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AI Autofill

MetaVox can automatically suggest metadata values for files using Nextcloud's AI task processing framework.

Prerequisites

  • A Nextcloud AI task processing provider installed (e.g., the LLM2 app or an external provider)
  • AI enabled in MetaVox admin settings

How It Works

  1. Open a file's metadata sidebar
  2. Click the AI Autofill button
  3. MetaVox analyzes the file (name, path, content for supported formats) and generates metadata suggestions
  4. Review each suggestion — accept or reject individually
  5. Click Regenerate to get new suggestions for rejected fields

AI Autofill suggestions

Supported File Formats

AI can extract content from: - PDF files (text extraction) - DOCX files (Word documents) - ODT files (OpenDocument text)

For other file types, AI uses the file name and path as context.

Enabling AI

Via Admin Settings

  1. Go to Settings > Administration > MetaVox
  2. Toggle Enable AI metadata generation on

Via API

curl -X POST "https://your-nextcloud.com/apps/metavox/api/settings" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -b "session-cookie" \
  -d '{"ai_enabled": true}'

Checking AI Availability

curl "https://your-nextcloud.com/apps/metavox/api/ai/status" \
  -b "session-cookie"

Response: 

{"available": true}

AI is available when both conditions are met: 1. An AI task processing provider is installed in Nextcloud 2. AI is enabled in MetaVox admin settings

How Suggestions Work

  • AI respects field types: dropdown fields only receive suggestions from configured options
  • Previously rejected suggestions are passed to the AI so it generates different values
  • Each field suggestion can be accepted or rejected independently
  • Suggestions are not saved automatically — you choose what to keep

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