Tool catalog

The MCP tools/list endpoint also exposes the full input schema for each of these. The list below is the canonical curated description.

Read-only

• gallery_search — Search configured galleries for installable models.
• list_installed_models — List models currently installed on this LocalAI. Optional capability filter (e.g. chat, embed, image).
• list_galleries — List configured model galleries.
• list_backends — List installed backends.
• list_known_backends — List backends available to install from configured backend galleries.
• get_job_status — Poll the status of an install/delete/upgrade job by id.
• get_model_config — Read the YAML/JSON config of an installed model.
• vram_estimate — Estimate VRAM use for a model under a given config.
• system_info — LocalAI version, paths, distributed flag, loaded models, installed backends.
• list_nodes — List federated worker nodes (only useful in distributed mode).

Mutating (require user confirmation per safety rule 1)

• install_model — Install a model from a gallery. Returns a job id; poll with get_job_status.
• import_model_uri — Install a model from an arbitrary URI (HuggingFace, OCI, http(s), file://). May return ambiguous_backend when several backends apply; call again with backend_preference to disambiguate.
• delete_model — Delete an installed model.
• install_backend — Install a backend.
• upgrade_backend — Upgrade an installed backend by name.
• edit_model_config — Patch (deep-merge) JSON into an installed model's config.
• reload_models — Reload all model configs from disk.
• toggle_model_state — Enable or disable a model (action: enable or disable).
• toggle_model_pinned — Pin or unpin a model (action: pin or unpin).