--- title: "Everything happens inside the box · AssistantGeneral" description: "Where your data stays while it works, and why none of it reports on you." url: "https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/how-it-works/inside-the-box/" source: "https://royalsoftworks.com" format: "markdown" note: "Markdown rendering of the HTML page at `url`. Same content, same canonical URL." --- How it works · 3 of 3 # Everything happens inside the box. Where your data stays while it works, and why none of it reports on you. Where your data goes ## Everything happens inside the box. Your files, the index built from them, the model that reads them and the answer it writes — all four live on the same machine. The arrow out is drawn so you can see it is not there. Your documents and a local index feed the model, which writes your answer. All four sit inside your machine. A connection to the internet is drawn and marked as never used for your data. You can point it at a cloud model on purpose, per task, if you want one. It is a setting you turn on, not a default you have to find and turn off. ## And none of it reports on you. The whole loop runs on your machine by default. See exactly how your data is protected. [Security & privacy](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/security/) [Read the technical whitepaper](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/whitepaper/) Private beta. Builds go to testers directly; ask to join. · [Join the beta →](https://royalsoftworks.com/contact/?product=assistant-general&tier=beta) [Previous From your question to a finished answer.](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/how-it-works/step-by-step/) [All of AssistantGeneral how it works](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/how-it-works/)