> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.alquimia.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Topics

> Create and manage topics — knowledge containers for your documents and explorations.

A **topic** is a knowledge container. It holds a collection of related documents that you want to explore together through AI conversation. Think of it as a folder with intelligence — you upload your files and ask questions across all of them.

## The topics grid

The grid shows every topic you have access to in the current tenant. Each card displays:

* **Name** and description
* **Document count**
* **Last updated**

Click a topic card to open the topic detail view.

## Creating a topic

Click **New Topic** to open the creation dialog.

| Field           | Description                                                   |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Name**        | Required. A clear, descriptive name for the knowledge domain. |
| **Description** | Optional. Helps collaborators understand the topic's purpose. |

After creating the topic, you land on the topic detail view where you can start uploading documents.

## Topic detail view

The topic detail view has two main areas:

* **Documents** — upload, view, and manage the files in this topic
* **Explorations** — start or resume AI conversations scoped to this topic

## Defining good topic scope

A well-scoped topic produces better exploration answers because the AI searches within a bounded, relevant set of documents. Instead of uploading everything into one topic, create separate topics for distinct domains:

* "Product specs — v2.3"
* "Q4 investor materials"
* "Customer onboarding guides"

## Filtering and search

The topics grid supports filtering by name to help you find topics quickly across large collections.

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Documents" icon="file-text" href="/products/insight-hub/platform/documents">
    Upload and manage the documents inside a topic.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Exploration" icon="message-circle" href="/products/insight-hub/platform/exploration">
    Start an AI conversation grounded in a topic's documents.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>