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What are the Libraries and how do I use them in le Chat?

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Libraries are your personal, secure knowledge bases that you and your organization can create and access directly within le Chat. Upload different types of documents and begin chatting with them right away!

How to create a Library

Creating a Library is straightforward and can be accomplished in just a few steps:

1. Go to the Libraries page

Within le Chat interface, if not already open, click on the toggle panel button (1) then click on Libraries (2).

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Click on Libraries

2. Add a new Library

First click on the New Library button.

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Click on New Library

Then set a new title for your Library.

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Set your new Library title

3. Upload your documents

To upload a document, simply click on the Upload button.

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Upload a document

This will open a modal where you can either drag and drop your documents directly or click to browse your local file system. Once uploaded, your documents will require a brief processing time, indicated by a loading animation next to the filename.

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Document upload modal
(file type support is illustrative, refer to the articles below for an up-to-date list)

4. Start chatting with them directly

That concludes your Library configuration. Once your documents have been processed, you may chat with them directly within le Chat.

Click on the Ask a question button to start a new conversation.

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Ask a question to your Library

Le Chat has now been enhanced with your custom knowledge! When needed, le Chat fetches your Library content in real time across all the documents and reverts to your with an enriched answer.

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Chat with your Library in real time

And because transparency matters, le Chat always gives you the sources it uses to generate its answers.

Clicking on the Sources button will open the Source panel on the right of your window. There, you may find the list of the files used during the generation so that you can check yourself the data if needed!

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Check Library sources

Eager to start?

That's a wrap! You may start right away creating your first Libraries within le Chat.

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