diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index dadd0789..7d8532c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
         run: make install-tools
 
       - name: Start services
-        run: docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.dev.yml up -d
+        run: docker compose -f docker/compose.yaml up -d
 
       - name: Wait for services
         run: |
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Stop services
         if: always()
-        run: docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.dev.yml down -v
+        run: docker compose -f docker/compose.yaml down -v
 
   docs:
     name: Docs
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b62c6854..728d716f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - **nvisy-s3** - First-party S3-compatible blob storage (files, audits, avatars)
 - **nvisy-object-store** - External tenant object-store providers (S3, Azure, GCS)
 - **nvisy-file-service** - OAuth-based cloud file-service providers (Google Drive, Dropbox)
-- **nvisy-inference** - LLM inference providers (OpenAI, Ollama, Anthropic)
+- **nvisy-assistant** - LLM assistant engine and providers (OpenAI, Ollama, Anthropic)
 - **nvisy-webhook** - Webhook delivery types and traits
 - **nvisy-server** - HTTP handlers, middleware, pipeline, and services
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cac941cc..dcb7bff3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
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- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
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+ "tokio",
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+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror 2.0.21",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
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+ "nvisy-assistant",
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- "nvisy-inference",
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+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.119",
@@ -8483,7 +8487,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "socket2",
  "tracing",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8639,14 +8643,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "random_word"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e47a395bdb55442b883c89062d6bcff25dc90fa5f8369af81e0ac6d49d78cf81"
+checksum = "a624195e0ebed209339a96296c5cee20400354f834b49cc5a7da4f4c38b14d88"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
- "brotli 8.0.4",
- "paste",
- "rand 0.9.5",
+ "brotli 9.1.1",
+ "rand 0.10.3",
  "unicase",
 ]
 
@@ -9036,7 +9039,7 @@ version = "0.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b4a459cddafb3fe76b31fd8f1108007566c40301feb64dc7b54656eb7388172b"
 dependencies = [
- "crypto-bigint 0.7.6",
+ "crypto-bigint 0.7.10",
  "hmac 0.13.0",
 ]
 
@@ -9163,7 +9166,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http",
  "mime",
  "mime_guess",
- "ordered-float 5.5.0",
+ "ordered-float 5.5.1",
  "rig-derive 0.44.0",
  "rig-http 0.44.0",
  "schemars 1.2.3",
@@ -9193,7 +9196,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "indexmap 2.14.2",
  "mime",
  "mime_guess",
- "ordered-float 5.5.0",
+ "ordered-float 5.5.1",
  "rig-derive 0.45.0",
  "rig-http 0.45.0",
  "rig-reqwest 0.45.0",
@@ -9530,15 +9533,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "1.1.5"
+version = "1.1.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "891efababe418670775f199f0d233d84843c227a0949a883ce15b37c78d6629d"
+checksum = "e5e76742e5294153d4dde1207dbec5bdd81eef6fabdc0d2118babadabfd858aa"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.13.2",
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -9597,7 +9600,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "security-framework",
  "security-framework-sys",
  "webpki-root-certs",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -9733,7 +9736,7 @@ checksum = "d56d437c2f19203ce5f7122e507831de96f3d2d4d3be5af44a0b0a09d8a80e4d"
 dependencies = [
  "base16ct 1.0.0",
  "ctutils",
- "der 0.8.2",
+ "der 0.8.3",
  "hybrid-array",
  "subtle",
  "zeroize",
@@ -10190,9 +10193,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
-version = "1.16.3"
+version = "1.16.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5b3dc8af474f516a851ff4bd12db780f948b9250ad37211e4eec0bccea54e01b"
+checksum = "d0d5d4b1981b8bbbb7aed204cae5726d683d5d6ac7e74ec54122ea28f315e7c8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "snafu"
@@ -10218,7 +10221,7 @@ version = "0.8.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c1c97747dbf44bb1ca44a561ece23508e99cb592e862f22222dcf42f51d1e451"
 dependencies = [
- "heck 0.5.0",
+ "heck 0.4.1",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.119",
@@ -10230,7 +10233,7 @@ version = "0.9.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "287f59010008f0d7cf5e3b03196d666c1acc46c8d3e9cf34c28a1a7157601e72"
 dependencies = [
- "heck 0.5.0",
+ "heck 0.4.1",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.119",
@@ -10243,7 +10246,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c3d1e2c7f27f8d4cb10542a02c49005dbd6e93095799d6f3be745fae9f8fedd4"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -10289,7 +10292,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7ef958a98b9d5da290cfc78946e9f3e61e1e62a18db0d92cac0b83cc161491a9"
 dependencies = [
  "base64ct",
- "der 0.8.2",
+ "der 0.8.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -10626,10 +10629,10 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "32497e9a4c7b38532efcdebeef879707aa9f794296a4f0244f6f69e9bc8574bd"
 dependencies = [
  "fastrand",
- "getrandom 0.3.4",
+ "getrandom 0.4.3",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -11035,9 +11038,9 @@ checksum = "06bdbd8cfc056b8d2e2e85f29b56a3bdbecb527cef81eb39e3e7b98af4652770"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tonic"
-version = "0.14.6"
+version = "0.14.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ac2a5518c70fa84342385732db33fb3f44bc4cc748936eb5833d2df34d6445ef"
+checksum = "cd1fa9b1a51188f3266a823208078315811269d06d272c3a61be0b9a194194ff"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "axum",
@@ -11056,6 +11059,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sync_wrapper",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
+ "tokio-util",
  "tower",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
@@ -11064,9 +11068,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tonic-prost"
-version = "0.14.6"
+version = "0.14.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "50849f68853be452acf590cde0b146665b8d507b3b8af17261df47e02c209ea0"
+checksum = "f63c616ffaa648f7c5dd5657e97d9a285fcb44ff3b70da761d436f5a13ff7be6"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "prost",
@@ -11291,9 +11295,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "typed-path"
-version = "0.12.4"
+version = "0.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "54ec2755506471f54baf5e4bb5499d8e510cc1caf271270e778a736bd2d7336c"
+checksum = "9ce898823d8cd0f028662d2f349694b1af0a5cc9be83f1d213a00d3147445e1e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "typeid"
@@ -11387,9 +11391,9 @@ checksum = "c6f5d3c3b1bf09027a88a6bc961fc00497d651009560b5463668dc81b0fa87a8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-width"
-version = "0.2.2"
+version = "0.2.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b4ac048d71ede7ee76d585517add45da530660ef4390e49b098733c6e897f254"
+checksum = "ca718471876992059f251e33aafc334346ada08042b7661dd1fe313a9bced557"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-xid"
@@ -11820,7 +11824,7 @@ version = "0.1.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c2a7b1c03c876122aa43f3020e6c3c3ee5c05081c9a00739faf7503aeba10d22"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -12124,9 +12128,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "xattr"
-version = "1.6.1"
+version = "1.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "32e45ad4206f6d2479085147f02bc2ef834ac85886624a23575ae137c8aa8156"
+checksum = "963d6fab92d5504b971dc8bd90ca743c2575e590bc8071ea5bc571598667ae08"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "rustix",
@@ -12275,16 +12279,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zip"
-version = "9.0.5"
+version = "9.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6e04976da629d3b04204ba8105b396a193af8ad2583b2c79bfb3ab8af580a11e"
+checksum = "1156b39d142a34b999c2310a50455e0cb3760bf7efad0122f796d813bee26ccb"
 dependencies = [
  "crc32fast",
  "flate2",
+ "getrandom 0.4.3",
  "indexmap 2.14.2",
  "memchr",
  "nix",
  "typed-path",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
  "zopfli",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 58abd507..31531cc4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ members = [
     "./crates/nvisy-cli",
     "./crates/nvisy-core",
     "./crates/nvisy-nats",
-    "./crates/nvisy-inference",
+    "./crates/nvisy-assistant",
     "./crates/nvisy-object-store",
     "./crates/nvisy-file-service",
     "./crates/nvisy-s3",
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ debug = true
 # See for more details: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/11329
 
