{ "title": "Document input", "description": "Upload text, word-processing, presentation, or spreadsheet files for use as model input.", "slug": "office-document-input", "locale": "en", "seoTitle": "Office document input compatibility — Can My Agent Use", "socialTitle": "Document input", "socialDescription": "Compare upload and parsing of word-processing, presentation, spreadsheet, and text files.", "llmSummary": "Document input means uploaded text, word-processing, presentation, or spreadsheet content is available as model input. Supported formats and extraction fidelity are qualifiers.", "audience": "Engineers comparing document-heavy knowledge workflows.", "contentKind": "feature", "status": "published", "tags": [ "perception", "documents", "uploads" ], "updated": "2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z", "published": "2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z", "category": "perception", "summary": "Upload common document formats for use as model input.", "specLabel": "Common product term", "aliases": [ "document upload", "DOCX input", "spreadsheet upload", "presentation upload" ], "capabilityKind": "atomic", "parent": "file-inputs", "related": [ "pdf-documents", "upload-limits" ], "relations": [], "highlight": false, "notes": [ { "id": 1, "text": "Evidence checked 2026-08-28: xAI's Grok FAQ lists DOCX, TXT, CSV, XLSX, PPTX, HTML, XML, JSON, and Markdown as direct Grok chat inputs and describes comparison, extraction, spreadsheet analysis, and document transformation." }, { "id": 2, "text": "Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Grok Bot lists plain text, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CSV, JSON, YAML, source code, HTML, email, and Jupyter notebooks as common desktop inputs, with six attachments per message and a 25 MB limit per document." }, { "id": 3, "text": "Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Claude accepts DOCX, CSV, TXT, HTML, ODT, RTF, EPUB, JSON, and XLSX on its web and desktop surfaces; XLSX requires code execution. Non-PDF documents are handled as extracted text, so layout and embedded-image fidelity are not established." }, { "id": 4, "text": "Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Gemini Apps document uploads for documents, spreadsheets, notebooks, and code folders or repositories, but the reviewed help page does not enumerate every office extension or promise formula, chart, presentation, comment, or embedded-object fidelity." }, { "id": 6, "text": "Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Perplexity Enterprise file connectors support Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets plus DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, XLS, CSV, RTF, ODT, Markdown, JSON, and TXT. The reviewed direct-upload page describes textual-file uploads without enumerating those office extensions, so this cell is limited to the connector path." }, { "id": 7, "text": "Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Microsoft Copilot web accepts DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, CSV, TXT, JSON, and Markdown uploads and can analyze and extract information from them." }, { "id": 8, "text": "Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Mistral's current Vibe Work documentation, which supersedes Le Chat at chat.mistral.ai, accepts Word, PowerPoint, Excel, CSV, ODT, RTF, ODS, Numbers, and other document formats and reads their content as task context." } ], "issues": [], "resources": [ { "title": "Methodology", "href": "/methodology", "kind": "note" }, { "id": "xai-grok-files-faq", "title": "xAI — Grok files and data FAQ", "href": "https://docs.x.ai/grok/faq", "kind": "docs", "publisher": "xAI", "evidenceType": "documented", "reviewedAt": "2026-08-28", "locator": "Files & Data" }, { "id": "xai-grok-bot-files", "title": "xAI — Grok Bot files and results", "href": "https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/files-and-results", "kind": "docs", "publisher": "xAI", "evidenceType": "documented", "reviewedAt": "2026-08-28", "locator": "Attach files" }, { "id": "anthropic-upload-files", "title": "Anthropic Help Center — Uploading files to Claude", "href": "https://support.claude.com/en/articles/8241126-upload-files-to-claude", "kind": "docs", "publisher": "Anthropic", "evidenceType": "documented", "reviewedAt": "2026-08-28", "locator": "Supported file types" }, { "id": "google-gemini-upload-files", "title": "Google Gemini Apps Help — Upload and analyze files", "href": "https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/14903178?