From 7b69a178c02351f669062f30a83ec27d96e07263 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shamoon <4887959+shamoon@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:42:06 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add to parser dev docs

---
 docs/development.md | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/development.md b/docs/development.md
index 46b84f703..5a845b2b7 100644
--- a/docs/development.md
+++ b/docs/development.md
@@ -456,6 +456,20 @@ def score(
     return 10
 ```
 
+**Remote services**
+
+If your parser sends document content to a remote service, declare it:
+
+```python
+class MyCustomParser:
+    uses_remote_service = True
+```
+
+Paperless-ngx excludes such parsers when the document being consumed has not
+been marked for remote processing, so users can keep remote OCR off by default
+and enable it selectively with a workflow. Parsers that do not declare the
+attribute are treated as fully local and are always considered.
+
 **Archive and rendition flags**
 
 ```python