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

# Artefacts

> The familiar basic unit of your personal archives.

Artefacts are whole pieces of media: the articles, PDFs, documents, videos, and images that make up your personal library.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/ladderresearch/o3j9nyadhM2vHnMZ/images/library-tabs.webp?fit=max&auto=format&n=o3j9nyadhM2vHnMZ&q=85&s=0cee070f7dfd4ab2435473396bd554a1" alt="The Library" width="3104" height="1964" data-path="images/library-tabs.webp" />

The Library has two tabs: **Artefacts** (this page) and **Notes** — see [Notes](/notes) for the writing surface.

## Adding Artefacts

Artefacts can be uploaded to Pond by clicking the **Add to Pond** button on the Home or Library pages.

You can add:

* **PDFs** — existing highlights and annotations are detected and turned into Fragments automatically
* **Articles** — paste a URL and Pond fetches and stores the content
* **YouTube videos** — Pond extracts the transcript and treats the video as a readable Artefact
* **Markdown and text documents**
* **Images** — including images of text, with OCR
* **Manual entries** — create an empty Artefact and add Fragments to it directly

<Note>
  Whatever you bring in, members can open it and ask Pond to **suggest passages** worth marking — see [Creating Fragments](/fragments). You don't have to highlight by hand to get a Thread started.
</Note>

For bulk imports from existing notebooks (Obsidian, Notion, Evernote) or services like Readwise, see [Import & Export](/import-export).

## Sync Pipelines

You can set up sync pipelines between Pond and services like [Readwise](http://readwise.io/) (available now). **Kindle**, **Instapaper**, and **Zotero** sync pipelines will be available in the near future.

<Note>
  Pond imports highlights and annotations (as Fragments) from these services, not entire Artefacts. You can upload the full Artefact body separately if you wish.
</Note>