File Reader

Reads a file and returns its content as plain text.

Parameters

filePath · string · required

An absolute path to a file on your disk.

Example path

C:\Users\username\Documents\report.pdf

Supports extensions: c, cpp, cs, csv, cxx, h, hxx, html, java, json, jsonl, md, pdf, php, py, rb, txt, and xml.

Returns

content · string

The content of the file as plain text.

This tool is automatically used by the AI model when needed. You enable it in Cellm’s ribbon menu, then simply ask the model to perform tasks that require reading files (e.g., “Summarize the content of report.pdf in my Documents folder”).

Read and summarize

=PROMPT("Read and summarize C:\Users\username\Documents\report.pdf")

With cell reference

=PROMPT("Read and summarize this file", A1)