Chris,

Perhaps you are right and it has nothing to do with basic vs paid package. I found that red-dot function is called 'free-form input" and if you look at upgraded features one of them is: "Free-form inputs use plain English to get instant answers and rich interactive results". Try ctrl+= on your desktop version to see whether it even supports that feature. ResourceFunction[""] commands, on the other hand, refer to your computer hard drive and do not require cloud access. Being able to use free-form input in the cloud but not on your computer sort of makes sense as those two are very different environments.

Anton

Hi Chris,

I encountered the same issue last week under similar circumstances. With a bit of tinkering I was able to "Uniconize" the short hand expression and got.....

ResourceFunction[
 ResourceObject[
  Association["Name" -> "WolframModel", "ShortName" -> "WolframModel",
    "UUID" -> "f6eb4e01-15fd-4c52-857b-52f627495c74", 
   "ResourceType" -> "Function", "Version" -> "4.0.0", 
   "Description" -> "Generate evolutions of Wolfram model systems", 
   "RepositoryLocation" -> 
    URL["https://www.wolframcloud.com/objects/resourcesystem/api/1.0"]\
, "SymbolName" -> 
    "FunctionRepository`$b6b79aa4e83b4f46b8590449b5d727f9`\
WolframModel", 
   "FunctionLocation" -> 
    CloudObject[
     "https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/01613fcc-8070-4284-8425-\
3c7af256a88f"]], ResourceSystemBase -> Automatic]]

So it appears that this version is tied to the cloud and probably requires above basic access to work with desktop applications. In my case, I ended up clicking on documentation for those functions which pulled them up in a browser and used copy/paste which gives a regular text based command. Hopefully, this answers your question.

Anton