Practice · bench 10 · A focused afternoon minutes
Wrap the local agent as MCP
What you’ll have when you finishAny assistant that speaks MCP can call your private specialist without holding the files.
- Step
- Step five. Optional.
- What you need
- A local model already answering. Comfort with a small server.
This bench is accompaniment — membership, or the paid walk. The teaching above it stays open.
Steps
- Expose one tool: “review this file against the counsel checklist.”
- Bind to localhost. Least privilege.
- Point Claude Code or a peer at that server. Watch a call land in the record.
How to know it worked
The hosted assistant never saw the document. It saw a yes/no and a memorandum path.
When it disappoints you
If you expose the whole disk. One tool. One folder.
This assists your judgment. It does not replace licensed professional judgment. It is architecture, not a certification.