How to Send Scanned Documents to Your AI Agent with OpenClaw

Paper is not the bottleneck anymore. The bottleneck is what happens after the scan. If you want documents to land in your AI workflow automatically, this setup is the fastest path.

What this workflow does

You scan from iPhone with ScanWow, OCR text is captured, and the content is forwarded into OpenClaw where your AI agent can summarize, classify, or extract fields.

Step 1, install the scanwow-sync skill

Inside your OpenClaw environment, install the integration skill:

Follow the skill's instructions to run an HTTPS endpoint your iPhone can send scans to. It must accept multipart form uploads, which the scanwow-api-receiver starter kit does.

Step 2, connect ScanWow on iPhone

1. Open ScanWow and scan a document as usual.
2. In Settings, Integrations, Secure API Export, turn on Enable API Export and include OCR text.
3. Tap Send to API on the scan.
4. Send the scan.

Once connected, sending takes only a tap or two per document.

Step 3, process with your AI agent

Now your agent can run repeatable actions like:

• Extract vendor name, date, and total from receipts.
• Summarize long contracts into short decision notes.
• Route documents to project folders by content.
• Draft reply emails from scanned letters.

Recommended workflow pattern

For operations teams

Batch scan at the end of the day, then let your agent produce a daily digest with totals, missing fields, and follow-up items.

For founders and operators

Scan whiteboard pages, contracts, and receipts into one stream. Let your agent tag each file, summarize it, and store key numbers in your preferred system.

Troubleshooting checklist

• Verify the skill is installed and active in OpenClaw.
• Check that your endpoint URL and token are correct in ScanWow's Secure API Export settings, then tap Send Test Ping.
• Send a one-page test scan first, then move to larger files.
• If OCR looks weak, improve the lighting and scan again. The scan mode does not change the extracted text.