Overview
add-ollama-tool is an open-source productivity skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by nanocoai. Its author describes it as: “Add Ollama MCP server so the container agent can call local models and optionally manage the Ollama model library.”. 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-tool`.
What add-ollama-tool does
This skill adds a stdio-based MCP server that exposes local Ollama models as tools for the container agent. Claude remains the orchestrator but can offload work to local models served by the Ollama daemon on the host, and can optionally manage the model library directly. Ollama runs locally and is keyless — there are no credentials to thread; the only configuration is the daemon's base URL.
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for add-ollama-tool is organised into these sections:
- Phase 1: Pre-flight
- Check if already applied
- Check prerequisites
- Phase 2: Apply Code Changes
- Copy the skill's source and tests into both trees
- Register the MCP server in the agent-runner
- Forward host env vars into the container
- Surface [OLLAMA] log lines at info level
- Add env-var stubs to .env.example
- Validate code changes
- Phase 3: Configure
- Enable library-management tools (optional)
Installation
Add add-ollama-tool to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/add-ollama-toolReview 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-tool 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
Frequently asked questions
- What does add-ollama-tool do?
- Add Ollama MCP server so the container agent can call local models and optionally manage the Ollama model library.
- How do I install add-ollama-tool?
- Run git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/add-ollama-tool in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw before installing.
- Is add-ollama-tool free to use?
- Yes. add-ollama-tool 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-tool work with?
- add-ollama-tool 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-tool come from?
- add-ollama-tool 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.