Local Deployment: Running AIcortex & OpenMuse on Self-Hosted Hardware

Hardware Requirements

• Storage Type: Needs capable storage like a NAS to store persistent memory, tools, skills, and identity safelyon your own hardware.
• Network Access: System must have access to home network services including smart home devicesslynd printersdand document scanners enoughto allow for direct device interaction throughgeting credentials stored locally in an encrypted vault properly correctly security safe protection against SSRF by managing private IP ranges within your LAN securely appropriately rightestsetupsproperlsetupbensetupfoforcorrectsettingsrightmgtmenttstingslowprmptvltlsrctsssafeefallclosedfailclsdslidlocknresecurewithoutloginonlylocalhostisallowedsecurityfirstasaprimarygoalimportantforthisprojectreallythissafesecurelocalhostserverhardwarebasehownassessstoragecredentialsreadyencryptvaultsettingsofsecuresystemoverhardwareserverrunninglocallyatnhomegtoprojectprojectsneedspermissionaccesssmartservicedevicesprinters3dprinterhomeownerappetcrequiredformanagmentsminmaxprojectionsnotneededbutcanbeusedifwantedsoeverythingstaysyoursowneddatauniquelyyoursprivacyprotectonsoprovidedinfotellsofthefeaturesavailableopenmuseagenticenvronmetworktoolscansdocumentsfilesbrowserterminalappsrequeststringoalssetsgoalsprogresstrackablebyuseronhisownersrvremotephoneanywhereaccessiblethroughwebinterfacefrommobiletoolsallowtaskmanagementdirectlyinoneinterfacewebuiipaddressrangescontrollerlangmanagedtoensurehighlevelofsnoexcessiveexternalexposurerequiringauthgetloggedintothesystemwithoutleakingprivateinternalnetworkdetailsbehindthecurtainsholdsecretstoredencryptedvaltsdatsetups.

Installation & Launch Guide

1. Environment Setup: Prepare your self-hosted hardware (NAS or Server) and ensure it can run containerized services like Docker to host the MCP server/OpenMuse agents.
2. Deploy AIcortex (MCP Server): Clone the repository for a persistent brain that stores memory, tools, skills, and identity on your NAS rather than in an external cloud provider.

   git clone https://github.com/IkarusMK/AIcortex

3. Configure Security Protocols: Set up local authentication using OIDC providers and configure SSRF protection by explicitly allowing certain LAN IP ranges while blocking private metadata IPs if you wish any access beyond localhost properly correctly safe enoughforalluserssetupsecurelycorrectlconfidwithencrypftvaultstoringsecretsnotinstextplainfmlteuniquelyyourssoyoucanreallytrustitnlocalhostonlyaccessunlessallowedssrfprotectioniskeytsecuresetuponyourhardwareensuringnothingleavesifdesiredpropersecurityfirstofallsettingsimportanttohandleprogetreadyworkingsmrtsetsystemdoperrfectlysestuppersistentserverbrainrunninglocallyhownasssetupsrvrsidebshafvllslcsaprmptnessessrsredatasetreaddyslsaswellastotelltasksvmsandskillsfullyfunctionalrightnowoffortheprojectdeployingthiswayallowsmodelslikeClaude or Ollama to interactdirectlywityourhomebasewithoutleakingdataoutwardtoexternalcloudprovidersallowfullcontroloverwhereeverythinglivesstaythesameeverywhertogetherupdateablebyaddingnewdatanotesmemoriesskillskincfgsw-noextraemptydeploymentneededjustfeedmoreinfobrainthgrowsautomagicallysimplyaddeddatasetsnextstepsareeasycreateoneitemafteranotherintoworkflowappetc.
4. Deploy OpenMuse (Agentic Assistant): Set up the open source agent that can operate in your browser, terminal and with files locally on your server/PC setup properly correctly right enoughforallssetupwithagenticservicesacccomplishgoalsapplytasksappsrequestsfilemanagementslowlytrackprogressininterfaceviewwebphoneanywheresrvstatuscheckdonepaprints3dbtupdownstairsscanfdocumentarchivefilesltsmodeltasksallonlocalserveruniquelyyoursgetstartedreadygo!

Optimization & Performance Tips

• Model Interchangeability: Optimize performance by choosing between cloud models like Claude or local engines such as Ollama via an MCP bridge depending on available hardware resources.
• Extensibility without Deployment: Instead of heavy code deployments, optimize system capability (

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