Uploading Your Data
Uploading is the way to bring in historical data without connecting a live system. Demiton applies the open-source procurement classification framework to your uploads, structures the result against domain entities, and makes it queryable through Claude via the MCP server.
This is the fastest path to value: no IT involvement, no credentials, no implementation scoping. Upload a file and start asking questions.
What to upload
Section titled “What to upload”Uploads are designed for historical contract and estimating data. The most valuable uploads are:
| Data type | Format | What you’ll get |
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| Historical contract rates | Excel, CSV | Rate comparison across projects, estimator performance, where rates held vs actuals |
| Tender submissions and BOQs | Excel, CSV | Classification against the procurement framework, rate benchmarking |
| Project cost summaries | Excel, CSV | Budget vs actual patterns, cost code breakdown |
| Estimating workbooks | Excel | Structured rate extraction, classification, query via Claude |
The platform handles messy, real-world spreadsheets - headers in row 3, merged cells, multiple worksheets. You don’t need to clean your data before uploading.
How to upload
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Sign in and navigate to Systems
Section titled “Sign in and navigate to Systems”Go to app.demiton.io and sign in with your Baseline account.
Open Systems - press Ctrl+K (⌘K on a Mac) and search for “Systems” - then click Add System.
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Select Excel / CSV and upload your file
Section titled “Select Excel / CSV and upload your file”Choose Excel or CSV from the connector list. Upload your file - supported formats:
.xlsx,.xls,.csv.Give the upload a name - for example, “Pacific Highway BOQ 2024” or “FY24 Contract Summary”.
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Review classification
Section titled “Review classification”Demiton processes the file and applies the procurement classification framework. A classification summary shows:
- How many line items were classified
- Which cost categories were identified
- Any rows that couldn’t be classified (you can review and correct these)
Classification typically completes within a few minutes for most workbooks.
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Connect the MCP server and start querying
Section titled “Connect the MCP server and start querying”Once your data is classified, it is available through the MCP server. Connect Claude or ChatGPT and start asking questions:
- “Which cost codes had the largest variance between estimate and actuals across my uploaded projects?”
- “What were the earthworks rates on the Pacific Highway contract?”
- “Which estimator’s rates held best against actuals?”
- “Summarise the labour split across my uploaded BOQs.”
What the classification framework does
Section titled “What the classification framework does”Demiton applies an open-source procurement classification framework to every upload. This maps unstructured line items - cost codes, descriptions, quantities, rates - to a consistent taxonomy across Australian civil construction categories.
The result is a structured view of your historical rates that can be:
- Queried across projects (“what did earthworks cost per m³ across all uploads?”)
- Compared against your own benchmarks
- Asked about directly in natural language through Claude
The framework source is published at github.com/demitonapp.
From uploads to live systems
Section titled “From uploads to live systems”Uploads answer the question: “what do we know from our historical records?”
Connected systems answer: “what is happening right now, and what happened last week on site?”
When you find yourself wanting to ask questions about live project financials, current workforce allocations, or last night’s site diaries, connect the system that holds them. It is the same Baseline plan, so there is nothing to upgrade. See Connecting a System, or talk to us about which systems to connect first.
Next steps
Section titled “Next steps”- Navigating the platform - where Systems sits in the app, and how to get around
- MCP Server - connect Claude or ChatGPT to your uploaded data
- Platform overview - how tiers fit together
- Memory overview - how uploaded data becomes queryable civil memory
- Connecting a System - live system integration alongside your uploads
- Roadmap - what is being built next, including more data sources and registers
Talk to the team
Tell us what you run - your ERP, field, payroll and document systems - and we will show you the registers Demiton would fill from them, on your data, in a 30-minute call.