# Upload and discuss pdfs in composer **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Tags:** ai\ **Created:** [January 16, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-and-discuss-pdfs-in-composer/347542 "2025-01-16T22:37:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![MachineScholar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/machinescholar/32/424719_2.png) [@MachineScholar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MachineScholar)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 7:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-and-discuss-pdfs-in-composer/347542/6 "2025-02-24T07:57:10Z")
> [@sam](#): > > Technically, I think the only way around both that is straightforward is some sort of custom UI for uploads. I’m not a frontend guy by any means so all of this may be nonsensical, but hold my beer… ## AI upload modal I propose that there could be an “AI doc” button in the composer’s toolbar which launches a special AI upload modal (via which the user can select standard or enhanced processing and some other settings). Then the topic/post can **either** be (and perhaps there could be a site setting to determine this behavior): 1. Greyed out and invisible to others in the thread except to the user posting until the processing is completed — after which, it becomes publicly visible. OR… 2. The post could be saved as a draft and the upload continues in the background. When opened it shows that AI upload modal with the upload progress. Essentially disallowing publishing until the AI upload is either finished or canceled. - _In both cases, there could be a setting which allows sending a notification to the user when their upload has finished._ ## Keeping track of uploads In regard to tracking the uploads throughout the topic, a list of the files with their associated post number (plus perhaps size, etc.) could be injected in this location under the topic stats: ![Screenshot 2025-02-24 at 08.48.28](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/3/4/534e303b170569b264bb88dafe2d0c216da7949a.png) --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-and-discuss-pdfs-in-composer/347542)._