Chat Trigger File Upload Tutorial

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Describe the problem/error/question

I have built a basic AI chat bot workflow that uses the Claude AI Model. I can interact via text chat with no issue. In the chat trigger settings I see an option to allow file uploads. My assumption is that this is to replicate the same kind of experience with the Claude desktop / UEX - where by as a user I can add a document, image, or other to interact with. EG - as an expert marketer tell me your opinion of this sales slick.

Is that expectation correct?

I have experimented with the field and extract pdf to text nodes. I am having a hard time imagining how this will give the AI agent enough context about a document’s design to infer much.

Can someone point me to a tutorial or an FAQ? Specifically, something aimed at adding the same kinds of file types to a chat session that we have come to expect the desktop/uex version of interacting with a LLM.

What is the error message (if any)?

Please share your workflow

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Share the output returned by the last node

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Can you provide your workflow json here in a response by clicking the ‘</>’ button? I would like some more context to help answer.

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Hi @pkennard

Open a separate workflow and test this suggestion below.
Hope it helps

Can anyone point me to a tutorial or FAQ? Specifically, something that aims to add the same file types to a chat session that we expect from the desktop/Uex version of an LLM interaction.

These 3 documents from N8N will help you.

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