Your code is not “training data.” Privacy is Identity, not a checkbox. Embeddings stay on-device.
Local by default
Elido Cortex builds its semantic index entirely on-device. Your code is chunked, embedded, and searched locally — nothing about your source, and none of the resulting embeddings, is ever uploaded. Pair it with Privacy Mode when you also want Agent chat on local models.
Real-time progress
Open Settings → Indexing & Docs to watch a live progress bar as your workspace is indexed. It shows the current state, percent complete, files processed, and how many chunks are ready — updating in real time while the index builds. From there you can build, rebuild, or delete the local index at any time.
When to rebuild
After large refactors or branch switches, refresh indexing if search results look stale.