Planned local setup
In development. This page describes v0.1 draft behaviour. Commands and outputs may change before the first release.
Local mode is planned to run a complete Autonym record on your own machine: no account, no host, and nothing leaving the device unless you grant it.
1. Start a local record
The launcher will be started with npx autonym-local. It is planned to start a server on
localhost, create an empty record, and open setup in your browser. Running it today prints a
notice and exits.
2. Answer the setup
Setup is planned to ask plain-language questions one domain at a time. "Do you have any food
allergies?" rather than "Populate dining.allergy." Skip any domain. Nothing is inferred.
3. Connect an assistant
You will add the local server to your MCP client. See Connect an assistant for the configuration for each client. Setup instructions differ between a remote connector and a local client configuration, and the tested combinations will be published as they are confirmed.
On first use the client asks for a grant. The default request is planned to be agent and
communication at L1, for the purpose "assistant briefing", for 30 days. Approve, lower it, or
decline.
4. Read
The assistant calls get_context and receives the context you permitted. What it does with that
context is the assistant's decision, so responses can still vary. Every read is planned to appear
in the local log.
Next
Read the record concepts, or move to Self-hosting to run the reference server for more than one person.