**Step 1** — Copy your health records into a MAIA folder on your computer. To get them, use Apple Health PDF Export and whatever patient portals you have passwords for. You can always add more records as you get them.

**Step 2** — Click GET STARTED — MAIA will create a private AI and private knowledge base at [DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com). You will be asked to edit and verify your current medications and the patient summary assembled from the records.

**Step 3** — Chat about your records with the private AI, your physicians and consultants. Nothing is shared without your express permission. You can also chat with public AIs like Claude or ChatGPT. Choose MAIA's privacy filter to use the private AI to anonymize patient and provider names before sharing the chat with public AIs.

**Step 4** — MAIA will back up to the local folder and offer to delete everything in the cloud. This saves money and protects you from security issues and disruptions as we continually improve MAIA. If you keep the cloud MAIA, your deep links to physicians and consultants will keep working and you can set an optional passkey so you can access MAIA from another computer or phone.

**Note**: MAIA is free, non-commercial, open source software. If you need help or just a comment, please email me at [maia@trustee.ai](mailto:maia@trustee.ai).