Search Inside Your QNAP NAS Files Through Your Muse

Through an AnythingMCP File Search connector, your muse can search the shared folders on your QNAP NAS in plain words, find the page that answers your question, and hand you the file itself.

What it does

The connector adds 10 tools and only reads. AnythingMCP signs in to the NAS over SFTP or WebDAV with a read-only user, builds a full-text index of the folder you pick, and keeps it in sync. The muse can search the index by words, find a file by name even when it is typed slightly wrong, 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 temporary download link. Answers name the file, page, and date, so you can check the source. Nothing is written back to the NAS.

How to use it

1. On the NAS, allow SFTP in Control Panel under Network and File Services, or turn on WebDAV, and create a user that can only read the one shared folder.
2. Start an AnythingMCP account and add the QNAP NAS File Search connector.
3. Enter the NAS address, port, read-only user, and password, then pick the shared folder.
4. Run the test step and confirm the server fingerprint it shows.
5. Scan the folder, uncheck archive folders you do not want searched, and activate.
6. In Muse, open Settings, then Connectors, and add a custom connector with the address AnythingMCP gives you. Sign in, approve, then ask about the files.

What you need

• A Muse account that can add custom connectors
• An AnythingMCP account with the QNAP NAS File Search connector added
• A QNAP NAS running QTS or QuTS hero, with SFTP or WebDAV on and a read-only user

What to watch for

• For the cloud service, the NAS must be reachable from the internet, with only the port you use forwarded on your router. A self-hosted AnythingMCP on the same network needs no forwarding.
• Plans cap the number of files indexed and their size. If a folder grows past the plan, syncing pauses and newer files may be missing from answers.
• Scanned PDF files with no text layer need a higher plan for character reading. Without it, files are found by name only.
• SMB file sharing is not used here and should not be opened to the internet. 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.