Core Features

Upload & Manage Materials

Managing your academic documents has never been easier. StudyShare utilizes a sophisticated pipeline to analyze, categorize, and store your PDFs with minimal manual effort.

Important Note on Privacy
Documents uploaded by default are marked as Private. Only you have access to read them unless you switch the visibility setting.

The Upload Process

When you drop a file into the upload zone on your Dashboard, StudyShare triggers the following sequence:

  1. File Validation: We verify the file type (currently application/pdf) and size limit (default 50MB).
  2. Secure Storage: The raw PDF is securely transmitted to our Cloudinary vault equipped with signed URLs and strict access policies.
  3. Text & Metadata Extraction: The system reads standard text, and Anthropic's Claude model analyzes it to extract tags, course names, and subjects.

Managing Your Content

You can navigate to the My Materials tab to see all your active documents. From here you can:

  • Read documents using the integrated high-speed PDF rendering engine.
  • Filter by University Subject (e.g. Physics 101, Data Structures).
  • Update document visibility (Public vs. Private).
  • Ask questions to the AI specific just to a single document.

Troubleshooting

My PDF failed to upload

Ensure your file is not password-protected. Ensure the size is below 50MB. If it continues to fail, try refreshing the dashboard connection.