> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.extend.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
>
> ## API version
> The current API version is `2026-02-09`, served at the site root (no version prefix in URLs).
> If this page URL contains `/2025-04-21/` or `/2024-12-23/`, you are reading an older API version.
> Prefer the current docs at https://docs.extend.ai/llms.txt unless the user explicitly needs that older version.
> Do not treat older-version pages as the source of truth for new integrations.

# Parsing

> Ship your document processing with Extend. Get started with our APIs, SDKs, and guides.

## Docs

- [Parsing Overview](https://docs.extend.ai/2026-02-09/parsing/overview.md): Parsing converts any document into clean, layout-aware, LLM-ready markdown and structured blocks.
- [Parsing Configuration](https://docs.extend.ai/2026-02-09/parsing/configuration.md): Configure the Parse API with engine selection, chunking strategies, and block options.
- [Parsing Response Format](https://docs.extend.ai/2026-02-09/parsing/response-format.md): Understand the Parse response: top-level fields, chunks, blocks, and bounding-box coordinates.
- [Parsing Best Practices](https://docs.extend.ai/2026-02-09/parsing/best-practices.md): Practical tips for getting the best results from Parse — retrieval quality, accuracy, speed, and cost.
- [Parsing for RAG](https://docs.extend.ai/2026-02-09/parsing/rag.md): Use Extend Parse as the ingestion layer for RAG, search, and agent memory: layout-aware markdown, semantic chunks with reading order, bounding boxes for citations, and figures, charts, and equations rendered as text.
- [Parsing Error Handling](https://docs.extend.ai/2026-02-09/parsing/error-handling.md): Handle Parse API errors with detailed error codes and troubleshooting guidance.