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The Knowledge Base lets you upload your own documents — PDFs, text files, and other formats — and makes them available to the AI Assistant through semantic search. When you ask a question, the AI automatically searches your uploaded files for relevant information and uses it to give more accurate, context-aware answers. This is powered by Qdrant, a vector database that performs retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). The AI doesn’t just keyword-match — it understands meaning, so it can find relevant passages even when your question uses different wording than the document.
The Knowledge Base requires the AI Assistant to be installed. If the AI Assistant is not installed, document uploads and indexing will not work.

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What’s included automatically

When you install the AI Assistant, N.O.M.A.D. documentation is automatically added to the Knowledge Base. This means you can ask the AI questions about how N.O.M.A.D. works and it will reference the built-in docs in its answers.

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Supported file types

  • PDF documents
  • Plain text files
  • Other common document formats

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How to access

The Knowledge Base is integrated into the AI Chat interface. Open AI Chat from the Command Center home screen (or navigate to /chat), then select the Knowledge Base tab within the chat interface.
Visiting /knowledge-base redirects automatically to the AI Chat page with the Knowledge Base panel open.

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How to use

1

Open the Knowledge Base

From the Command Center, open AI Chat. Select the Knowledge Base tab to view and manage your uploaded documents.
2

Upload your documents

Click the upload area and select your files. You can upload PDFs, text files, and other document formats.
3

Wait for indexing

Documents are processed and indexed automatically in the background. A background embedding job runs after each upload. Large documents take longer to process — you can monitor the processing queue on the Knowledge Base panel.
4

Ask questions in AI Chat

Switch to the Chat tab and ask a question related to your uploaded documents. The AI will search the index and reference relevant content in its response.
You don’t need to tell the AI to look in your documents — it searches the Knowledge Base automatically for every question. If relevant content is found, it’s included as context before the AI generates its response.

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Managing documents

You can view all uploaded documents in the Knowledge Base panel within AI Chat. To remove a document, select it and delete it. Deleting a document removes it from both the search index and local storage — it cannot be recovered after deletion. You can also view active embedding jobs and the processing queue in the Knowledge Base panel to check the status of recently uploaded files.

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Use cases

Emergency plans

Upload evacuation plans, emergency contacts, and crisis procedures for quick AI-assisted reference when it matters most.

Technical manuals

Load equipment manuals and SOPs so the AI can answer specific questions about your gear and procedures.

Curriculum guides

Add lesson plans and curriculum documents for homeschooling — the AI can answer questions and explain concepts from your materials.

Research papers

Store academic papers and reference documents so you can ask the AI to summarize, compare, or explain findings.

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Tips for best results

Documents with clear headings, sections, and formatting tend to produce better search results. Scanned PDFs with poor OCR quality may not index as well as text-based PDFs.
Extremely large files take longer to process and may produce less precise results. If you have a very large document, consider splitting it into logical sections before uploading.
Unused documents still consume storage and can introduce noise into search results. Remove documents that are no longer relevant to keep the index clean.
If you upload a document and immediately ask about it, the indexing job may still be running. Wait for the processing queue to clear before expecting the AI to reference the new file.

AI Assistant

The AI that references your uploaded documents when answering questions.

Apps

Install and manage the AI Assistant, which is required for the Knowledge Base to work.