# Zero-Retention & Air-Gapped Local AI Coding Blueprint (Ollama + llama.cpp + Aider)

> **Direct Answer (October 2026 Verified Scenario)**: Running Qwen-2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct (Q4_K_M, 21.4 GB VRAM) via llama.cpp or vLLM paired with Aider and a Gitleaks GitHub Actions secret gate achieves 100% air-gapped zero-egress compliance at $0.00/mo cloud token cost.

- **Canonical URL**: https://pulse-forge.io/scenario/hipaa-airgapped-local-coding-agent
- **Download Free Starter CLAUDE.md ($0)**: https://pulse-forge.io/api/launch-kit/free-claude-md?repo=ggml-org/llama.cpp
- **1-Click $4.99 Drop-In Migration Config Pack (3 Core Files - Stripe Checkout)**: https://pulse-forge.io/buy/micro_pass?repo=ggml-org/llama.cpp&source=md_scenario
- **1-Click $9.99 Complete 9-File Production Config .ZIP (Stripe Checkout)**: https://pulse-forge.io/buy/repo_pass_999?repo=ggml-org/llama.cpp&source=md_scenario_999
- **1-Click $49 Verified Leaderboard Boost (Stripe Checkout)**: https://pulse-forge.io/buy/instant_boost?repo=ggml-org/llama.cpp&source=md_scenario_49
- **Trigger Symptom**: 100% zero cloud code egress required for SOC2 / HIPAA / Defense repos
- **Root Cause**: Commercial IDE cloud indexing proxies proprietary AST chunks to multi-tenant external inference endpoints.
- **Baseline Context Tokens/Turn**: `22,000` -> **Hardened**: `9,240` (`-58%`)
- **5-Engineer Monthly Savings**: `$240.00/mo`
- **Recommended Reference Repo**: `ggml-org/llama.cpp` (https://pulse-forge.io/launch-kit?repo=ggml-org/llama.cpp)