Run a Private AI That Reads Your Documents, Locally, With No Internet Required

The way RAG works is easier to understand if you stop thinking about AI memory. Think about a dictionary instead. You do not memorize every definition before you need one. Look up the word when you need it. RAG does the same thing with your files — chunks them, embeds them into a vector database, and pulls back only what matches your question. The model never sees the whole library. ...

April 22, 2026 · Mario Martinez Jr.

Build a Local AI Pentesting Assistant on Kali Linux with Ollama and MCP

Topics: Ollama, MCP, Python, Kali Linux, Responsible Scope The tool does not determine whether you are a professional. Scope does. Before any script runs, before any model generates a command, you need written authorization for every target you plan to touch. That is not a disclaimer to skip past. Every piece of tooling in this article enforces that principle because I have watched what happens when it gets ignored. A few years ago a student ran a scan against a host that was not in the lab scope. I did not give a zero and move on. That student wrote the apology email. Not me, the student wrote it, disclosed exactly what ran and what the scan returned, and waited to hear what the victim decided to do about it. Outside a classroom, unauthorized access carries consequences the victim controls, not the teacher. That framing changes how seriously students take scope documents. ...

April 19, 2026 · Mario Martinez Jr.