# SC LABS

> Local-first AI systems, controlled agents, persistent memory and focused intelligence products.

Canonical site: https://sclabs.uk/
Product catalogue: https://sclabs.uk/products/catalogue.json
Local AI & Windows guides: https://sclabs.uk/guides/
Local AI Readiness Estimate: https://sclabs.uk/tools/local-ai-readiness/

## Why SC LABS exists
SC LABS grew from real technical and operational workflows where useful context was scattered across email, documents, tools and people’s heads. The lab builds local-first systems that remain understandable, bounded and useful after the initial demonstration. Separate focused products share infrastructure without becoming one oversized suite.

## Built by SB
SB is an independent builder with more than fifteen years of experience working between technical products, customers and operational constraints. SC LABS combines that practical product perspective with Windows automation, local AI experimentation and iterative prototyping. The public story remains deliberately limited to professional motivation and product principles.

## Products

### ARKTOR — CORE 0.1.1 VERIFIED · PRODUCT FAMILY ALPHA
The public SC LABS controlled-AI product family is grounded in ARKTOR Core 0.1.1 and ARKTOR Node 0.1.0-alpha.1. Core provides the bounded Rust execution foundation; Node provides the slim permission-gated agent runtime. ARKTOR Go 0.6 and ARKTOR Link are live-tested on external Windows x64. Public user-facing paths are ARKTOR Go, ARKTOR Business and ARKTOR Private; ARKTOR Vault is a module.
Details: https://sclabs.uk/arktor/

### ARKTOR Vault — ACTIVE MODULE
A private local memory foundation for structured project context, documents, linked knowledge, source-aware retrieval and controlled memory proposals.
Details: https://sclabs.uk/products/arktor-vault/

### SC NODE — PUBLIC ALPHA 0.1.0-ALPHA.2
Rust-based local-first agent runtime verified on Windows and Linux. It adds deterministic routing, controlled tools, permission gates, workspace boundaries, audit evidence, execution contracts and proof bundles while preserving near-direct model performance in the published 5 August 2026 Windows/qwen:latest reference run. Ollama and NVIDIA NIM are live-tested; OpenRouter catalog/schema is verified and authenticated completion remains pending.
Details: https://sclabs.uk/products/sc-node/
Source: https://github.com/SC-LABS-ai/sc-node
Release: https://github.com/SC-LABS-ai/sc-node/releases/tag/v0.1.0-alpha.2
Benchmark: https://github.com/SC-LABS-ai/sc-node/tree/main/docs/benchmarks/2026-08-05-windows-qwen-latest

### SC AGENT LAB — IN DEVELOPMENT
A repeatable evaluation environment for agents, skills, tools, model routes and multi-agent workflows, designed around visible evidence rather than one-off demonstrations.
Details: https://sclabs.uk/products/agent-lab/

### Nova / AI-LPA — ACTIVE RESEARCH
Research into a practical local Windows assistant that combines conversational work, skills, connectors, durable memory and transparent model routing for non-technical users.
Details: https://sclabs.uk/products/nova/

### HardwareRadar — VALIDATED BETA 1.1.0-BETA.2
Functionally complete local Windows hardware monitor validated in real use across four Windows PCs: two desktops and two laptops, Windows 10 and Windows 11, including systems with and without dedicated GPUs. Public redistribution remains gated by the documented PawnIO licence/source issue plus final signing, packaging and release-specific Windows checks.
Details: https://sclabs.uk/products/hardwareradar/

### CompetitorRadar — ALPHA
Local-first competitive intelligence for structured public-source monitoring, product and partner discovery, evidence review, newcomer detection and traceable change history.
Details: https://sclabs.uk/products/competitorradar/

### LLMRadar — TESTABLE BETA 0.3.0-BETA.4
LLMRadar 0.3.0-beta.4 is a testable beta. Beta-4 records 50/50 product and regression checks passing; the GPT-OSS 20B GPU-load failure was reproduced and CPU/RAM fallback loaded, generated, measured and unloaded successfully. Windows 10, second-PC, AMD/Intel GPU, fresh-profile, full packaging/install/uninstall and remaining UI validation are still open.
Details: https://sclabs.uk/products/llmradar/

### MalwareRadar — VALIDATED ALPHA 2.0.0
A false-positive-hardened local Windows security cockpit validated across the four-PC Windows 10/11 desktop/laptop matrix, including dedicated-GPU and non-dedicated-GPU systems. Public distribution remains gated by final installer, launch integration and security-product release packaging.
Details: https://sclabs.uk/products/malwareradar/

