diff --git a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
--- a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
+++ b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
@@ -2770,6 +2770,7 @@
     'PhabricatorFileROT13StorageFormat' => 'applications/files/format/PhabricatorFileROT13StorageFormat.php',
     'PhabricatorFileRawStorageFormat' => 'applications/files/format/PhabricatorFileRawStorageFormat.php',
     'PhabricatorFileSchemaSpec' => 'applications/files/storage/PhabricatorFileSchemaSpec.php',
+    'PhabricatorFileSearchConduitAPIMethod' => 'applications/files/conduit/PhabricatorFileSearchConduitAPIMethod.php',
     'PhabricatorFileSearchEngine' => 'applications/files/query/PhabricatorFileSearchEngine.php',
     'PhabricatorFileStorageBlob' => 'applications/files/storage/PhabricatorFileStorageBlob.php',
     'PhabricatorFileStorageConfigurationException' => 'applications/files/exception/PhabricatorFileStorageConfigurationException.php',
@@ -7847,6 +7848,7 @@
       'PhabricatorFlaggableInterface',
       'PhabricatorPolicyInterface',
       'PhabricatorDestructibleInterface',
+      'PhabricatorConduitResultInterface',
     ),
     'PhabricatorFileAES256StorageFormat' => 'PhabricatorFileStorageFormat',
     'PhabricatorFileBundleLoader' => 'Phobject',
@@ -7897,6 +7899,7 @@
     'PhabricatorFileROT13StorageFormat' => 'PhabricatorFileStorageFormat',
     'PhabricatorFileRawStorageFormat' => 'PhabricatorFileStorageFormat',
     'PhabricatorFileSchemaSpec' => 'PhabricatorConfigSchemaSpec',
+    'PhabricatorFileSearchConduitAPIMethod' => 'PhabricatorSearchEngineAPIMethod',
     'PhabricatorFileSearchEngine' => 'PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine',
     'PhabricatorFileStorageBlob' => 'PhabricatorFileDAO',
     'PhabricatorFileStorageConfigurationException' => 'Exception',
diff --git a/src/applications/files/conduit/FileInfoConduitAPIMethod.php b/src/applications/files/conduit/FileInfoConduitAPIMethod.php
--- a/src/applications/files/conduit/FileInfoConduitAPIMethod.php
+++ b/src/applications/files/conduit/FileInfoConduitAPIMethod.php
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@
     return pht('Get information about a file.');
   }
 
+  public function getMethodStatus() {
+    return self::METHOD_STATUS_FROZEN;
+  }
+
+  public function getMethodStatusDescription() {
+    return pht(
+      'This method is frozen and will eventually be deprecated. New code '.
+      'should use "file.search" instead.');
+  }
+
   protected function defineParamTypes() {
     return array(
       'phid' => 'optional phid',
diff --git a/src/applications/files/conduit/PhabricatorFileSearchConduitAPIMethod.php b/src/applications/files/conduit/PhabricatorFileSearchConduitAPIMethod.php
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/applications/files/conduit/PhabricatorFileSearchConduitAPIMethod.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+final class PhabricatorFileSearchConduitAPIMethod
+  extends PhabricatorSearchEngineAPIMethod {
+
+  public function getAPIMethodName() {
+    return 'file.search';
+  }
+
+  public function newSearchEngine() {
+    return new PhabricatorFileSearchEngine();
+  }
+
+  public function getMethodSummary() {
+    return pht('Read information about files.');
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/applications/files/storage/PhabricatorFile.php b/src/applications/files/storage/PhabricatorFile.php
--- a/src/applications/files/storage/PhabricatorFile.php
+++ b/src/applications/files/storage/PhabricatorFile.php
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
     PhabricatorSubscribableInterface,
     PhabricatorFlaggableInterface,
     PhabricatorPolicyInterface,
-    PhabricatorDestructibleInterface {
+    PhabricatorDestructibleInterface,
+    PhabricatorConduitResultInterface {
 
   const METADATA_IMAGE_WIDTH  = 'width';
   const METADATA_IMAGE_HEIGHT = 'height';
@@ -1468,4 +1469,37 @@
     $this->saveTransaction();
   }
 
+
+/* -(  PhabricatorConduitResultInterface  )---------------------------------- */
+
+
+  public function getFieldSpecificationsForConduit() {
+    return array(
+      id(new PhabricatorConduitSearchFieldSpecification())
+        ->setKey('name')
+        ->setType('string')
+        ->setDescription(pht('The name of the file.')),
+      id(new PhabricatorConduitSearchFieldSpecification())
+        ->setKey('dataURI')
+        ->setType('string')
+        ->setDescription(pht('Download URI for the file data.')),
+      id(new PhabricatorConduitSearchFieldSpecification())
+        ->setKey('size')
+        ->setType('int')
+        ->setDescription(pht('File size, in bytes.')),
+    );
+  }
+
+  public function getFieldValuesForConduit() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => $this->getName(),
+      'dataURI' => $this->getCDNURI(),
+      'size' => (int)$this->getByteSize(),
+    );
+  }
+
+  public function getConduitSearchAttachments() {
+    return array();
+  }
+
 }