Adding your sources
Supported formats, limits, website import, and how processing works.
Sources are the raw knowledge your module is grounded in. The better the sources, the better the module — and the less reviewing you will do later.
Ways to add sources
In chat, the composer's add (+) menu is the single place to attach files or start a source connection; you can also drag a file in or paste a website URL.
Attach files directly in chat — individually or in bulk (up to 20 files at once). Files are stored securely and processed in the background.
Point Vidext at a public URL or domain. It maps the site, picks the most relevant pages (including subdomains), and imports them — text and images — as sources. See Website import.
Search and pull content from Google Drive, Microsoft Teams, and Notion once connected. See Connected sources.
Supported file types and limits
| Type | Formats | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Documents | PDF, Word (.docx), text, Markdown, RTF | 50 MB per file |
| Presentations | PowerPoint (.pptx) | 50 MB per file |
| Spreadsheets | Excel (.xlsx), CSV | 50 MB per file |
| Audio | MP3, WAV, OGG, M4A, WebM, FLAC | 25 MB per file |
What happens after upload
Each source is processed automatically: the full text is extracted into a clean canonical form, usable images are pulled out for the builder, and the key concepts are indexed into the module's wiki. Vidext shows per-file status — a source is ready to ground planning once processing completes. Duplicates are detected by content, so re-uploading the same file does not create noise.
Originals are never modified
Your uploaded file is stored as-is. Everything Vidext derives from it (text, images, concepts) is separate and rebuildable.
Choosing good sources
- Prefer the source of truth — the actual policy, the actual process doc — over slide summaries of it.
- Fewer, better documents beat a dump of everything vaguely related. Five precise documents outperform fifty stale ones.
- Audio works — a recorded walkthrough or expert explanation is a legitimate source; Vidext extracts what it says.
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