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Paperless Search

Search and view Paperless-ngx documents

Version 2025.11 by FireFingers21


Setup

Set the Base URL and API Token of your Paperless-ngx installation in the Workflow’s Configuration. You can find the API Token from the “My Profile” link in the user dropdown found in the web UI.

Usage

Search your Paperless-ngx documents via the ppl keyword. Documents can be presented in a list or a grid.

Searching for documents

Viewing documents as grid

Type to refine your search. Documents are always searchable by Title and Creation Date, while filtering by Correspondent, Tag, and Document Type is configurable from the Workflow’s Configuration.

Filtering document results

  • Open document in browser.
  • Open document in Alfred.
  • View document details in Paperless web UI.
  • Switch between list and grid views.

Append d to the configured Keyword to use Paperless’s own search mechanism instead of Alfred’s. While slower, this allows for more granular search functions by querying the Paperless API directly.

Searching for documents

  • Open document in browser.
  • Open document in Alfred.
  • View document details in Paperless web UI.
  • View search in Paperless web UI.

Paperless can provide autocomplete suggestions if no documents match your query. Select an autocompletion by pressing or .

Autocomplete suggestions

Append :: to the configured Keyword to access other actions, including manually reloading the document cache.

Other actions

Configure the Hotkeys as shortcuts for each document search mechanism.

Use the Universal Action to upload supported files to Paperless from Alfred’s Clipboard History or selected files.

Using the Universal Action