Parse r-1

r-1 is currently in preview and requires the V3 API. API requests use legacy Parse unless they set settings.model to "r-1". New pipelines in Studio use r-1 by default.

Reducto parse r-1 delivers agentic-quality parsing for text, tables, figures, layout, and formatting in one full-page pass, with bounding boxes that link each block to its position on the page. It is the recommended model for most existing workloads. Instead of splitting this work across OCR, layout detection, and optional agentic steps, r-1 uses a simpler, more efficient end-to-end architecture for both simple and complex documents. Before migrating an existing configuration, review r-1 configuration compatibility.

Enable r-1

Set settings.model to "r-1" on a V3 Parse request. A request that omits settings.model runs on legacy Parse.

result = client.parse.run(
    input=upload.file_id,
    settings={"model": "r-1"}
)

const result = await client.parse.run({
  input: upload.file_id,
  settings: { model: 'r-1' }
});

curl -X POST https://platform.reducto.ai/parse \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $REDUCTO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "input": "reducto://your-file-id",
    "settings": {"model": "r-1"}
  }'

How r-1 compares with legacy Parse

Pipeline	Recommended use	How it works
r-1 preview	All new Parse pipelines and most existing workloads	One full-page model handles text, tables, figures, layout, formatting, and grounding together.
Legacy agentic pipeline	Workflows that require custom prompts or specialized agentic processing	Additional vision-language model passes process relevant text, tables, or figures. This adds latency.
Legacy standard Parse	Existing workflows that depend on legacy behavior or a configuration that r-1 does not support yet	OCR, layout detection, and post-processing run as separate stages.

r-1 replaces the general-purpose use of agentic text, table, and figure scopes. You can combine r-1 with agentic processing when your workflow needs one or more custom prompts or a specialized augmentation. Reducto runs the relevant agentic components and augments the r-1 result.

What r-1 handles natively

Capability	r-1 behavior
Text	Reads digital text, scans, handwriting, and mixed formatting in the full-page pass.
Tables	Interprets table structure with the surrounding page context, including merged cells and nested headers.
Layout and reading order	Resolves columns, headers, footers, sidebars, and reading order together.
Figures	Detects figures and generates a short description in the full-page pass. Use a figure-scoped custom prompt for specialized agentic interpretation.
Formatting	Preserves meaningful formatting such as headings, lists, bold text, underlines, and strikethroughs.
Grounding	Returns blocks with page-relative bounding boxes so you can trace content back to the source.

Augment r-1 with customized agentic processing

r-1 handles the document structures that previously required general-purpose agentic processing. Add customized agentic processing when your workflow needs a custom prompt or advanced chart extraction. For example, a table prompt can tell Reducto how to encode domain-specific content in the parsed output. The agentic array can include custom prompts for more than one supported scope. Pages that need a custom prompt run through the matching agentic pipeline, while other pages continue through r-1. Agentic processing adds latency. For structured chart data, add advanced chart extraction to a figure-scoped agentic configuration. Reducto runs the separate chart extraction agent and augments the r-1 result.

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Enable r-1

How r-1 compares with legacy Parse

What r-1 handles natively

Augment r-1 with customized agentic processing

Check configuration compatibility

Parse overview

Parse configurations

​Enable r-1

​How r-1 compares with legacy Parse

​What r-1 handles natively

​Augment r-1 with customized agentic processing

Check configuration compatibility

Parse overview

Parse configurations

Enable r-1

How r-1 compares with legacy Parse

What r-1 handles natively

Augment r-1 with customized agentic processing