Spaces allow you to organize your Threads and files by topic or project, making it easier to collaborate and manage research. Whether you’re working on a personal project or collaborating with others, Spaces let you create a tailored knowledge hub with both web and personal file searches.
Why use Spaces?
Organize your research: Keep your Threads organized by grouping them into Spaces based on project, topic, or interest.
Collaborate seamlessly: Invite others to contribute to your Spaces as viewers or collaborators. Collaborators will be able to create new Threads in the Space or ask follow-up questions in existing ones.
Upload files to your Space (Internal Knowledge Search): If you’re a Perplexity Pro and Enterprise Pro user, you can upload files to each Space you create and keep them there until you choose to remove them.
Search your files and the web: For Perplexity Pro users, Perplexity will search across both the web and files you’ve uploaded to a Space, delivering more tailored and relevant answers.
App Connectors: For Enterprise Pro users, you can now sync files from connected apps like Google Drive, SharePoint, OneDrive, Box, and Dropbox into your Space's shared context. Any user with access to the Space will be able to query the synced files.
How do I create a Space?
In the menu on the left side of Perplexity’s interface, click Spaces.
Click Create a Space.
Enter a Title and Description (optional) for your Space.
Input Custom Instructions for the AI. Give it a specific persona or directions on how you would like it to respond to your questions.
How do I start a Thread in a Space?
Open your Space and type a question into the query box. Threads you start here will be saved to this Space, allowing you to revisit and build on them later.
Types of Sources:
Spaces can be switched between a few modes (depending which plan you're on) to assist with your queries: On the Pro and Free plans, you can set a Space to actively browse the web, academic papers, social and incorporate any links that have been added to the Space as contextual information for generating responses.
However, if you uncheck the web browsing option and haven’t uploaded any files to the Space, you’ll engage in a direct conversation with the AI model, which will rely solely on its built-in knowledge to answer your questions.
Spaces will by default search the files you have uploaded and web domains you have set. Turn off the public web as a source to exclusively query the files and domains set within the Space.
Choosing your Source
You can choose your search sources via the query box, select:
Web for results from the web.
Academic for academic papers
Social for discussions found in social channels
Furthermore, if you want to add files, links or instructions, click on the context icon:
Spaces Templates
The Spaces Templates Gallery is a handy way to get started with Spaces. You will find a variety of templates about topics that you can explore through Perplexity.
Here are some examples:
To access the Template Gallery click on Spaces in your sidebar.
Once you've selected a template from the gallery click on "Use this template" and we'll create of the template which we'll save to your Spaces page.
FAQs
File Attachments
You can attach additional documents to your query by clicking the attachments icon. These files will be used temporarily for this specific Thread and will not be saved to the Space.
How do I upload files to my Spaces (Perplexity Pro and Enterprise Pro)?
Open the Space where you want to upload files.
For Enterprise Pro, look for the Sources interface (Globe icon)and select your file source preference. Or add files via the attachments icon.
For Pro and free users, add files via the attachments icon or via the context window.
Enterprise users can also sync files from connected apps like Google Drive, SharePoint, OneDrive, Box, and Dropbox into your Space's shared context. Any user with access to the Space will be able to query the synced files.
How many files can I upload to a Space?
Free users can upload five files per day and Pro subscribers can upload up to 50 files per Space.
Enterprise Pro subscribers can upload up to 100 files per Space. Additionally, Enterprise Pro users have access to an organization-wide file repository where administrators can upload up to 500 files, and they can sync files from connected apps like Google Drive, SharePoint, OneDrive, Box, and Dropbox into their Space's shared context.
Who can access my uploaded files?
Anyone you invite to your Space as a viewer or collaborator can access the files uploaded to that Space.
How do I invite others to collaborate in a Space?
Open the Space you want to share.
Click + Invite in the top right corner.
Under Invite Collaborator, enter the email address of the person you want to invite.
Collaborators will receive an invitation to join the Space.
How many collaborators can join a Space?
Perplexity Pro users: Up to 5 collaborators
Enterprise Pro users: Unlimited collaborators
Attachments vs. File search
You can attach up to five files directly in the search bar for a single Thread. These files are used temporarily and deleted after 30 days.
Learn more about File Uploads
What is file search (Internal Knowledge Search)?
File search allows you to upload files to a Space where they are stored permanently until you manually remove them. Files uploaded to a Space are used in searches alongside web sources, providing a more tailored search experience.
What file types are supported in Spaces?
Perplexity supports the following file types for Internal Knowledge Search:
Excel (XLSX)
PowerPoint (PPTX)
Word (DOCX)
PDF
CSV
MD
Audio and video files
Each file can be up to 25 MB in size.
Note: While PNG and JPEG files cannot be uploaded as sources in your Space, you can still use these image files by attaching them directly to your query. Simply drag and drop them into Perplexity’s search bar.