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Michael-WhiteCapData/ollama-handoff
MCP server that offloads cheap work from your cloud LLM agent to a local Ollama model — summaries, drafts, extractions, first-pass reviews — at zero cloud cost.
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About Michael-WhiteCapData/ollama-handoff
An MCP server that routes low-cost tasks (summaries, drafts, extractions, first-pass reviews) from a cloud LLM agent to a local Ollama model. This reduces cloud usage and associated costs to zero for those operations.
Best for
Developers using cloud LLM agents who want to cut costs on repetitive, low-complexity tasks by delegating them to a local model.
Use cases
- Offload summarization of long documents from a paid cloud agent to a local model
- Generate draft responses or outlines using a local Ollama model at no cost
- Perform first-pass reviews or data extraction before sending results to a cloud LLM
Notes
1 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-06-23. Licensed MIT.
Pros
- Eliminates cloud costs for routine LLM tasks by running them locally
- Keeps sensitive data on-premises during non-critical processing steps
- Simple integration via MCP for existing cloud LLM agent workflows
Cons
- Requires a running Ollama instance and compatible local models
- Local model may be slower or less capable than cloud models for complex requests
- Limited to tasks the local model can handle well (e.g., no advanced reasoning)
Key facts
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How to use
How to set it up
As the listing publishes it. We have not run this install.
Install
uvx ollama-handoff # run directlyTools exposed
ask_localchat_localsummarize_localcode_review_localdraft_commit_message_localextract_locallist_modelsserver_infoOLLAMA_URLOLLAMA_DEFAULT_MODELOLLAMA_NUM_CTXOLLAMA_KEEP_ALIVEOLLAMA_TIMEOUT_S
Clients the listing names (not checked here)
Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor
Install
Add Michael-WhiteCapData/ollama-handoff to your client
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Claude Code
Config checkedRun in your terminal (runs on your computer)
claude mcp add --transport stdio ollama-handoff -- uvx ollama-handoff@0.1.2Claude Desktop
Config checkedAdd to claude_desktop_config.json (runs on your computer)
{
"mcpServers": {
"ollama-handoff": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"ollama-handoff@0.1.2"
]
}
}
}Cursor
Config checkedAdd to .cursor/mcp.json (runs on your computer)
{
"mcpServers": {
"ollama-handoff": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"ollama-handoff@0.1.2"
]
}
}
}VS Code
Config checkedAdd to .vscode/mcp.json (runs on your computer)
{
"servers": {
"ollama-handoff": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"ollama-handoff@0.1.2"
]
}
}
}Codex
Config checkedAdd to ~/.codex/config.toml (runs on your computer)
[mcp_servers.ollama-handoff]
command = "uvx"
args = ["ollama-handoff@0.1.2"]- ChatGPT: ChatGPT connects only to remote servers that need no API key.
Recipes come from the server's entry in the official MCP registry. Check the package name before you run it, and keep keys out of shared files.
Works with
What Michael-WhiteCapData/ollama-handoff connects to
5 clients, each with how we know and when we checked.
| Works with | Type | How we know | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | Client | Install recipe matches the client's documented formatRuns locally, version 0.1.2Config checked | Claude Code docs |
| Claude Desktop | Client | Install recipe matches the client's documented formatRuns locally, version 0.1.2Config checked | Claude Desktop docs |
| Cursor | Client | Install recipe matches the client's documented formatRuns locally, version 0.1.2Config checked | Cursor docs |
| VS Code | Client | Install recipe matches the client's documented formatRuns locally, version 0.1.2Config checked | VS Code docs |
| Codex | Client | Install recipe matches the client's documented formatRuns locally, version 0.1.2Config checked | Codex docs |
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