Quickstart Guide
Get started with Sea.dev's document intelligence APIs.
Extract structured data from documents with full citation tracking, enabling auditable and transparent AI-powered workflows.
Key Concepts
- Forms: are the target data points to be extracted from documents.
- Submissions: contain the data actually extracted from documents for a given form.
- Workflows: are a way to organise related forms.
- Deals: define a relationship with a client, and link all related submissions.
Data model at a glance
Workflow
Groups related forms so you can manage a process end-to-end.
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Form
Defines the structured fields that the document extraction should return.
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Submission
Contains the extracted values, citations, and audit trail for a specific document.
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Deal
Links submissions and workflows back to the customer relationship.
Extract Data via App
- Sign up at app.sea.dev
- Create a "New Submission" for any existing form
- Upload a PDF document, and it will be extracted into structured data
- Check the citations, edit the form, and re-run the submission as you require!
- Once you've created your first submission, feel free to create a new Deal, Workflow, or Form.
Use the API
- Navigate to Settings > API Keys
- Click "New API Key"
- Copy and securely store your API key
- Create a submission via API at api.sea.dev/docs, grab a Deal ID and Form ID from the frontend.
Keep your API key secure. Never commit it to version control or share it publicly.