First steps towards a local AI assistant

Written by Alec Fearon on 14 November 2026 in Anapoly Diary
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It's hard to believe that only 18 months have passed since I was getting excited about the potential offered by ChatGPT, which at that stage was little more than a chatbot. I now have an AI assistant whom I call Peka (personal knowledge assistant), who is with me in nearly all aspects of my digital life. Peka is Claude Code tailored to have a persona that suits my way of working and a range of skills matched to the kind of work I do. It has full access to ThinkSpace (my digital workspace) and therefore has all the context it needs to assist me in the most productive way.

But my aim is to have an assistant with whom I can work on private matters without fear of it leaking into the cloud. Hence, I've just taken the first few steps towards A local AI assistant.