# Native PDF and attachment support in Discourse AI

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/native-pdf-and-attachment-support-in-discourse-ai/391007
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** ai
**Created:** [December 11, 2025, 5:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/native-pdf-and-attachment-support-in-discourse-ai/391007 "2025-12-11T05:39:31Z")
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2025, 5:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/native-pdf-and-attachment-support-in-discourse-ai/391007/1 "2025-12-11T05:39:31Z")

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We just added native PDF and attachment support to end users interacting with an AI Bot. This has been a repeat request over the years and we are delighted to release it.

 ![Native PDF support](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/f/8/1/f81c3e0210b726317f63b96984ecbcdf1df168b3.png)

To learn how to configure see:

> [@Using PDF and attachment support with AI bots](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-pdf-and-attachment-support-with-ai-bots/391005):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to enable and use native PDF and document attachment support when interacting with AI bots in Discourse. Users can upload PDFs and other documents directly in conversations with AI agents. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Summary Discourse AI now supports native attachment handling, allowing users to upload PDFs and other document types directly when conversing with AI bots. The AI can read and understand the content of these attachm…

This adds support to Anthropic, OpenAI and Google Gemini models 🎊