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Uploading Documents

Supported Formats

RetrievAI supports the following document types:

  • PDF (.pdf)
  • Word (.docx)
  • Plain Text (.txt)
  • Markdown (.md)

Upload Process

  1. Navigate to the Documents section
  2. Click Upload or drag and drop files
  3. Wait for processing to complete

Processing Pipeline

When you upload a document, it goes through:

  1. Extraction — Text is extracted from the document
  2. Chunking — Content is split into semantic chunks
  3. Embedding — Each chunk is converted to a vector embedding
  4. Indexing — Embeddings are stored in ChromaDB for retrieval

Processing Time

Large documents may take a few minutes to process. You can monitor progress in the Documents view.

Document Management

Viewing Documents

The Documents page shows all uploaded documents with:

  • File name and type
  • Upload date
  • Processing status
  • Chunk count

Deleting Documents

To delete a document:

  1. Select the document
  2. Click the delete icon
  3. Confirm deletion

Warning

Deleting a document removes all associated chunks and embeddings. This cannot be undone.