# docs.contextual.ai

> AI-optimized mirror of docs.contextual.ai containing 1 pages totalling 531 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://docs.contextual.ai/api-reference/parse/parse-file. Last updated: 2026-05-01T18:55:40.662Z.

Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG).

## Articles & Blog Posts

- [Parse File](/api-reference/parse/parse-file/index.html): Parse a file into a structured Markdown and/or JSON. Files must be less than 300MB and 2000 pages. We use LibreOffice to convert DOC(X) and PPT(X) files to PDF, which may affect page count. See our blog post and code examples. Email parse-feedback@contextual.ai with any feedback or questions. (531 words)

## Resources

- [Full Page Index](/index.html): Browse all cached pages with rich metadata
- [About This Cache](/content/about.html): Methodology, technical details, and usage guidelines
- [XML Sitemap](/content/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable sitemap for crawler discovery
- [Robots.txt](/content/robots.txt): Crawler directives