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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.

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Get started

Launch Claude Code with Ollama: 
ollama launch claude

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Capabilities

Chat
Ask questions about a repository or task
Command line
Run commands with Claude Code’s permission flow
Tool calling
Use tools with compatible models
File edits
Read and edit files in your project
Subagents
Split work across tasks
Web search
Search the web through Ollama
Web fetch
Fetch and summarize web pages
Vision
Send images and screenshots
Thinking
Use thinking controls with compatible models

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Models

Choose a model with enough context for your repository.

Cloud models

Use larger models without downloading them.

Local models

Choose a model and set a 64k+ context window.
For larger repositories, set the context length to 64k or higher.

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More features

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Run without interaction

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

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Scheduled tasks with /loop

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

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Telegram

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

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Manual setup

1. Install Claude Code

curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash

2. Set the environment variables

export ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN=ollama
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=""
export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:11434

3. Run Claude Code

claude --model qwen3.5
Or run with environment variables inline: 
ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN=ollama ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:11434 ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="" claude --model kimi-k2.7-code:cloud