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Claude Code is an agentic coding tool that reads your codebase, edits files, and runs commands.

Ollama connects Claude Code to local and cloud models through its Anthropic-compatible API.

Get started

Launch Claude Code with Ollama:

shell
ollama launch claude

Capabilities

<div className="capability-list capability-list-full"> <div className="capability-list-grid"> <div className="capability-list-item"> <div className="capability-list-icon"><Icon icon="comment" /></div> <div> <div className="capability-list-heading">Chat</div> <div className="capability-list-copy">Ask questions about a repository or task</div> </div> </div> 
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  <div className="capability-list-icon"><Icon icon="terminal" /></div>
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    <div className="capability-list-heading">Command line</div>
    <div className="capability-list-copy">Run commands with Claude Code's permission flow</div>
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    <div className="capability-list-heading">Tool calling</div>
    <div className="capability-list-copy">Use tools with compatible models</div>
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  <div className="capability-list-icon"><Icon icon="file-pen" /></div>
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    <div className="capability-list-heading">File edits</div>
    <div className="capability-list-copy">Read and edit files in your project</div>
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  <div className="capability-list-icon"><Icon icon="users" /></div>
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    <div className="capability-list-heading">Subagents</div>
    <div className="capability-list-copy">Split work across tasks</div>
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  <div className="capability-list-icon"><Icon icon="globe" /></div>
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    <div className="capability-list-heading">Web search</div>
    <div className="capability-list-copy">Search the web through Ollama</div>
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  <div className="capability-list-icon"><Icon icon="file-text" /></div>
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    <div className="capability-list-heading">Web fetch</div>
    <div className="capability-list-copy">Fetch and summarize web pages</div>
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    <div className="capability-list-heading">Vision</div>
    <div className="capability-list-copy">Send images and screenshots</div>
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  <div className="capability-list-icon"><Icon icon="brain" /></div>
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    <div className="capability-list-heading">Thinking</div>
    <div className="capability-list-copy">Use thinking controls with compatible models</div>
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Models

Choose a model with enough context for your repository.

<CardGroup cols={2}> <Card title="Cloud models" icon="cloud" href="https://ollama.com/search?c=cloud"> Use larger models without downloading them. </Card> <Card title="Local models" icon="hard-drive" href="https://ollama.com/search?c=tools"> Choose a model and set a 64k+ context window. </Card> </CardGroup>

<Note>For larger repositories, set the context length to 64k or higher.</Note>

More features

Run without interaction

Use --yes for scripts, Docker, or CI:

shell
ollama launch claude --model gemma4:cloud --yes -- -p "how does this repository work?"

The --yes flag skips selectors, pulls the model when needed, and requires --model. Arguments after -- are passed directly to Claude Code.

Use Ollama's web search API from Claude Code.

See Web search for setup and usage.

Scheduled tasks with /loop

Use /loop inside Claude Code to run a prompt or slash command on a schedule:

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/loop <interval> <prompt or /command>

Examples:

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/loop 30m Check my open PRs and summarize their status
/loop 1h Research the latest AI news and summarize key developments
/loop 15m Check for new GitHub issues and triage by priority

Telegram

Connect a Telegram bot to your Claude Code session. Install the Telegram plugin, create a bot with @BotFather, then launch Claude Code:

shell
ollama launch claude -- --channels plugin:telegram@claude-plugins-official

Claude Code prompts for permission on most actions. To allow the bot to work autonomously, configure permission rules or pass --dangerously-skip-permissions in an isolated environment.

See the plugin README for setup instructions.

Manual setup

<p className="manual-step-title">1. Install Claude Code</p> <CodeGroup>
shell
curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash
powershell
irm https://claude.ai/install.ps1 | iex
</CodeGroup> <p className="manual-step-title">2. Set the environment variables</p>
shell
export ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN=ollama
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=""
export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:11434
<p className="manual-step-title">3. Run Claude Code</p>
shell
claude --model qwen3.5

Or run with environment variables inline:

shell
ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN=ollama ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:11434 ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="" claude --model kimi-k2.7-code:cloud