The Bionic Starter Kit — LM Studio’s Free Local AI Agent, Set Up Right

The companion to the video. On July 16, 2026 the LM Studio team shipped Bionic — a brand-new agent app (separate from LM Studio) that codes in your real repos, builds documents/slides/spreadsheets in sandboxed Work projects, and types what you speak system-wide with 100% on-device Voxtral transcription — free when you run open models on your own hardware. THIS KIT: (1) THE 10-MINUTE SETUP CHECKLIST — download to first result, including the Root-model setting and the voice auto-load toggle that kills the first-use delay. (2) THE MODEL-FOR-YOUR-MACHINE CHEAT SHEET — what to actually run at 8-16 GB, 32-64 GB, when to use cloud credits (GLM 5.2, DeepSeek V4 Pro, Kimi Code K2.7, Kimi K3) with Zero Data Retention, and how LM Link turns your desktop into a private model server for up to 5 devices free. (3) WORK PROJECTS — the goal + files + concrete-output workflow with three copy-paste prompts that produce briefs, decks and reports. (4) CODE PROJECTS + VOICE — the inspect › change › test rhythm, inline diffs, automatic checkpoints, parallel sub-sessions, and the system-wide voice keyboard setup. (5) THE 3 CATCHES IN PLAIN ENGLISH — preview rough edges, where free actually ends (credits + the coming 'Bionic Pass'), and why a small local model is not Kimi K3. All claims verified July 31, 2026 against the official pages. Independent kit from Hyperautomation Labs — not affiliated with LM Studio or Anthropic.

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