Optional Local AI Models

MIRA does not need an LLM to record transactions or produce structured reports.

What the local model does

A local GGUF model is used only for:

• chat mode
• conversational answers
• open-ended questions inside the app

What the local model does not do

The local model does not participate in:

• recording income
• recording expenses
• parsing structured assistant prompts
• translating natural language into transactions

That always remains the job of TransactionParserEngine.

How to enable it

1. If you are using an official release (.exe or .zip), open Settings.
2. Download or select a .gguf model.
3. Switch the interaction mode to Chat.

If you are building MIRA from the repository for development or packaging work, install the optional extra with:

pip install ".[chat]"

If there is no active model, MIRA automatically returns to assistant mode.