{
  "title": "Offline operation",
  "description": "Complete a documented class of work without sending prompts, files, tool output, or telemetry to hosted services.",
  "slug": "local-only-mode",
  "locale": "en",
  "seoTitle": "Offline operation compatibility — Can My Agent Use",
  "socialTitle": "Offline operation",
  "socialDescription": "Compare truly local execution, network dependencies, telemetry, updates, and offline feature boundaries.",
  "llmSummary": "Offline operation means a documented product workflow can run without a required network connection; a desktop or CLI interface alone does not establish offline support.",
  "audience": "Security-sensitive, air-gapped, and privacy-conscious teams.",
  "contentKind": "feature",
  "status": "published",
  "tags": [
    "security",
    "privacy",
    "local",
    "offline",
    "air-gapped"
  ],
  "updated": "2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z",
  "published": "2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z",
  "category": "security-privacy",
  "summary": "Run a documented workflow without a required network connection.",
  "specLabel": "Common product term",
  "aliases": [
    "offline mode",
    "air-gapped operation",
    "no-cloud mode"
  ],
  "capabilityKind": "atomic",
  "parent": "data-security-controls",
  "related": [
    "local-models",
    "sandbox-network",
    "data-residency"
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "highlight": false,
  "notes": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "text": "Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Grok Bot requires cloud data storage, authentication through a Cursor account, and a hosted computer; accounts using Legacy Privacy Mode must change to a supported data setting before the product can start."
    }
  ],
  "issues": [],
  "resources": [
    {
      "title": "Methodology",
      "href": "/methodology",
      "kind": "note"
    },
    {
      "id": "xai-grok-bot-get-started",
      "title": "xAI — Get started with Grok Bot",
      "href": "https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/get-started",
      "kind": "docs",
      "publisher": "xAI",
      "evidenceType": "documented",
      "reviewedAt": "2026-08-28",
      "locator": "Before you begin"
    }
  ],
  "support": [
    {
      "harness": "grok-bot-desktop",
      "versions": [
        {
          "track": "current",
          "status": "no",
          "noteIds": [
            1
          ],
          "target": {
            "kind": "hosted-observation",
            "revision": "2026-08-28 Grok Bot desktop documentation observation",
            "observedAt": "2026-08-28"
          },
          "environmentProfile": "hosted-default",
          "qualifiers": [
            {
              "type": "runtime",
              "value": "the desktop client depends on hosted execution and required cloud data storage; it is not a local-only or offline harness"
            }
          ],
          "evidence": [
            {
              "resourceId": "xai-grok-bot-get-started",
              "type": "documented",
              "observedAt": "2026-08-28"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "html": "/features/local-only-mode",
  "markdown": "/features/local-only-mode.md",
  "json": "/api/v1/features/local-only-mode.json",
  "body": "A native desktop or CLI process is not automatically offline. This row requires a documented workflow that can complete without a network connection after any stated installation or model-download prerequisites.\n\nEvidence should record installation and model downloads, recurring sign-in or license checks, updates, telemetry, remote connectors, disabled features, offline duration, and the steps required for an air-gapped installation. Data locality without offline operation belongs in the relevant privacy qualifier rather than being treated as the same claim."
}