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What is Minimal Local Agent? Minimal Local Agent is a small Python agent kernel with bounded tools, reviewable edits and a local SQLite audit log, usable from a CLI, a local web console or your own Python host with Ollama or a compatible API.

How do I use it? Clone with git clone https://github.com/MuzeAnisichael/minimal-local-agent.git and create a Python 3.11 venv; then install with python -m pip install -e . and pull a model with ollama pull qwen3.5:9b; copy the config with cp agent.example.toml agent.toml and run minimal-agent doctor. Full steps below.

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  1. Check you have what it needs: Python 3.11; Ollama (README example pulls qwen3.5:9b) or a Chat Completions-compatible API.
  2. Open MuzeAnisichael/minimal-local-agent on GitHub and read the README and license.
  3. Clone with git clone https://github.com/MuzeAnisichael/minimal-local-agent.git and create a Python 3.11 venv
  4. Install with python -m pip install -e . and pull a model with ollama pull qwen3.5:9b
  5. Copy the config with cp agent.example.toml agent.toml and run minimal-agent doctor
  6. Open the console with minimal-agent web and give it a task

These steps come from our top use case, Run a local agent on one sandboxed folder, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.

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  • Python 3.11
  • Ollama (README example pulls qwen3.5:9b) or a Chat Completions-compatible API

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Questions about Minimal Local Agent

What is Minimal Local Agent?

Minimal Local Agent is a small Python agent kernel with bounded tools, reviewable edits and a local SQLite audit log, usable from a CLI, a local web console or your own Python host with Ollama or a compatible API. It is an open-source project on GitHub: https://github.com/MuzeAnisichael/minimal-local-agent.

How do I use Minimal Local Agent?

Clone with git clone https://github.com/MuzeAnisichael/minimal-local-agent.git and create a Python 3.11 venv; then install with python -m pip install -e . and pull a model with ollama pull qwen3.5:9b; copy the config with cp agent.example.toml agent.toml and run minimal-agent doctor. The use cases on this page give the full steps and a copy-paste agent prompt for each job.

Who is Minimal Local Agent for?

Developers who want to understand, embed and customize an agent loop rather than adopt a large assistant.

What can I do with Minimal Local Agent?

3 use cases so far, for example: Run a local agent on one sandboxed folder; Embed a read-only agent in your own Python app; Learn how an agent loop works from a small codebase. Each has steps and a copy-paste agent prompt.

What do I need to run Minimal Local Agent?

Python 3.11; Ollama (README example pulls qwen3.5:9b) or a Chat Completions-compatible API.

What are alternatives to Minimal Local Agent?

Other hot AI repos in Software and DevOps: Deep Infer, Harness2, Orca, Opencode, Graphify.

Is Minimal Local Agent safe to run?

Deduped does not own, audit or vouch for it. Read the README and license, run it on your own systems first and review every command before you run it.