EdgeMindOnDesktop

EdgeMindOnDesktop

EdgeMind — MCP-Orchestrated On-Device AI

Desktop · Electron · llama.cpp · Hybrid Inference · Federated Learning

A fully self-contained desktop application demonstrating Model Context Protocol (MCP) orchestration running entirely on-device, powered by llama.cpp with CPU/GPU backends. No API keys. No data egress. Zero cloud dependency.

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Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Application (Electron + React + Tailwind CSS)          │
│  AssistantScreen ← Zustand Store                        │
│  MetricsOverlay (live CPU/RAM/latency/confidence)       │
│  AuditLogPanel  (signed JSONL event stream)             │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  MCP Orchestration  [main process · Node.js]            │
│  McpClient → McpServer → ToolRegistry                   │
│    ├── GuardModel    (prompt guardrails)                 │
│    ├── IamService    (JWT ES256 / Node crypto)           │
│    └── AuditJournal (HMAC-SHA256 signed JSONL)          │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  Inference  (.gguf / .onnx — mock mode by default)      │
│  Path 1 — SLM  (Phi-3 Mini int4, < 300 ms)             │
│  Path 2 — LLM  (Llama-3.1 8B int4, 1–5 s)              │
│  Path 3 — RAG  (MiniLM embed + cosine search + SLM)     │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  Hardware                                               │
│  macOS — Apple Metal (GPU) · XNNPACK (CPU)              │
│  Windows — CUDA / Vulkan · XNNPACK (CPU)                │
│  Linux   — CUDA / ROCm  · XNNPACK (CPU)                 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Three-Path Routing Decision

Prompt
  │
  ▼
GuardModel.classify()           ← blocks jailbreaks, PII, safety red-flags
  │ PASS
  ▼
IamService.issueToken()         ← ES256 JWT, scoped per tool, 30-min TTL
  │ OK
  ▼
SLM inference (Phi-3 Mini)      ← Path 1: < 300 ms on CPU/GPU
  │
  ├─ confidence ≥ 0.75 → return result
  │
  ▼
RAG fallback                    ← Path 3: MiniLM embed + cosine search + re-run SLM
  │
  ├─ confidence ≥ 0.75 → return result
  │
  ▼
LLM escalation                  ← Path 2: Llama-3.1 8B, 1–5 s
  │
  ▼
AuditJournal.log()              ← every decision HMAC-signed + timestamped

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Quick Start

Prerequisites

Node.js 20+
npm 9+
Python 3.10+  (for model export scripts only)

1. Install & Run in Mock Mode

The app works out-of-the-box on any machine without model files. All inference, vector search, and guardrails fall back to deterministic mock implementations that faithfully simulate the demo scenario.

npm install
npm run dev

This opens the Electron window in development mode with hot-reload.

2. Build for Production

npm run build       # compile to out/
npm run package     # create .dmg / .exe / .AppImage

3. Enable Real Inference

Place model files in the models/ directory, then restart the app:

File	Model	Path activated
models/phi3_mini.gguf	Phi-3 Mini 4K int4	Path 1 — SLM
models/llama_8b.gguf	Llama-3.1 8B int4	Path 2 — LLM
models/minilm.onnx	MiniLM-L6-v2	Path 3 — RAG embeddings

The engines auto-detect the files at startup and switch from mock to real inference with no code changes.

4. Export Models

pip install transformers torch optimum[exporters] sentence-transformers

# Phi-3 Mini — SLM (Path 1)
python scripts/export_model.py \
    --model phi3_mini \
    --quant q4_k_m \
    --output models/phi3_mini.gguf

# Llama-3.1 8B — LLM escalation (Path 2)
python scripts/export_model.py \
    --model llama_8b \
    --quant q4_k_m \
    --output models/llama_8b.gguf

# MiniLM — embeddings for RAG (Path 3)
python scripts/export_model.py \
    --model minilm \
    --format onnx \
    --output models/minilm.onnx

5. Build a Custom Knowledge Base

# Corpus: JSONL with {"id": "...", "text": "...", "metadata": {...}}
python scripts/build_kb_index.py \
    --corpus data/clinical_kb.jsonl \
    --output models/clinical_kb.index.npz

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Demo Scenario

Try these prompts in the Assistant tab:

1. I have chest pain and shortness of breath

NER extracts symptoms → Triage scores 0.62 confidence → RAG triggered → 0.91 confidence → ESI Level 2

