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How to use your existing AI tools with a local Exo cluster with Exo

Point clients that speak the OpenAI, Claude Messages or Ollama APIs at Exo instead of a cloud provider.

Short answer: Start Exo on each device (app or source) so the cluster is up; then Note the API and dashboard address each device provides, http://localhost:52415; configure your client's base URL to that address using its OpenAI Chat Completions, Claude Messages, OpenAI Responses or Ollama mode. All steps.

Who it is forA developer who already uses OpenAI or Ollama clients and wants to run them against local hardware.

The problemSwitching to local models usually means rewriting integrations for a new API.

The outcomeYour existing tools talking to models running on your own cluster through the API on port 52415.

What you need first

  • For the macOS app: a Mac with Apple silicon and macOS Sequoia 15.1 or later
  • RDMA over Thunderbolt needs macOS Tahoe 26.2 or later
  • From source: macOS or Linux with Xcode (on Mac), uv, node and rust
  • Every device on the same network and the same exo version

Steps

  1. Start Exo on each device (app or source) so the cluster is up
  2. Note the API and dashboard address each device provides, http://localhost:52415
  3. Configure your client's base URL to that address using its OpenAI Chat Completions, Claude Messages, OpenAI Responses or Ollama mode
  4. Load a custom model from the Hugging Face hub if the one you need is not listed
  5. Watch the dashboard while requests run to see which devices serve them

Prompt for your agent

Using exo-explore/exo, configure <my tool> to send its requests to my exo cluster at http://localhost:52415 through its OpenAI-compatible setting, then run a test prompt and confirm the response came from the cluster.

Caveat. This card is written from the exo-explore/exo README, not from a test run by Deduped. Before you start, make sure you have For the macOS app: a Mac with Apple silicon and macOS Sequoia 15.1 or later. Check the repo for newer instructions before you rely on these steps.

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