> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.webai.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Intelligence Delivery Network

> How webAI turns every device into a node in a shared network of intelligence.

The Intelligence Delivery Network (IDN) is the idea at the core of webAI: instead of relying on a centralized cloud for AI, every device running the app becomes a node in a shared network of intelligence.

## How it works

<Steps>
  <Step title="Your device creates intelligence locally">
    When you set up Oasis, configure personas, index your files, or build workflows, you're creating something valuable, on your machine, owned by you.
  </Step>

  <Step title="You can share that intelligence with others">
    Approved contacts and space members can query your persona directly. Their question comes in, your device processes it locally, and only the answer goes back. Your data never leaves.
  </Step>

  <Step title="The network grows with its users">
    Every person who runs the app adds a node. The more nodes, the more solutions are discoverable and available, without any central server collecting, indexing, or monetizing what people build.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Why it matters

Today, AI is a service you rent from the cloud. A few companies own the servers, set the prices, and see the traffic. The IDN flips that model:

* **You own your intelligence.** The models, the data, the context, all on your device.
* **You choose what to share and with whom.** Sharing is opt-in, per-contact, and per-persona.
* **The network is just a protocol.** It connects you without extracting value from what flows through it.

Think of it as the difference between posting your work on a platform that owns it, and sharing it directly with people who need it, on your terms.

## Where the IDN surfaces today

The IDN is still early in the product. Today it surfaces through:

| Feature                                                                                                                                                                            | How it connects to the IDN                                                                                             |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Distributed search**                                                                                                                                                             | Search extends to peers you're connected with, surfacing files and content from other devices                          |
| **webAI effect**                                                                                                                                                                   | Let approved contacts query your persona, their question is processed on your device, and only the answer is sent back |
| **<Tooltip headline="Peer-to-peer" tip="A network model where devices connect directly to each other instead of routing through a central server.">Peer-to-peer</Tooltip> spaces** | The underlying infrastructure that connects devices directly without a central server                                  |

As the platform matures, the IDN becomes the fabric that ties it all together.