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      <title>Local Privacy First MCP server for Llama.cpp</title>
      <dc:creator>Kevin B</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 20:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://forem.com/kbrisso/local-privacy-first-mcp-server-for-llamacpp-ccb</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Hello All-&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I built a "Privacy First" Model Context Protocol (MCP) server written in GO that provides text completion capabilities using local LLama.cpp models. This server exposes a single MCP tool that accepts text prompts and ohter parameters and returns AI-generated completions using locally hosted language models. I did this to learn more about protocol itself. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;More can be found here about MCP &lt;a href="https://modelcontextprotocol.io/overview" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://modelcontextprotocol.io/overview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Link to my project&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://github.com/kbrisso/byte-vision-mcp" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://github.com/kbrisso/byte-vision-mcp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&lt;br&gt;
Kevin  &lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Byte-Vision delivers powerful Retrieval Augmented Generation by integrating Llama.Cpp and Elasticsearch's vector search.</title>
      <dc:creator>Kevin B</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 18:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://forem.com/kbrisso/byte-vision-delivers-powerful-retrieval-augmented-generation-by-integrating-llamacpp-and-1i7p</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Hello All-&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Keep your document research private with Byte-Vision! This open-source AI application delivers powerful Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) by integrating Llama.Cpp and Elasticsearch's vector search capabilities. The key? It runs 100% locally, ensuring your data never leaves your device. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;✨ Key Features&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;pre class="highlight plaintext"&gt;&lt;code&gt;📄 Universal Document Processing - Parse PDFs, text files, and CSVs with built-in OCR for image-based content
🔍 AI-Enhanced Search - Semantic search powered by Elasticsearch and vector embeddings
💬 Conversational AI - Document-specific Q&amp;amp;A and free-form chat with local LLM integration
📊 Research Management - Automatically save and organize insights from document analysis
🔒 Privacy-First - Runs entirely locally with no external data transmission
🖥️ Intuitive Interface - Full-featured UI that simplifies complex document operations
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Core Technologies&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;pre class="highlight plaintext"&gt;&lt;code&gt;Wails - Desktop application framework
Go - Backend services and APIs
React - Frontend user interface
Elasticsearch - Document indexing and search
Llama.cpp - Local AI model inference
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/kbrisso/byte-vision" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://github.com/kbrisso/byte-vision&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&lt;br&gt;
Kevin Brisson&lt;/p&gt;

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