Overview
add-ollama-provider is an open-source docs skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by nanocoai. Its author describes it as: “Route a NanoClaw agent group to a local Ollama model instead of the Anthropic API. Ollama speaks the Anthropic API natively (v1/messages), so no provider code changes are needed — just env var overrides and a model se…”. The project has 31k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/add-ollama-provider`.
What add-ollama-provider does
Routes an agent group to a local Ollama instance instead of the Anthropic API. See `docs/ollama.md` for how this works and the tradeoffs involved.
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for add-ollama-provider is organised into these sections:
- Prerequisites
- 1. Check source support
- 1a. Extend ContainerConfig
- 1b. Wire into container-runner
- 1c. Fix home directory permissions (if not already done)
- 2. Identify the setup
- 3. Configure container.json
- 4. Set the model
- 5. Build and restart
- 6. Verify
- Reverting to Claude
- Troubleshooting
Installation
Add add-ollama-provider to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/add-ollama-providerReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — declared in the repository topics
License
add-ollama-provider is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in nanocoai/nanoclaw, an established project with 30,542 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
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Frequently asked questions
- What does add-ollama-provider do?
- Route a NanoClaw agent group to a local Ollama model instead of the Anthropic API. Ollama speaks the Anthropic API natively (v1/messages), so no provider code changes are needed — just env var overrides and a model setting. Use when the user wants to run their agent locally, cut API costs, or experiment with open-weight models. See docs/ollama.md for background.
- How do I install add-ollama-provider?
- Run git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/add-ollama-provider in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw before installing.
- Is add-ollama-provider free to use?
- Yes. add-ollama-provider is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does add-ollama-provider work with?
- add-ollama-provider lists Claude Code — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does add-ollama-provider come from?
- add-ollama-provider ships inside nanocoai/nanoclaw, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 30,542 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
