local guide

Install the Local Companion on Windows

Start the loopback companion and pair it with the same computer’s browser.

All task guides

Cracked-gray Curious Obmil carries a glowing device toward a smaller, sorrowful GoldCap with one broad main cap, exactly two smaller caps, and living gold veins in a device-local workshop glade — Curious brings the work home. GoldCap keeps the training path on the user’s own ground.

PREREQUISITES

Windows with Python 3.11 or newer
A local runtime such as Ollama
A downloaded local model

SUCCESS EVIDENCE

Authenticated health succeeds
Bad tokens are rejected
The local model list appears

ORDERED PROCEDURE

Complete the task

01

Download the current companion ZIP

02

Verify the published SHA-256 hash

03

Extract the ZIP into a user-owned folder

04

Read README.txt

05

Run start-windows.bat

06

Keep the displayed pairing token private

07

Open Workbench local settings and enter the loopback endpoint and token

08

Run health and model-list tests

Warnings

Do not run from an untrusted shared folder
Do not expose the loopback service to the internet