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Guides: use AI safely with your files

All Kobel guides and comparisons in one place. The guides explain in plain language how to let ChatGPT, Claude and other AIs into your files without losing control. The comparisons show honestly when another tool is the better fit.

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Guides

For everyone who uses AI day to day. No technical knowledge needed.

Give ChatGPT access to your filesOnly to the folders you choose.Control what Claude can seeThe same five colours for Claude Desktop.Stop an AI from deleting your filesWhat you can do before something goes wrong.The AI overwrote my fileFirst aid: where older versions are kept.Control AI file accessFour approaches compared, from folder permissions to Kobel.

Comparisons

Kobel next to other tools, with sources and with the cases where Kobel is the wrong choice.

Kobel or Claude DesktopWhat Claude handles itself and what Kobel adds.Kobel or ChatGPT's file accessWhat connectors can and cannot do.Kobel or an MCP gatewayEnterprise solutions and an app for your own computer.Kobel or n8nAutomation and permissions are two different jobs.Kobel or Docker MCP ToolkitIsolation in a container or levels of access to real files.Kobel or the MCP filesystem serverAllowed folders versus five levels and a log.Kobel or a sandboxLock everything away or share on purpose.Local or remote MCP serversRisks and trade-offs of both.Kobel alternativesWhat each approach really does and when it is the right choice.Kobel compared with every other approachThe big overview with all the tools.MCP permission manager for Windows and MacKobel for the technically curious.AI data governance for small teamsRules for AI without enterprise software.

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