diff --git a/frontend/src/components/DocumentManager.jsx b/frontend/src/components/DocumentManager.jsx
index f7a865c..2e0c742 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/DocumentManager.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/DocumentManager.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import React, { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from 'react'
+import React, { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from 'react'
 import axios from 'axios'
 import { useDropzone } from 'react-dropzone'
-import { Upload, Trash2, Eye, RefreshCw, FileText, X } from 'lucide-react'
+import { Upload, Trash2, Eye, RefreshCw, FileText, FileArchive, X, CheckCircle, AlertCircle, Loader } from 'lucide-react'
 
 const STAGES = ['input', 'parsed', 'generated', 'curated', 'final']
 
@@ -11,13 +11,19 @@ function formatBytes(bytes) {
   return `${(bytes / (1024 * 1024)).toFixed(1)} MB`
 }
 
+function FileIcon({ name }) {
+  return name.endsWith('.zip')
+    ? <FileArchive size={13} className="text-yellow-500 flex-shrink-0" />
+    : <FileText size={13} className="text-slate-500 flex-shrink-0" />
+}
+
 export default function DocumentManager({ connected }) {
-  const [stage, setStage]       = useState('input')
-  const [files, setFiles]       = useState([])
-  const [loading, setLoading]   = useState(false)
-  const [uploading, setUploading] = useState(false)
-  const [preview, setPreview]   = useState(null)
-  const [error, setError]       = useState('')
+  const [stage, setStage]             = useState('input')
+  const [files, setFiles]             = useState([])
+  const [loading, setLoading]         = useState(false)
+  const [uploadQueue, setUploadQueue] = useState([])
+  const [preview, setPreview]         = useState(null)
+  const [error, setError]             = useState('')
 
   const fetchFiles = useCallback(async () => {
     if (!connected) return
@@ -36,23 +42,36 @@ export default function DocumentManager({ connected }) {
 
   const onDrop = useCallback(async accepted => {
     if (!accepted.length || !connected) return
-    setUploading(true)
+    const entries = accepted.map(f => ({ name: f.name, status: 'uploading', error: null }))
+    setUploadQueue(entries)
     const formData = new FormData()
-    formData.append('file', accepted[0])
+    accepted.forEach(f => formData.append('files', f))
     try {
-      await axios.post('/api/upload', formData)
+      const { data } = await axios.post('/api/upload', formData)
+      setUploadQueue(data.results.map(r => ({ name: r.file, status: 'done', action: r.action, error: null })))
       fetchFiles()
     } catch (err) {
-      setError(err.response?.data?.detail || err.message)
-    } finally {
-      setUploading(false)
+      const msg = err.response?.data?.detail || err.message
+      setUploadQueue(entries.map(e => ({ ...e, status: 'error', error: msg })))
+      setError(msg)
     }
+    setTimeout(() => setUploadQueue([]), 4000)
   }, [connected, fetchFiles])
 
   const { getRootProps, getInputProps, isDragActive } = useDropzone({
     onDrop,
     disabled: !connected || stage !== 'input',
-    multiple: false,
+    multiple: true,
+    accept: {
+      'application/zip':              ['.zip'],
+      'application/x-zip-compressed': ['.zip'],
+      'text/plain':                   ['.txt'],
+      'text/markdown':                ['.md'],
+      'application/pdf':              ['.pdf'],
+      'application/json':             ['.json'],
+      'text/csv':                     ['.csv'],
+      'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document': ['.docx'],
+    },
   })
 
   const deleteFile = async name => {
@@ -66,26 +85,29 @@ export default function DocumentManager({ connected }) {
     setPreview({ name, content: data.content })
   }
 
+  const statusIcon = item => {
+    if (item.status === 'uploading') return <Loader size={12} className="animate-spin text-blue-400" />
+    if (item.status === 'done')      return <CheckCircle size={12} className="text-green-400" />
+    if (item.status === 'error')     return <AlertCircle size={12} className="text-red-400" />
+    return null
+  }
+
   return (
     <div className="space-y-4">
 
-      {/* Stage tabs */}
       <div className="flex gap-1 bg-[#161b27] rounded-xl p-1 w-fit">
         {STAGES.map(s => (
           <button
             key={s}
             onClick={() => setStage(s)}
             className={`px-4 py-1.5 rounded-lg text-xs font-medium transition-colors capitalize
-              ${stage === s
-                ? 'bg-blue-600 text-white'
-                : 'text-slate-400 hover:text-slate-200'}`}
+              ${stage === s ? 'bg-blue-600 text-white' : 'text-slate-400 hover:text-slate-200'}`}
           >
             {s}
           </button>
         ))}
       </div>
 