 # Elide crates
-elide-pipeline = { git = "https://github.com/nvisycom/elide-runtime", branch = "main", default-features = false }
+elide-pipeline = { git = "https://github.com/nvisycom/elide-runtime", rev = "eb23876f773e01f532d8d327b2883347e17465fa", default-features = false }
 
 # Internal crates
 nvisy-core = { path = "./crates/nvisy-core", version = "0.1.0" }
 nvisy-nats = { path = "./crates/nvisy-nats", version = "0.1.0" }
-nvisy-inference = { path = "./crates/nvisy-inference", version = "0.1.0" }
+nvisy-assistant = { path = "./crates/nvisy-assistant", version = "0.1.0" }
 nvisy-object-store = { path = "./crates/nvisy-object-store", version = "0.1.0" }
 nvisy-file-service = { path = "./crates/nvisy-file-service", version = "0.1.0" }
 nvisy-postgres = { path = "./crates/nvisy-postgres", version = "0.1.0" }
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c93eadc9..5a0bc5ba 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -105,17 +105,27 @@ clear-migrations: ## Reverts all database migrations.
 .PHONY: reset
 reset: ## Resets Docker containers (down -v, then up -d).
 	@$(call log,Stopping and removing Docker containers and volumes...)
-	@docker compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.dev.yml down -v
+	@docker compose -f ./docker/compose.yaml down -v
 	@$(call log,Starting Docker containers...)
-	@docker compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.dev.yml up -d
+	@docker compose -f ./docker/compose.yaml up -d
 	@$(call log,Docker containers reset successfully.)
 
+# `NER=1` also starts the GLiNER2 NER service and points the server at the NER
+# engine config. Set by the `run` recipe below.
+ifdef NER
+RUN_ENGINE_ENV := ENGINE_CONFIG_FILEPATH="$$engine_config"
+endif
+
 .PHONY: run
-run: ## Runs the server with .env loaded (starts Postgres, NATS, and RustFS first).
+run: ## Runs the server (NATS, Postgres, RustFS first). Pass NER=1 to also start the GLiNER2 NER service.
 	@$(call log,Starting Postgres, NATS, and RustFS...)
-	@docker compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.dev.yml up -d --wait postgres nats rustfs
+	@docker compose -f ./docker/compose.yaml up -d --wait postgres nats rustfs
 	@$(call log,Provisioning the blob store bucket...)
-	@docker compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.dev.yml up --exit-code-from rustfs-init rustfs-init
+	@docker compose -f ./docker/compose.yaml up --exit-code-from rustfs-init rustfs-init
+ifdef NER
+	@$(call log,Starting the NER service (first run downloads the model)...)
+	@docker compose -f ./docker/compose.yaml --profile ner up -d --wait ner
+endif
 	@$(call log,Starting server... (output also written to latest.log))
 	@# Tee via process substitution rather than a pipe: a pipe would put `tee`
 	@# in the foreground process group, so Ctrl+C (SIGINT) kills `tee` first and
@@ -123,7 +133,7 @@ run: ## Runs the server with .env loaded (starts Postgres, NATS, and RustFS firs
 	@# then lost and, under `pipefail`, the recipe reports exit 130. With `> >(tee)`
 	@# the server owns the terminal and receives the signal directly; its shutdown
 	@# runs and is logged, and the process exits cleanly.
-	@bash -c 'cargo run --features dotenv --bin nvisy-cli > >(tee latest.log) 2>&1'
+	@bash -c 'engine_config=$$(mktemp); trap "rm -f \"$$engine_config\"" EXIT; sed "s|\$${ELIDE_NER_PORT:-3200}|$${ELIDE_NER_PORT:-3200}|g" docker/engine.dev.toml > "$$engine_config"; $(RUN_ENGINE_ENV) cargo run --features dotenv --bin nvisy-cli > >(tee latest.log) 2>&1'
 
