Build AI agents on Ollama in YAML

Ollama is the easiest way to run open-weight models locally. One binary, model pulls via tags, OpenAI-compatible HTTP endpoint on localhost. Pair Digitorn with Ollama for fully offline coding agents, air-gapped research bots, or compliance-heavy deployments where the data cannot leave your machine. Quality trails frontier models for the hardest tasks but closes monthly.

Models worth knowing about

Drop into your app.yaml

1brain:2  provider: openai_compat3  model: llama3.3:70b4  config:5    base_url: "http://localhost:11434/v1"6    api_key: "ollama"7  temperature: 0.2

Ollamadoesn't have a first-class catalog entry yet. Configure it inline using env templates, the same way the blog examples show. Native catalog support is on the roadmap.

Install Digitorn and chat with your Ollama agent

# 1. install the runtime
curl -sSL https://digitorn.ai/install | sh

# 2. Ollama runs locally, no credential to register

# 3. install a starter agent and chat
digitorn install hub://digitorn/digitorn-code
digitorn chat digitorn-code