A method that includes receiving a request to select one or more files for a user; in response to receiving the request, identifying file request context information associated with the request, wherein the file request context information is based at least in part on a current state of a user device; identifying one or more candidate files based on the file request context information; identifying a relevance measure for the one or more candidate files based on the file request context information; identifying one or more candidate user contacts based on the file request context information, each of the one or more candidate user contacts having sent communications to or received communications from the user, wherein the communications include at least one of the one or more candidate files; and providing, for display to the user, a display portion of a user interface for selection pertaining to the one or more files and the one or more candidate user contacts, the display portion including a representation of at least one of the one or more candidate files and a representation of at least one of the one or more candidate user contacts, wherein the representation of at least one of the one or more candidate user contacts comprises a link to the one or more candidate files, and wherein the representation of at least one of the one or more candidate files is provided according to the relevance measure for the one or more candidate files.