 .PHONY: generate-all
 generate-all: generate-env generate-keys generate-migrations
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae75a585..b6e6d404 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,10 +54,15 @@ server locally:
 make install-all       # Install tools and make scripts executable
 make generate-all      # Generate .env, auth keys, and apply migrations
 
-docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.dev.yml up -d   # Start Postgres, NATS, RustFS
+docker compose -f docker/compose.yaml up -d   # Start Postgres, NATS, RustFS
 make run                                                # Run the server
 ```
 
+To run with the GLiNER2 NER service (pattern recognition otherwise runs alone),
+pass `make run NER=1` — it also starts the `ner` compose profile and points the
+server at `docker/engine.dev.toml`. The first run downloads the model (~1.2 GB)
+into a cached volume.
+
 The API then serves interactive OpenAPI docs (Scalar UI) at the running server's
 docs path. For self-hosted deployments, see [`docker/`](docker/) for compose
 files and infrastructure requirements, and [`.env.example`](.env.example) for
diff --git a/crates/nvisy-inference/Cargo.toml b/crates/nvisy-assistant/Cargo.toml
similarity index 86%
rename from crates/nvisy-inference/Cargo.toml
rename to crates/nvisy-assistant/Cargo.toml
index 283dfffe..e4af827a 100644
--- a/crates/nvisy-inference/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nvisy-assistant/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [package]
-name = "nvisy-inference"
-description = "LLM inference providers (OpenAI, Ollama, Anthropic) for Nvisy"
+name = "nvisy-assistant"
+description = "LLM assistant engine and providers (OpenAI, Ollama, Anthropic) for Nvisy"
 readme = "./README.md"
-keywords = ["nvisy", "llm", "openai", "ollama", "anthropic"]
+keywords = ["nvisy", "assistant", "llm", "openai", "anthropic"]
 categories = ["api-bindings"]
 
 version = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/nvisy-inference/README.md b/crates/nvisy-assistant/README.md
similarity index 89%
rename from crates/nvisy-inference/README.md
rename to crates/nvisy-assistant/README.md
index fcaf8f86..c2fad8d0 100644
--- a/crates/nvisy-inference/README.md
+++ b/crates/nvisy-assistant/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-# nvisy-inference
+# nvisy-assistant
 
 [![Build](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/nvisycom/server/build.yml?branch=main&label=build%20%26%20test&style=flat-square)](https://github.com/nvisycom/server/actions/workflows/build.yml)
 
-LLM inference provider configuration and clients for the Nvisy platform.
+The LLM assistant engine and its provider clients for the Nvisy platform.
 
 ## Overview
 
-A provider-agnostic inference layer over
+A provider-agnostic LLM layer over
 [`rig`](https://crates.io/crates/rig), supporting `OpenAI`, Ollama, and
 Anthropic behind a single provider-tagged `LlmConfig`. The config carries each
 provider's credentials and is stored encrypted at rest by a workspace
diff --git a/crates/nvisy-inference/src/client/config.rs b/crates/nvisy-assistant/src/client/config.rs
similarity index 96%
rename from crates/nvisy-inference/src/client/config.rs
rename to crates/nvisy-assistant/src/client/config.rs
index a4dfe621..a70daa87 100644
--- a/crates/nvisy-inference/src/client/config.rs
+++ b/crates/nvisy-assistant/src/client/config.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//! The typed LLM inference connection configuration.
+//! The typed LLM connection configuration.
 
 use std::fmt;
 
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use std::fmt;
 use schemars::JsonSchema;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use super::InferenceClient;
+use super::AssistantClient;
 use crate::error::Result;
 use crate::provider::{
     AnthropicProvider, Client, OllamaCredentials, OllamaProvider, OpenAiProvider,
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pub struct UnauthenticatedProvider {
     pub default_model: Option<String>,
 }
 
-/// A fully-typed LLM inference connection configuration.
+/// A fully-typed LLM connection configuration.
 ///
 /// The `provider` tag selects the variant and thereby the credential shape, so
 /// an `OpenAI` connection cannot carry Anthropic credentials. The key-bearing
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ impl LlmConfig {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Builds a ready-to-use [`InferenceClient`] for this config.
+    /// Builds a ready-to-use [`AssistantClient`] for this config.
     ///
     /// `model` overrides the configured [`default_model`]; if neither is set, the
     /// provider's own default applies.
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ impl LlmConfig {
     ///
     /// Returns a `Result` for a stable call-site seam; building a provider client
     /// from a validated config does not currently fail.
-    pub fn connect(&self, model: Option<&str>) -> Result<InferenceClient> {
+    pub fn connect(&self, model: Option<&str>) -> Result<AssistantClient> {
         let model = model.or_else(|| self.default_model()).unwrap_or_default();
         let client = match self {
             Self::OpenAi(p) => {
@@ -183,12 +183,12 @@ impl LlmConfig {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "schema", derive(JsonSchema))]
 #[serde(untagged)]
-pub enum InferenceConfig {
+pub enum AssistantConfig {
     /// A language model (chat/completion) connection.
     Llm(LlmConfig),
 }
 
-impl InferenceConfig {
+impl AssistantConfig {
     /// The provider identifier for this config, matching the serialized `provider`
     /// tag and used for the stored `provider` column and for filtering.
     #[must_use]
diff --git a/crates/nvisy-inference/src/client/mod.rs b/crates/nvisy-assistant/src/client/mod.rs
similarity index 73%
rename from crates/nvisy-inference/src/client/mod.rs
rename to crates/nvisy-assistant/src/client/mod.rs
index 39f0211f..976fe57c 100644
--- a/crates/nvisy-inference/src/client/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nvisy-assistant/src/client/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-//! The client layer: the typed connection config and the runtime inference
+//! The client layer: the typed connection config and the runtime assistant
 //! client.
 //!
-//! [`LlmConfig`] is the stored, provider-tagged configuration; [`InferenceClient`]
+//! [`LlmConfig`] is the stored, provider-tagged configuration; [`AssistantClient`]
 //! is the provider-agnostic runtime handle it builds.
 
 mod config;
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ mod token_stream;
 mod turn;
 
 pub use self::config::{
