You can now add files directly into a conversation with the Assistant, without indexing them in Outmind.
💡 Tip: use Outmind search when you want to find and work with documents already available on your company servers. Drag and drop is ideal for temporarily adding files during a conversation, especially urgent documents you’ve just received that are not yet available in Outmind.
🖇️ Add a file to a conversation
Two methods are available on desktop:
via the paperclip icon 📎 next to the send button
via drag and drop: simply drag and drop your files into the conversation
On mobile, file upload is only available through the paperclip icon 📎.
Once uploaded, files can immediately be used by the Assistant to analyze, summarize, or enrich the conversation.
⚡ What you should know
Files remain limited to the conversation
They are not indexed in Outmind
You can add files at any time during the discussion
Uploaded files remain available to the Assistant throughout the conversation
📏 Limits per message
Documents: 5 maximum, 4.5 MB maximum each.
Images: 20 maximum, 3.75 MB maximum each.
📌 Supported formats
Documents: .pdf, .txt, .md, .html, .csv, .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx
Images: .png, .jpeg / .jpg, .gif, .webp
A file in any other format is rejected as soon as it is dropped, with an explanatory message.
⚠️ Unsupported formats: PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx), RTF, ODT, emails (.eml) and code files.
👉 For a PowerPoint file, export it to PDF before attaching it.
These limits and formats apply to all language models available in Outmind.
🛠️ If an error occurs with a file
If the Assistant displays an error after you add a file:
Start a new discussion: in the current discussion, the file is sent to the Assistant again with every message, so the error would keep occurring.
Attach a lighter version of the file: a compressed PDF, or the document split into several files under 4.5 MB.
Still having trouble? Contact support via the blue chat bubble in the bottom-right corner.