<h2 class="x:tracking-tight x:text-slate-900 x:dark:text-slate-100 x:font-semibold x:target:animate-[fade-in_1.5s] x:mt-10 x:border-b x:pb-1 x:text-3xl nextra-border">How to Add PDFs</h2><h3 class="x:tracking-tight x:text-slate-900 x:dark:text-slate-100 x:font-semibold x:target:animate-[fade-in_1.5s] x:mt-8 x:text-2xl">Drag and drop</h3>Drag a PDF file from your computer directly onto the canvas. Ryzome will create a PDF reader node that displays the document content.<h2 class="x:tracking-tight x:text-slate-900 x:dark:text-slate-100 x:font-semibold x:target:animate-[fade-in_1.5s] x:mt-10 x:border-b x:pb-1 x:text-3xl nextra-border">PDF Reader Node Features</h2>When you create a PDF node, you get:<ul class="accent-bullets"><li>Full document preview - Browse through all pages of the PDF</li><li>Text extraction - Ryzome automatically extracts text content for AI processing</li><li>Page navigation - Jump to specific pages or sections</li><li>Zoom and scroll - View documents at comfortable reading sizes</li></ul><h2 class="x:tracking-tight x:text-slate-900 x:dark:text-slate-100 x:font-semibold x:target:animate-[fade-in_1.5s] x:mt-10 x:border-b x:pb-1 x:text-3xl nextra-border">Using PDFs as AI Context</h2>PDFs are excellent sources of context for AI generation. When you connect a PDF node to other nodes, the AI can:<ul class="accent-bullets"><li>Summarize the entire document or specific sections</li><li>Extract key insights and main points</li><li>Answer questions based on the PDF content</li><li>Compare information across multiple connected PDFs</li><li>Generate content that references and builds on the PDF material</li></ul><h3 class="x:tracking-tight x:text-slate-900 x:dark:text-slate-100 x:font-semibold x:target:animate-[fade-in_1.5s] x:mt-8 x:text-2xl">Example Workflow</h3><ol class="steps-list"><li>Drop a research paper PDF onto your canvas</li><li>Create a text node and connect it to the PDF</li><li>Use the prompt hat to ask: “Summarize the key findings and methodology from this paper”</li><li>The AI will analyze the full PDF content and provide a comprehensive summary</li></ol>Research workflow: Connect multiple related PDFs to a single analysis node to have AI synthesize insights across multiple documents.<h2 class="x:tracking-tight x:text-slate-900 x:dark:text-slate-100 x:font-semibold x:target:animate-[fade-in_1.5s] x:mt-10 x:border-b x:pb-1 x:text-3xl nextra-border">Best Practices</h2><ul class="accent-bullets"><li>File size: Keep PDFs under 7MB for optimal processing speed</li><li>Text-based PDFs: Work best - scanned images may have limited text extraction</li><li>Academic papers: Excellent for research synthesis and literature reviews</li><li>Reports and documentation: Perfect for extracting key insights and summaries</li><li>Multiple PDFs: Connect several related documents to build comprehensive context</li></ul><h2 class="x:tracking-tight x:text-slate-900 x:dark:text-slate-100 x:font-semibold x:target:animate-[fade-in_1.5s] x:mt-10 x:border-b x:pb-1 x:text-3xl nextra-border">Limitations</h2>Current limitations: - PDF files should be under ~7MB for best performance - Scanned PDFs (image-only) may have limited text extraction capabilities if the content is hard to read - Very long documents may take longer to process initially - Password-protected PDFs are not currently supported<h2 class="x:tracking-tight x:text-slate-900 x:dark:text-slate-100 x:font-semibold x:target:animate-[fade-in_1.5s] x:mt-10 x:border-b x:pb-1 x:text-3xl nextra-border">PDF + AI Workflows</h2>Popular ways to use PDF nodes with AI:<ul class="accent-bullets"><li>Literature reviews: Connect multiple research papers and generate synthesis</li><li>Document analysis: Extract key points from reports and presentations</li><li>Fact checking: Use PDFs as authoritative sources for AI responses</li><li>Content creation: Reference PDF material when generating new content</li><li>Research organization: Build knowledge graphs from academic papers</li></ul>The PDF reader node makes Ryzome particularly powerful for research-heavy workflows where you need to work with and reference multiple documents simultaneously.

Ryzome Features

PDF documents are powerful sources of information in Ryzome. When you import a PDF, it creates a specialized PDF reader node that can be used as rich context for AI generation.

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