-    AuthenticatedProvider, InferenceConfig, LlmConfig, UnauthenticatedProvider,
+    AssistantConfig, AuthenticatedProvider, LlmConfig, UnauthenticatedProvider,
 };
-pub use self::service::InferenceClient;
+pub use self::service::AssistantClient;
 pub use self::token_stream::TokenStream;
 pub use self::turn::{ChatTurn, Role};
diff --git a/crates/nvisy-inference/src/client/service.rs b/crates/nvisy-assistant/src/client/service.rs
similarity index 82%
rename from crates/nvisy-inference/src/client/service.rs
rename to crates/nvisy-assistant/src/client/service.rs
index 3ab06d99..728c1bd2 100644
--- a/crates/nvisy-inference/src/client/service.rs
+++ b/crates/nvisy-assistant/src/client/service.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-//! Provider-agnostic inference client backed by a rig agent.
+//! Provider-agnostic assistant client backed by a rig agent.
 //!
-//! [`InferenceClient`] is a thin, cloneable wrapper around any provider's rig
+//! [`AssistantClient`] is a thin, cloneable wrapper around any provider's rig
 //! [`Agent`] that provides convenience methods for the most common operations —
-//! one-shot [`prompt`](InferenceClient::prompt), multi-turn
-//! [`chat`](InferenceClient::chat), and streaming
-//! [`stream_chat`](InferenceClient::stream_chat). Every public method is
+//! one-shot [`prompt`](AssistantClient::prompt), multi-turn
+//! [`chat`](AssistantClient::chat), and streaming
+//! [`stream_chat`](AssistantClient::stream_chat). Every public method is
 //! instrumented with [`tracing`] for observability. It plays the same role for
-//! inference that `ObjectStoreClient` plays for object storage: one runtime
-//! handle callers use regardless of which provider backs it.
+//! language-model access that `ObjectStoreClient` plays for object storage: one
+//! runtime handle callers use regardless of which provider backs it.
 
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ use rig::streaming::{Item, StreamEvent};
 use super::{ChatTurn, TokenStream};
 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
 
-/// Cloneable handle to any inference backend (`OpenAI`, Anthropic, Ollama, ...).
+/// Cloneable handle to any language-model backend (`OpenAI`, Anthropic, Ollama, ...).
 ///
 /// Wraps a rig [`Agent`] — which erases its provider's completion-model type
 /// internally — behind a provider-agnostic interface, so callers issue prompts
 /// without knowing which provider is configured.
 #[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct InferenceClient(Arc<Agent>);
+pub struct AssistantClient(Arc<Agent>);
 
-impl InferenceClient {
+impl AssistantClient {
     /// Wrap a rig [`Agent`].
     pub(crate) fn new(agent: Agent) -> Self {
         Self(Arc::new(agent))
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ impl InferenceClient {
     /// # Errors
     ///
     /// A `Prompt` error if the completion request fails at runtime.
-    #[tracing::instrument(name = "inference.prompt", skip_all)]
+    #[tracing::instrument(name = "assistant.prompt", skip_all)]
     pub async fn prompt(&self, prompt: &str) -> Result<String> {
         self.0
             .prompt(prompt.to_owned())
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ impl InferenceClient {
     /// # Errors
     ///
     /// A `Prompt` error if the completion request fails at runtime.
-    #[tracing::instrument(name = "inference.chat", skip_all, fields(history_len = history.len()))]
+    #[tracing::instrument(name = "assistant.chat", skip_all, fields(history_len = history.len()))]
     pub async fn chat(&self, prompt: &str, history: Vec<ChatTurn>) -> Result<String> {
         let mut history = to_messages(history);
         self.0
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ impl InferenceClient {
     /// a failure mid-generation ends the stream with an `Err`. `history` is the
     /// prior conversation as [`ChatTurn`]s; persist the user prompt and the
     /// assembled reply on the caller side.
-    #[tracing::instrument(name = "inference.stream_chat", skip_all, fields(history_len = history.len()))]
+    #[tracing::instrument(name = "assistant.stream_chat", skip_all, fields(history_len = history.len()))]
     pub fn stream_chat(&self, prompt: &str, history: Vec<ChatTurn>) -> TokenStream {
         // Own the agent handle in the generator so the result is `'static` and
-        // can outlive this `InferenceClient` (moved into a response body). The
+        // can outlive this `AssistantClient` (moved into a response body). The
         // provider stream borrows the owned `Arc`, which the coroutine keeps
         // alive for the whole stream.
         let agent = Arc::clone(&self.0);
diff --git a/crates/nvisy-inference/src/client/token_stream.rs b/crates/nvisy-assistant/src/client/token_stream.rs
similarity index 89%
rename from crates/nvisy-inference/src/client/token_stream.rs
rename to crates/nvisy-assistant/src/client/token_stream.rs
index 59a9088f..c7d3eafd 100644
--- a/crates/nvisy-inference/src/client/token_stream.rs
+++ b/crates/nvisy-assistant/src/client/token_stream.rs
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ use crate::error::Result;
 /// (`Err`) and ends the stream. Owned and `'static`, so it can be moved into a
 /// response body outliving the client that produced it.
 ///
-/// Yielded by [`InferenceClient::stream_chat`]. Poll it with the [`Stream`] API
+/// Yielded by [`AssistantClient::stream_chat`]. Poll it with the [`Stream`] API
 /// ([`futures::StreamExt`]).
 ///
-/// [`InferenceClient::stream_chat`]: crate::InferenceClient::stream_chat
+/// [`AssistantClient::stream_chat`]: crate::AssistantClient::stream_chat
 #[must_use = "a token stream does nothing unless polled"]
 pub struct TokenStream {
     inner: BoxStream<'static, Result<String>>,
diff --git a/crates/nvisy-inference/src/client/turn.rs b/crates/nvisy-assistant/src/client/turn.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/nvisy-inference/src/client/turn.rs
rename to crates/nvisy-assistant/src/client/turn.rs
diff --git a/crates/nvisy-inference/src/error.rs b/crates/nvisy-assistant/src/error.rs
similarity index 71%
rename from crates/nvisy-inference/src/error.rs
rename to crates/nvisy-assistant/src/error.rs
index 2c996fb7..cd4099bc 100644
--- a/crates/nvisy-inference/src/error.rs
+++ b/crates/nvisy-assistant/src/error.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//! Error types for LLM inference operations.
+//! Error types for assistant language-model operations.
 
 /// A result whose error is the crate [`Error`].
 pub type Result<T, E = Error> = std::result::Result<T, E>;
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ pub type Result<T, E = Error> = std::result::Result<T, E>;
