--- title: AI File Search in Blazor File Manager: Semantic and... description: A step-by-step guide to adding AI-powered file search to the Syncfusion Blazor File Manager using two approaches: semantic search via local embeddings... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-file-search-in-blazor-file-manager-semantic-and-tag-based-p3mnhfaag twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AI File Search in Blazor File Manager: Semantic and Tag-Based | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step guide to adding AI-powered file search to the Syncfusion Blazor File Manager using two approaches: semantic search via local embeddings... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-file-search-in-blazor-file-manager-semantic-and-tag-based-p3mnhfaag og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/p3mnhfAaG.png og:image:alt: AI File Search in Blazor File Manager: Semantic and Tag-Based og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AI File Search in Blazor File Manager: Semantic and Tag-Based **[Syncfusion](https://daily.dev/sources/syncfusion)** · 10 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A step-by-step guide to adding AI-powered file search to the Syncfusion Blazor File Manager using two approaches: semantic search via local embeddings (SmartComponents.LocalEmbeddings) and tag-based search with AI-generated tags via Azure OpenAI. Covers project setup, NuGet package installation, Program.cs configuration, wiring the Searching event, implementing similarity-threshold filtering (>0.35), and storing/retrieving tags using NTFS alternate data streams. Includes code snippets for both search strategies and links to a GitHub demo and live Syncfusion demos. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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