-      {/* Upload drop zone (input stage only) */}
       {stage === 'input' && (
         <div
           {...getRootProps()}
@@ -95,30 +117,38 @@ export default function DocumentManager({ connected }) {
         >
           <input {...getInputProps()} />
           <Upload size={24} className="mx-auto mb-2 text-slate-500" />
-          {uploading
-            ? <p className="text-sm text-blue-400">Uploading…</p>
-            : <p className="text-sm text-slate-400">
-                {isDragActive ? 'Drop file here' : 'Drag & drop or click to upload to /input'}
-              </p>
-          }
+          <p className="text-sm text-slate-400">
+            {isDragActive ? 'Drop files here' : 'Drag & drop files or click — multiple files and .zip archives supported'}
+          </p>
+          <p className="text-xs text-slate-600 mt-1">txt · md · pdf · json · csv · docx · zip</p>
+        </div>
+      )}
+
+      {uploadQueue.length > 0 && (
+        <div className="rounded-xl border border-slate-700/50 bg-[#161b27] overflow-hidden">
+          <div className="px-4 py-2 border-b border-slate-700/50 text-xs text-slate-400">Uploading</div>
+          <ul className="divide-y divide-slate-700/20">
+            {uploadQueue.map((item, i) => (
+              <li key={i} className="flex items-center gap-2 px-4 py-2 text-xs">
+                {statusIcon(item)}
+                <span className="flex-1 text-slate-300 truncate">{item.name}</span>
+                {item.status === 'done' && <span className="text-slate-500 capitalize">{item.action}</span>}
+                {item.error && <span className="text-red-400 truncate max-w-xs">{item.error}</span>}
+              </li>
+            ))}
+          </ul>
         </div>
       )}
 
-      {/* File table */}
       <div className="rounded-xl border border-slate-700/50 bg-[#161b27] overflow-hidden">
         <div className="flex items-center justify-between px-4 py-3 border-b border-slate-700/50">
           <span className="text-xs text-slate-400">{files.length} file(s)</span>
-          <button
-            onClick={fetchFiles}
-            className="flex items-center gap-1 text-xs text-slate-500 hover:text-slate-300 transition-colors"
-          >
+          <button onClick={fetchFiles} className="flex items-center gap-1 text-xs text-slate-500 hover:text-slate-300 transition-colors">
             <RefreshCw size={12}/> Refresh
           </button>
         </div>
 
-        {error && (
-          <p className="px-4 py-2 text-xs text-red-400">{error}</p>
-        )}
+        {error && <p className="px-4 py-2 text-xs text-red-400">{error}</p>}
 
         {loading ? (
           <p className="px-4 py-6 text-xs text-slate-500 text-center">Loading…</p>
@@ -138,23 +168,17 @@ export default function DocumentManager({ connected }) {
               {files.map(f => (
                 <tr key={f.name} className="border-b border-slate-700/20 hover:bg-slate-700/10">
                   <td className="px-4 py-2 flex items-center gap-2">
-                    <FileText size={13} className="text-slate-500 flex-shrink-0"/>
+                    <FileIcon name={f.name} />
                     <span className="truncate max-w-xs text-slate-200">{f.name}</span>
                   </td>
                   <td className="px-4 py-2 text-right text-slate-400">{formatBytes(f.size)}</td>
                   <td className="px-4 py-2 text-right text-slate-500">{f.modified}</td>
                   <td className="px-4 py-2 text-right">
                     <div className="flex items-center justify-end gap-2">
-                      <button
-                        onClick={() => previewFile(f.name)}
-                        className="p-1 rounded hover:bg-blue-600/20 text-slate-500 hover:text-blue-400 transition-colors"
-                      >
+                      <button onClick={() => previewFile(f.name)} className="p-1 rounded hover:bg-blue-600/20 text-slate-500 hover:text-blue-400 transition-colors">
                         <Eye size={13}/>
                       </button>
-                      <button
-                        onClick={() => deleteFile(f.name)}
-                        className="p-1 rounded hover:bg-red-600/20 text-slate-500 hover:text-red-400 transition-colors"
-                      >
+                      <button onClick={() => deleteFile(f.name)} className="p-1 rounded hover:bg-red-600/20 text-slate-500 hover:text-red-400 transition-colors">
                         <Trash2 size={13}/>
                       </button>
                     </div>
@@ -166,22 +190,17 @@ export default function DocumentManager({ connected }) {
         )}
       </div>
 
-      {/* Preview modal */}
       {preview && (
         <div className="fixed inset-0 z-50 flex items-center justify-center bg-black/60 p-6">
           <div className="bg-[#161b27] border border-slate-700 rounded-xl w-full max-w-3xl max-h-[80vh] flex flex-col">
             <div className="flex items-center justify-between px-4 py-3 border-b border-slate-700">
               <span className="text-sm font-medium text-slate-200">{preview.name}</span>
-              <button onClick={() => setPreview(null)} className="text-slate-500 hover:text-slate-200">
-                <X size={16}/>
-              </button>
+              <button onClick={() => setPreview(null)} className="text-slate-500 hover:text-slate-200"><X size={16}/></button>
             </div>
-            <pre className="flex-1 overflow-auto p-4 text-xs text-slate-300 leading-relaxed whitespace-pre-wrap">
-              {preview.content}
-            </pre>
+            <pre className="flex-1 overflow-auto p-4 text-xs text-slate-300 leading-relaxed whitespace-pre-wrap">{preview.content}</pre>
           </div>
         </div>
       )}
     </div>
   )
-}
+}
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