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Add files to your Library

Uploading is the fastest way to get your material into Chief. You can add several files at once, and each one starts processing as soon as it is uploaded. Files are added to the Library of the project you have open, so open the right project first. The add-content row now offers Upload files, Paste content, Add a URL, Record an audio file, and, for the Owner of the project’s organization, Connect integrations.
Chief: Uploading files — Ways to add files to your Library

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Upload a file

Chief: Uploading files — The Upload files button
  1. Open the project whose Library you want to add to.
  2. Drag your files onto the page, or use the upload control to open your computer’s file picker.
  3. Select one or more files and confirm. The file picker accepts multiple files at once.
  4. Watch the upload progress panel. Each file shows its name and a live status as it uploads and then processes.
  5. When a file shows Uploaded. Ready for complex tasks with this file alongside all your knowledge., it is fully processed. Uploaded. Ready for simple tasks with just this file. means you can already use it on its own, but processing is not finished.

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Which file types are supported

Chief accepts a long, fixed list of file types, and checks each file against it before uploading. A file whose type is not on the list is not uploaded: Chief shows a File Upload Error that says File type is not supported. Common documents, PDFs, spreadsheets, images, and audio all work, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, PNG, JPEG, and GIF images, MP3, MP4, and M4A audio and video, HTML, ZIP, and RTF. Some formats are not on the list, such as HEIC photos from an iPhone; convert those to JPEG or PNG first.
💡 Pro-Tip: You can upload a whole batch at once. Each file processes independently, so you do not have to wait for one to finish before the next begins.
Uploading a whole folder, or adding uploads to a build step? chief assets upload ./docs --recursive does the same job from a terminal — see the CLI overview, or the Assets guide for the underlying upload flow. Related articles: What is the Library? · Viewing asset details and file processing status · Adding web pages and URLs to your Library

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FAQ

The File Upload Error dialog says File type is not supported when a file’s type is not on Chief’s list, and the file is not uploaded. Try converting it to a more common format (for example, export to PDF) and upload again.
A file with the same contents is already in your Library. Chief skips it so you do not get duplicates. You can use the existing file in task from the same notice.
Open the file to see why it failed. The most common causes are an unsupported file type or running out of credits to process it. Fix the cause, then re-upload the file or use the try-again action.