 pub enum Error {
     /// The client could not be constructed from the config (e.g. an invalid
     /// base URL).
-    #[error("failed to build the inference client: {0}")]
+    #[error("failed to build the assistant client: {0}")]
     Build(String),
 
     /// The provider rejected the credentials or was unreachable.
-    #[error("inference provider verification failed: {0}")]
+    #[error("provider verification failed: {0}")]
     Verify(String),
 
     /// A completion request against the provider failed at runtime.
-    #[error("inference request failed: {0}")]
+    #[error("assistant request failed: {0}")]
     Prompt(String),
 }
diff --git a/crates/nvisy-inference/src/lib.rs b/crates/nvisy-assistant/src/lib.rs
similarity index 73%
rename from crates/nvisy-inference/src/lib.rs
rename to crates/nvisy-assistant/src/lib.rs
index 6455393b..077cdfdc 100644
--- a/crates/nvisy-inference/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/nvisy-assistant/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ mod error;
 pub mod provider;
 
 pub use client::{
-    AuthenticatedProvider, ChatTurn, InferenceClient, InferenceConfig, LlmConfig, Role,
+    AssistantClient, AssistantConfig, AuthenticatedProvider, ChatTurn, LlmConfig, Role,
     TokenStream, UnauthenticatedProvider,
 };
 pub use error::{Error, Result};
diff --git a/crates/nvisy-inference/src/provider/anthropic.rs b/crates/nvisy-assistant/src/provider/anthropic.rs
similarity index 95%
rename from crates/nvisy-inference/src/provider/anthropic.rs
rename to crates/nvisy-assistant/src/provider/anthropic.rs
index 6c99368a..af1951c3 100644
--- a/crates/nvisy-inference/src/provider/anthropic.rs
+++ b/crates/nvisy-assistant/src/provider/anthropic.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use rig::providers::anthropic::{self, AnthropicConfig};
 use super::{Client, map_verify};
 use crate::error::Result;
 
-/// Anthropic-backed inference client.
+/// Anthropic-backed assistant client.
 pub struct AnthropicProvider(anthropic::Anthropic);
 
 impl Client for AnthropicProvider {
diff --git a/crates/nvisy-inference/src/provider/mod.rs b/crates/nvisy-assistant/src/provider/mod.rs
similarity index 83%
rename from crates/nvisy-inference/src/provider/mod.rs
rename to crates/nvisy-assistant/src/provider/mod.rs
index 29678fee..a3d5c691 100644
--- a/crates/nvisy-inference/src/provider/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nvisy-assistant/src/provider/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//! Inference provider clients and the dispatch trait over them.
+//! LLM provider clients and the dispatch trait over them.
 
 mod anthropic;
 mod ollama;
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@ use rig::agent::AgentBuilder;
 use rig::error::ProviderError;
 use rig::operation::Completion;
 
-use crate::client::InferenceClient;
+use crate::client::AssistantClient;
 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
 
-/// An inference provider that builds a verifiable, prompt-capable client from
+/// An LLM provider that builds a verifiable, prompt-capable client from
 /// typed credentials.
 ///
 /// Each provider is a newtype wrapping its rig client. [`verify`](Client::verify)
 /// checks its credentials, and [`model`](Client::model) turns it into a
-/// provider-agnostic `InferenceClient`.
+/// provider-agnostic `AssistantClient`.
 pub(crate) trait Client: Send + Sync + 'static {
     /// The credential this provider connects with. A single-secret provider uses
     /// `str` (the API key); a keyless one (Ollama) uses a unit type.
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ pub(crate) trait Client: Send + Sync + 'static {
     /// the agent builder.
     fn completion_model(&self, model: &str) -> DynModel<Completion>;
 
-    /// Turn this provider client into a provider-agnostic [`InferenceClient`]
+    /// Turn this provider client into a provider-agnostic [`AssistantClient`]
     /// bound to `model`.
-    fn model(&self, model: &str) -> InferenceClient {
-        InferenceClient::new(AgentBuilder::new(self.completion_model(model)).build())
+    fn model(&self, model: &str) -> AssistantClient {
+        AssistantClient::new(AgentBuilder::new(self.completion_model(model)).build())
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/nvisy-inference/src/provider/ollama.rs b/crates/nvisy-assistant/src/provider/ollama.rs
similarity index 92%
rename from crates/nvisy-inference/src/provider/ollama.rs
rename to crates/nvisy-assistant/src/provider/ollama.rs
index 2d5ef7f9..8dc5c5af 100644
--- a/crates/nvisy-inference/src/provider/ollama.rs
+++ b/crates/nvisy-assistant/src/provider/ollama.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use rig::providers::ollama::{self, OllamaConfig};
 use super::{Client, OllamaCredentials, map_verify};
 use crate::error::Result;
 
-/// Ollama-backed inference client.
+/// Ollama-backed assistant client.
 pub struct OllamaProvider(ollama::Ollama);
 
 impl Client for OllamaProvider {
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ impl Client for OllamaProvider {
     /// Ollama is unauthenticated, so there is no credential to check, but the
     /// daemon still has to be reachable at the configured base URL. Probe it by
     /// listing models (`GET /api/tags`); an unreachable server or a wrong URL
-    /// fails here rather than at the first inference request.
+    /// fails here rather than at the first assistant request.
     async fn verify(&self) -> Result<()> {
         map_verify(self.0.list_models().await.map(|_| ()))
     }
diff --git a/crates/nvisy-inference/src/provider/openai.rs b/crates/nvisy-assistant/src/provider/openai.rs
similarity index 96%
rename from crates/nvisy-inference/src/provider/openai.rs
rename to crates/nvisy-assistant/src/provider/openai.rs
index 88c70dfb..b8bccb2e 100644
--- a/crates/nvisy-inference/src/provider/openai.rs
+++ b/crates/nvisy-assistant/src/provider/openai.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use rig::providers::openai::{self, OpenAIConfig};
 use super::{Client, map_verify};
 use crate::error::Result;
 
-/// OpenAI-backed inference client.
+/// OpenAI-backed assistant client.
 pub struct OpenAiProvider(openai::OpenAI);
 
 impl Client for OpenAiProvider {
diff --git a/crates/nvisy-server/Cargo.toml b/crates/nvisy-server/Cargo.toml
index 39b5e6ff..7702e148 100644
--- a/crates/nvisy-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nvisy-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ elide-pipeline = { workspace = true, features = [
 # Internal crates
 nvisy-core = { workspace = true, features = ["schema"] }
 nvisy-nats = { workspace = true, features = [] }
