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> For a complete documentation index, see https://docs.credal.ai/user-guide/platform/agent-builder/configuration/add-connectors/document-collections/bring-your-own-custom-data-sources/llms.txt.
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## Bring Your Own Data

If Credal doesn't have [out-of-the-box support](/user-guide/platform/agent-builder/configuration/add-connectors/data) for your data source yet, there are several ways to bring your own data to Credal.

### Upload to an existing system

If your content is **low volume** and **changes infrequently**, exporting to PDF or similar and uploading to a supported system like Google Drive or SharePoint offers you simplicity and the fastest setup time.

### REST API

Credal's REST API lets you upload documents and metadata to Credal. Once uploaded, you can use [Smart Filtering](/user-guide/platform/agent-builder/configuration/add-connectors/document-collections/smart-filtering-beta) to filter documents based on those metadata fields. You can use this to upload data from any source that you can access programmatically, e.g., custom in-house built systems or proprietary data vendors.
For more information, see the [Document Catalog API](/api-reference).

If you wish to opt in to permissions, you can specify permissioned principals in the API calls.

### MongoDB Collection

If you can write your data to a MongoDB collection, Credal can sync this natively and map fields in MongoDB to the various fields (URL, metadata) needed to make a source usable in Credal.
Your administrator can configure this in the Data Sources page. Contact your Credal team for help setting up.