AI PDF Chat

Chat with a PDF and get answers with page citations.

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Upload a PDF with readable text. Maximum 20 MB and 300 pages.

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How it works

  1. 1Upload a readable PDFChoose a text-based PDF up to 20 MB and 300 pages.
  2. 2Prepare the documentOneTools extracts text while preserving its page boundaries.
  3. 3Ask a questionType a question or choose a quick suggestion.
  4. 4Review cited answersOpen page citations to inspect the source excerpt.

Why use OneTools

  • Grounded PDF answersAnswers are based only on selected excerpts from your PDF.
  • Verified page citationsCitation IDs are validated and mapped to real PDF pages.
  • Follow-up questionsAsk related questions using a bounded recent conversation context.
  • Local deterministic retrievalRelevant passages are selected without embeddings or a vector database.
  • Download the conversationExport questions, answers, and page references as Markdown.
  • Private session stateThe PDF and conversation remain in the current tab and are not permanently stored.

Frequently asked questions

How does AI PDF Chat work?

It extracts page-aware text, selects relevant excerpts for each question, and asks the protected AI service to answer only from those excerpts.

Does the answer include page citations?

Yes. Validated citations link answers to the real page ranges of selected excerpts.

Can I chat with a scanned PDF?

Not yet. This MVP requires a PDF with readable embedded text.

Is my PDF stored?

No. The document and conversation are kept only in the current browser tab and disappear after reload.

What is the maximum PDF size?

The current limit is 20 MB, 300 pages, and 500,000 extracted characters.

Can I download the conversation?

Yes. Download the conversation as a UTF-8 Markdown file.

Does AI PDF Chat use information outside my PDF?

It is instructed to answer only from the selected PDF excerpts and to say when evidence is insufficient.

Popular use cases

  • Research papers
  • Reports
  • Contracts
  • Manuals
  • Textbooks
  • Lecture notes
  • Business documents
  • Public reports