> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.gobihq.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Gobi Desktop

> Local-first AI workspace and personal knowledge graph.

Gobi Desktop is a local-first AI workspace — a personal knowledge graph with an embedded AI agent that captures, processes, organizes, and surfaces knowledge proactively. It is the primary interface for Personal Context Management (PCM).

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  **Who it's for:** Individual knowledge workers, researchers, and power users who want an AI agent that works on their behalf — not just answers questions.
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## The PCM Paradigm

Gobi Desktop is built on a fundamental shift in how knowledge tools work.

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  <Card title="Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)" icon="book">
    The legacy paradigm. The user organizes notes manually. Knowledge lives in static nodes and files. Tools like Obsidian are powerful libraries — but they require a librarian.
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  <Card title="Personal Context Management (PCM)" icon="brain">
    The Gobi paradigm. The agent maintains context dynamically. Knowledge is event-driven and relevance-ranked. Gobi is not a library. It is a judgment layer.
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## Core Concepts

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  <Accordion title="Brain" icon="brain">
    The user's personal knowledge graph. A living, agent-maintained representation of everything the user knows, has captured, and worked on. Unlike static notes, the Brain evolves continuously as the agent processes new inputs.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Vault" icon="lock">
    The local storage layer where all captured data lives. Private by default — never leaves the user's device unless explicitly shared. The source of truth for the Brain.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Capture" icon="circle-dot">
    The act of ingesting new information into the Brain. Can happen manually (user-initiated) or ambiently (via Gobi Sense or background monitoring). Capture types: Audio, Vision, Motion, Notes.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Brain Update" icon="arrow-rotate-right">
    An agent-generated summary or synthesis of recent captures and Brain changes. Surfaces what the agent has learned or processed — keeping the user informed without requiring manual review.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Reflex" icon="bolt">
    An automated background task run by the agent on the user's behalf. Configured rules or triggers — tagging, summarizing, connecting, surfacing — without user intervention. Created via "Add a Reflex."
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Signal Score" icon="signal">
    A relevance metric assigned to Brain items, indicating how important or timely a piece of knowledge is relative to the user's current context. Used by the agent to prioritize what to surface.
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## Ecosystem Role

Gobi Desktop is the primary brain-building environment. It feeds Community Space (shared context) and is the surface accessible to external agents and developers via Gobi CLI.