See what is in the batch before choosing a tool.
Give repeat file work one front door: add files or a folder once, inspect the mix and obvious risks, split the workload into FileNest routes that actually exist, and see which exact routes are already in your saved flows. The current version deliberately uses metadata only so convenience does not create new privacy or false-understanding risk.
This is the same six-stage spine used by the live Work Session below, not a second workflow. If Next Return Action appears above, recover unfinished or repair work first. A new run starts at Ingest once and then follows the current single next action.
- Stage 1 / 6Ingest onceChoose this batch of files or a folder once in Smart Intake. FileNest inspects metadata locally in the browser without reading file contents or OCR text and without uploading files.
- Stage 2 / 6Check & routeSafe workloads continue to real routes while stop items, review-required items and fallback work stay isolated. A few exceptions no longer block the clean majority.
- Stage 3 / 6ProcessEligible image, PDF and data workloads reuse the same selection without reselecting files. Destination tools still run only after an explicit user open; an opened route or tool_success proves processing only.
- Stage 4 / 6ReviewProcessing success is not quality approval. The Work Session accepts only current review evidence bound to this run; failed or stale evidence stops the path here.
- Stage 5 / 6DeliverAfter review is established, confirm delivery separately. Delivered, failed or structurally not-required outcomes remain distinct evidence; the run is finished only when the Completion Gate says COMPLETE.
- Stage 6 / 6Verified reuseOnly a fully closed eligible result may be explicitly saved as a Verified Repeat Policy. Every later batch is checked again; version drift, new exceptions, fallback or failure stops automatic reuse.
Smart Intake uses only metadata already exposed by your browser: name, relative path, extension, size, MIME type and modification time. It does not read file contents, run OCR, upload files or act as antivirus.
Add real files or a folder before FileNest suggests current routes from metadata. A filename that looks like an invoice is never treated as proof that the content was understood.