Building a Local AI Agent (Part 2): Six UX and UI Design Challenges

In Part 1 I covered the six technical problems behind Reiseki's ReAct loop — iteration caps, context management, persistent memory, and security. If you haven't read it, start there . This part is about the design decisions. Even though I had an initial concept in mind, the current layout actually developed over time while testing. I asked the following questions: Who is this for? What should be adjustable by the user and what be automated? And for an agent that has access to your files and reme