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Find Files by Describing Them in Plain English file Smart File Search

Stop Hunting Through Messy Folders — Just Tell Your PC What You Want

We’ve all got that folder. Hundreds of files, cryptic names, and somewhere in there are the three you actually need. Scrolling and squinting is a waste of your time. Smart File Search flips the whole thing around: you point it at a folder, type what you’re looking for in plain English, and AI checks off the matching files for you.

The one-line pitch: Describe the files you want the way you’d say it out loud — “screenshots from last year,” “invoices and receipts” — and let the AI do the looking.

How It Works

There’s no learning curve. Four steps and you’re done:

StepWhat You Do
1Load a folder — click Choose Folder or just drag one onto the window.
2Type what you want in the Prompt Area.
3Click Filter on Prompt (or press Ctrl+Enter).
4The AI checks only the matching files. Right-click → Copy Path to grab them all.

Why You’ll Like It

  • Search in plain English — no wildcards, no search syntax to memorize.
  • See everything at a glance — your folder shows up as a tidy checkbox list, so you always know exactly what’s selected.
  • Filter by file type — show only images, only documents, or any mix. Type jpg|png|gif to combine several at once.
  • Look inside subfolders — flip on Recursive to search a whole folder tree, not just the top level.
  • Drag-and-drop simple — drop a folder on the window and it loads instantly.
  • Grab your results — copy the full paths of every matching file to your clipboard with one click.
Your files stay private and untouched. Smart File Search only shares file names with the AI to decide what matches — never the contents. And it never renames, moves, or deletes anything. It just checks and unchecks boxes for you.

Perfect For…

  • Digging the right screenshots out of a giant Images folder.
  • Rounding up all the invoices and receipts scattered through a Downloads folder.
  • Finding every draft or work-in-progress version before a cleanup.
  • Pulling a specific batch of files to attach, upload, or hand off to another program.

Get Smart File Search

Smart File Search is a lightweight Windows tool — no bloated install, and it travels with its own folder so you can even run it from a USB drive. A one-time license is just $7.99.

Only $7.99

Heads up: Smart File Search uses AI, which means you’ll plug in your own Claude API key the first time you run a search. It’s saved locally so you’re only asked once.

Quit scrolling through file names. Tell your PC what you want and get on with your day.

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