Chat with the Crucible Local Agent
The Local Agent is a free AI chat in the Agent tab of the Crucible launcher. It runs on your own PC, answers questions about Rust, Crucible and local servers, and can do simple jobs in the Crucible apps when you ask. For connecting outside AI apps such as Claude Code or Cursor, see use AI apps with Crucible.
How do I set it up?
Section titled “How do I set it up?”- Open Agent, then Local Agent. The first screen shows your graphics card, its video memory and your RAM.
- Pick Standard, Smarter or Best. Recommended marks the one that suits your card, and a greyed row needs more video memory than you have. Leave room on the graphics card suggests a smaller model, so Rust and the in-game view run smoothly beside it.
- Press Install. A bar shows the percent done, with Cancel, and Continue install picks it up again where it stopped.
The model sizes, the graphics memory each needs and the Memory settings are in use AI apps with Crucible.
How do I chat with it?
Section titled “How do I chat with it?”- Press Load to put the model in memory. Sending a message does it too. Eject takes the model out of memory and gives that memory back, and your chats stay.
- Type your question and press Enter. Shift+Enter starts a new line.
- While it answers, Send turns into a stop button. Press it to cut the answer short.
The strip above the chat shows whether the model runs on your Graphics card or your Processor, your live VRAM and RAM use, how full the chat’s Context is, and its speed in tok/s.
Answers can carry links to these docs, and a chip shows each action the Local Agent took.
What can I ask it?
Section titled “What can I ask it?”- Rust questions: console commands, server variables, item shortnames, prefab paths and the basics of Oxide and Carbon plugins. Ask “what is the command to turn off decay”. It knows the Rust game reference.
- How Crucible works: what a slider or button does, and where to find it. It shows you the place while it explains.
- Jobs: open, install or update an app, set up and start a local server, change settings, make a map or export one.
When it is not sure, it says so and points you somewhere useful instead of guessing.
What does it ask me first?
Section titled “What does it ask me first?”When the Local Agent wants to change something that cannot be undone, an Allow or Deny card appears in the chat. Allow lets that one change go ahead. Deny refuses it and tells the Local Agent you said no. Wipes, deletes and anything that would lose unsaved work always ask. The full list is under what does it ask me first.
Can I talk to it?
Section titled “Can I talk to it?”Yes. Voice in the bar above the chat opens the voice settings: Read answers aloud, Hands-free with a wake phrase, ten voices, Volume, Speed and the Microphone. The mic button next to Send lets you speak instead of typing. The first time, Download voice adds the voice. More in use AI apps with Crucible.
How do I manage my chats?
Section titled “How do I manage my chats?”- New chat starts a fresh conversation. Each chat keeps its own history.
- Your chats are grouped by week, then by month, newest first. Click a group to open or close it, and a chat to open it.
- The bin icon beside a chat or a group deletes it after you confirm.
- Model and Memory change the model and how much of a chat it keeps in mind.
- Remove Local Agent, at the foot of the chat list, takes it off your PC. Your chats stay.