Document Intelligence

Document Chat

Ask questions about your uploaded documents and get answers grounded in the actual content with source attribution.

Features

Multi-Document Chat

Select multiple documents and chat with them together. The system retrieves context from all selected sources.

Hybrid Retrieval

Combines keyword and semantic search to find the most relevant chunks across your knowledge base.

Source Attribution

Every answer includes citations showing which document and chunk the information came from.

Document Chat API

POST/api/documents/chat

Send a chat message against selected documents.

Request Body

{
  "query": "What are the key findings about neural networks?",
  "documentIds": ["doc_abc123", "doc_def456"],
  "topK": 5
}

UI Experience

In the Documents page, select one or more documents and click "Chat with Selected". The chat interface supports Markdown rendering, streaming responses, and source cards that link back to the original document chunks.

Configuration

Document chat settings are managed per-user in Settings under Knowledge Assistant. You can configure the provider, model override, top-K retrieval, and temperature. The feature is enabled by default when a provider is available.