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Ollama configuration

Configuration

Basic (implicit discovery)

bash
export OLLAMA_API_KEY="ollama-local"

Explicit (manual models)

Use explicit config for hosted cloud setup, a non-default host/port, forced context windows, or per-model settings. Hosted https://ollama.com uses only the listed models; a self-hosted endpoint also lists its other installed models:

json5
{  models: {    providers: {      ollama: {        baseUrl: "https://ollama.com",        apiKey: "OLLAMA_API_KEY",        api: "ollama",        models: [          {            id: "kimi-k2.6:cloud",            name: "kimi-k2.6:cloud",            reasoning: false,            input: ["text", "image"],            cost: { input: 0, output: 0, cacheRead: 0, cacheWrite: 0 },            contextWindow: 128000,            maxTokens: 8192          }        ]      }    }  }}

Custom base URL

The listed model keeps these settings; other models installed on that host are still discovered:

json5
{  models: {    providers: {      ollama: {        apiKey: "ollama-local",        baseUrl: "http://ollama-host:11434", // No /v1 - native Ollama API URL        api: "ollama", // Explicit: guarantees native tool-calling behavior        timeoutSeconds: 300, // Optional: longer connect/stream budget for cold local models        models: [          {            id: "qwen3:32b",            name: "qwen3:32b",            params: {              keep_alive: "15m", // Optional: keep the model loaded between turns            },          },        ],      },    },  },}
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