Filer Usecases
See a Folder Agent Do Real Work
Every case below is a real run of Filer — screenshots, not mockups. Point a folder at your own files and the same thing happens for you.
Keep folders organized
Sorting, indexing and cleaning up, done by the folder itself.
An Index That Never Goes Stale
A Filer folder agent notices when a file is added or changed and rewrites the folder's own INDEX.md to match — nobody has to remember to update it.
- File event
- Chat
- Right-click
Find the Near-Duplicates Before You Do
A Filer folder agent reads through a folder's files and points out which ones are near-duplicates of each other — reworded drafts, repeated exports — without changing anything itself.
- File event
- Right-click
- Chat
A Folder That Files Its Own Arrivals
A Filer folder agent sorts new documents into the folders you already keep — drop an invoice or a contract into the folder and the agent reads it, decides where it belongs, and moves it there.
- File event
- Chat
Convert and create files
Drop something in, get the file you actually needed back.
Every New Draft, Already a PDF
A Filer folder agent notices a new document, converts it to PDF on its own, and leaves a clean, shareable file sitting right next to the original.
- File event
- Chat
- Right-click
Turn Screenshots Into a Video Without a Timeline Editor
In Filer, select the screenshots for a short intro or demo clip, right-click, and the Video Composer plugin composes them into one captioned, animated .mp4 — no video editor to open.
- Right-click
- Chat
- Schedule
- File event
Turn a Few Images Into a Looping GIF Without a Screen Recorder
In Filer, select a few images, right-click, and the GIF Maker plugin combines them into one looping .gif next to the originals — no screen recording, no separate GIF tool to open.
- Right-click
- Chat
- Schedule
- File event
Drop a CSV, Get the JSON
A Filer folder converts every data file that lands in it to the format the next system needs — on the folder's own instruction, with the original left untouched and nothing uploaded anywhere.
- File event
- Chat
- Right-click
A Redacted Copy of Every Document That Lands in the Folder
A Filer folder replaces the names, phone numbers, e-mails, addresses, ID and account numbers in a document with typed placeholders — a redacted copy next to the original, the original untouched, nothing uploaded anywhere.
- File event
- Chat
Read, learn and draft
Answers, explanations and first drafts from the files you already have.
Stop Starting From a Blank Page
Ask a Filer folder agent for a new report or proposal and it searches your own past work for similar cases, then drafts a first version grounded in what you've already written.
- Chat
Ask a Data File a Question Instead of Opening It
Message a Filer folder about a CSV sitting in it and its agent reads the file and answers back in the same chat — the number, not the spreadsheet.
- Message
- Chat
A Study Folder That Writes Its Own Flashcards
A Filer folder agent turns a textbook chapter into study material — drop the chapter into your study folder and a flashcard deck and a quiz sheet appear next to it, every card taken from the text.
- File event
- Chat
A Changelog Draft Every Week, From the Code Folder Itself
A Filer folder on a code repository reads its own commit history on a schedule and writes a plain-language draft of what changed — grouped the way a release note reads, not the way commits are written.
- Schedule
- Chat
A Three-Level Explanation for Every Paper That Lands in the Folder
A Filer folder reads each research paper you drop in and writes an explanation next to it — for a ten-year-old, an undergraduate and a fellow researcher — plus five key terms and the one question the paper answers. The paper is untouched and nothing is uploaded.
- File event
- Chat
Stay on top of changes
Digests, alerts and check-ins, so you hear about it without looking.
Come Back To an Answer, Not a Backlog
A Filer folder agent wakes up on its own schedule, reads what piled up while you were away, and sends you the digest — before you've even opened the app.
- Schedule
- Chat
Know What Changed, Without Reading It Twice
A Filer folder agent notices the moment a new contract or policy version lands, diffs it against the one it replaces, and sends you what actually changed.
- File event
- Chat
Put the Digest Where Your Team Already Looks
A Filer folder agent notices new updates, writes a digest, and logs it straight into your team's Notion database — no one has to copy it over by hand.
- File event
- Chat
Check In On a Folder Without Opening Filer
Message a Filer folder's Telegram bot and its agent answers back in the same chat — no app to open, no desk to be at.
- Message
- Chat
Catch the Value That Doesn't Belong
A Filer folder agent notices when a metrics file updates and points out the one value that clearly stands out from the rest — no dashboard to open, no graph to eyeball.
- File event
- Chat