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MCP Client For Ollama

MCP Client For Ollama is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Harness the power of local LLMs with this TUI MCP Client for Ollama. It has 832 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx mcp-client-for-ollama.

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Install MCP Client For Ollama

Generated from the server's published package. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-client-for-ollama": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-client-for-ollama"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ENV_VAR1": "your-value",
        "ENV_VAR2": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env ENV_VAR1=your-value --env ENV_VAR2=your-value --transport stdio mcp-client-for-ollama -- uvx mcp-client-for-ollama

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-client-for-ollama": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-client-for-ollama"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ENV_VAR1": "your-value",
        "ENV_VAR2": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-client-for-ollama": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-client-for-ollama"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ENV_VAR1": "your-value",
        "ENV_VAR2": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
ENV_VAR1NoShown in the README's example configuration.
ENV_VAR2NoShown in the README's example configuration.

About MCP Client For Ollama

A simple yet powerful Python client for interacting with Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers using Ollama, allowing you to harness local LLMs for advanced tool execution.

  • ai
  • command-line-tool
  • mcp
  • mcp-client
  • mcp-server
  • open-source
  • model-context-protocol
  • ollama
  • local-llm
  • sse

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How do I install the MCP Client For Ollama MCP server?

Add the command uvx mcp-client-for-ollama to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is MCP Client For Ollama free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is MCP Client For Ollama actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 1, 2026. The latest release is v0.35.1, published Sep 30, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.