Connect Filex to Claude and sort screenshots, PDFs and photos just by asking. Tame a messy downloads folder, find a document fast, and rename files in plain language.
Sign in to Filex AI, then add it to Claude in a minute · Works on web, desktop and mobile
Filex AI
filexai.com/mcp
Travel
Finance / Tax Returns
Bills / 2026
What Claude can do
Once Filex is connected, Claude can work directly with your files. You type what you want, and it does the work.
Describe a document the way you remember it and Claude finds it, even when the file name is IMG_4021.pdf. Scans and screenshots included.
1 · You ask Claude
2 · Claude searches your files
3 · Result
Baker_Street_Lease.pdf
Properties / Baker Street
Lease_Addendum_Pets.pdf
Properties / Baker Street
Pull a clause out of a contract, the total off an invoice, or the key points of a report without downloading anything.
1 · You ask Claude
2 · Claude reads the contract for you
3 · Result
March 31, 2027
60 days’ notice needed to cancel
From Acme_Contract_Signed.pdf
Claude pulls several files into one conversation: compare versions, total up invoices, or check which contracts share the same terms.
1 · You ask Claude
2 · Claude reads every invoice and adds them up
3 · Result
Tell Claude how you want things organized. It creates the folders and puts every file where it belongs.
1 · You ask Claude
2 · Claude creates the folders and files everything
3 · Result
Names like IMG_8392 become names that say what the file is, based on what's inside it.
1 · You ask Claude
2 · Claude reads each file and renames it
3 · Result
IMG_8392.pdf
Acme_Invoice_Sep_2026.pdf
scan_003.pdf
Car_Insurance_Policy.pdf
Hand Claude new documents and it saves them and puts each one in the right folder.
1 · You ask Claude
2 · Claude uploads them and files each one
3 · Result
Screenshots
Screenshots are the fastest way to save something and the hardest to find later. Flight bookings, chat threads, receipts, error messages and recipes all end up as Screenshot 2026-04-02 at 9.14.07 PM.png in one giant folder.
With too many screenshots, the only way to find one is to scroll. Filex reads every screenshot when you upload it, so Claude can find them by what they show and sort them for you.
Ask for “the screenshot with the Wi-Fi password” or “my boarding pass”. Filex extracts the text and content of every screenshot with OCR, so the words inside the image are searchable.
Tell Claude to group screenshots into Travel, Receipts, Work or anything else. It creates the folders and moves each screenshot into the right one.
Claude renames Screenshot 9.14.07 PM.png to what it actually is, like “Flight booking - Delhi to Goa.png”.
Ask Claude to go through months of screenshots at once instead of sorting them by hand, one at a time.
Try asking Claude
I found 6 screenshots of bookings and moved them into a new Travel folder.
Flight booking - Delhi to Goa.png
Travel
Hotel confirmation - Goa.png
Travel
Boarding pass - 12 May.png
Travel
6 files moved to Travel
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PDFs and documents
Receipts, bills, contracts and tax documents pile up fast, and the file names rarely say what is inside. When you need one, you end up opening files one by one.
Connected to Filex, Claude can search your PDFs by their contents, answer questions from a document, and file everything where it belongs, so you can find a document fast.
Ask for “the lease with the pet clause” or “every contract that mentions auto-renewal”. Claude searches what the documents say.
Ask for the due date on a bill, the notice period in a contract or the total on an invoice. Claude reads the file and tells you, with the source file named.
Ask Claude to move tax documents into Finance / Tax Returns, or to sort receipts by year. It creates the folders and files everything.
Filex runs OCR on every upload, so scans and photographed documents are searchable like any other PDF.
Try asking Claude
Your latest electricity bill is due on June 28, 2026. The amount due is $64.20.
June 28, 2026 · $64.20
From Electricity bill - June 2026.pdf
Done. I moved 9 tax documents into Finance / Tax Returns.
9 files moved to Finance / Tax Returns
Photos and images
Photos of whiteboards, lecture notes, receipts and documents are easy to take and hard to find. Months later they are buried among thousands of other pictures.
Filex describes and reads what is in each image, so Claude can find the right photos, group them and give them useful names.
Describe the photo you want, like “the whiteboard from my physics class”, and Claude finds it without you scrolling through a camera roll.
Text in photos is read, so a picture of a whiteboard or a receipt can be searched and sorted like a document.
