v2026.4.22

Breaking: Removed MCP server. everyfile is now CLI + Python API only.

Removed

• mcp.py — MCP server implementation
• everyfile-mcp entry point
• everyfile[mcp] optional dependency
• docs/MCP_SPEC.md
• MCP skill reference

Changed

• README, SKILL.md, pyproject.toml, ci.py cleaned of all MCP references

2026.4.21

• Unified versioning: both PyPI and ClawHub now use CalVer from pyproject.toml
• ClawHub publish workflow strips dev-only everything-sdk references automatically
• Skill scope narrowed per OpenClaw review (no agent-internal override)
• Fix install metadata kind: node -> pip
• Fix pipe stdin detection with PeekNamedPipe

2026.4.20

• Remove everything-sdk reference docs from distribution (dev-only)
• Remove everything-sdk reference from SKILL.md

2026.4.19

• Narrow skill scope: remove agent-internal override, scope to user-requested searches only
• Fix install metadata: kind node -> pip
• Fix pipe stdin detection: add PeekNamedPipe-based _stdin_has_data()

everyfile 2026.04.18 - First Release

🎉 everyfile — First Release

Instant file search on Windows, from the terminal, Python, and AI assistants.

everyfile wraps Voidtools Everything — the fastest file search engine on Windows — in a clean, zero-dependency Python package. Query your entire filesystem in milliseconds, from three interfaces.

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Getting started

Prerequisites: Windows, Python ≥ 3.11, and Everything running in the background.

# CLI
pip install everyfile
ev ext:py dm:today          # Python files modified today — instant

# Python API (same package)
from everyfile import search
for row in search("ext:py dm:today"):
    print(row.name, row.full_path)

# MCP Server — give your AI assistant file search
pip install everyfile[mcp]
# then add to VS Code / Claude Desktop mcp.json:
# { "mcpServers": { "everything": { "command": "everyfile-mcp" } } }

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What's included

CLI (ev)

• Instant file and folder search with full Everything query syntax
• Human-readable table on stderr, NDJSON on stdout when piped
• Pipe composition — chain ev commands to filter locally without re-querying
• -f field selection, --sort, -n limit, -l list mode, -0 null-separated, -j JSON
• ev filter — typed NDJSON filtering (size, date, name, path, attributes)
• ev pick — field extraction from NDJSON
• --count, --info, --version, --instances
• Multi-instance support: Everything 1.4, 1.5, and 1.5a side by side

Python API

• search() and count() top-level functions
• Cursor — DB-API 2.0 semantics (fetchone, fetchmany, fetchall)
• Row — typed property access + dict-style access + .to_dict()
• Everything class — reusable connection, service introspection
• Fully type-annotated, zero runtime dependencies

MCP Server

• Three tools for AI assistants: search_files, count_files, get_everything_info
• Full Everything query syntax passed through
• Works with GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible client

Agent Skill

• Install to any Agent Skills-compatible agent
• Teaches agents when and how to use ev, the Python API, and MCP tools

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Search syntax highlights

ext:py dm:today             # Python files modified today
size:>1mb ext:log           # large log files
"ext:log|ext:tmp"           # OR operator
regex:^test_.*\.py$         # regex match
dupe: ext:jpg               # duplicate images
content:"TODO" ext:py       # files containing TODO
parent:C:\Projects ext:py   # direct children only

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Links

• README
• Python API reference
• MCP spec
• PyPI
• Voidtools Everything

2026.04.15

Initial release as everyfile on PyPI.