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A local-first MCP server that enables semantic search over PDF and DOCX documents using structure-aware parsing and vector storage. It allows users to query their local knowledge base through Claude Code without cloud dependencies or GPU requirements.

Provides fully local, privacy-preserving semantic search over file names and paths via MCP, using BGE embeddings for fuzzy matching and supporting incremental updates, watch mode, and a loopback-only HTTP server.

MCP server for full-text search across PDF document collections with offline indexing, ranked results, snippets, and page rendering.

Enables blazingly fast file and content searching in large codebases using ripgrep, with intelligent filtering, fuzzy finding, and directory tree visualization while respecting .gitignore and avoiding common bloat directories.

Enables AI agents to perform local video, audio, and file operations inside an isolated workspace, including cutting/concat videos, extracting audio, transcribing, and managing files, with typed responses and background job support.

A Model Context Protocol server that enables keyword search within files, returning matching lines with line numbers.

Integrates Everything Search with Claude Code for lightning-fast file searching across entire drives, up to 400x faster than traditional methods.

Enables fast file search on macOS using the native mdfind (Spotlight) command, with support for filtering, regex, sorting, and limiting results.

Integrates Everything file search with Claude Desktop, enabling instant Windows filesystem search via natural language queries.

Provides integration with Everything Search Engine allowing powerful file search capabilities through the Model Context Protocol with advanced search options like regex, case sensitivity, and sorting.

Enables AI models to search, read, and analyze Excel files from your local file system with support for multiple worksheets, text search, and JSON data conversion.

A high-performance Model Context Protocol (MCP) server built for Windows. Leveraging the native Everything SDK, it provides AI models (like Claude, GPT, Gemini) with millisecond-speed file searching, statistical analysis, and disk usage insights.

This server provides: * Fast file search capabilities using Everything SDK * Windows-specific implementation * Complements existing filesystem servers with specialized search functionality

Provides MCP tools to count, list, and read local documents in formats like PDF, DOCX, Excel, HTML, and TXT, enabling natural language-driven document statistics and content inspection via qwen_agent.

An MCP server that enables file system search and inspection, including directory listing, regex-based file name and content searches, and reading text, PDF, and DOCX files.

Enables AI assistants to search local files on Windows using the Everything search engine, supporting basic and complex file searches with filters like date, size, media type, and document type.

Search local file contents recursively with keyword matching

Enables keyword searching within text files with configurable case sensitivity, returning matching lines with line numbers and occurrence counts.

A sophisticated MCP server providing powerful file search capabilities including single file search, recursive directory search, and file information retrieval.

Enables searching for a keyword within a text file using Model Context Protocol tools via standard input/output.