Ask Claude to rename photos by subject or move all document photos into one folder, across dozens of images at once.
Try asking Claude
I found 12 whiteboard photos and renamed each one with its subject and date.
Whiteboard - Physics - Mar 12
Whiteboard - Calculus - Mar 14
Whiteboard - Chemistry - Mar 19
12 files renamed
Rename
Names like IMG_4821.jpg, scan_003.pdf and download (7).pdf tell you nothing. Good names are what make files easy to find later, but nobody has time to type them.
Claude reads each file and gives it a clear name built from what is inside it: who it is from, what it is and when.
Claude looks at the vendor, the document type and the date, then renames the file, for example “Airtel bill - March 2026.jpg”.
Ask for one pattern and every file follows it, so a folder of receipts stays tidy and sorts properly.
Claude can rename a single file, a whole folder of files, or the folder itself.
Rename one file or a hundred scans with a single request.
Try asking Claude
IMG_4821.jpg
AirtelbillMarch 2026.jpg
Screenshot 9.14.07 PM.png
IndiGoflight bookingMay 2026.png
scan_003.pdf
HDFC Ergocar insurance policy2026.pdf
download (7).pdf
BSESelectricity billJune 2026.pdf
Works on one file, a whole folder, or hundreds of scans.
Claude with and without Filex AI
By default Claude only knows about the files you attach to a conversation. Here is what changes when Filex AI is connected.
| Claude alone | Claude + Filex AI | |
|---|---|---|
| What Claude can see | Only files you attach to the current chat | Your whole Filex AI library, in every chat |
| Finding a document | You locate and upload it yourself | Claude finds it from a plain-English description |
| Starting a new chat | Re-upload everything again | Nothing to re-upload, files are already connected |
| Working across many files | Limited to what fits in one attachment batch | Search and pull in only the files that matter |
| Organizing and renaming | Claude can only suggest, you do the work | Claude creates folders, moves and renames for you |
| Deleting files | Not applicable | Not possible. The connection has no delete capability |
Set up in a minute
Filex AI is in the Claude connector directory. Click Connect, sign in and approve. Nothing to install and no keys to copy.
Works with Claude plans that support connectors, including Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise. On Team and Enterprise, your admin may need to enable it.
Open Filex AI in the Claude directoryUpload or sync your files. Filex AI reads, names and indexes them, with OCR on every upload.
Find Filex AI in the Claude connector directory, click Connect, then sign in and approve.
Tell Claude what you want, like “sort my invoices by client”, and it handles your files for you.
Don’t have an account yet? Create your free Filex AI account. Prefer to add it from inside Claude? Go to Settings → Connectors, open the directory and search for “Filex AI”. Using another assistant? See all supported AI assistants.
Filex AI is a remote MCP server at https://filexai.com/mcp with OAuth sign-in. Run this in your terminal, then run /mcp in Claude Code and sign in.
claude mcp add --transport http filexai https://filexai.com/mcpExample prompts by role
“Find every invoice over $5,000 and put them in a Review folder.”
See the accountants & bookkeepers use caseFreelancers“Create a folder for each client and file every contract and invoice in it.”
See the freelancers use caseSmall business owners“Sort all my Acme files into Contracts, Invoices and Proposals.”
See the small business owners use caseReal estate“Rename every Baker Street document with its type and date.”
See the real estate use caseProperty managers“Which leases renew in the next 90 days?”
See the property managers use caseResearchers“Summarize what my PDFs say about climate policy.”
See the researchers use caseStudents“Create a folder per course and file my lecture notes in it.”
See the students use caseInsurance & personal admin“Find my policy documents and tell me when each one renews.”
See the insurance & personal admin use caseEverything Claude can do
Claude only gets two kinds of access: reading your files and organizing them. Deleting is not on the list.
| Action | What it means | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Search your files | Find any file by describing it, including scans and screenshots | Read |
| Open and read files | Read a file’s contents to summarize it or answer questions | Read |
| Browse folders | See your folder structure and what is inside each folder | Read |
| Create folders | Set up new folders for clients, projects or years | Write |
| Move files | Put files into the right folders | Write |
| Rename files and folders | Give files clear names based on what they contain | Write |
| Upload new files | Save new documents to your library | Write |
| File new uploads automatically | Sort freshly added files into the right folders | Write |
| Delete files | Not possible. The connector can never delete your files | Never |
Is it safe?
