ollama-mcp-bridge

Overview

The Ollama MCP Bridge acts as a middleware service that sits between Ollama and multiple MCP servers, allowing Ollama to transparently use tools from all connected MCP servers. It provides a fully compatible API extension to the Ollama server, adding tool capabilities while maintaining compatibility with all existing Ollama endpoints. The bridge supports multiple transport types (stdio, HTTP, SSE), tool filtering, and configurable environments for different MCP servers.

Try asking AI

After installing, here are 5 things you can ask your AI assistant:

• get_current_temperature

  Get the current temperature for a specified location

  Try:What's the temperature in New York?Try:How hot is it in London right now?
• get_forecast

  Get a weather forecast for a specified location

  Try:What's the weather forecast for Paris this week?Try:Will it rain in Tokyo tomorrow?
• read_file

  Read the contents of a file

  Try:Show me the content of /tmp/notes.txtTry:What's in the readme file?
• list_files

  List files in a specified directory

  Try:What files are in /tmp?Try:Show me all files in the current directory

Note: Tool names were inferred from the MCP server configuration example and tool filtering documentation. The actual tool implementations depend on the connected MCP servers.

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Installation

uvx ollama-mcp-bridge

pip install --upgrade ollama-mcp-bridge

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

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

FAQ

Which Ollama endpoints are modified by the bridge?

Only the `/api/chat` endpoint is modified to include MCP tools. All other endpoints are transparently proxied to the underlying Ollama server without modification.

How does tool filtering work?

You can configure include or exclude filters for each MCP server using the `toolFilter` configuration. Include mode allows only specified tools, while exclude mode blocks specified tools.

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