Welcome to The Archiver Help Centre
The Archiver is an AI-powered digital archive platform designed for archivists, researchers, and organisations who need to organise, describe, and explore large collections of historical documents, images, and records.
This Help Centre covers everything you need to use The Archiver confidently — from uploading your first files to generating detailed research reports.
What can The Archiver do?
- Upload and organise documents, images, PDFs, audio, video, and more
- Automatically classify files using AI — detecting document types, dates, people, and locations
- Structure your collection into Fonds, Series, and Sub-series following archival standards
- Search across everything using full-text search, filters, and an interactive map
- Create Dossiers — thematic research folders that pull together related items from across your archive
- Chat with your archive using the Explore feature — ask questions and get researched answers
- Export your collection in professional archival formats like EAD3, BagIt, and CSV
Where should I start?
If you're new to The Archiver, we recommend reading these articles in order:
- Dashboard tour — understand what you're looking at
- Your first accession — upload files step by step
- Key concepts — learn the terminology
Need more help?
If you can't find what you need here, open the app and use the in-app feedback button, or contact us at support@archivers.ai.