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Get answers from a 500-page document in minutes

Upload huge PDFs, contracts or reports to Claude and interrogate them — summaries, specific clauses, contradictions — instead of reading for days.

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What this looks like

One step on screen at a time. Read it, do it, tap Next.

Get answers from a 500-page document in minutes

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Understand what 'reading' means for Claude

When you upload a document, Claude can hold hundreds of pages in its context window — its working memory. It genuinely reads the whole thing, so you can ask about page 312 and page 4 in the

Checkpoint

You know your document and the three questions you're going to ask.

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Before you begin

Tick these off as you sort them. Stopping halfway to create an account is how a fifteen-minute build becomes an hour.

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Ticks are saved on this device, so you can come back to them.

  • Account

    Paid plans handle much larger documents and longer conversations. A 500-page PDF is comfortable on Pro; the free tier may need the file trimmed first.

  • Have ready

    A contract, an annual report, a technical spec, a policy pack. PDF works best; Word is fine. Scanned image-only PDFs are the one weak spot — see troubleshooting.

  • Know-how

    'What are the termination clauses?', 'What does it say about price increases?', 'What dates matter?' Having real questions ready is what turns this from a demo into a tool.

The basics — ticked once, remembered everywhere

  • Account

    Either the hosted version or a self-hosted install. Everything here works the same on both — the only visible difference is the shape of your webhook URLs.

    Create a workspace
  • Know-how

    Adding a node, connecting two of them, and pressing Execute. If any of that is new, the free primer covers it in about ten minutes.

  • Credential

    You will paste at least one secret during setup. A password manager beats a notes app, and it stops you pasting a live key into a chat window by accident.

The shape of the setup

The Claude features you will touch, left to right, in the order you use them.

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What you will build

Jump straight to any step, or print the list and tick it off beside your Claude tab.

If something goes wrong

Everything ready?

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