# Local execution

> Coding agents run on your Mac in repositories you choose. Your providers still receive what their tools send.

- Canonical page: https://www.winskel.com/docs/local-execution
- Applies to: Winskel public download 0.7.0-alpha.1 (alpha channel), Apple Silicon, macOS 12 or later
- Content updated: 2026-10-06
- Agent reference: https://www.winskel.com/agents.md

## Execution boundary

Winskel starts Claude Code and Codex locally under your user account. The agents can read and change files their process is permitted to access. Claude Code and Codex send prompts and code to Anthropic and OpenAI under your accounts, so local execution does not mean nothing leaves your Mac.

## What Winskel stores

Winskel stores the records needed to coordinate and explain work: your email, project names and paths, objective and chat text, plans and answers, Notes, question and permission text, run status, bounded run events (agent messages, command lines, and short tool output excerpts, which can include code an agent read), summaries, changed-file paths and line counts, branch names and commits, attachment names and paths, verification evidence, routing decisions, and provider usage readings. File contents, patches, and attachment files are read from your Mac and are not stored by Winskel.