Does it handle PDF and photo receipts?

Yes. Text and PDF attachments are extracted, and image receipts are passed to a vision-capable model, so most common receipt formats work.

Do I have to forward each email by hand?

No. Forward or BCC manually when you want, or set an auto-forwarding rule in Gmail, Outlook, or Apple Mail so matching mail reaches your Airbox address automatically and runs through your AI with no extra steps.

How much does it cost?

Airbox has a free plan to get started. You bring your own AI provider API key, so you pay the provider directly for the tokens you use — there is no AI markup from Airbox.

Is it safe to point Airbox at my real email?

Yes — that's exactly what Airbox is designed for. Airbox only acts on mail from senders you allow, and it only treats the subject and first body line (or a (* … *) block) as instructions. Everything else in a forwarded email is quarantined as untrusted content and never obeyed for your own security and privacy. Your API keys stay fully encrypted.

Extract receipts & expenses from email

The short answer

To extract receipts from email, auto-forward them to an Airbox inbox set up for expenses. Your own AI reads each receipt — including PDF and image attachments — and emails back the vendor, date, total, tax, and category in a clean, consistent format you can drop into a spreadsheet or expense tool. Apply the Receipts & expenses recipe to standardize it.

How to set it up

Create a free Airbox address and connect your AI provider key.
Apply the Receipts & expenses recipe to set the extraction format.
Auto-forward receipts (or forward them as they arrive) to that address.

Example

Subject: Fwd: Your receipt from Acme

(* @claude extract vendor, date, total, tax, and category as a single row *)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
...the email you forwarded...

PDF and image receipts are read too — text is extracted, images go to a vision-capable model.

What you get

Vendor, date, total, tax, and category per receipt
A consistent format you can paste into a sheet
Works with PDF and image receipts, not just text
Invoices to pay handled the same way

Frequently asked questions

Does it handle PDF and photo receipts?: Yes. Text and PDF attachments are extracted, and image receipts are passed to a vision-capable model, so most common receipt formats work.
Do I have to forward each email by hand?: No. Forward or BCC manually when you want, or set an auto-forwarding rule in Gmail, Outlook, or Apple Mail so matching mail reaches your Airbox address automatically and runs through your AI with no extra steps.
How much does it cost?: Airbox has a free plan to get started. You bring your own AI provider API key, so you pay the provider directly for the tokens you use — there is no AI markup from Airbox.
Is it safe to point Airbox at my real email?: Yes — that's exactly what Airbox is designed for. Airbox only acts on mail from senders you allow, and it only treats the subject and first body line (or a (* … *) block) as instructions. Everything else in a forwarded email is quarantined as untrusted content and never obeyed for your own security and privacy. Your API keys stay fully encrypted.

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