Sources

Give Jellypod reference material to work from.

Sources are files, links and text you give Jellypod as reference material, such as an article, a company overview, a YouTube interview or a PDF report. Jellypod extracts the content, and the Podcast Agent uses it to stay accurate and on topic.

Sources are optional. Without them, the agent researches the topic itself with web research. Two or three focused sources work better than ten vague ones.

Each source you add is saved in your Asset Library, where you can browse, download, reuse and delete saved sources and visuals.

Source levels

Manage podcast sources from Podcast Sources in an existing podcast’s actions menu. In the Podcast Agent chat, they carry a Podcast Source label.

Which Products use sources

• Podcasts: the Podcast Agent reads podcast and episode sources when it writes the script.
• Videos and Shorts: sources are research for the script.
• Voiceovers: the files you upload are the visuals, not research.

If a source you attach in the composer already reads like a finished script, Jellypod asks when you send whether to use its exact words or treat it as research. Automations and the API treat every source as research. See attach a script as a source.

Add a source

1. Click + next to the chat input to open Add Sources.
2. Pick an option:
   • Search your Asset Library to reuse an existing source.
   • Click Upload files, or drop files anywhere in the dialog.
   • Click Link, paste a public website or YouTube URL, then click Add link.
   • Click Paste text, enter your content, then click Add text.

On the start screen for new content, pasting 2,000 or more characters into the chat input turns the text into a source.

File types

Every supported file can be up to 100 MB. For other formats, export to a supported one first.

Voiceover uploads have their own file rules, and NotebookLM audio is imported, not added as a source.

A PDF source can have up to 250 pages.

• Uploaded in the Studio: a longer PDF is trimmed to its first 250 pages and added as one source with a _split suffix. A warning says how many pages were kept. Upload the rest as a separate file.
• Added any other way: a PDF over the limit fails with an error showing its page count. Split it into smaller files.
• Blank or corrupted PDFs are rejected. Re-export the file from the original.

Websites and YouTube

Jellypod reads any public page. Pages behind a paywall or login may fail, so paste their text instead. A link to a PDF reads only its first 30 pages; to use more, download the PDF and upload the file.

For a public YouTube URL, Google Gemini analyzes the video and Jellypod saves AI-generated reference notes. The notes aren’t a verbatim transcript and may omit or misread details, so check them against the video. Private and unlisted videos, channels and playlists aren’t supported. If Google can’t analyze a video, upload reference material you have permission to use, or paste your own notes.

Cover a long document

An episode condenses its sources to fit its duration, so a PDF under 250 pages can still hold more than one episode covers. A longer duration, within your plan’s episode length limit, gives the script more room but doesn’t guarantee every detail. To work through a long document in parts:

1. Split it at chapter or topic boundaries. Export each part as its own PDF, or paste the section as a text source.
2. Create one episode per part, attaching only that part as an episode source. Don’t also attach the full document as a podcast source.
3. In the prompt, name the section and the topics to cover, and choose a duration that leaves room for them.
4. If the script still skips material, use a smaller section or a longer episode.

Each episode uses its own credits.

Fix a source

Jellypod extracts a source’s content before the AI can use it. Each source shows its state in the chat.

Episodes, videos and Voiceovers can start generating before Processing finishes and wait for extraction. An episode shows “Waiting for your sources to finish processing.” meanwhile.

If a source fails or gets stuck, match the reason under the source name:

If generation stopped because a source failed, fix or remove the source, then retry. See if episode generation fails, or video generation failures for videos, Shorts and Voiceovers (the Review sources button).

Remove a source

Click the x on the source in the chat to remove it from that content. While a source is uploading or processing, hover its spinner to reveal the x.

• A failed source is deleted when you remove it, because failed sources aren’t kept in your Asset Library.
• Podcast sources can’t be removed from the chat. Choose Podcast Sources from the podcast’s actions menu.
• To delete a source everywhere, see delete a source.

Sources don’t refresh in place. To use changed content, remove the source and add the URL or file again.