Ask Brain about the content in attached PDFs, XLS, and image files. Have a large PDF from a client or vendor? Ask Brain specific questions about its content. Working with global teams and need to translate the text in an image file? Ask Brain to translate it.

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Ask Brain about attached files

You can ask Brain about up to 5 PDFs, XLS, and image files, or 20mb at a time. Brain can also read scanned documents, images, tables, and other non-text content within PDFs.

To ask Brain about a file:

1. Open Brain from a location overview or the toolbar, and drag and drop a file into the prompt field. 
   • You can also click the plus icon in the lower-left corner, then select Attach file and select a file from your device. 
2. Ask Brain about the file. For example: "Does this PDF include a privacy policy?"
3. After Brain responds, you have the following choices:
   • Copy: Copy the content and manually paste it into another location. You can also manually copy any part of the generated text.
   • Create task: Create a task from the generated content. 
   • Create Doc: Create a Doc from the generated content. 
   • Retry: Generate slightly different content. 
   • Like or dislike: Help us improve ClickUp AI by providing feedback. 
   • Follow ups: Brain suggests possible next steps. 
   • Tell AI what to do next: Give AI more direction or ask AI something new. For example, you could type: "Does the privacy policy include info about personal data?"