-nvisy-inference = { workspace = true, features = ["schema"] }
+nvisy-assistant = { workspace = true, features = ["schema"] }
 nvisy-object-store = { workspace = true, features = ["schema"] }
 nvisy-file-service = { workspace = true, features = ["schema"] }
 nvisy-postgres = { workspace = true, features = ["schema"] }
diff --git a/crates/nvisy-server/src/response/error/inference_error.rs b/crates/nvisy-server/src/response/error/assistant_error.rs
similarity index 67%
rename from crates/nvisy-server/src/response/error/inference_error.rs
rename to crates/nvisy-server/src/response/error/assistant_error.rs
index 69ccf6e4..53818e13 100644
--- a/crates/nvisy-server/src/response/error/inference_error.rs
+++ b/crates/nvisy-server/src/response/error/assistant_error.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-//! Inference error to HTTP error conversion.
+//! Assistant error to HTTP error conversion.
 //!
-//! Maps `nvisy_inference::Error` onto an HTTP error. Building the provider
+//! Maps `nvisy_assistant::Error` onto an HTTP error. Building the provider
 //! client or a completion failing at runtime is a server-side fault (the stored
 //! connection is the operator's config, not the caller's input), so it surfaces
 //! as an internal error with the provider's own message as context.
 
 use super::http_error::{Error as HttpError, ErrorKind};
 
-impl From<nvisy_inference::Error> for HttpError<'_> {
-    fn from(error: nvisy_inference::Error) -> Self {
+impl From<nvisy_assistant::Error> for HttpError<'_> {
+    fn from(error: nvisy_assistant::Error) -> Self {
         ErrorKind::InternalServerError
             .with_message("Language model request failed")
             .with_context(error.to_string())
diff --git a/crates/nvisy-server/src/response/error/mod.rs b/crates/nvisy-server/src/response/error/mod.rs
index ec0f1df6..f84767bb 100644
--- a/crates/nvisy-server/src/response/error/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nvisy-server/src/response/error/mod.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 //! serialized [`ErrorResponse`] body, plus the `From` conversions that turn each
 //! infrastructure error into an [`Error`] at the request boundary.
 
+mod assistant_error;
 mod crypto_error;
 mod engine_error;
 mod error_response;
 mod file_service_error;
 mod http_error;
-mod inference_error;
 mod nats_error;
 mod object_error;
 mod oidc_error;
diff --git a/crates/nvisy-server/src/service/integration/provider_config.rs b/crates/nvisy-server/src/service/integration/provider_config.rs
index 07997625..53d5d582 100644
--- a/crates/nvisy-server/src/service/integration/provider_config.rs
+++ b/crates/nvisy-server/src/service/integration/provider_config.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! Inference-provider configuration.
 //!
-//! A provider's stored config is an [`InferenceConfig`] — the inference family
+//! A provider's stored config is an [`AssistantConfig`] — the inference family
 //! (a language model today, other model kinds later). The outer enum is untagged,
 //! so on the wire it is flat: the inner config's own `provider` tag is the sole
 //! discriminator (`{ "provider": "openai", ... }`). This is the inference analog
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 //!
 //! [`ConnectionConfig`]: super::ConnectionConfig
 
+use nvisy_assistant::AssistantConfig;
 use nvisy_core::net::EndpointPolicy;
-use nvisy_inference::InferenceConfig;
 use nvisy_postgres::types::ProviderType;
 use schemars::JsonSchema;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ use crate::response::{ErrorKind, Result};
 ///
 /// Untagged: the inner config's `provider` tag is the sole discriminator, so the
 /// stored/wire form is flat. A new inference kind is added as a variant of
-/// [`InferenceConfig`] with no change here.
+/// [`AssistantConfig`] with no change here.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize, JsonSchema)]
 #[serde(untagged)]
 pub enum ProviderConfig {
     /// An inference connection (an LLM today; other model kinds later).
-    Inference(InferenceConfig),
+    Inference(AssistantConfig),
 }
 
 impl ProviderConfig {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ impl ProviderConfig {
     pub fn provider_type(&self) -> ProviderType {
         match self {
             Self::Inference(config) => match config {
-                InferenceConfig::Llm(_) => ProviderType::Llm,
+                AssistantConfig::Llm(_) => ProviderType::Llm,
             },
         }
     }
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ impl ProviderConfig {
     /// # Errors
     ///
     /// Returns the inference error describing the build or verification failure.
-    pub async fn validate(&self) -> nvisy_inference::Result<()> {
+    pub async fn validate(&self) -> nvisy_assistant::Result<()> {
         match self {
             Self::Inference(config) => config.validate().await,
         }
diff --git a/crates/nvisy-server/src/worker/assistant/worker.rs b/crates/nvisy-server/src/worker/assistant/worker.rs
index fa6ccc54..6e85c16c 100644
--- a/crates/nvisy-server/src/worker/assistant/worker.rs
+++ b/crates/nvisy-server/src/worker/assistant/worker.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use std::num::NonZero;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-use nvisy_inference::{ChatTurn, InferenceClient, InferenceConfig};
+use nvisy_assistant::{AssistantClient, AssistantConfig, ChatTurn};
 use nvisy_postgres::model::{NewWorkspaceReviewComment, WorkspaceReview, WorkspaceReviewComment};
 use nvisy_postgres::query::{
     EventOutboxRepository, WorkspaceProviderRepository, WorkspaceReviewCommentRepository,
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ impl AssistantWorker {
         &self,
         conn: &mut PgConn,
         workspace_id: Uuid,
-    ) -> Result<InferenceClient> {
+    ) -> Result<AssistantClient> {
         let provider = conn
             .find_provider_by_type(workspace_id, ProviderType::Llm)
             .await?
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ impl AssistantWorker {
             .decrypt_json(workspace_id, &provider.encrypted_data)?;
 
         let llm = match config {
-            ProviderConfig::Inference(InferenceConfig::Llm(llm)) => llm,
+            ProviderConfig::Inference(AssistantConfig::Llm(llm)) => llm,
         };
 
         llm.connect(None).map_err(|err| {
diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
index 5d86821c..c0e592ad 100644
--- a/docker/README.md
+++ b/docker/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ compose files provision it with a one-shot init container.
 Start PostgreSQL, NATS, and RustFS for local development:
 
