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Everything Search MCP server

Lets your AI search the files and folders on your own computer by name, size, or date.

This is a small helper that lets your AI search the files on your own computer. You ask in plain words, and it finds matching files and folders for you. It is handy if you often lose track of where you saved something.

What is an MCP server? The 30-second version

On its own, your AI can only chat. It cannot see your computer. An MCP server is a small helper program that gives your AI a new skill, and here that skill is searching your files. Once it is connected, your AI can look things up on your machine when you ask, instead of you digging through folders yourself.

What this MCP server does

You ask your AI something like find my budget spreadsheet. Your AI passes that request to this helper. The helper searches your computer's file index and sends back a list of matches. Your AI then shows you the results in the chat. On Windows it uses the Everything search tool, on Mac it uses the built-in Spotlight search, and on Linux it uses the locate tool.

Flow diagram: you ask your AI “Find my budget spreadsheet”, on your own computer the Everything Search MCP server works with your own computer, and you get back A list of matching files.

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What you can do with it

Find files by name or part of a name
Find files by type, like all PDFs or all spreadsheets
Sort results by size, date, or name
Search for files changed today or this week
Match against the full folder path, not just the file name
Limit how many results you get back

Try asking your AI

“Find all my PDF files from this month”
“Where is the presentation I made last week?”
“Show me the ten biggest files in my Downloads folder”
“Find any file with invoice in the name”

What it gives back to you

You get a list of matching files and folders. Each result shows the full location, the file size, and when it was last changed. Your AI can then read that list out, group it, or help you decide which one you meant.

Before you start

What you need

The Claude desktop app
On Windows: the free Everything search tool from voidtools, running as a service
On Windows: the Everything SDK files downloaded to your computer
On Linux: the locate or plocate tool installed and its database updated

Good to know

This only searches your files, it does not change or delete anything, but the results can reveal private file names and locations, so be careful what you share from them.

Install it with your AI

Add Everything Search MCP server to your AI, no technical skills needed

You don't install anything by hand. You copy one prompt, paste it into an AI that can work on your computer, and it checks, installs and connects the server for you, asking you when it needs something.

Sign in to get the install prompt

Members get a ready-made prompt that lets the Claude desktop app check Everything Search MCP server, install it and connect it for them, step by step. You don't need any technical skills: you copy, paste and answer a few questions. Your connected AI can also find and install any of the 4,066 MCP servers here for you.