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Your knowledge, in one place

Your Library is where Chief keeps everything you add to a project: uploaded files, recordings, saved task answers, and web pages. Once something is in your Library, Chief can read it and use it to answer your questions, so the responses you get are grounded in your own material instead of generic information.
Chief: What is the Library? — Your files in one place
Each project has its own Library. The files you add to one project stay with that project, which keeps unrelated work separated and your answers focused. Files don’t have to arrive through the browser. The Assets API and the chief command-line client upload into this same Library, which is how teams keep a folder or a repository in sync with a project.

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What you can keep here

Chief: What is the Library? — Ways to add content
  • Files you upload (documents, PDFs, spreadsheets, images, audio, and more).
  • Recordings you capture directly in Chief.
  • Web pages you add by URL.
  • Pasted text you save directly as a Library source.
Use Upload files, Paste content, Add a URL, or Record audio to add material. Project Owners also see Connect integrations.
  • Task answers you save back to the Library as a File.

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When the Library is empty

If a project has no Files yet, Chief shows Your Library is empty and an Upload files action. If you search without a match, it shows No Files matched your search and suggests starting a task instead. A source filter can also report that there are no files from that source in the project yet. If the + menu says You do not have permission to upload files to this project, your Project role does not allow uploads. Project Owners and Collaborators can add Knowledge; Readers can view the Library but cannot add or change its content. Ask a Project Owner to change your role or upload the file for you.

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What Chief does with it

Chief: What is the Library? — Task across all your files
When a file finishes processing, Chief understands its contents and can pull from it during a task, on its own or alongside the rest of your knowledge. You can also organize your Library with Labels and Collections, and browse what Chief learned through Concepts. Related articles: Uploading files and supported file types · Searching your Library · Viewing asset details and file processing status
ℹ️ Good to Know: A file is only usable in task once it finishes processing. You can keep working while it processes, and Chief will mark it ready when it is.

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FAQ

No. Each project has its own Library. If you want a file in another project, move or copy it there.
The file may still be processing, or it may have failed to process. Open the file to check its status. If it shows an error such as running out of credits, resolve that and try again.