Household Ledger · Binder Intake

What happens after you click the three intake buttons?

All three actions end in the same Binder pipeline—capture the source, extract what can be known, confirm classification and relationships, then send the document into the searchable library. The first screen changes because the source is different.

BinderBrown Family evidence system

One intake doctrine

The source can be a paper scan, an external location, or a digital file. Binder should normalize all three into the same canonical document record rather than creating three different document systems.

CaptureExtractConfirmRoute + Index

After intake

Every completed intake lands in Binder with metadata, provenance, access rules, linked records, storage information, version state, and readiness/review status.

Mobile behavior: the same forms can render as full-screen step flows on phone. Desktop uses a modal/workspace because there is enough room to show the form and Binder’s automated checks at the same time.

Prototype intent

Scan emphasizes capture quality and the physical original.

Add Link emphasizes provider/path verification and never storing credentials.

Add Document emphasizes file upload, duplicate/version checks, and direct preservation.

All three converge on classification → metadata → canonical record linking → access → review → Binder Library.