# Documentation of Local Files **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [October 22, 2023, 9:43am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/documentation-of-local-files/1189 "2023-10-22T09:43:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Mati](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Mati)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 9:43am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/documentation-of-local-files/1189/1 "2023-10-22T09:43:00Z")
Hi The Add Doc function seems to crawl and index documents by specifying URLs, but is it possible to convert local files and folders to Doc? ---
**Author:** ![Jakob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/jakob/32/93_2.png) [@Jakob](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Jakob)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/documentation-of-local-files/1189/2 "2023-10-22T12:18:47Z")
I recommend making your local documentation a part of your codebase and then recomputing your codebase index. This way, the codebase context features can also read your documentation. ---
**Author:** ![Mati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Mati](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Mati)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/documentation-of-local-files/1189/3 "2023-10-22T12:39:58Z")
Thanks for the great explanation. Could you be a little more specific? Not sure if this is relevant, but do you know what does the bar chart in the video show? \*I have seen this % exceed 100, but I don’t understand what you are targeting as 100%. > **[Gyazo Screen Video](https://gyazo.com/bc6e9b3964b1308c5a6c4369ca14a3da)** > > Gyazo is the easiest way to record screenshots & videos you can share instantly. Save time with async visual communication that's effortless and engaging. ---
**Author:** ![Jakob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/jakob/32/93_2.png) [@Jakob](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Jakob)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/documentation-of-local-files/1189/4 "2023-10-22T12:49:35Z")
It looks like you’re using an old version of Cursor. Please re-download it from [https://cursor.sh/](https://cursor.sh/). My apologies, I’ll try to be more specific: 1. Create a new folder inside your project folder where you’ll place all your local documentation. 2. Open your project folder in Cursor. 3. Open the Cursor AI Pane (Ctrl + L). 4. Navigate to the “More” tab. 5. Under “Codebase Indexing” click on “Compute Index” or “Resync Index” if you already have an index. 6. Now you can write “@Codebase” in the chat or use the “Ctrl + Enter” chatbind to retrieve the most relevant parts of your codebase for your question. Since your local documentation is now part of your codebase, it will also consider your local documentation. ---
**Author:** ![Mati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Mati](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Mati)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/documentation-of-local-files/1189/5 "2023-10-22T13:40:47Z")
Thanks for the great answer, I guess the version was out of date. ・BTW. Doesn’t it auto-update? Where can I check the version? ・Also, I was able to load all folders as you described with the index function. It would also be possible to index information on the internet by setting the URL. On the other hand, I would like to import local files such as notes and other notations found at meetings, etc. Is there a way to do this? ---
**Author:** ![Jakob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/jakob/32/93_2.png) [@Jakob](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Jakob)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/documentation-of-local-files/1189/6 "2023-10-22T13:47:42Z")
1. Yes, it should auto-update. You can check the version by going to the menu bar at the top left, clicking “Help” =\> “About” and then a window will open with all the information. 2. Yes, you can place any text-based files you want to use into your project folder to include them in your codebase context, as I described in my previous answer. ---
**Author:** ![Mati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Mati](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Mati)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/documentation-of-local-files/1189/7 "2023-10-22T14:09:34Z")
got it perfect answer .thank you. ---
**Author:** ![m955](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/m955/32/9661_2.png) [@m955](https://forum.cursor.com/u/m955)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 6:36am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/documentation-of-local-files/1189/8 "2024-04-24T06:36:17Z")
The local docs should be stored independently from the project, like the crawled docs as it can be a hassle to always have to import them for every new project. ---
**Author:** ![ekz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/ekz/32/19093_2.png) [@ekz](https://forum.cursor.com/u/ekz)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/documentation-of-local-files/1189/9 "2025-01-08T18:32:53Z")
I agree with this – storing local docs outside of the project. However, how does one include non project files in the cursor index? I only see that one can add remote urls, not local files in other folders. Have you been able to achieve this? Please share if so. Thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![danperks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/danperks/32/19087_2.png) [@danperks](https://forum.cursor.com/u/danperks)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/documentation-of-local-files/1189/10 "2025-01-10T15:23:02Z")
The only way I can think that this is possible at the moment is by using workspaces where you can add files from multiple folders on your machine into one “workspace”, which Cursor would index as if it was all one big codebase. See more info here (works the same in Cursor as VSCode): > **[Workspaces in Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/workspaces)** > > Learn about Visual Studio Code workspaces ---
**Author:** ![ekz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/ekz/32/19093_2.png) [@ekz](https://forum.cursor.com/u/ekz)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/documentation-of-local-files/1189/11 "2025-03-23T05:01:59Z")
Thanks for your reply, and apologies for the late follow up. For some reason I wasn’t notified. I will give this a shot. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/documentation-of-local-files/1189/12 "2026-06-18T10:34:41Z")
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