Global Datastores

Overview

When you create a new Contextual AI account, you automatically have access to several global datastores—pre-built knowledge bases you can use immediately to test agents, run demos, or explore the platform without uploading your own documents. These datastores are read-only and available to all users.

Available Global Datastores

Materials Science Research Papers

7,546 docs · 41.3 GB

Star Wars Wookiepedia

497 docs · 4.8 GB

Rocket Science

7 docs · 59.1 MB

RFC Library

1,786 docs · 50.7 MB

Raspberry Pi Docs

54 docs · 82 MB

Using Global Datastores

In the Platform UI

Go to Datastores in the left navigation
Global datastores are marked with a Demo badge
When creating an agent, select any global datastore from the dropdown

In Agent Composer YAML

Reference a global datastore by its ID in your YAML configuration:

nodes:
  search:
    type: SearchStep
    config:
      datastores:
        - <your-datastore-id>
    input_mapping:
      query: __inputs__#query

Via API

Use the datastore ID when creating or configuring agents:

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.contextual.ai/v1/agents \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "name": "My Demo Agent",
  "datastore_ids": ["78f6bb93-04a5-4883-95f4-d681da6eee23"]
}'

Example Agents

See these demos built on global datastores:

Raspberry Pi Agent — Technical support and troubleshooting for Raspberry Pi hardware
Rocket Science Agent — Root cause analysis for rocket engine anomalies
Material Science Agent — Research assistant using arXiv materials papers; explains in ELI5 style
Test Program Generation — Generate OpenTAP test programs and instrument drivers

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Overview

Available Global Datastores

Materials Science Research Papers

Star Wars Wookiepedia

Rocket Science

RFC Library

Raspberry Pi Docs

Using Global Datastores

In the Platform UI

In Agent Composer YAML

Via API

Example Agents

​Overview

​Available Global Datastores

Materials Science Research Papers

Star Wars Wookiepedia

Rocket Science

RFC Library

Raspberry Pi Docs

​Using Global Datastores

​In the Platform UI

​In Agent Composer YAML

​Via API

​Example Agents

Overview

Available Global Datastores

Using Global Datastores

In the Platform UI

In Agent Composer YAML

Via API

Example Agents