Colbot Guide
Colbot helps you collect information from different sources and use AI to extract and organize it as structured data. This guide explains how the parts of the product work together and links to feature descriptions and detailed rules. The current documentation covers data collection, extraction, and review with Parsers, along with related FAQs.
Parsers: data collection and extraction
A Parser defines how data is extracted and processed. It uses a Google Sheet’s columns as the target fields, applies extraction instructions to the input, and processes the results according to its review settings before writing them to the sheet.
The same Parser can receive inputs in different ways while using the same target fields and review workflow:
| Input method | What it does |
|---|---|
| File upload | Provides documents, images, or other supported files for the Parser to extract data from. |
| Web Clipper | Captures web content from your local Chrome browser and submits it to the Parser. |
| Scheduled | Fetches source content in the cloud at regular intervals and submits changed inputs to the Parser. Currently supports web pages and JSON APIs. |
Web Clipper and Scheduled provide inputs; the Parser handles extraction. Scheduled is a recurring input feature within Parsers.
Feature guides
- Parsers: AI data extraction to Google Sheets — explore supported inputs, field extraction, team permissions, and review capabilities.
- Web Clipper Chrome Extension — learn about capturing web content from your local browser for a Parser.
- Scheduled web scraping and AI data extraction — understand cloud-based scheduled inputs, source types, intervals, additional extraction instructions, and charge components.
FAQs and detailed rules
- Scheduled FAQ — find web fetching and API request charges, plus billing rules for failed runs, unchanged content, or fully deduplicated results.
- Security & Privacy — learn about Google Drive permissions, file storage, data deletion, and how AI uses your data.
- FAQ directory — find detailed answers by feature and topic.
For subscription plans and Credit pricing, see Pricing.