules.
How Tray.ai helps
tray.ai's integration with Merlin Extract lets you use its AI-driven extraction, which adapts to varied document structures without maintaining brittle regex or template-based parsers. Configure the extraction schema once in tray.ai and Merlin Extract handles format variability automatically across the pipeline.
Challenge
Routing Extracted Data to Multiple Downstream Systems
Once data is extracted, teams typically need it in several systems at once — a CRM, a database, a notification tool, a workflow platform. Managing these fan-out data flows manually means custom code and constant maintenance.
How Tray.ai helps
tray.ai's multi-step workflow engine lets a single Merlin Extract result be mapped and sent to multiple connectors in parallel — Salesforce, BigQuery, Slack, and Jira all in one workflow — with conditional logic determining exactly where each extracted field should land.
Challenge
Keeping Extracted Data in Sync When Source Documents Are Updated
Contracts get amended, invoices get revised, and application forms get resubmitted. Without a reliable update mechanism, systems end up holding stale extracted data that doesn't match the latest document version.
How Tray.ai helps
tray.ai can trigger re-extraction workflows whenever a document is updated in Google Drive, Dropbox, or your document management system, passing the revised file back through Merlin Extract and using update-or-insert logic to keep downstream records accurate and current.
Invoice Processing to Accounting System Sync
Gmail 
QuickBooks 
Slack Automatically extract invoice data from incoming email attachments using Merlin Extract and sync line items, totals, and vendor details to QuickBooks, Xero, or NetSuite.
Contract Upload to CRM Metadata Enrichment
Google Drive 
Salesforce 
Jira When a contract is uploaded to Google Drive or Dropbox, extract key metadata with Merlin Extract and update the associated opportunity or account record in Salesforce.
Resume Parser to ATS Candidate Profile Creator
Typeform 
Greenhouse 
Google Sheets Parse incoming resume submissions from email or a form submission, extract candidate attributes with Merlin Extract, and create structured candidate profiles in your ATS.
Research Document Extraction to Airtable Knowledge Base
Airtable Slack Google Drive Schedule periodic extraction of key data points from research PDFs or web documents and populate a centralized Airtable knowledge base for team access.
Customer Onboarding Document to CRM and Compliance Platform Sync
HubSpot Salesforce 
SendGrid Extract structured data from customer-submitted onboarding documents and push it to your CRM for account creation and to your compliance tool for KYC verification.
PO Email Extraction to Procurement System Entry
Gmail 
NetSuite 
Microsoft Teams Monitor a shared procurement inbox for purchase order emails, extract PO data with Merlin Extract, and create records in your procurement or ERP platform automatically.
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