Chat with your Nextcloud files using an AI assistant

Answers questions about files in a Nextcloud folder by reading and understanding their content.

How the work actually flows

From the manual situation today to what runs on its own.

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The problem it solves

You have PDFs, Word docs, and notes stored in Nextcloud, but finding the answer to a specific question means opening files one by one and searching manually. When someone on your team needs information buried in a folder, they end up asking you directly or wasting time hunting for it.

Who it fits

A team storing documents in Nextcloud that wants quick answers without digging through files.

How it works

  1. You start a chat and ask a question, naming which folder to search
  2. The assistant lists every file in that folder
  3. It reads the supported files, such as PDFs, Word docs, and Markdown notes
  4. It combines all that text as context
  5. It replies with an answer based on what the documents actually say
What you get

Answers pulled straight from your files

You can ask questions about the files in a Nextcloud folder and get answers based on what they actually say.

What you get

A direct chat answer pulled from the actual content of your Nextcloud files.

What you need

A Nextcloud account and an OpenAI API key.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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