Files and images in chat
Attach with the clip, or paste an image straight into the box.
- Text files
- are read
- Images
- go to vision-capable models
It stays with the chat
Attachments are stored with the chat, so the model can refer back to them later.
Large files are better in the container
Put a large file in the container and have the model read it from there. That is cheaper, because the model reads only the part it needs instead of the whole file every turn.
Attached to the chat
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The whole file, every turn.
Read from the container
Turn 1
Turn 2
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Only the part it needs.
The bars sketch the idea. They are not measured sizes.