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Essentials · Lesson 3 / 6 ~4 min Beginner
So far you’ve saved short memories. But real knowledge often lives in longer materials: a report, a spec, a PDF, a web page. Instead of summarizing it all by hand, add the material itself and let Mem search inside it.

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What you’ll accomplish

You’ll add a real document or URL to Mem and ask a question only that material can answer.

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Watch how it’s done

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Your turn

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Find a real document you care about

Choose a PDF, report, spec, Markdown file, or a public web page you’ll actually need again.Use your own real material if you can.
2

Add it to Mem

Drag the file into the Timeline input, or paste the URL. You can also import it in the Library view.Mem parses the content, splits it into chunks, and indexes it.
3

Wait for it to become searchable

Check its status in the Library view. Once it shows as searchable, you can ask questions about it.
4

Ask a question only that document can answer

Type the question in Timeline.If you added an architecture review, ask:

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What you should see

Mem answers using the document content, with references to specific pages.
Can’t see it? Make sure the document finished indexing and isn’t still showing a processing state in the Library view.

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Why this matters

Documents and memories are searched together. The material stays whole as a source, so its details can be referenced and reused by you and your AI later — without you having to remember or re-explain them.

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Go deeper

Want to understand what the Library can hold and how documents get indexed? Read the library page in the Nowledge Mem Docs.

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Next lesson

Next you’ll learn: keep a genuinely valuable AI conversation.

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