I Built an AI That Controls My Computer. Then I Realized What Else It Could Do
Dev.to / 6/19/2026
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Key Points
- The author built Forge-AI, a local AI agent that runs on their own hardware, accesses local files and tools, and avoids subscriptions, cloud dependency, and API rate limits.
- A key milestone was adding router orchestration via OpenWrt using JSON-RPC, enabling the AI to manage Wi‑Fi networks, firewall rules, and VPN connections—turning it from a chatbot into an environment-controlling system.
- The motivation for the project was dissatisfaction with cloud AI constraints, including rate limits, limited “describe-only” coding assistance, and concerns about logging and data usage.
- The architecture combines a FastAPI backend with a LangGraph agent loop, SQLite for session memory, LanceDB plus BGE‑M3 embeddings for document retrieval, and Ollama for local open-weight model inference.
- Tool execution is delegated to an MCP layer (each capability handled by dedicated server modules), reinforcing the idea of an AI “operating layer” akin to Tasker for Android.
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