Looking for a better way to search across PDFs, notes, and old project files
Normal file search windows/mac built-in tools always start breaking down for me once the actual detail is buried inside the document instead of in the file name. My usual mess is old project folders packed with PDFs, markdown notes, specs, and random text files. I'll remember that a specific decision or API detail exists, but opening ten different files manually just to find one paragraph is a massive time sink.
i ended up setting up Linkly AI over MCP to run as an indexer layer over my directories.
instead of forcing a full cloud migration or messing with my existing folder structure, it lets my assistant search the whole mess locally. the model can scan the matched snippets, pull document outlines when a result looks promising, and read the exact section needed on the fly. everything stays inspectable and you actually see the precise source trail of where the answer came from.
it's been running flawlessly and completely fixed my content search blind spots. since it's the weekend, i'm going to dump the rest of my unorganized project archives from the last few months into the index layer, let it parse, and finally go enjoy my Saturday.