 ```bash
-docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up -d
+docker compose -f compose.yaml up -d
 ```
 
 This starts the services with development defaults (`postgres:postgres`
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ make generate-all   # .env, keys, migrations
 cargo run --features dotenv --bin nvisy-cli
 ```
 
+#### Optional: NER (GLiNER2)
+
+The `ner` compose profile adds the GLiNER2 NER/PII service (`elide-ner`), which
+the engine config reaches at `http://localhost:3200` by default. Its published
+port binds to localhost only. `make run NER=1` brings it up and runs the server
+with `engine.dev.toml`, substituting `ELIDE_NER_PORT` into a temporary config so
+custom port settings stay in sync; the first start downloads the
+model (~1.2 GB) into the `hf_cache` volume via a one-shot `ner-init` warmer. Set
+`ELIDE_NER_MODEL`, `ELIDE_NER_PORT`, or `ELIDE_VERSION` to override the defaults.
+
 The API documentation is available at:
 
 - Scalar UI: `http://localhost:8080/api/scalar`
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/compose.prod.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from docker/docker-compose.yml
rename to docker/compose.prod.yaml
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker/compose.yaml
similarity index 51%
rename from docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
rename to docker/compose.yaml
index f8d3d678..e9d30c14 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker/compose.yaml
@@ -96,10 +96,79 @@ services:
     networks:
       - nvisy-dev
 