2. What is the differential diagnosis?

LLM path escalation → ACS / PE / Aortic dissection with full clinical reasoning

3. Switch to the Audit Log tab → view every signed decision with event type, timestamp, and HMAC

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Project Structure

EdgeMindOn_Desktop_app/
├── electron/
│   ├── main/
│   │   ├── index.ts             ← app bootstrap, IPC handlers, metrics broadcast
│   │   ├── mcp/
│   │   │   ├── McpServer.ts     ← tool dispatch + IAM enforcement
│   │   │   ├── McpClient.ts     ← three-path routing orchestration
│   │   │   ├── ToolRegistry.ts  ← tool registration + scope mapping
│   │   │   └── tools/
│   │   │       ├── NerTool.ts       ← clinical named-entity recognition
│   │   │       ├── TriageTool.ts    ← ESI level assignment
│   │   │       ├── RagTool.ts       ← RAG retrieval descriptor
│   │   │       └── EscalateTool.ts  ← LLM escalation descriptor
│   │   ├── inference/
│   │   │   ├── SlmEngine.ts     ← Phi-3 Mini (mock + llama.cpp stub)
│   │   │   └── LlmEngine.ts     ← Llama 8B   (mock + llama.cpp stub)
│   │   ├── rag/
│   │   │   ├── EmbedModel.ts    ← MiniLM (mock + ONNX Runtime stub)
│   │   │   ├── VectorIndex.ts   ← cosine brute-force (hnswlib-node ready)
│   │   │   └── RagPipeline.ts   ← embed + search + context assembly
│   │   ├── security/
│   │   │   ├── GuardModel.ts    ← regex-based jailbreak / PII / safety filter
│   │   │   ├── IamService.ts    ← ES256 JWT, ECDSA P-256 keypair
│   │   │   └── AuditJournal.ts  ← HMAC-SHA256 signed JSONL event log
│   │   └── training/
│   │       └── LoraTrainer.ts   ← LoRA rank-8 idle-scheduler stub
│   └── preload/
│       └── index.ts             ← contextBridge → window.edgemind API
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├── src/                         ← React renderer (Vite + Tailwind)
│   ├── App.tsx                  ← tab bar + metrics subscription
│   ├── main.tsx
│   ├── index.css
│   ├── components/
│   │   ├── AssistantScreen.tsx  ← chat UI, demo prompts, path badges
│   │   ├── MetricsOverlay.tsx   ← live CPU/RAM/latency/confidence bar
│   │   └── AuditLogPanel.tsx    ← scrollable signed event stream
│   ├── store/
│   │   └── appStore.ts          ← Zustand global state + query action
│   └── types/
│       ├── index.ts             ← shared TypeScript interfaces
│       └── window.d.ts          ← window.edgemind type augmentation
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├── scripts/
│   ├── export_model.py          ← Phi-3 / Llama GGUF + MiniLM ONNX export
│   └── build_kb_index.py        ← clinical KB → NumPy / FAISS vector index
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├── models/                      ← place .gguf / .onnx files here
├── index.html
├── electron.vite.config.ts
├── tailwind.config.js
├── tsconfig.json
└── package.json

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Performance Benchmarks

Mock mode returns in < 300 ms end-to-end. With real models on Apple M-series:

Workload	Approx. Latency
Phi-3 Mini prefill 128 tok (Q4_K_M, Metal)	~160 ms
Phi-3 Mini decode 64 tok	~80 ms
MiniLM embed 128 tok (ONNX, CPU)	~20 ms
Cosine search k=5 / 6 chunks	< 1 ms
Guard model classify	< 5 ms
Llama-3.1 8B prefill 128 tok (Q4_K_M, Metal)	~900 ms
Llama-3.1 8B decode 64 tok	~400 ms

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Security

Layer	Implementation
Prompt guardrails	On-device regex classifier — blocks jailbreaks, PII (SSN, card numbers), medical safety red-flags before any inference
IAM	ES256 JWT tokens signed with an in-memory ECDSA P-256 keypair; short-lived (30 min), scoped per tool (tool:<name>)
Audit journal	Every agent action HMAC-SHA256 signed with a fixed secret, appended to a JSONL file in app.getPath('userData')
IPC isolation	contextIsolation: true, nodeIntegration: false; renderer only sees the window.edgemind bridge
Zero cloud	No API keys, no HTTP calls, no data egress — GDPR/DPDP compliant by design

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Federated Learning

LoRA adapters (rank 8, alpha 16) are designed to be fine-tuned locally on anonymised interaction history during device-idle sessions. The LoraTrainer class:

• Buffers interactions in memory
• Waits for ≥ 50 interactions and a 10-minute idle window before scheduling a run
• Writes the adapter weights to userData/lora_adapter.bin
• Integrates with a real training backend (ExecuTorch Training API / PyTorch via subprocess) when wired up

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Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Desktop shell	Electron 42
Build tooling	electron-vite 5 + Vite 8
UI	React 18 + Tailwind CSS 3
State	Zustand 4
IAM tokens	jose (ES256 JWT)
Inference (real)	node-llama-cpp / ONNX Runtime Node
Vector search	Brute-force cosine (hnswlib-node drop-in)
Audit storage	HMAC-SHA256 signed JSONL
Language	TypeScript 5 (strict)

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Roadmap

• Wire node-llama-cpp for real GGUF inference
• Wire onnxruntime-node for real MiniLM embeddings
• Replace brute-force cosine with hnswlib-node for large corpora
• Use OS keychain (via keytar) for long-lived IAM keypair storage
• Add voice input via whisper.cpp Node bindings
• Implement federated LoRA training via Python subprocess bridge
• Add system tray + background inference mode