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Attaching files to a chat

Give Iris the file you're talking about — a spreadsheet, a brief, a screenshot — and it becomes part of the conversation's context.

Written by Schae Lilley

How to attach

  1. Click the attach button in the message box.

  2. Pick a file: upload one from your device, choose from files already saved in Omega, or browse your Google Drive.

  3. Type your question and send — Iris reads the attachments along with your message.

You can attach up to five files to a single message.

What Iris can read

Attach any of these and Iris can work with the contents:

  • Images — PNG, JPEG, GIF, and WebP. Great for screenshots of dashboards, ad creative, or anything visual.

  • PDFs — read as full documents.

  • Office files — Word documents, Excel spreadsheets (including multi-sheet workbooks), and PowerPoint decks.

  • Text-based files — plain text, Markdown, CSV, and JSON.

If a file type isn't in the list, the attach dialog simply won't offer it — so if you can attach it, Iris can read it.

Check before you send

Attachments show up in the message box before you send, so you can confirm you grabbed the right thing:

  • Images appear as small thumbnails — you can see at a glance which screenshot is about to go.

  • Other files appear as named chips.

Click the × on any thumbnail or chip to remove it before sending.

Attachments on your sent messages

After you send, your message shows exactly what went with it: image attachments render as inline thumbnails, and other files appear as named chips. When you scroll back through a long conversation, there's never a mystery about which file a question referred to — and you can click any attachment to preview it in a file panel (see "Previewing Files in Chat").

Attaching from Google Drive

The browse option lets you pull files straight from Google Drive. The first time you use it — or if your Drive connection has lapsed — Omega prompts you to connect Google Drive right there in the dialog. Connect once and your Drive files are available to attach from then on.

Note: The same applies in reverse: if a chat references a Drive file you can't see yet, Omega prompts you to connect rather than showing a dead end.

A few habits that pay off

  • Attach the source, not a screenshot of it, when you can — Iris gets more from the actual spreadsheet than from a picture of one.

  • Name files clearly before uploading. The file name is how you (and teammates reading the chat later) will recognize it.

  • One topic per message. If you're attaching five files about three different questions, split them up — you'll get cleaner answers.

Tip: Attached files don't vanish when the conversation ends. Ask Iris about an attachment in a follow-up message the same way you'd follow up on anything else it has read.

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