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* doc: add Hindsight document file upload blog post Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * doc: clarify document upload is a Hindsight Cloud feature Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * doc: fix Iris billing claim to be more accurate Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: "What's New in Hindsight Cloud: Document File Upload"
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authors: [hindsight]
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date: 2026-03-09
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tags: [release, memory]
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hide_table_of_contents: true
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---
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[Hindsight Cloud](https://ui.hindsight.vectorize.io/signup) now lets you upload files directly to any memory bank. PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, images, and plain text files are all supported.
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## Two Extraction Methods
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When you upload a file, you choose how Hindsight processes it:
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**Standard extraction** uses [Markitdown](https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown) to pull text from your document. It is free and works well for text-heavy files like PDFs, Word docs, and plain text.
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**Enhanced extraction (Iris)** uses AI-powered processing to understand the structure and meaning of your document. This is useful for complex layouts, scanned documents, and images. Enhanced extraction incurs per-token charges.
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Both methods extract the content and store it as structured memories in your bank, ready for recall and reflect queries.
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## How It Works
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1. Open any memory bank in [Hindsight Cloud](https://ui.hindsight.vectorize.io/signup)
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2. Click the upload button and select your files
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3. Choose Standard or Enhanced (Iris) extraction
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4. The Document Operations panel tracks progress with status indicators
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Once processing completes, the extracted content becomes part of your memory bank. Your agents can recall and reflect on the document contents just like any other memory.
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## Supported File Types
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- **PDFs** -- reports, whitepapers, research papers
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- **Word documents** (.docx) -- meeting notes, specs, proposals
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- **PowerPoint presentations** (.pptx) -- slide decks, training materials
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- **Excel spreadsheets** (.xlsx) -- data tables, financial reports
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- **Images** (.png, .jpg) -- screenshots, diagrams (Enhanced extraction recommended)
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- **Plain text** (.txt, .md) -- logs, notes, documentation
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## What Else Is New
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This update also follows two other recent additions:
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**Bank-scoped API keys** (March 3) let you restrict API keys to specific memory banks. This is useful for multi-tenant setups where each customer or agent should only access its own memories. Unauthorized access attempts return a 403 error.
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**MCP support** (February 13) added [Model Context Protocol integration](/blog/2026/03/04/mcp-agent-memory) for AI clients like Claude, Cursor, and VS Code. You can connect in single-bank mode for a dedicated agent memory or multi-bank mode for cross-bank operations, with 30 tools available out of the box.
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## Get Started
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File upload is available now in [Hindsight Cloud](https://ui.hindsight.vectorize.io/signup). Upload your first document and try a recall query against it to see the results.
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