# Brainstorm > Brainstorm is a local-first, AI-native operating system for knowledge work. A desktop shell hosts sandboxed apps over your own data; every app and every agent only touches what you allow. These docs cover using Brainstorm (vaults, apps, objects, local-first sync, the permission model) and building on it (the app model, manifest, capabilities, SDK, and data layer). ## Documentation Sets - [Abridged documentation](https://docs.getbrainstorm.online/llms-small.txt): a compact version of the documentation for Brainstorm, with non-essential content removed - [Complete documentation](https://docs.getbrainstorm.online/llms-full.txt): the full documentation for Brainstorm ## Notes - The complete documentation includes all content from the official documentation - The content is automatically generated from the same source as the official documentation