---
title: "Knowledge Packs"
description: "Install curated offline Knowledge Packs and use their indexed source material in private, citation-aware chats."
version: "Noema 3.1+"
platforms: ["iPhone", "iPad", "Mac", "Vision Pro"]
reviewed: "July 20, 2026"
canonical: "https://noemaai.com/docs/knowledge-packs"
---

# Knowledge Packs

Curated, license-cleared offline collections for local retrieval.

## Available packs

| Pack | Source | Important note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wilderness & Survival | U.S. Army survival and land-navigation field manuals | Verify actions involving environmental or medical risk. |
| First Aid & Field Medicine | U.S. Army first-aid material | Not a substitute for professional care or emergency services. |
| Emergency Preparedness | Ready.gov and FEMA | June 2026 snapshot; follow current local emergency instructions. |
| Travel — World Factbook | CIA World Factbook | Early-2026 snapshot; changing facts may be outdated. |

## Install a pack

1. Open Explore → Datasets and find Knowledge Packs.
2. Review the pack’s description, source, license, snapshot date, and indexing estimate.
3. Download the pack and install the embedding model if prompted.
4. Wait until indexing completes before selecting it in chat.

## Use a pack in chat

Select the pack as the active dataset or arm Dataset Search with a tool-capable model. Retrieved passages include source information and relevance scores, but you should still open the underlying text for important decisions.

## Offline and Autopilot behavior

Downloading a pack requires network access. Indexing, semantic search, and local-model generation happen on-device afterward.

Knowledge Pack excerpts stay local in Autopilot by default. They are sent to a remote stronger model only when you explicitly allow escalation for knowledge-base chats.

## Refresh or delete

Use Dataset Health to rebuild stale or incomplete extraction, chunks, and embeddings. Deleting a pack removes its downloaded source files and local retrieval index; it can be installed again later.

## Related documentation
- [Datasets & RAG](https://noemaai.com/docs/dataset-integration)
- [Quick Start](https://noemaai.com/docs/quick-start)
- [Privacy & Network Activity](https://noemaai.com/docs/privacy-and-network-activity)