docs: expand Ollama configuration examples

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Peter Steinberger
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# Ollama
Ollama is a local LLM runtime that makes it easy to run open-source models on your machine. Clawdbot integrates with Ollama's OpenAI-compatible API and **automatically discovers models** installed on your machine.
Ollama is a local LLM runtime that makes it easy to run open-source models on your machine. Clawdbot integrates with Ollama's OpenAI-compatible API and can **auto-discover tool-capable models** when you opt in with `OLLAMA_API_KEY` (or an auth profile) and do not define an explicit `models.providers.ollama` entry.
## Quick start
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ollama pull deepseek-r1:32b
```
3) Configure Clawdbot with Ollama API key:
3) Enable Ollama for Clawdbot (any value works; Ollama doesn't require a real key):
```bash
# Set environment variable
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}
```
## Model Discovery
## Model discovery (implicit provider)
When the Ollama provider is configured, Clawdbot automatically detects all models installed on your Ollama instance by querying the `/api/tags` endpoint at `http://localhost:11434`. You don't need to manually configure individual models in your config file.
When you set `OLLAMA_API_KEY` (or an auth profile) and **do not** define `models.providers.ollama`, Clawdbot discovers models from the local Ollama instance at `http://127.0.0.1:11434`:
- Queries `/api/tags` and `/api/show`
- Keeps only models that report `tools` capability
- Marks `reasoning` when the model reports `thinking`
- Reads `contextWindow` from `model_info["<arch>.context_length"]` when available
- Sets `maxTokens` to 10× the context window
- Sets all costs to `0`
This avoids manual model entries while keeping the catalog aligned with Ollama's capabilities.
To see what models are available:
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The new model will be automatically discovered and available to use.
If you set `models.providers.ollama` explicitly, auto-discovery is skipped and you must define models manually (see below).
## Configuration
### Basic Setup
### Basic setup (implicit discovery)
The simplest way to enable Ollama is via environment variable:
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export OLLAMA_API_KEY="ollama-local"
```
### Custom Base URL
### Explicit setup (manual models)
If Ollama is running on a different host or port:
Use explicit config when:
- Ollama runs on another host/port.
- You want to force specific context windows or model lists.
- You want to include models that do not report tool support.
```json5
{
models: {
providers: {
ollama: {
// Use a host that includes /v1 for OpenAI-compatible APIs
baseUrl: "http://ollama-host:11434/v1",
apiKey: "ollama-local",
api: "openai-completions",
models: [
{
id: "llama3.3",
name: "Llama 3.3",
reasoning: false,
input: ["text"],
cost: { input: 0, output: 0, cacheRead: 0, cacheWrite: 0 },
contextWindow: 8192,
maxTokens: 8192 * 10
}
]
}
}
}
}
```
If `OLLAMA_API_KEY` is set, you can omit `apiKey` in the provider entry and Clawdbot will fill it for availability checks.
### Custom base URL (explicit config)
If Ollama is running on a different host or port (explicit config disables auto-discovery, so define models manually):
```json5
{
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providers: {
ollama: {
apiKey: "ollama-local",
baseUrl: "http://192.168.1.100:11434/v1"
baseUrl: "http://ollama-host:11434/v1"
}
}
}
}
```
### Model Selection
### Model selection
Once configured, all your Ollama models are available:
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## Advanced
### Reasoning Models
### Reasoning models
Models with "r1" or "reasoning" in their name are automatically detected as reasoning models and will use extended thinking features:
Clawdbot marks models as reasoning-capable when Ollama reports `thinking` in `/api/show`:
```bash
ollama pull deepseek-r1:32b
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Ollama is free and runs locally, so all model costs are set to $0.
### Context Windows
### Context windows
Ollama models use default context windows. You can customize these in your provider configuration if needed.
For auto-discovered models, Clawdbot uses the context window reported by Ollama when available, otherwise it defaults to `8192`. You can override `contextWindow` and `maxTokens` in explicit provider config.
## Troubleshooting
### Ollama not detected
Make sure Ollama is running:
Make sure Ollama is running and that you set `OLLAMA_API_KEY` (or an auth profile), and that you did **not** define an explicit `models.providers.ollama` entry:
```bash
ollama serve
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### No models available
Pull at least one model:
Clawdbot only auto-discovers models that report tool support. If your model isn't listed, either:
- Pull a tool-capable model, or
- Define the model explicitly in `models.providers.ollama`.
To add models:
```bash
ollama list # See what's installed