How to Upload a Document for the AI to Read and Discuss
What this feature does
You can send a document to SoulrisAI's chat and ask the AI questions about it — summarize it, pull out specific information, review it, explain a confusing section. This is the AI reading a document you already have, which is different from asking it to draft a new one from scratch (covered separately in our document generation guides).
What you need first
Like image analysis, document upload requires a funded wallet — it isn't part of the free tier. See why attachments need a deposit. Once your wallet has a balance, the attachment option appears in chat.
Supported file types
PDF and plain text files are supported (see supported attachment file types for the full list). If your document is in another format (a Word file, for instance), the most reliable approach is to export or save it as a PDF first, then upload that.
How to send a document
Use the attachment option in chat, select your file, and ask your question alongside it — or attach it first and ask follow-up questions in the same thread afterward. For example: attach a contract and ask "what are the key obligations in this," or attach a long report and ask for a summary of the main findings.
How long a document can be
There's a practical limit on how many pages a document can have for analysis — very long documents may need to be split, or you may need to point the AI at the specific section you care about rather than the whole file, for the best results. If a document is right at the edge of what's supported, you'll see a clear message rather than a silent failure.
Does it remember the document later?
Yes, within the same conversation — once uploaded, you can keep asking follow-up questions about the document without re-attaching it each time. A new conversation starts without access to it; see how conversation memory works.
How it's billed
Document attachments are billed as part of the message cost — roughly in proportion to how much of the document the AI has to process to answer you, in addition to the usual chat usage for that message.
Good ways to use this
- Summarizing a long document before you commit to reading all of it
- Getting specific answers out of a document rather than searching it manually (contracts, reports, policies)
- Getting a second read on something important — a lease, an agreement, an official letter
- Reviewing and improving a document you've already written, by uploading it rather than retyping the content
For writing style tips on getting good summaries or reviews out of these uploads, pair this with our prompting tips guide — being specific about what you want pulled out of the document makes a real difference to the usefulness of the answer.