--- title: "Add Local OCR to a .NET AI Agent (Upload → Parse → Chat) with LiteParse" url: https://daily.dev/posts/add-local-ocr-to-a-net-ai-agent-upload-parse-chat-with-liteparse-sy7psev47 source_url: https://www.gettingstarted.ai/local-ocr-csharp-liteparse/ type: article source: "Getting started with AI" published: 2026-04-23T15:29:11.277Z updated: 2026-04-23T15:29:35.750Z tags: ["machine-learning", ".net"] reading_time: 12 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Add Local OCR to a .NET AI Agent (Upload → Parse → Chat) with LiteParse **[Getting started with AI](https://daily.dev/sources/gettingstartedai)** · 12 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A step-by-step guide to integrating local OCR into a .NET AI agent using LiteParse. The architecture separates concerns by routing document parsing through a dedicated tool: files are uploaded via an endpoint that returns a file ID, a DocumentTools class resolves the ID and shells out to the `lit` CLI to extract structured text, and the agent uses that text to answer questions or take actions. The tutorial covers building a budget tracker demo where the agent can read receipts and add transactions, with full code for the agent setup, file storage service, upload endpoint, parsing tool, and dependency injection wiring. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Creating a Custom AI Agent with Telerik Tools 2: Loading and Accessing Your Agent’s Content](https://daily.dev/posts/creating-a-custom-ai-agent-with-telerik-tools-2-loading-and-accessing-your-agent-s-content-e4iym8hty) · Telerik · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Creating a Custom AI Agent with Telerik Tools 1: Configuring an LLM for Azure or Ollama](https://daily.dev/posts/creating-a-custom-ai-agent-with-telerik-tools-1-configuring-an-llm-for-azure-or-ollama-wnuc0etev) · Telerik · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Extract PDF text in your browser with LiteParse for the web](https://daily.dev/posts/extract-pdf-text-in-your-browser-with-liteparse-for-the-web-lyswob0q8) · Simon Willison · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Introducing Syncfusion Document SDK AI Agent Tools for Autonomous Document Workflows](https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-syncfusion-document-sdk-ai-agent-tools-for-autonomous-document-workflows-kjxhdiu53) · Syncfusion · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#machine-learning](https://daily.dev/tags/machine-learning), [#.net](https://daily.dev/tags/.net) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/add-local-ocr-to-a-net-ai-agent-upload-parse-chat-with-liteparse-sy7psev47)