
Kimi — User Guide
Long PDFs and documents—Q&A and summarization, free tier.
Strengths
- Very long context window (2 million tokens) to handle very long documents
- Supports uploading PDF, Word, Excel, PPT and other format files
- Excellent Chinese understanding and expression skills, detailed answers
- Internet search function to obtain the latest information in real time
- No need to circumvent the wall, direct access within the country
Best for
- Upload academic papers and quickly extract core ideas and methods
- Summary of key points and risk identification of contracts and legal documents
- Summary and Q&A of long reports and books
- Comparative analysis of multiple documents (such as multiple competitive product reports)
- Search the Internet for the latest information and consolidate it into reports
Document reading and analysis
Kimi's most powerful function is to process long documents and support direct uploading of files for intelligent question and answer.
Upload academic papers and quickly understand the core content
[Upload paper PDF] Please help me with the following tasks: 1. Summarize the core contribution of this paper in 3 sentences 2. List the main methods and data sets used in the paper 3. What are the 3 most important data points from the experimental results? 4. What are the limitations of this paper? What did the author himself mention?
Kimi answers point by point, giving:
Accurate summary of core contributions (not machine translation of summary, but real understanding)
List of methodologies (such as BERT, ResNet, etc.)
Key experimental data (such as accuracy increased by X%)
Arrangement of the Limitation part of the paper
After uploading the PDF, first ask "What is this paper about?" and then ask more in-depth questions for better results.
Comparative analysis of multiple competing product reports
[Upload Competitor A Report.pdf] [Upload Competitor B Report.pdf] Please compare these two competitive product analysis reports and organize them from the following dimensions: 1. What are the differences in the core product positioning of the two companies? 2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? 3. What are the differences in pricing strategies? 4. Which one is more suitable for small and medium-sized enterprise customers?
Kimi will compare across documents and generate a structured comparison table.
Point out the key differences between the two reports,
And give comprehensive recommendations and conclusions.
Upload multiple files at the same time, and Kimi can perform comparative analysis across files, which is its core advantage.
Internet search and information integration
After turning on the Internet mode, Kimi can search and integrate the latest information in real time.
Research the latest trends in an industry
Please help me research the latest developments in the AI programming tools market in 2025: 1. What are the main AI programming tools currently on the market? 2. What are the important product updates or financing news in the last 3 months? 3. How does the market share of GitHub Copilot and Cursor compare? 4. Give 3 links to reliable sources of information
Kimi integrated the information after searching the Internet and gave:
List of mainstream tools (Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.)
Summary of recent important news
Market share data (with sources)
Clickable reference links
Turn on the "Internet Search" switch in the upper right corner of the dialog box, which is suitable for queries that require real-time information.
Long article writing and content generation
Kimi's long-context advantage also applies to writing tasks, maintaining consistency in very long documents.
Generate complete reports based on large amounts of material
[Upload multiple reference materials] Based on this information, please write a "2025 China AI Application Market Research Report" for me, requiring: - Contains four chapters: market size, major players, technology trends, challenges and opportunities - Approximately 500 words per chapter - Indicate the source when citing specific data - Use a professional yet readable language style
Kimi will synthesize all uploaded data and generate a research report with a complete structure.
The data references are well documented and the chapters are logically clear.
The overall style is unified and can be used without extensive modification.
The more and more detailed references you provide, the higher the quality of the report you generate.
Compared with similar tools
| Tool | Strength | Best for | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi This tool | Ultra-long context, the strongest document processing capabilities | Users who need to process long documents and multi-file analysis | Free version / Member ¥20/month |
| ChatGPT | The strongest general ability and rich ecology | Common tasks require GPTs plug-in ecosystem | Free version / Plus $20/month |
| DeepSeek | Top-notch reasoning skills, completely free | Mathematics, coding, logical reasoning | completely free |
| ChatPDF | Focus on PDF Q&A, simple interface | Simple PDF reading and Q&A | Free version/paid version |
Sources & references:
- Kimi official website (2025-03)
- Dark Side of the Moon Official Blog (2025-03)