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en", "kind": "docs", "publisher": "Google", "evidenceType": "documented", "reviewedAt": "2026-08-28", "locator": "Types of files you can upload" }, { "id": "perplexity-file-connectors", "title": "Perplexity Help Center — Introduction to File Connectors", "href": "https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/10672063-introduction-to-file-connectors-for-enterprise-organizations", "kind": "docs", "publisher": "Perplexity", "evidenceType": "documented", "reviewedAt": "2026-08-28", "locator": "Supported file formats" }, { "id": "microsoft-copilot-file-upload", "title": "Microsoft Support — File upload in Microsoft Copilot", "href": "https://support.microsoft.com/en-US/microsoft-copilot/file-upload-in-microsoft-copilot", "kind": "docs", "publisher": "Microsoft", "evidenceType": "documented", "reviewedAt": "2026-08-28", "locator": "Supported file formats; file analysis" }, { "id": "mistral-vibe-files", "title": "Mistral Docs — Work with Files and Canvas", "href": "https://docs.mistral.ai/vibe/work/files-and-canvas", "kind": "docs", "publisher": "Mistral AI", "evidenceType": "documented", "reviewedAt": "2026-08-28", "locator": "Supported formats; querying text documents; analyzing spreadsheets" }, { "id": "mistral-vibe-overview", "title": "Mistral Docs — Vibe overview", "href": "https://docs.mistral.ai/vibe", "kind": "docs", "publisher": "Mistral AI", "evidenceType": "documented", "reviewedAt": "2026-08-28", "locator": "Le Chat is now Vibe; product entry point" } ], "support": [ { "harness": "grok-web", "versions": [ { "track": "current", "status": "yes", "noteIds": [ 1 ], "target": { "kind": "hosted-observation", "revision": "2026-08-28 Grok Web documentation observation", "observedAt": "2026-08-28" }, "environmentProfile": "hosted-default", "qualifiers": [ { "type": "runtime", "value": "accepted formats and fidelity can vary by platform; this claim is scoped to the web surface and does not establish macro, comment, hidden-sheet, or embedded-object fidelity" } ], "evidence": [ { "resourceId": "xai-grok-files-faq", "type": "documented", "observedAt": "2026-08-28" } ] } ] }, { "harness": "grok-bot-desktop", "versions": [ { "track": "current", "status": "yes", "noteIds": [ 2 ], "target": { "kind": "hosted-observation", "revision": "2026-08-28 Grok Bot desktop documentation observation", "observedAt": "2026-08-28" }, "environmentProfile": "hosted-default", "qualifiers": [ { "type": "runtime", "value": "desktop composer accepts up to six attachments per message and documents a 25 MB limit per document" }, { "type": "policy", "value": "large, encrypted, damaged, or unusual files may not be readable; exact office-feature fidelity is not documented" } ], "evidence": [ { "resourceId": "xai-grok-bot-files", "type": "documented", "observedAt": "2026-08-28" } ] } ] }, { "harness": "claude-web", "versions": [ { "track": "current", "status": "yes", "noteIds": [ 3 ], "target": { "kind": "hosted-observation", "revision": "2026-08-28 Claude web documentation observation", "observedAt": "2026-08-28" }, "environmentProfile": "hosted-default", "qualifiers": [ { "type": "runtime", "value": "documented inputs include DOCX, CSV, TXT, HTML, ODT, RTF, EPUB, JSON, and XLSX; spreadsheet uploads require code execution" }, { "type": "runtime", "value": "non-PDF documents are processed as extracted text, so layout, charts, embedded images, tracked changes, and other office-specific structure are not established" } ], "evidence": [ { "resourceId": "anthropic-upload-files", "type": "documented", "observedAt": "2026-08-28" } ] } ] }, { "harness": "claude-desktop", "versions": [ { "track": "current", "status": "yes", "noteIds": [ 3 ], "target": { "kind": "hosted-observation", "revision": "2026-08-28 Claude desktop documentation observation", "observedAt": "2026-08-28" }, "environmentProfile": "hosted-default", "qualifiers": [ { "type": "runtime", "value": "documented inputs include DOCX, CSV, TXT, HTML, ODT, RTF, EPUB, JSON, and XLSX; spreadsheet uploads require code execution" }, { "type": "runtime", "value": "non-PDF documents are processed as extracted text, so layout, charts, embedded images, tracked changes, and other office-specific structure are not