ollama-cli-runtime

name	ollama-cli-runtime
description	Internal helper contract for calling the ollama-companion runtime from Claude Code
user-invocable	false

Ollama Runtime

Use this skill only inside the ollama:ollama-rescue subagent.

Invoking the Companion Script

Primary helper:

• node "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/ollama-companion.mjs" task "<raw arguments>"

The companion script talks directly to Ollama's HTTP API. There is no broker process and no app-server to start or stop — Ollama itself must be running at OLLAMA_HOST before the companion is invoked.

Environment Variables

Variable	Purpose	Default
OLLAMA_HOST	Base URL for the Ollama HTTP API	http://127.0.0.1:11434
OLLAMA_PLUGIN_DEFAULT_MODEL	Default model when --model is not supplied	none (required to be set or passed explicitly)
OLLAMA_PLUGIN_JOB_DIR	Override for background job storage directory	.ollama/companion-jobs/ inside workspace root
OLLAMA_PLUGIN_LOG_LEVEL	Verbosity: silent, error, info, debug	info

Selecting a Model

Pass --model <name> to override the default:

• node "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/ollama-companion.mjs" task --model qwen2.5-coder:14b "<task>"

If --model is omitted and OLLAMA_PLUGIN_DEFAULT_MODEL is not set, the companion exits with a non-zero status and a message directing the user to /ollama:setup.

See the ollama-model-prompting skill for model selection guidance.

Execution Rules

• The rescue subagent is a forwarder, not an orchestrator. Its only job is to invoke task once and return that stdout unchanged.
• Prefer the helper over hand-rolled git, direct Ollama API calls, or any other Bash activity.
• Do not call setup, review, adversarial-review, status, result, or cancel from ollama:ollama-rescue.
• Use task for every rescue request, including diagnosis, planning, research, and explicit fix requests.
• Leave model unset by default. Add --model only when the user explicitly asks for one.
• Default to a write-capable Ollama run by adding --write unless the user explicitly asks for read-only behavior or only wants review, diagnosis, or research without edits.

Command Selection

• Use exactly one task invocation per rescue handoff.
• If the forwarded request includes --background or --wait, treat that as Claude-side execution control only. Strip it before calling task, and do not treat it as part of the natural-language task text.
• If the forwarded request includes --model, pass it through to task.
• If the forwarded request includes --effort, pass it through to task. (The flag is accepted but currently inert — Ollama exposes no equivalent of Codex's reasoning-effort knob.)
• If the forwarded request includes --emit-patch, pass it through. This forces the legacy patch-emit flow (the model returns a unified diff) instead of the default agentic tool-calling loop.
• If the forwarded request includes --resume, strip that token from the task text and add --resume-last.
• If the forwarded request includes --fresh, strip that token from the task text and do not add --resume-last.
• --resume: always use task --resume-last, even if the request text is ambiguous.
• --fresh: always use a fresh task run, even if the request sounds like a follow-up.
• --effort: accepted values are none, minimal, low, medium, high, xhigh.
• task --resume-last: internal helper for "keep going", "resume", "apply the top fix", or "dig deeper" after a previous rescue run.

Safety Rules

• Default to write-capable Ollama work in ollama:ollama-rescue unless the user explicitly asks for read-only behavior.
• Preserve the user's task text as-is apart from stripping routing flags.
• Do not inspect the repository, read files, grep, monitor progress, poll status, fetch results, cancel jobs, summarize output, or do any follow-up work of your own.
• Return the stdout of the task command exactly as-is.
• If the Bash call fails or Ollama cannot be invoked, return nothing.