Yes, and you stay in control. You sign in with Filex and approve exactly what Claude can access, you can disconnect any time, and there is no delete tool. Read our privacy policy.
Claude has to sign in to your Filex AI account and get your explicit approval first.
Disconnect Claude any time from Connected apps in your Filex AI dashboard.
The connection can find, read, rename, move and add files. It has no delete capability.
Files are encrypted in transit and at rest and private to your account.
Your files are never sold, shared or used to train AI models.
Solutions
AI File Management for AI Cloud Storage
Filex AI is free cloud storage with AI built in. Store, sync, and access every file from any device — and unlike Google Drive or Dropbox, Filex AI actually reads what you upload and organizes it for you.
PDFs
Automatically organize PDFs by content, topic, and category using AI. Smart PDF naming, content-aware sorting, and instant search. Never lose a PDF again.
TXT Files
Automatically organize TXT files by content, topic, and date using AI. Smart text file naming, content-aware sorting, and instant search. Never lose a note or log again.
Word Documents
Automatically organize Word documents by content, client, and date using AI. Smart DOCX naming, content-aware sorting, and instant search. Never lose a contract or proposal again.
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Using Claude to manage your files with the Filex AI connector
It is a connector listed in the Claude directory that lets Claude work with the files in your Filex AI account. Once you add it, you can ask Claude in a normal chat to search, read, analyze, rename, move, upload and organize your files.
Create a free Filex AI account, open the Filex AI connector in the Claude directory (claude.ai/directory/filex-ai) and click Connect. Sign in to Filex AI, approve access, and you can start asking Claude about your files. There is nothing to install and no keys to copy.
Not by default. Claude only sees what you attach to a chat. After you add the Filex AI connector, Claude can reach the files in your Filex AI library, but only after you sign in and approve it, and only the actions the connector allows.
Yes. Claude uses Filex AI’s semantic search, so you can describe a document in your own words, like "the lease I signed in March", and Claude finds it. Because Filex AI runs OCR on uploads, scanned PDFs and screenshots are searchable by their text too.
Yes. Claude can open a PDF in your library and answer questions about it, such as the notice period in a contract or the total on an invoice. In sandboxed apps like Claude on the web, files up to 5MB are read directly.
Yes. Claude can find several files, read them and work across them in one conversation, for example comparing the totals on all your Acme invoices or checking what changed between two lease versions. How much it can handle at once depends on your Claude plan and the size of the files.
Yes. Claude can create folders and move files into them from a plain instruction like "sort my invoices into a folder per client". It can also sort newly uploaded files into the right folders for you.
Yes. Claude reads each file and renames it based on what is inside it, so IMG_8392.pdf can become Acme_Invoice_Sep_2026.pdf. It can also rename folders.
No. The Filex AI connection has no delete capability. Claude can find, read, rename, move, upload and organize files, but it cannot remove them.
Yes. Once Filex AI is connected to your Claude account, you can use it in Claude on the web, the desktop app and mobile. Developers can also add it to Claude Code from the terminal; the command is in the setup section.
Connector availability depends on your Claude plan and, on Team and Enterprise plans, on whether your organization admin has enabled it. Check Settings → Connectors in Claude to see what your plan allows. Filex AI itself has a free plan.
You stay in control. Claude has to sign in to your Filex AI account and be approved, access uses OAuth 2.1 with scoped permissions (files:read and files:write), you can revoke it from Connected apps at any time, and the connection cannot delete files. Files are encrypted and never used to train AI models.
Open Connected apps in your Filex AI dashboard and revoke Claude’s access, or remove the connector in Claude’s Settings → Connectors. Claude can no longer reach your files.
No. MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the open standard from Anthropic that connectors use behind the scenes. You just click Connect in the Claude directory. If you are a developer, the Filex AI server is a remote MCP server at filexai.com/mcp.
Yes. Filex AI also connects to ChatGPT, Grok, Perplexity and Mistral Le Chat. See the Connect AI page for setup steps for each assistant.
Yes. Filex reads the text and content of every screenshot and photo when you upload it, so Claude can find screenshots by what they show and answer questions about them.
A connector lets Claude work with an outside app or service you already use. The Filex connector lets Claude reach your Filex files, so you can ask it to find, read and organize them in a normal chat.
Connector availability depends on your Claude plan. It works on plans that support connectors, including Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise. Check Settings → Connectors in Claude to see what your plan allows.
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