Install ollama-handoff for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
- Paste the JSON config below.
- Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"michael-whitecapdata-ollama-handoff": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"ollama-handoff"
],
"env": {
"OLLAMA_URL": "http://localhost:11434",
"OLLAMA_DEFAULT_MODEL": "qwen2.5-coder:14b",
"OLLAMA_NUM_CTX": "32768",
"OLLAMA_KEEP_ALIVE": "30m",
"OLLAMA_TIMEOUT_S": "600"
}
}
}
}