Adding Files to Your Workspace

What you can add to a Super Brain

Elephas indexes a wide variety of files so you can bring all your knowledge into one workspace. From PDFs and Word documents to images, audio recordings, and even code files.

What you can do with file indexing

• Search through hundreds of documents in seconds
• Extract text from images and scanned documents with OCR
• Transcribe audio and video to make recordings searchable
• Index code files and search across entire projects
• Import notes from Apple Notes, Notion, Obsidian, and more

Supported file types

Documents

.pdf .docx .doc .xlsx .pptx .pages .txt .md .rtf .csv .json .html .epub .eml

Images (with OCR)

.jpg .jpeg .png .heic .gif .webp .tiff

Elephas uses OCR to extract text from images and scanned documents, then indexes the extracted text alongside your other files.

Audio & video (with transcription)

.mp3 .mp4 .mov .wav .m4a .aac

Audio and video files are transcribed and the transcripts are indexed. The first transcription downloads the local Whisper model.

Code files

.py .js .ts .swift .java .cpp .c .go .rb .php .css .sql .sh .yaml .json

Index entire projects and search across your codebase.

Web content

• Web pages — paste any URL and Elephas fetches and indexes the page content
• YouTube videos — Elephas pulls available transcripts

Connected apps

Apple Notes · Notion · Obsidian · Roam Research · Logseq · DEVONthink · Zoom

How to add files

1. Open your Super Brain in the left sidebar
2. Click + Add Files or Folders
3. Drag and drop files, or browse to select them
4. Wait for indexing to complete

Tip: Add entire folders to index everything inside automatically.

Not supported

Archive files (.zip, .rar, .dmg), binary executables, and system files are not supported.

Quick troubleshooting