Search Inside Your Nextcloud Files Through Your Muse

Through an AnythingMCP File Search connector, your muse can search inside your Nextcloud files in plain words, find the page that answers your question, and hand you the file.

What it does

The connector adds 10 tools and only reads. AnythingMCP signs in to your Nextcloud over WebDAV with an app password, builds a full-text index of the folder you pick, and keeps it in sync. Your muse can search the index, find a file by name even when typed slightly wrong, list folder contents with sizes and dates, read a file by page, and run an exact search for a code or number. It can show a PDF page as a picture and give you the file as a download link. Answers name the file, page, and date. Text is read from over 100 file types, including PDF, Word, Excel, and Outlook files. Nothing is written back.

How to use it

1. In Nextcloud, open Settings, then Security, then Devices and sessions, and create an app password. Nextcloud shows it once, so save it right away.
2. Start an AnythingMCP account and pick the Nextcloud File Search connector.
3. Enter the WebDAV address, your user name, the app password, and the folder to search.
4. Test, scan the folder, uncheck archive folders you do not want searched, and activate.
5. In Muse, open Settings, then Connectors, and add a custom connector with the address AnythingMCP gives you. Sign in and approve.
6. Ask about the contents of your files, such as what a price list says for one item.

What you need

• A Muse account that can add custom connectors
• An AnythingMCP account with the Nextcloud File Search connector added
• A Nextcloud instance and an app password for a user who can read the folders you want searched

What to watch for

• For the cloud service, your Nextcloud must be reachable from the internet. A self-hosted AnythingMCP on the same network needs none.
• Plans cap the files indexed and their size. If a folder grows past the plan, syncing pauses and newer files may be missing.
• Scanned PDFs with no text layer need a higher plan for character reading, or they are found by name only.
• The index holds text taken from your files, not the files themselves, and AnythingMCP sees only what the connected user sees. Your app password stays encrypted and can be revoked alone. This is a custom connector, and Meta does not review custom connectors. You can disconnect it in Settings at any time. The muse prepares, you decide.