everything-find-files

What This Skill Does

The everything-find-files skill integrates the powerful Everything Search SDK into the OpenClaw environment, enabling lightning-fast local file discovery. By leveraging Everything’s indexing technology, this skill allows users to bypass the limitations of traditional OS search tools, providing near-instant results for file names, paths, and metadata. Whether you are managing complex project directories or simply need to locate a misplaced document, this skill provides a seamless interface to search, inspect, and share files directly through your AI agent.

Installation

To get started, first ensure that the Everything software from voidtools is installed on your Windows system and currently running in the background. Install the skill via the command line: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/andykungbj/everything-find-files. Once installed, you must place the appropriate Everything SDK DLL file (Everything64.dll or Everything32.dll) into the libs folder within the skill directory or the skill root folder. The system will automatically detect the DLL to enable the search interface.

Use Cases

This skill is perfect for power users and developers who need to bridge the gap between AI workflows and local storage. Common use cases include: quickly finding project source files across deep directory structures, retrieving recent report documents by partial name matching, and programmatically identifying large files to manage disk space. It is particularly effective in automated workflows where the AI agent needs to locate an attachment or a script to process it further.

Example Prompts

1. "搜索 budget_2024.xlsx"
2. "文件 3"
3. "发送 1"

Tips & Limitations

To ensure optimal performance, verify that the Everything application is allowed to run in the background. Because this tool relies on local file indexing, ensure the Everything settings are configured to index your relevant drives. The skill returns the top 10 results to maintain interface clarity; if you don't see your target file, refine your search keyword to be more specific. Note that this skill is Windows-exclusive due to its dependency on the Everything SDK, and it requires appropriate file-read permissions for the target directories to successfully retrieve metadata and initiate file transmission commands.