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Whitepaper · Setup requirements

What you need before you start

The hardware, network, data, language model, people and permissions a Curiosity Studio project requires. Written for the IT leads and project owners who plan a pilot or a rollout.

For IT leads and project owners Chapters 6 requirements Pages 9 Date October 2026

What it covers

Six things to settle first

Studio needs one machine you host, access to your data, a language model that can call tools and people who know the data. A pilot can start on data dumps, with local accounts and no permissions to test.

  1. Requirement 01

    Hardware

    One machine you host

  2. Requirement 02

    Network

    A web address for users

  3. Requirement 03

    Data

    Access and permission

  4. Requirement 04

    Language model

    One that calls tools

  5. Requirement 05

    Expertise

    Experts and end users

  6. Requirement 06

    Permissions

    Who sees what

Chapters

Six requirements, from the machine to permissions

01 · Page 03Pilot: yes

Hardware

One machine you host, sized to your data.

02 · Page 04Pilot: yes

Network

A web address for users, and access for developers.

03 · Page 05Pilot: a data dump

Data

The sources Studio reads, and the two approvals.

04 · Page 06Pilot: yes

Language model

Hosted or local, and it must call tools.

05 · Page 07Pilot: yes

Expertise

Domain experts and end users, from the first iteration.

06 · Page 08Pilot: only if tested

Permissions

Studio shows each person what the source allows.

The full paper

Settle these six, and the pilot can start.

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