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Companion VS Code Extension

This MCP server (mcp-ollama-python) is the backend. For day-to-day use in Visual Studio Code, install the companion extension:
Repository github.com/pblagoje/mcp-ollama-extension
Documentation pblagoje.github.io/mcp-ollama-extension
Marketplace MCP Ollama Manager (internetics.mcp-ollama-extension)

What the extension adds

  • Start / stop / restart the MCP server from the Command Palette or status bar
  • Ollama models tree in the Explorer sidebar
  • Pull / delete models, chat, generate, embeddings, explain code, write docstring
  • Server and extension log viewers
  • Settings for Ollama host, Python path, and log levels

What you still need

  1. pip install mcp-ollama-python (this package)
  2. Ollama running
  3. The extension installed in VS Code / compatible editors that support VS Code extensions

The extension does not replace this package — it launches and talks to it over MCP stdio.

Without the extension

You can still use this server with any MCP client by adding it to MCP config. See Installation and VS Code Integration.

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