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Outcome-driven, step-by-step guides for getting a real result out of
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OpenHuman: set up an assistant, run a local model, protect sensitive data,
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recover a broken install, or move to a new machine.
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icon: list-check
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# Guides
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The rest of the docs explain **how OpenHuman works**. This section is about **what you want to get done**. Each guide starts from a concrete outcome ("I want a private assistant", "my install is broken", "I'm moving to a new laptop") and walks you to a working result without asking you to first understand the architecture.
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You do not need to read these in order, and you do not need to be technical. Pick the guide that matches your goal.
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## Pick your goal
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| I want to… | Guide |
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| Set up a personal assistant from scratch | [Create my personal AI assistant](personal-assistant.md) |
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| Keep model inference on my own machine | [Use OpenHuman with a local model](local-model.md) |
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| Understand what leaves my computer and what doesn't | [Keep sensitive data private](privacy-sensitive-data.md) |
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| Fix an install that won't start or finish | [Recover from a failed installation](recover-failed-installation.md) |
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| Move everything to a new computer | [Move OpenHuman to a new PC](move-to-new-pc.md) |
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| Read and edit memory in Obsidian | [Connect OpenHuman to Obsidian](connect-obsidian.md) |
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| Let the agent tidy a folder of files | [Organize my project folders](organize-project-folders.md) |
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| Build a role-specific assistant (e.g. clinical) | [Create a doctor-specific assistant](doctor-assistant.md) |
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| Set up a locked-down assistant for a child | [Create a safe companion for a child](child-safe-companion.md) |
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## How to read a guide
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Every guide in this section follows the same shape, so you always know where to look:
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* **Prerequisites**: what you need before you start (an account, disk space, another app installed).
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* **Privacy implications**: what stays on your machine and what is sent to the OpenHuman backend or a model provider for this workflow, in plain language.
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* **Steps**: the actual click-by-click path.
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* **Success checks**: how to confirm the workflow is actually working, not just "looks done".
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* **Common failures**: the specific ways this flow breaks, and what each symptom means.
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* **Recovery**: how to get unstuck without losing your data.
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{% hint style="info" %}
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**These guides describe the shipping desktop app.** OpenHuman is in active development; where a guide points at a Settings screen or diagnostic surface, that surface may keep improving. When a screen name and what you see disagree, trust the app and check the [release notes](https://github.com/tinyhumansai/openhuman/releases), then let us know on [Discord](https://discord.tinyhumans.ai).
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{% endhint %}
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## The one thing worth knowing first
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OpenHuman keeps **the memory of your life on your machine**. The managed backend still brokers sign-in, model routing, integration access, web-search proxying, and some real-time integration triggers. That single fact is behind most of the privacy and recovery advice in this section. If you read only one background page, read [Privacy & Security](../features/privacy-and-security.md).
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Where your data physically lives on disk:
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| Platform | Data folder |
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| macOS / Linux | `~/.openhuman/` |
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| Windows | `%USERPROFILE%\.openhuman\` |
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Almost everything in this section (backups, recovery, migration) comes back to that one folder.
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