> ## Documentation Index
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# Upload and ingest context vault document

> Uploads a local file and adds it to Context Vault. Supports PDFs,
Markdown, TXT, DOCX, CSV, and image files. OCR is available for formats
that need text extraction.




## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.yaml post /api/context-vault/documents/upload
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: MemContext API
  version: 1.1.0
  description: |
    REST API for persistent, evolving AI memory. Save, search, and manage
    memories with automatic deduplication, version chains, and hybrid retrieval.
servers:
  - url: https://api.memcontext.in
    description: Production
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Memories
    description: Save, search, list, update, and delete memories.
  - name: History
    description: Inspect how memories evolve over time.
  - name: Feedback
    description: Rate retrieval quality to improve future results.
  - name: Profiles
    description: Pre-aggregated user context from memory.
  - name: Workspaces
    description: >-
      Company/team account boundaries for billing, members, API keys, and
      vaults.
  - name: API Keys
    description: Workspace-bound API keys for server-side integrations.
  - name: Subscription
    description: Workspace-owned billing and member-memory limits.
  - name: Context Vault
    description: Document ingestion and workspace RAG retrieval.
paths:
  /api/context-vault/documents/upload:
    post:
      tags:
        - Context Vault
      summary: Upload and ingest context vault document
      description: |
        Uploads a local file and adds it to Context Vault. Supports PDFs,
        Markdown, TXT, DOCX, CSV, and image files. OCR is available for formats
        that need text extraction.
      operationId: uploadContextVaultDocument
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - workspaceId
                - title
                - file
              properties:
                workspaceId:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
                vaultId:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
                  description: >-
                    Optional vault inside the workspace. Defaults to the
                    workspace's default vault.
                title:
                  type: string
                file:
                  type: string
                  format: binary
                sourceType:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentSourceType'
                scope:
                  type: string
                project:
                  type: string
                content:
                  type: string
                  description: Optional extracted text override for binary files.
      responses:
        '202':
          description: File uploaded and added to the workspace document list.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IngestContextVaultDocumentResponse'
      security:
        - ApiKeyAuth: []
        - CookieAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    DocumentSourceType:
      type: string
      enum:
        - pdf
        - markdown
        - text
        - docx
        - html
        - url
        - csv
        - png
        - jpg
        - jpeg
        - webp
        - tiff
    IngestContextVaultDocumentResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - document
        - chunkCount
        - extractedCount
        - status
        - message
      properties:
        document:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContextVaultDocument'
        chunkCount:
          type: integer
        extractedCount:
          type: integer
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
            - accepted
        message:
          type: string
    ContextVaultDocument:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - sourceType
        - status
        - chunkCount
        - extractedCount
        - totalChunks
        - processedChunks
        - createdAt
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        title:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        sourceType:
          type: string
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContextVaultDocumentStatus'
        chunkCount:
          type: integer
        extractedCount:
          type: integer
        totalChunks:
          type: integer
        processedChunks:
          type: integer
        processingPhase:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        heartbeatAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          nullable: true
        scope:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        project:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        completedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          nullable: true
        error:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        publicUrl:
          type: string
          nullable: true
    ContextVaultDocumentStatus:
      type: string
      enum:
        - pending
        - processing
        - retrying
        - completed
        - failed
        - cancelled
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: >
        API key created from the MemContext dashboard. Keys are prefixed with
        `mc_`, bound to one workspace, and API-key requests cannot override that
        workspace.
    CookieAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: cookie
      name: better-auth.session_token
      description: Dashboard session cookie used for workspace/company endpoints.

````