Getting Started with Scribo

Create your first invoice

1. Open the web app. Go to the Scribo homepage — it loads straight into a chat. No login screen.
2. Describe the invoice in plain language. Type what you'd say to a colleague, for example: “Invoice Acme GmbH €1,200 for May consulting.”
3. Answer a couple of follow-ups. Scribo asks only for what it still needs — your client's address, the invoice date, payment terms, the applicable tax rate. You don't have to know the format or the requirements; that's Scribo's job.
4. Review the draft. Scribo shows the finished invoice. Check the figures and the line items.
5. Enter your email. This is where the invoice is sent from and how you get your copy — it's the only detail Scribo keeps. There's no separate signup.
6. Download or send. Take the PDF, or have Scribo email it to your client directly.

That's the whole flow. The next invoice is faster, because your business details carry over.

A worked example

You type:

“Invoice Acme GmbH €1,200 for May consulting. Net 14 days.”

Scribo replies asking for Acme's address and your tax rate, confirms the invoice number and date, and produces a clean, ready-to-send invoice — plus the structured compliant file your client's country requires, if it requires one. You enter your email, download the PDF, and you're done.

What you get back

• A clean PDF, every time — the invoice you'd expect to see.
• The compliant structured file where it's required. For German B2B that's ZUGFeRD or XRechnung; across the EU it's the EN 16931 format your client's accountant and tax office accept. For the US, a clean PDF is all that's needed.

You don't have to know which format applies — Scribo picks it from the country and validates it before sending. The full breakdown is on the Compliance page.

Getting the best result

• Put the essentials in your first sentence — client, amount, what it's for. Scribo fills the gaps by asking.
• Name the currency and language if they aren't obvious (“in euros, in German”).
• Add several line items at once — “€1,200 for consulting and €300 for travel.”
• Reuse your details — once you've sent one invoice, your business information carries over to the next.