Allow files to be toggled and/or allow conditional searches

Feature Requests
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:rocket: Feature Request

Allow user to specify staged, conditional searches of uploaded files, rather than searching all of them all at once.

:magnifying_glass_tilted_left: Problem Statement

In Perplexity Spaces there is no current feature that allows the user to enforces a staged, conditional search at the file selection level. All included files are always potentially searched, regardless of instruction text. In this case of a large library of files, this limits the efficiency of the searches and cause the context window to close quickly.

:light_bulb: Proposed Solution

  1. Allow user to specify how the files should be searched., e.g. “search only summaries, then if nothing found, search originals”)

  2. Allow files to be toggled on/off so that user can specify which files they want searched without having to completely remove and then re-upload them.

:pushpin: API Impact

  • Which API component is affected? retrieval
  • Is this related to a specific model? no
  • Would this require new API parameters or changes to existing ones?

:counterclockwise_arrows_button: Alternatives Considered

Have you explored any workarounds? Yes.

If so, what were they, and why are they insufficient? As a first step the AI searches all files first, then implements user’s instructions, so telling it to search only some of the files is a useless instruction.

:paperclip: Additional Context

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