These are plain guides to using an AI with your own data files, on your own computer.
This post compares an online assistant, a model runner on your own computer, a tool in the browser and a desktop app. For each one, it says where the model runs, where your file goes, what you need and what it returns.
This guide says what you need to ask a CSV or Excel file questions with an AI that runs on your own computer. It also shows how to phrase a question and how to check the answer.
This guide explains what a column name does not tell an AI and what a useful description says. It then shows four ways to give Totsum descriptions of your tables and columns.
The person who checks your numbers needs the original file and the follow-up report from you. This post describes what each of the two carries.
This guide explains the hardware that runs a language model on your own machine. It says why graphics memory matters, what each size of memory lets you run and how to check your own computer.