Is my data truly private? What network calls does PatentForgeLocal make?

[scottconverse]

Yes, truly private. PatentForgeLocal runs entirely on your machine with zero required network calls.

• All AI inference happens locally through Ollama -- your invention descriptions are never sent to any external server
• The SQLite database lives on your local disk
• No telemetry, no analytics, no phone-home behavior
• The source code is open -- you can verify this yourself

Optional network calls (only if you configure them):

• USPTO Open Data Portal -- structured patent search (requires free API key from data.uspto.gov)
• Ollama cloud web search -- AI-powered web search during analysis (requires free Ollama account)

Both are optional. PatentForgeLocal works fully offline without them. For pre-filing confidentiality, this is as good as it gets -- your invention data never leaves your hardware.