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ollama-mcp-bridge
by jonigl
filesystem
by modelcontextprotocol
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AI / LLM ToolsDeveloper ToolsOps & Infra
File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
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ollama-mcp-bridge · Summary

Ollama MCP Bridge provides an API layer that integrates multiple MCP servers with the Ollama API, enabling dynamic AI tool integration for local LLM applications.

filesystem · Summary

A feature-rich MCP server for filesystem operations with dynamic directory access control.

ollama-mcp-bridge · Use cases

  • Building powerful local LLM applications with extended tool capabilities
  • Creating custom AI agents that can access multiple specialized tools
  • Enabling Ollama to use tools from different MCP servers simultaneously

filesystem · Use cases

  • Enable AI models to read and write project files during development
  • Allow Claude or other MCP clients to browse and analyze codebases
  • Provide secure sandboxed access to specific directories for content generation

ollama-mcp-bridge · Install

Installation Options

**Quick Start with uvx:**

uvx ollama-mcp-bridge

**Install from PyPI:**

pip install --upgrade ollama-mcp-bridge

**Run with Docker:**

docker run -p 8000:8000 \
  -e OLLAMA_URL=http://host.docker.internal:11434 \
  -v "$PWD/mcp-config.json:/mcp-config.json" \
  ghcr.io/jonigl/ollama-mcp-bridge:latest

**Claude Desktop Configuration:** Add to Claude Desktop config.json:

"mcpServers": {
  "ollama-bridge": {
    "command": "ollama-mcp-bridge",
    "args": []
  }
}

filesystem · Install

Installation

Using NPX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/path/to/allowed/dir,dst=/projects/allowed/dir",
        "mcp/filesystem",
        "/projects"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code Extension

Click the installation buttons in the README to install directly in VS Code.

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