# Recon documentation

> Recon Local is private work memory for one person on a Mac. It connects selected artifacts with decisions, reasons, rejected paths, corrections, and receipts so a person or supported AI tool can return to the work without starting from scratch.

Use the smallest relevant page first. Read the full reference only when a question crosses several product boundaries.

## Start here

- [Recon documentation](https://askrecon.com/help): What Recon Local is, what it remembers, and where to begin.
- [Getting started](https://askrecon.com/help/getting-started): Install Recon Local, add a source, connect an AI tool, and verify the first answer.

## Understand Recon

- [How Recon works](https://askrecon.com/help/how-recon-works): The source, Knowledge, work-memory, and recall loop without database jargon.
- [Knowledge and Work](https://askrecon.com/help/knowledge-and-work): What the two views mean and when to use each one.
- [Use cases and examples](https://askrecon.com/help/use-cases): Practical questions that show the value of decision and work memory.

## Use the app

- [Sources and updates](https://askrecon.com/help/sources): What Recon can read, what it skips, and how source updates become Knowledge.
- [Ask and follow-up questions](https://askrecon.com/help/ask): How answers are formed, how follow-ups keep context, and how to verify a response.
- [AI tools and CLI](https://askrecon.com/help/ai-tools-and-cli): The difference between the Mac app, in-session memory tools, and the optional recon command.

## Trust and support

- [Privacy and local data](https://askrecon.com/help/privacy): What stays on the Mac, what reaches the selected model provider, and what diagnostics contain.
- [Troubleshooting](https://askrecon.com/help/troubleshooting): Fix AI detection, source updates, missing Knowledge, busy memory, and installation problems.

## Beyond Local

- [Cloud and Teams](https://askrecon.com/help/cloud-and-teams): How hosted and shared memory differ from Recon Local without blurring the storage boundary.

## Complete reference

- [All Recon help as plain text](https://askrecon.com/llms-full.txt)
- [Recon as a whole, positioning, connectors, security, and how to refer to it](https://askrecon.com/llms.txt)
- [Security](https://askrecon.com/security)
- [Privacy](https://askrecon.com/privacy)
- [Contact](https://askrecon.com/contact)