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Overview

Files are a powerful feature in GC AI that enables you to create permanent collections of documents accessible across all your chats. They serve as your team’s document brain, allowing you to:
Files organization in GC AI
  • Upload and organize files and folders
  • Share documents with your team
  • Work with large document sets using smart, on-demand document access
  • Get cited responses with hover previews and in-document highlighting

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Smart Document Access

When you attach files from Files to a chat, GC AI doesn’t load all document content into memory at once. Instead, it uses specialized tools to access your documents on demand:
  • Read specific sections of a document as needed
  • Search across documents for relevant passages using keyword matching
  • Query document content using semantic search to find conceptually related information
This approach lets you work with significantly more documents than would fit in a single context window. The AI intelligently accesses only the portions it needs for each response.

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Getting Started

  1. Open the right sidebar
  2. Click “My Files” or “Organization Files”
  3. Click “Create Folder”
  4. Name your folder and set sharing permissions
  5. Upload files — you can drag and drop files, paste from clipboard, or use the + menu (tooltip: Add files and prompts) and select Add from computer
  6. Drag the folder from the sidebar into any chat, or use the + menu to select Add from Files (this opens the sidebar to Files and focuses search so you can type immediately)
  7. Start asking GC AI questions about your documents

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Using Documents in Chat

Once documents are attached to a chat, you’ll see file badges showing which documents are available. The context usage indicator shows how much context is being used. You can:
  • Ask questions and receive responses with citations linking to your source documents
  • Export your analysis as PDF, DOCX, or Markdown
  • Branch the conversation to explore different analysis paths

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Legacy File Migration

Previously uploaded files in chats will remain accessible in those conversations. For better organization and future access, we recommend re-uploading important files into Files.