What is sent, and the AI switch

What is sent

Only the text you asked about leaves your Mac, and only when you ask:

• With a selection, the selection.
• Without one, the paragraph you are in.
• With a cloud provider, it goes to that provider (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google or DeepSeek), with your own key. Never file names, other notes or your folder.
• With Ollama, it goes to Ollama on your Mac. Nothing leaves the Mac.

Note

With a free Gemini key, Google may use what it receives to improve its products. Settings says so under Use AI when Gemini is picked.

What is not sent

• Your notes as a library or an index.
• Anything while AI is off.
• Anything from local ghost text, which uses no network.

The one switch

Settings → AI → Use AI turns every AI feature off at once: ⌘J, /ai, AI ghost text and the AI commands in ⌘K and the menus. While it’s off, the line beside it reads “Nothing is sent”. It is off until you turn it on.

Your key stays in the Keychain when you switch AI off. Remove it from the API key row to delete it.