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Uploads and Downloads: Move, Backup, and Restore Your Chat Context

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Masterminds Team
Masterminds Team
Product Team

If your chat context is your source of truth, you need a safe way to move it, reuse it, and bring it back when needed.

This release makes uploads and downloads predictable. You can back up everything, restore full folder paths, and decide exactly which files stay permanent.

Two kinds of context (and why it matters)​

Chat attachments are tied to messages that uploaded them. If you delete or regenerate that message, those variables disappear too. If you don't, it stays in chat context.

Right panel uploads are permanent. They live as chat documents and stay even if you remove messages later. In the future, they may be promoted to Initiave scope when we release this feature.

That single distinction keeps your workspace clean and your history honest.

What you can do now​

  • Upload DOCX and XLSX and get readable text output.
  • Restore a full channel from ZIP, JSON, or XML.
  • Download everything for backup, IDE work, or client delivery.
  • Keep structure intact with full folder paths.

Quickstart: Backup and restore​

  1. Open the right panel.
  2. Click Download All and choose ZIP.
  3. Store the file in your IDE or backup folder.
  4. To restore later, upload the ZIP in any upload entry point.

Permanent docs: Use the right panel upload.

Temporary context: Use chat attachments (great for one-off analysis or draft input).

Team handoff: Download All and share the ZIP.

Learn the full flow​

  • Manual: /docs/platform/10_uploads_downloads_manual
  • Reference: /docs/platform/11_uploads_downloads_reference

Reliable context is how you move faster without breaking your thinking. This is the foundation.