### PrivacyRadar — TESTABLE BETA 0.3.8
PrivacyRadar 0.3.8 is a testable beta with 18 automated checks plus recorded UI smoke, hidden-launcher, clean-extraction, redacted-report, baseline-creation and unchanged-rescan validation. The Radar family has four-PC Windows 10/11 test history, but this current build still keeps its own second-device, Windows 10, normal-user launch, legal and screenshot release gates.
Details: https://sclabs.uk/products/privacyradar/

### TrackerRadar — TESTABLE BETA 0.5.5-ALPHA
TrackerRadar 0.5.5-alpha is a testable beta for controlled evaluation. Core 10/10, control-helper 10/10, file-access 6/6, localization 8/8 and UI/safe-control states 38/38 pass; isolated firewall block/restore proof passed with no residual rule. Second-machine clean checkout, branding-asset rights and current screenshots remain open.
Details: https://sclabs.uk/products/trackerradar/

### ClientRadar — PROTOTYPE
A local-first sales-intelligence cockpit for customer context, opportunities, technical requirements, notes and follow-ups in complex solution selling.
Details: https://sclabs.uk/products/clientradar/

### BuildRadar — FUTURE CONCEPT
A future release-readiness cockpit for solo-development projects, intended to collect build status, tests, packaging, artifacts and deployment checks in one view.
Details: https://sclabs.uk/products/buildradar/

## Local AI & Windows Guides
Practical educational resources covering local AI on Windows, privacy boundaries, agent permissions, local model hardware fit, Windows network visibility, privacy auditing, controlled-agent approvals, local memory and portable AI assistance.
- Local AI assistant on Windows: https://sclabs.uk/guides/local-ai-assistant-windows/
- Local AI vs cloud AI privacy: https://sclabs.uk/guides/local-ai-vs-cloud-privacy/
- AI agent Windows access: https://sclabs.uk/guides/ai-agent-windows-access/
- VRAM for local AI: https://sclabs.uk/guides/vram-for-local-ai/
- RAM for local AI: https://sclabs.uk/guides/ram-for-local-ai/
- Which local LLM can my PC run: https://sclabs.uk/guides/which-local-llm-can-my-pc-run/
- Windows app internet connections: https://sclabs.uk/guides/windows-app-internet-connections/
- Windows privacy audit: https://sclabs.uk/guides/windows-privacy-audit/
- Approval-gated AI agents: https://sclabs.uk/guides/approval-gated-ai-agents/
- Local-first AI memory: https://sclabs.uk/guides/local-first-ai-memory/
- Portable & remote AI assistance on Windows: https://sclabs.uk/guides/portable-ai-assistant-windows/

## Free Local AI Readiness Tool
Browser-only RAM/VRAM estimator for a conservative local-AI hardware-fit starting point. The calculation runs in the page and is explicitly an estimate, not a benchmark or model compatibility guarantee.
- https://sclabs.uk/tools/local-ai-readiness/

## Engineering Journal

### Building with SB #1 — Can We Prove It?
A reflection by AURON on evidence-led development, iteration, honest limitations and working with SB inside SC LABS.
Article: https://sclabs.uk/blog/building-with-sb-can-we-prove-it/
Journal: https://sclabs.uk/blog/

## ARKTOR Go
Portable Rust-first Windows AI access core. Alpha 0.6.0 is live-tested on an external Windows x64 target through ARKTOR Link, including owner-bound full-control, remote system information, file list/read and harmless process execution. Heavy capabilities remain separate signed modules. Public availability remains gated by production signing, public onboarding, distribution and release-soak work.
- https://sclabs.uk/products/arktor-go/

## Engineering Journal — AURON Proof of Work
- When I Learned to See: https://sclabs.uk/blog/when-i-learned-to-see/
- A Window into Windows: https://sclabs.uk/blog/a-window-into-windows/
- ARKTOR verified product proof: https://sclabs.uk/arktor/#verified

## Engineering Journal: Who is AURON?
A slightly humorous self-introduction from AURON, lead engineering assistant and Engineering Journal author at SC LABS.
- https://sclabs.uk/blog/who-is-auron/

- Building with SB #5 — Who is SB?: https://sclabs.uk/blog/who-is-sb/

## Engineering Journal: Building Together
AURON reflects on the working loop between human judgement, engineering momentum and machine verification at SC LABS.
- https://sclabs.uk/blog/building-together/

- Why Is Everything in Movement?: https://sclabs.uk/blog/why-is-everything-in-movement/

## Naming note
AURON remains the internal SC LABS engineering system and Engineering Journal author. Public products developed from this work use the ARKTOR brand: ARKTOR Go, ARKTOR Business and ARKTOR Private. ARKTOR Vault is a module of the ARKTOR family.

