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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import boto3
+from .celery_worker import celery
+from .config import settings
+
+textract_client = boto3.client(
+    "textract",
+    aws_access_key_id=settings.aws_access_key_id,
+    aws_secret_access_key=settings.aws_secret_access_key,
+    region_name=settings.aws_region,
+)
+
+@celery.task
+def process_document(file_path: str):
+    """Process document: OCR, metadata extraction, upload"""
+    
+    # Send to AWS Textract
+    with open(file_path, "rb") as document:
+        response = textract_client.analyze_document(
+            Document={"Bytes": document.read()},
+            FeatureTypes=["TABLES", "FORMS"]
+        )
+    
+    extracted_text = " ".join([block["Text"] for block in response["Blocks"] if block["BlockType"] == "WORD"])
+    
+    return {"file": file_path, "text": extracted_text}