Speed Run: Connect to Nextcloud & Render SVGs with an AI Agent

June 11, 2026 speed-run hermes

Introduction

This speed run shows you how to connect your agent to a Nextcloud instance and have it render vector graphics on the fly. No coding, no WebDAV clients — just configure the integration once, and your agent can read, write, and generate SVG files directly into your Nextcloud folders.

To follow along, you'll need a Nextcloud account with WebDAV access. We'll use a demo.nextcloud.odoo4projects.com instance with a dedicated integration user.

Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure you have your Nextcloud credentials ready:

Integration — Nextcloud (WebDAV)

Server URL — https://demo.nextcloud.odoo4projects.com/remote.php/dav/files/integration/
Username — integration
Password — nc-integration-2026!
Output Directory — /agent-output

The output directory is a folder inside your Nextcloud files where the agent will save generated SVGs. Create it once in your Nextcloud web interface — the agent reads and writes to it automatically after that.

Prompt

We configured two prompts on the agent's dashboard at app.derez.ai. The first connects the agent to Nextcloud using your integration credentials. The second tells it what graphic to generate.

Prompt 1 — Nextcloud Integration

Generated by the Derez Dashboard

Prompt 2 — Render SVG

Create a modern SVG dashboard card showing system health for a server farm with 12 servers (8 healthy, 3 degraded, 1 down). Use a dark theme (#0e0e14 background, #00f5ff accents). Include a donut chart, a timeline sparkline, and a status table. Save the SVG to my Nextcloud output directory as dashboard-card.svg.

The first prompt authenticates with your Nextcloud server using the credentials from the dashboard integration settings. The second prompt instructs the agent to design, render, and save the SVG — the agent handles the vector math, colour palette, and WebDAV upload automatically.

Wrap Up

In under 10 Minutes you went from nothing to an AI agent that connects to your private cloud storage and produces production-quality vector graphics. The same pattern works for any file type your agent can generate — data exports, config files, HTML reports, or multi-page SVGs.

Pro tip: Use the Nextcloud integration as a general-purpose file bridge. Your agent can read existing files (templates, data CSVs) and write results back — turning Nextcloud into a persistent workspace for scheduled agent tasks like daily reports or dashboard snapshots.

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