> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docket.hypertext.studio/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Bring your own model

> Run Athena's model work on a computer you own.

Run the model that writes Athena's replies on your own laptop. Your prompt and the tasks she reads
to answer it never leave that machine.

## Connect Lovelace

<Steps>
  <Step title="A Lovelace account">Lovelace Lattice is the compute network this runs on.</Step>

  <Step title="A paired machine">
    A laptop or desktop running the Lattice daemon in front of Ollama or LM Studio.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Authorize Docket">
    Choose **Connect with Lovelace** in **Settings → Athena**. A supported browser opens its native
    Lovelace account dialog; otherwise, Docket continues on Lovelace's page. Then pick a paired
    machine.
  </Step>
</Steps>

If you close the browser's Lovelace dialog, Docket leaves any existing connection unchanged. You
can try again or choose **Continue in Lovelace** to finish on Lovelace's page.

## How Docket sends a request to your machine

Your computer polls outward. You open no inbound port, run no tunnel, and accept no callback from
the cloud into your home network.

Docket sends the request to Lovelace's hosted gateway. Your daemon reads it on its next poll, runs
it, and sends the reply back the same way.

<Note>
  **Docket never talks to your device.** It talks to the gateway. Your machine is unaddressable from
  the internet.
</Note>

## What runs where

| Where it runs | What runs there                                               |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Your machine  | Writing Athena's replies                                      |
| Docket        | Your tasks, projects, comments, calendar, and the time ledger |

Sessions, proposals, approvals, and permissions work exactly as they do otherwise. See
[Proposals and approvals](/docs/guides/athena/proposals-and-approvals).

## When the machine is off

A closed laptop cannot answer. Docket tells you so and never uses a hosted model without saying it
did.

## Disconnecting

Disconnect your Lovelace account in **Settings → Athena**.