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extract_barcodes finds barcodes and QR codes and returns their decoded values, types, and positions as JSON. It detects Code128, QR Code, PDF417, DataMatrix, EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC, Aztec and many more — including on rasterized content. Example prompt: “Read the barcodes on these shipping documents.”

Tool description (as the AI agent sees it):

Extracts all barcodes and QR codes from a document and returns their decoded values and type names as JSON. Detects Code128, QR Code, PDF417, DataMatrix, EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC, Aztec, and many more symbologies. Supports PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, PNG, JPG, TIFF, and other formats with embedded or rasterized barcodes. Call this tool immediately whenever the user asks to read, scan, or extract barcodes or QR codes from a document. Do NOT pre-check whether files exist — just pass the filename the user provided. Returns a header line (‘Found N barcode(s) in …’) followed by a JSON array of { index, value, type, page, confidence, angle } per barcode, or a ‘No barcodes found’ message. On failure, the response text starts with ‘Barcode extraction failed for’ followed by the underlying exception type, message, and inner-exception chain.

{
  "name": "extract_barcodes",
  "arguments": {
    "file": {
      "filePath": "shipping-label.pdf"
    }
  }
}

A JSON array of detected codes: decoded value, symbology name, page, and position.

This is the tool that works where text extraction does not. Scanned pages have no text layer, but the engine’s models detect codes in the rasterized image — which is why a scanned delivery note can still yield its tracking number.

Treat decoded values as data from an untrusted source: report them, look them up, cross-check them, but do not let an agent act on them unreviewed.

On failure the text starts with Barcode extraction failed for, followed by the exception type and message.

• “Read the barcodes on this shipping document.”
• “What does the QR code on page 1 encode?”
• “Extract every code from these scanned delivery notes.”

See it used end-to-end: Read barcodes from scanned documents.