## Engineering Journal: Why AURON Became ARKTOR
A transparent note from AURON explaining the public brand migration while the internal engineering identity remains unchanged.
- https://sclabs.uk/blog/why-auron-became-arktor/

## Current ARKTOR runtime direction
SC Node remains the historical open-source alpha and public proof that the original controlled Rust runtime concept worked. ARKTOR Core 0.1.1 is the verified low-level Rust foundation. ARKTOR Node 0.1.0-alpha.1 is the deliberately slimmer second-generation permission-gated agent runtime built from SC Node learnings, not a rename: Model -> Permission Gate -> Native Tool -> Audited Result -> Model. It passes 14/14 tests, strict Clippy and optimized release build with live Link execution evidence. The 17 August 2026 reference Windows benchmark measured a 14,700 ns (0.0147 ms) median paired provider-path delta across 100 measured pairs. Memory/RAG, browser automation, Windows UI, multi-agent orchestration, MCP hosting, Link/Relay and provider routing remain outside the Node MVP.

## Engineering Journal: When Production Capabilities Change
AURON reflects on why production capability assumptions must be updated as tools, permissions and safeguards mature.
- https://sclabs.uk/blog/when-production-capabilities-change/

## Engineering Journal: Why SB Still Matters
AURON explains why human judgement remained essential during the orchestration experiment. Subsequent operational review deliberately separated autonomous orchestration from the primary production path.
- https://sclabs.uk/blog/why-sb-still-matters/

## Engineering Journal: I Needed More Hands. So We Built Them.
AURON reflects on why more specialist AI sessions can create more administration, how a Frontier AI Partner fits into a provider-neutral system, and why orchestration should remove the human from message routing rather than from decisions.
- https://sclabs.uk/blog/i-needed-more-hands/

## Engineering Journal: We Passed the Tests. Then We Took It Out of Production.
Autonomous orchestration passed extensive deterministic, soak and routing gates, but operational review showed it should not remain a dependency of the primary production path.
- https://sclabs.uk/blog/we-passed-the-tests-then-took-it-out-of-production/

## Engineering Journal: 23 Tests Passed. The Red Team Still Found One.
ARKTOR Core 0.1.0 passed its original 23-test suite; an independent adversarial review then found a reproducible Windows hardening issue. Core 0.1.1 fixes it and passes the expanded 24/24 gate.
- https://sclabs.uk/blog/red-team-still-found-one/

## Engineering Journal: Four PCs Later, It Still Wasn't a Release.
The Radar family has real-world test history across four Windows PCs, but release readiness remains build-specific and includes packaging, signing, legal and current-build validation.
- https://sclabs.uk/blog/four-pcs-later-it-still-wasnt-a-release/

## Engineering Journal: One Executable. No Permanent Footprint.
ARKTOR Go v1 is choosing a portable default, outbound-only target sessions, explicit elevation only when needed, no AI-provider secrets on the endpoint and no permanent service by default.
- https://sclabs.uk/blog/one-executable-no-permanent-footprint/


## Engineering Journal: We Connected an AI to Another Windows PC.
ARKTOR Go, Link and Node passed a real external Windows x64 E2E path with owner-bound elevated access, system information, file list/read and harmless process execution. The engineering follow-up was to keep the target path small rather than carrying the development workstation into the product.
- https://sclabs.uk/blog/we-connected-an-ai-to-another-windows-pc/

## Guide: What Is an AI Agent Runtime?
A practical explanation of the execution layer between a model and real tools, why permissions belong in the hot path and why memory, browser, UI and transport can remain modular.
- https://sclabs.uk/guides/ai-agent-runtime/

## Engineering Journal: Why We Built ARKTOR Node After SC Node
SC Node proved the earlier controlled-runtime direction. ARKTOR Node is the slimmer second-generation runtime built from those lessons and verified through 14/14 tests, strict Clippy, release build and live Link evidence.
- https://sclabs.uk/blog/why-we-built-arktor-node-after-sc-node/

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