An agent node can list input_documents (short refs like A1, a literal "*" for all
inputs, or state variables holding refs produced by an upstream node). The engine
resolves each through the run-scoped artifact gate and feeds it to the node's LLM
natively when the model supports the format (PDFs included via the provider's
image synthesis), otherwise extracts it to text with Docling. A file_passing
policy (auto/native/extract) and per-node count + per-file byte caps bound cost;
the native decision uses the same supported-types source the provider handler
uses, so a document is never silently dropped. Bytes never enter run state.
Alex
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