# How we process documents

> What happens behind the scenes when you upload a file to the agent, and why it matters when working with larger sets of documents.

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When you upload a file to the agent, several steps take place behind the scenes before it can reliably read and work with the file. In this video, we show how Praktik processes documents and why this matters when working with larger sets of files.

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