+  # Warms the NER model into the shared Hugging Face cache and exits. The
+  # elide-ner image carries no weights, so this one-shot `elide_ner.warm` run
+  # downloads them first (as root, to populate the fresh named volume, which it
+  # hands to the uid the service runs as); the service gates on it completing.
+  # Not started by `make run`'s default set — bring NER up with the `ner`
+  # profile (`make run-ner`).
+  ner-init:
+    image: ${ELIDE_NER_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/nvisycom/elide-ner}:${ELIDE_VERSION:-0.1.0-rc.6}
+    container_name: nvisy-ner-init-dev
+    profiles: ["ner"]
+    # The warmer is the one process that must reach the Hub; the service then
+    # runs offline against the cache it leaves behind.
+    user: root
+    environment:
+      HF_HOME: /cache/huggingface
+      HF_HUB_OFFLINE: "0"
+      TRANSFORMERS_OFFLINE: "0"
+      ELIDE_BENTO_NER_MODEL: ${ELIDE_NER_MODEL:-fastino/gliner2-privacy-filter-PII-multi}
+    entrypoint: ["python", "-m", "elide_ner.warm"]
+    volumes:
+      - hf_cache:/cache/huggingface
+    networks:
+      - nvisy-dev
+
+  # GLiNER2 schema-driven NER/PII service. The host-run server reaches it at
+  # localhost:3200 (ELIDE_NER_PORT); point the engine config's NER recognizer
+  # there. The host port is 3200, not the service's own 3000, so this coexists
+  # with a standalone elide-runtime stack (which publishes NER on 3100). The
+  # service runs as a non-root uid with the cache read-only and HF_HUB_OFFLINE
+  # on, so request text never reaches the Hub.
+  ner:
+    image: ${ELIDE_NER_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/nvisycom/elide-ner}:${ELIDE_VERSION:-0.1.0-rc.6}
+    container_name: nvisy-ner-dev
+    profiles: ["ner"]
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - "127.0.0.1:${ELIDE_NER_PORT:-3200}:3000"
+    environment:
+      HF_HOME: /cache/huggingface
+      HF_HUB_OFFLINE: "1"
+      TRANSFORMERS_OFFLINE: "1"
+      ELIDE_BENTO_NER_MODEL: ${ELIDE_NER_MODEL:-fastino/gliner2-privacy-filter-PII-multi}
+      ELIDE_BENTO_NER_QUANTIZE: ${ELIDE_NER_QUANTIZE:-}
+      ELIDE_BENTO_NER_MAX_TOKENS: ${ELIDE_NER_MAX_TOKENS:-512}
+      LOG_LEVEL: ${ELIDE_LOG_LEVEL:-INFO}
+    volumes:
+      - hf_cache:/cache/huggingface:ro
+    # The bentoml image ships no curl/wget, so /readyz is probed with Python.
+    # The model loads in __init__, so readiness lags liveness; the long
+    # start_period covers a cold load without flapping.
+    healthcheck:
+      test:
+        - CMD
+        - python
+        - -c
+        - "import urllib.request; urllib.request.urlopen('http://localhost:3000/readyz', timeout=5)"
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 120s
+    depends_on:
+      ner-init:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+    networks:
+      - nvisy-dev
+
 volumes:
   postgres_data:
   nats_data:
   rustfs_data:
+  # Hugging Face cache the NER init container populates and the service mounts
+  # read-only; keeps the model weights out of the image and off repeat pulls.
+  hf_cache:
 
 networks:
   nvisy-dev:
diff --git a/docker/engine.dev.toml b/docker/engine.dev.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65d03e31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/engine.dev.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Dev engine configuration: NER only.
+#
+# Point the server at this file with ENGINE_CONFIG_FILEPATH to run the GLiNER2
+# NER recognizer from the `ner` compose profile. The server runs on the host
+# (`make run`), so it reaches the service at the published host port, not the
+# compose hostname. See docker/engine.example.toml for the full lineup (LLM,
+# OCR, STT).
+
+# GLiNER2 schema-driven NER/PII. Served by the `ner` service in
+# docker/compose.yaml (profile `ner`), published on host port 3200 by default.
+# `make run NER=1` substitutes ELIDE_NER_PORT when generating this config.
+[[recognizers.ner]]
+name = "gliner2-ner"
+kind = "bento"
+base_url = "http://localhost:${ELIDE_NER_PORT:-3200}"
+model = "fastino/gliner2-privacy-filter-PII-multi"
diff --git a/docker/rustfs/init.sh b/docker/rustfs/init.sh
index 09343dd1..78b31420 100755
--- a/docker/rustfs/init.sh
+++ b/docker/rustfs/init.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Provisions the first-party bucket in RustFS (which does not auto-create
-# buckets). Shared by docker-compose.dev.yml and docker-compose.yml, mounted
+# buckets). Shared by compose.yaml and compose.prod.yaml, mounted
 # read-only and run by the rustfs-init container. Idempotent: safe to re-run.
 #
 # Configuration comes from the environment (never interpolated into a shell
diff --git a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
index 350007c6..d84f55e3 100644
--- a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ The Rust workspace contains these crates, each with a single responsibility:
 | `nvisy-s3`           | First-party blob storage over an S3-compatible backend |
 | `nvisy-object-store` | Providers for external object stores (S3, Azure, GCS)  |
 | `nvisy-file-service` | OAuth-based cloud file services (Google Drive, ...)    |
-| `nvisy-inference`    | LLM inference provider configuration and clients       |
+| `nvisy-assistant`    | LLM assistant engine and provider clients              |
 | `nvisy-postgres`     | PostgreSQL ORM layer using Diesel with async support   |
 | `nvisy-server`       | HTTP API handlers, middleware, authentication          |
 | `nvisy-webhook`      | Webhook delivery for external event notification       |