Local-first & privacy

Privacy practices for lawyers and consultants

Client cases, drafts, billing — what to feed AI, what to keep strictly local, and how to enforce it via hooks.

Kition Team·Apr 15, 2026·7 min read

Four layers of isolation

  • Vault tiers: clients/ in its own vault with custom hooks
  • Hook denies: block agent from feeding clients/ content to web_fetch / browser
  • Provider tiers: sensitive vault uses local LLM; general vault uses cloud
  • Audit log: PostToolUse pipes every tool call to syslog

A common hook snippet

{
  "PreToolUse": {
    "web_fetch": ".kition/scripts/deny-if-client-path.sh",
    "browser_open": ".kition/scripts/deny-if-client-path.sh"
  }
}

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