Matrix
anymize reads rooms, members and messages from your Matrix server, encrypted rooms expressly excluded.
4 Min
What you can do with it
- “Which rooms am I in?”
- “Summarize what was last discussed in the Administration room.”
- “Who is a member of the Digitalization project room?”
- “What is the name of the room with this ID, and what is it about?”
When listing rooms Matrix only delivers IDs, no names. The assistant therefore fetches the name from the room details, where topic and members also sit. It reads messages from newest backwards, in blocks of at most 50.
Can anymize read encrypted Matrix rooms?
No, and we do not pretend either. In an end-to-end encrypted room the messages sit on the server only as ciphertext, and anymize does not have the keys. Such a room therefore comes back expressly empty, instead of as a wall of unreadable characters that an AI model would then try to interpret.
You can still find out why a room is empty: the room details contain the entry that shows encryption. Just ask.
For many teams that is the right split: what is encrypted stays private. What sits unencrypted in project rooms can be summarized.
How to find your access token
- 01Open Element (web or desktop) and click your profile picture at the top left, then All settings.
- 02On the left choose Help & About.
- 03Scroll to Advanced and expand Access Token.
- 04Copy the token. Treat it like a password: it is a full device login.
Element explains the place at https://docs.element.io/latest/element-support/element-webdesktop-client-settings/help-about/ . Do not sign out afterwards, or the token becomes invalid. Just close the window.
Connect
- 01In anymize open Apps, then Connectors, and choose Matrix.
- 02Enter your homeserver address, for example https://matrix.your-company.com, and paste the access token from the section above.
- 03Set which areas the assistant may use: account, rooms, messages.
Note: a Matrix token is a full device login. Matrix has no read-only rights. Treat it like a password, and sign the device out when you no longer need the connection.
Does anymize post messages in Matrix?
No. Although the token would technically allow it, there is no tool for sending, inviting or leaving. The connector only sends read requests, no tool name carries a write verb, and a test records that.
The large full sync that Matrix apps use to synchronize also stays out. It would deliver the complete initial state of all rooms, and that helps nobody.
Digital sovereignty and anonymization
Matrix is an open standard, and the homeserver sits with you or with a provider of your choice. That is exactly why administrations and hospitals rely on it. anymize talks only to the address you gave.
What is read from an unencrypted room goes through anonymization: display names, Matrix IDs, email addresses and names in the message text are replaced by placeholders before an AI model sees the history.