alt Hacker NewsHow does Ollama help with Claude Code? Claude code runs in terminal but AFAIK connects back to anthropic directly and cannot run locally. I hope I'm missing something obvious.
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0xc133 • today at 3:17 PM
https://docs.ollama.com/integrations/claude-code
You can use models like qwen3.5 running on local hardware in ollama and redirect Claude to use the local ollama API endpoint instead of Anthropic’s servers.
navigate8310 • today at 2:50 PM
I believe one can use the CC as the primary model driving local agents that use local models
samuel • today at 2:54 PM
You can connect it to any anthropic compatible endpoint(kimi allows this) but it's a weird choice, given that Open code, pi.dev and others are open source.
You can create an MCP to call out to Ollama. Then have Claude farm work out to local models where the raw power isn't required. You can then have Claude review the work from the model.
Its not 100% offline, but there is a dramatic drop in token usage. As long as you can put up with the speed.