established" } ], "evidence": [ { "resourceId": "anthropic-upload-files", "type": "documented", "observedAt": "2026-08-28" } ] } ] }, { "harness": "gemini-web", "versions": [ { "track": "current", "status": "yes", "noteIds": [ 4 ], "target": { "kind": "hosted-observation", "revision": "2026-08-28 Gemini Apps documentation observation", "observedAt": "2026-08-28" }, "environmentProfile": "hosted-default", "qualifiers": [ { "type": "runtime", "value": "documents, spreadsheets, notebooks, and code folders or repositories are documented upload classes" }, { "type": "runtime", "value": "the reviewed page does not enumerate every office extension or establish formula, chart, slide, comment, macro, or embedded-object fidelity" } ], "evidence": [ { "resourceId": "google-gemini-upload-files", "type": "documented", "observedAt": "2026-08-28" } ] } ] }, { "harness": "perplexity-web", "versions": [ { "track": "current", "status": "partial", "noteIds": [ 6 ], "target": { "kind": "hosted-observation", "revision": "2026-08-28 Perplexity web documentation observation", "observedAt": "2026-08-28" }, "environmentProfile": "hosted-default", "qualifiers": [ { "type": "runtime", "value": "Enterprise file connectors support Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets plus DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, XLS, CSV, RTF, ODT, Markdown, JSON, and TXT" }, { "type": "plan", "value": "this documented path is scoped to File Connectors for Enterprise organizations; the reviewed direct-upload page does not enumerate local Office extensions" }, { "type": "runtime", "value": "formula, macro, slide-layout, comment, and embedded-object fidelity is not established" } ], "evidence": [ { "resourceId": "perplexity-file-connectors", "type": "documented", "observedAt": "2026-08-28" } ] } ] }, { "harness": "copilot-web", "versions": [ { "track": "current", "status": "yes", "noteIds": [ 7 ], "target": { "kind": "hosted-observation", "revision": "2026-08-28 Microsoft Copilot web documentation observation", "observedAt": "2026-08-28" }, "environmentProfile": "hosted-default", "qualifiers": [ { "type": "runtime", "value": "documented web uploads include DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, CSV, TXT, JSON, and Markdown and can be analyzed, extracted, summarized, and queried with follow-up prompts" }, { "type": "runtime", "value": "each file is limited to 50 MB and up to 20 files can be attached in one conversation" }, { "type": "runtime", "value": "macro, formula, chart, slide-layout, comment, and embedded-object fidelity is not established" } ], "evidence": [ { "resourceId": "microsoft-copilot-file-upload", "type": "documented", "observedAt": "2026-08-28" } ] } ] }, { "harness": "le-chat", "versions": [ { "track": "current", "status": "yes", "noteIds": [ 8 ], "target": { "kind": "hosted-observation", "revision": "2026-08-28 Mistral Vibe web documentation observation", "observedAt": "2026-08-28" }, "environmentProfile": "hosted-default", "qualifiers": [ { "type": "runtime", "value": "supported uploads include DOCX, DOC, PPTX, PPT, XLSX, XLS, CSV, ODT, RTF, ODS, and Numbers; Word files, presentations, and spreadsheets can be queried from their uploaded content" }, { "type": "policy", "value": "Le Chat is now Vibe at the same chat.mistral.ai entry point; this claim is scoped to the Work upload path" }, { "type": "runtime", "value": "complete formula, macro, chart, comment, tracked-change, layout, and embedded-object fidelity is not established" } ], "evidence": [ { "resourceId": "mistral-vibe-files", "type": "documented", "observedAt": "2026-08-28" }, { "resourceId": "mistral-vibe-overview", "type": "documented", "observedAt": "2026-08-28" } ] } ] } ], "html": "/features/office-document-input", "markdown": "/features/office-document-input.md", "json": "/api/v1/features/office-document-input.json", "body": "This row covers common document attachments such as plain text, rich text, word-processing files, presentations, and spreadsheets. Evidence should list exact formats and distinguish plain-text extraction from retained tables, formulas, notes, comments, charts, images, layout, and workbook or slide structure.\n\nMacros, external links, encrypted files, tracked changes, hidden sheets, and embedded objects are separate risk and fidelity boundaries. When a connector opens a cloud document by reference, record that path separately from a direct upload." }