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# Docling Reader

The **Docling Reader** processes multiple document formats using IBM's [Docling library](https://github.com/docling-project/docling). It handles PDFs, documents, presentations, spreadsheets, images, audio, video and markup files.

## Code

```python theme={null}
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.knowledge.knowledge import Knowledge
from agno.knowledge.reader.docling_reader import DoclingReader
from agno.vectordb.pgvector import PgVector

db_url = "postgresql+psycopg://ai:ai@localhost:5532/ai"

# Create a knowledge base with docling reader
knowledge = Knowledge(
    vector_db=PgVector(
        table_name="docling_documents",
        db_url=db_url,
    )
)

# Add documents using DoclingReader
knowledge.insert(
    path="documents/report.pdf",
    reader=DoclingReader(),
)

# Create an agent with the knowledge base
agent = Agent(
    knowledge=knowledge,
    search_knowledge=True,
)

# Query the knowledge base
agent.print_response(
    "Summarize the key findings from the report",
    markdown=True,
)
```

## Usage

<Steps>
  <Snippet file="create-venv-step.mdx" />

  <Step title="Install dependencies">
    ```bash theme={null}
    # Base dependencies
    uv pip install -U docling sqlalchemy psycopg pgvector agno openai

    # For audio/video processing
    uv pip install -U openai-whisper
    ```

    **Install ffmpeg** (required for audio/video processing):

    * **macOS**: `brew install ffmpeg`
    * **Ubuntu**: `sudo apt-get install ffmpeg`
    * **Windows**: Download from [https://ffmpeg.org/download.html](https://ffmpeg.org/download.html)
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set environment variables">
    ```bash theme={null}
    export OPENAI_API_KEY=xxx
    ```
  </Step>

  <Snippet file="run-pgvector-step.mdx" />

  <Step title="Run Agent">
    <CodeGroup>
      ```bash Mac theme={null}
      python examples/basics/knowledge/concepts/readers/overview/docling_reader_sync.py
      ```

      ```bash Windows theme={null}
      python examples/basics/knowledge/concepts/readers/overview/docling_reader_sync.py
      ```
    </CodeGroup>
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Params

<Snippet file="docling-reader-reference.mdx" />