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AI Integration

AI Integration

Xplorer integrates with multiple AI providers to deliver intelligent file analysis, chat assistance, semantic search, and automated organization.

Supported Providers

Configure your preferred provider in Settings > AI Agent.

| Provider | Models | Setup | | --------- | ----------------------------- | ---------------------------- | | Anthropic | Claude Sonnet, Haiku, Opus | API key in Settings | | OpenAI | GPT-4o, o1, o3, o4 | API key in Settings | | Google | Gemini | API key in Settings | | DeepSeek | DeepSeek models | API key in Settings | | Mistral | Mistral models | API key in Settings | | Ollama | Any locally installed model | Ollama running on localhost |

Ollama (Local Models)

For fully offline AI, install Ollama and pull at least one model:

# Recommended general-purpose model
ollama pull llama3.2

# For semantic search embeddings
ollama pull nomic-embed-text

Ollama runs locally on http://localhost:11434. Xplorer auto-detects it.

AI Chat Panel

The AI chat interface lives in the right sidebar. You can:

  • Ask questions about files in the current directory
  • Request file analysis and summaries
  • Get organization suggestions
  • Ask general questions with file context
  • Save and resume chat sessions
  • Create .chat files stored directly in directories

Context-Aware Chat

When chatting, Xplorer automatically provides context about:

  • Current directory path and contents
  • Selected file(s) metadata
  • Recent navigation history
  • System information

File Analysis

Right-click a file > Analyze with AI to get:

  • Content summary
  • Key topics and themes
  • File type-specific insights
  • AI-suggested filenames

AI File Organizer

The File Organizer panel uses AI to analyze a directory and suggest organization:

Analysis Output

  1. File Categories -- Groups files by type (Images, Documents, Code, etc.)
  2. Organization Suggestions:
    • Group similar files into folders
    • Cluster by date (monthly folders)
    • Group by name prefix patterns
  3. Duplicate Summary -- Identifies duplicate files with cleanup recommendations
  4. Directory Insights:
    • Largest files
    • Oldest / newest files
    • Type distribution chart
    • Average file size
    • Files-by-month breakdown

Smart Suggestions

The organizer generates suggestions like:

  • "Create an 'Images' folder for 15 PNG and JPG files"
  • "Group 8 files from January 2024 into a '2024-01' folder"
  • "3 files share the prefix 'report_' -- create a 'Reports' folder"

AI Agent

For autonomous file operations, see the dedicated AI Agent page. The agent can read/write files, execute commands, create plans, and request approval -- with granular permission controls.

Semantic Search

With an embedding model installed (via Ollama or a cloud provider), Xplorer can find files by meaning rather than keywords:

Query: "machine learning research papers"
Results: files about AI, neural networks, data science
(even if they don't contain the exact phrase "machine learning")

This works by:

  1. Converting file content into vector embeddings
  2. Converting the search query into a vector
  3. Finding files with the highest cosine similarity

AI-Powered Tagging

Xplorer can automatically tag files using AI analysis. Select files, right-click, and choose Auto-tag to have the AI categorize them based on content.