# Factory Overview

## Goal

Produce a USB/SSD that works immediately when inserted into a Windows machine and also has an optional Linux boot mode.

## Manufacturing sequence

1. Format or prepare the drive.
2. Copy this runtime kit to the drive root.
3. Run factory/powershell/Prepare-WindowsPortableDrive.ps1 on a connected factory PC.
4. Download or copy backends into backends/*.
5. Pull/preload LLM models into models/ollama and/or models/gguf.
6. Build JackAILocald Rust binaries for Windows and Linux.
7. Apply branding.
8. Generate manifest and hashes.
9. Run QA benchmark.
10. Ship.

## Customer sequence

Windows path:

1. Insert drive.
2. Open drive.
3. Double-click START-HERE.cmd.
4. JackAILocal starts the local backend and opens the UI.

Linux path:

1. Insert drive.
2. Reboot computer.
3. Choose USB from boot menu.
4. Linux starts JackAILocal in kiosk mode.

## Model policy

Models must be on the drive before shipment. The user should never be forced to download a model at first run. Optional extra models can be downloaded later if the user deliberately uses model management while online.