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 "generated": "2026-10-26",
 "id": "charmbracelet-crush--run-crush-on-a-local-ollama-model",
 "repo": "charmbracelet/crush",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/charmbracelet/crush",
 "repo_slug": "charmbracelet-crush",
 "title": "Run Crush on a local Ollama model",
 "page_title": "How to run Crush on a local Ollama model with Crush",
 "summary": "Add Ollama as a provider in crushrc and register a model so Crush works fully offline.",
 "who": "A developer who wants a terminal coding agent on private code without cloud calls.",
 "problem": "Cloud models send your code off the machine and cost money per token.",
 "outcome": "Crush configured with an Ollama provider and model, using your local server.",
 "steps": [
  "Install Crush and run Ollama locally",
  "In a crushrc add the provider: `provider add ollama --type ollama --base-url \"http://localhost:11434/v1\"`",
  "Register the model: `model add ollama/llama3.3 --name \"Llama 3.3\" --context-window 128000`",
  "Optionally auto-approve safe tools with permissions allow view edit",
  "Start Crush and pick the Ollama model in the model picker"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Configure charmbracelet/crush to use my local Ollama server with a project crushrc that adds the ollama provider and registers <model>, then run a small refactor on <file> with it.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "20 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "crushrc and Crush.json are trusted code that run in a shell; never launch Crush in a directory whose config you have not reviewed.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "go",
 "requirements": [
  "A terminal on macOS, Linux, Windows, Android or BSD",
  "An LLM provider: Charm's Hyper subscription, an API key for Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini or OpenRouter, or a local server such as Ollama"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.9,
 "evidence": [],
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