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AI File Analysis: Smarter Workflow Automation

Build Concierge workflows can now read files, not just text, so documents move your business forward automatically.

Product UpdatePosted: 30/06/2026Read time: 3 mins

What's New

Build Concierge workflows can now analyse files, not just text.

That means documents, forms, PDFs, invoices, certificates, worksheets and customer photos can all be reviewed automatically as part of a workflow.

Instead of someone opening an attachment, reading through it and deciding what happens next, Build Concierge can now do that work for you.

How It Works

A customer, engineer or contractor sends a file into your business. That could be a completed form, a PDF report, an invoice, a certificate, a worksheet, a photo from site, or supporting documents for a job.

Build Concierge analyses the file, understands what's inside it, pulls out the important information, and passes that into the next step of the workflow automation.

Why It Matters

Many service teams still rely on people manually checking attachments before work can move forward.

That creates delays, missed details and extra admin. With AI File Analysis, workflows can remove that manual review step, so jobs, updates and decisions move forward faster.

For Existing Customers

If you already use Build Concierge workflows, this gives you a new way to automate processes that previously needed someone to check a document or image by hand.

For example, you could use it to:

  • Extract information from an attached PDF
  • Check a certificate before updating a job
  • Review an invoice before taking the next action
  • Analyse a customer-submitted photo
  • Pull key details from a form or worksheet
  • Use document information to decide what happens next

This makes your existing workflows more powerful, because they can now work with the files your team already receives every day.

Curious how this could work for your team?

Explore what your workflows could automate next.

New to Concierge?

This is another example of how Build Concierge helps service businesses automate real operational work, not just simple reminders or task lists.

If your team spends time opening emails, reading attachments, checking documents or reviewing photos, Build Concierge can help automate more of that process. The result is less admin, faster turnaround and fewer manual checks slowing your team down.

The Benefits

  • Less admin - Less time spent reviewing attachments and chasing details.
  • Faster turnaround - Forms, reports and documents get processed without waiting on a person.
  • Fewer missed details - Key information gets pulled out consistently, every time.
  • Smarter workflows - Your workflows can now act on documents and images, not just text.

Before vs After

Before

✗ Someone opens every attachment manually

✗ Key details get copied and checked by hand

✗ Jobs wait on a person to review a document

✗ Mistakes happen when details get missed

After

✓ Files are analysed automatically as they arrive

✓ Key information is pulled out straight away

✓ Workflows act on what's in the file immediately

✓ Consistent checks, every time, with less admin

Before

✗ Someone opens every attachment manually

✗ Key details get copied and checked by hand

✗ Jobs wait on a person to review a document

✗ Mistakes happen when details get missed

After

✓ Files are analysed automatically as they arrive

✓ Key information is pulled out straight away

✓ Workflows act on what's in the file immediately

✓ Consistent checks, every time, with less admin

FAQs

What file types can Build Concierge analyse?

Documents, forms, PDFs, invoices, certificates, worksheets and photos can all be analysed as part of a workflow.

Do I need to set anything up to use this?

If you're already using Build Concierge workflows, this builds on what you have. Your customer success contact can talk you through adding it.

Will this replace manual checks completely?

It removes the manual review step, but you stay in control of what the workflow does with the information it finds.

Is this only for new customers?

No. Existing customers can add this to current workflows to automate tasks that previously needed someone to check a file by hand.

See how AI File Analysis could remove manual admin from your team's day-to-day.

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