Stop Hunting for Files – Search at the Speed of Thought

You know that frustration when you need to find a specific config file buried in your monorepo, or track down every instance of a deprecated function across 50+ Python files? Claude can now search your entire filesystem in milliseconds and reason about what it finds.

This MCP server transforms your AI assistant into a filesystem detective that actually understands where your code lives.

Why Your Current File Search is Holding You Back

Most developers resort to slow find commands or IDE searches that choke on large codebases. You waste time navigating directory trees manually or writing complex bash one-liners just to locate files. Meanwhile, your OS already has blazing-fast search indexes sitting unused.

Everything Search MCP connects Claude directly to your platform's native search engines:

• Windows: Everything SDK (legendary sub-millisecond search)
• macOS: Spotlight's mdfind (content-aware search)
• Linux: locate/plocate (instant filename matching)

The result? Claude can find any file on your system faster than you can type the search query.

Real Productivity Gains

Debug faster: "Find all Python files modified today that contain 'database connection'" returns exact files in under 100ms, complete with paths and modification dates.

Refactor confidently: "Show me every config file that might reference the old API endpoint" searches across your entire system, not just the current project.

Navigate massive codebases: Working on a microservices architecture with 200+ repositories? Claude can instantly locate specific services, deployment configs, or that one utility script you wrote months ago.

Clean up efficiently: "Find duplicate package.json files" or "Show me all .env files sorted by size" – perfect for housekeeping across multiple projects.

Advanced Search That Actually Works

Beyond basic filename matching, you get sophisticated filtering:

{
  "query": "ext:py datemodified:today size:>10kb",
  "sort_by": 14,
  "max_results": 20
}

This finds recent Python files over 10KB, sorted by newest first. Try doing that with basic shell commands.

The search syntax is platform-optimized – full Everything query language on Windows, Spotlight syntax on macOS, and efficient pattern matching on Linux.

Seamless Integration

Add to your Claude Desktop config and you're searching within minutes:

"mcpServers": {
  "everything-search": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": ["mcp-server-everything-search"]
  }
}

No complex setup, no additional dependencies beyond what your OS already provides. Just instant access to your entire filesystem through natural language queries.

Perfect for These Workflows

Code archaeology: "Find all TypeScript interfaces that haven't been modified in 6 months" – perfect for identifying technical debt.

Cross-project analysis: Working on multiple client projects? Claude can search across all of them simultaneously to find patterns or reusable components.

Documentation cleanup: "Show me all README files that are smaller than the average" helps identify under-documented projects.

Migration planning: "Find every file that imports the old authentication library" gives you a complete migration checklist.

Security audits: "Locate all files containing API keys or database credentials" – though you should probably fix those findings immediately.

The beauty is asking Claude complex questions about your filesystem: "What are the largest Python files in my projects, and what do they do?" Now Claude can actually answer by searching, analyzing file sizes, and reading the code.

Ready to stop hunting and start finding? Your filesystem has been waiting for an AI that can actually navigate it.