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# Docling
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Kotaemon provides a [Docling](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling) reader to enable local document ingestion with structure-aware parsing, including text, tables, and figures.
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The reader is located under `kotaemon/loaders/docling_loader`.
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## Prerequisites
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- Install Docling:
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```bash
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uv pip install -e "libs/kotaemon[docling]"
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```
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- Configure optional figure captioning:
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Docling can generate figure captions when a VLM endpoint is available. Set `KH_VLM_ENDPOINT` in your `.env` file or application settings to enable captioning.
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```bash
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KH_VLM_ENDPOINT=http://your-vlm-endpoint
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```
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If `KH_VLM_ENDPOINT` is not set, Docling will still extract text, tables, and figure metadata, but it will skip generated figure captions.
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## Configure the loader
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1. Run Kotaemon and open the app UI.
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2. Navigate to Settings → Retrieval Settings → File loader.
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3. Select `Docling (figure+table extraction)`.
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4. Save the settings, then upload or ingest a document. Kotaemon will use Docling during indexing and convert extracted content into `Document` objects.
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