Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Paperless NGX is an open source document management system that transforms physical documents into fully searchable digital documents. In Part 2 of this series, we focus on automation and real-world workflows: adding full Office document support with Gotenberg + Tika, building nested tags, creating smart keyword matching rules for auto-tagging, and setting up automated email importing so your inbox can feed Paperless hands-free.
✅ *What You’ll Learn:*
• Enable Office document support with Gotenberg + Tika (DOCX → PDF inside Paperless)
• Create nested tags (clean hierarchy + colors)
• Build smart keyword matching rules for automatic tagging
• Set up Mail Importing (mail accounts + mail rules)
• Full workflow demo: Email → Attachment → Paperless → PDF
🔗 *Watch Part 1 (Complete Setup Guide):*
youtu.be/KeB-74pPqh8
🔧 *Paperless-ngx template variables (enable Office conversion):*
PAPERLESS_TIKA_ENABLED: 1
PAPERLESS_TIKA_GOTENBERG_ENDPOINT: http://[Your Unraid IP]:3000
PAPERLESS_TIKA_ENDPOINT: http://[Your Unraid IP]:9998
*What will you build with Unraid?*
Get Started with Unraid in 15 minutes or less:
unraid.net/getting-started
*Chapters*
00:00 Intro + automation roadmap
00:56 The Paperless Problem (Office files)
01:00 Install Gotenberg + Tika (Unraid Apps)
03:00 Enable Tika + endpoints in Paperless
04:00 Test DOCX conversion inside Paperless
06:20 Nested tags setup
09:20 Smart keyword matching rules (auto-tagging)
12:20 Automated email importing (mail accounts + rules)
14:20 Full workflow: email → Paperless
15:30 Wrap-up + next steps
Paperless NGX is an open source document management system that transforms physical documents into fully searchable digital documents. In Part 2 of this series, we focus on automation and real-world workflows: adding full Office document support with Gotenberg + Tika, building nested tags, creating smart keyword matching rules for auto-tagging, and setting up automated email importing so your inbox can feed Paperless hands-free.
✅ *What You’ll Learn:*
• Enable Office document support with Gotenberg + Tika (DOCX → PDF inside Paperless)
• Create nested tags (clean hierarchy + colors)
• Build smart keyword matching rules for automatic tagging
• Set up Mail Importing (mail accounts + mail rules)
• Full workflow demo: Email → Attachment → Paperless → PDF
🔗 *Watch Part 1 (Complete Setup Guide):*
youtu.be/KeB-74pPqh8
🔧 *Paperless-ngx template variables (enable Office conversion):*
PAPERLESS_TIKA_ENABLED: 1
PAPERLESS_TIKA_GOTENBERG_ENDPOINT: http://[Your Unraid IP]:3000
PAPERLESS_TIKA_ENDPOINT: http://[Your Unraid IP]:9998
*What will you build with Unraid?*
Get Started with Unraid in 15 minutes or less:
unraid.net/getting-started
*Chapters*
00:00 Intro + automation roadmap
00:56 The Paperless Problem (Office files)
01:00 Install Gotenberg + Tika (Unraid Apps)
03:00 Enable Tika + endpoints in Paperless
04:00 Test DOCX conversion inside Paperless
06:20 Nested tags setup
09:20 Smart keyword matching rules (auto-tagging)
12:20 Automated email importing (mail accounts + rules)
14:20 Full workflow: email → Paperless
15:30 Wrap-up + next steps
