[GH-ISSUE #11603] Ollama UI support for MCP tools #7661

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opened 2026-04-12 19:45:16 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 4 comments
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Originally created by @unownone on GitHub (Jul 31, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/11603

Currently the Ollama UI does not support MCP / tool calling. Since it is a desktop app it makes sense to provide access to tool calling.

Originally created by @unownone on GitHub (Jul 31, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/11603 Currently the Ollama UI does not support MCP / tool calling. Since it is a desktop app it makes sense to provide access to tool calling.
GiteaMirror added the feature request label 2026-04-12 19:45:16 -05:00
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@nathanclayton commented on GitHub (Aug 4, 2025):

Currently the Ollama UI does not support MCP / tool calling. Since it is a desktop app it makes sense to provide access to tool calling.

This would be great. In the interim I'm using Ollama in conjunction with Goose and it's working out great.

<!-- gh-comment-id:3151726311 --> @nathanclayton commented on GitHub (Aug 4, 2025): > Currently the Ollama UI does not support MCP / tool calling. Since it is a desktop app it makes sense to provide access to tool calling. This would be great. In the interim I'm using Ollama in conjunction with [Goose](https://github.com/block/goose) and it's working out great.
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@douglas125 commented on GitHub (Sep 12, 2025):

Anyone working on this? I'd be willing to help or give it a shot.

<!-- gh-comment-id:3285637208 --> @douglas125 commented on GitHub (Sep 12, 2025): Anyone working on this? I'd be willing to help or give it a shot.
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@JpEncausse commented on GitHub (Oct 17, 2025):

Would be a game changer to declare Tools or MCP to Ollama in order to let Ollama Desktop UI or ThirdParty Clients UI to talk Ollama server with custom Tools or MCP.

For instance, Asking Ollama to simply send an HTTP Reqest ... using our Tool.
The modfile do not allow that :-(

<!-- gh-comment-id:3414605497 --> @JpEncausse commented on GitHub (Oct 17, 2025): Would be a game changer to declare Tools or MCP to Ollama in order to let Ollama Desktop UI or ThirdParty Clients UI to talk Ollama server with custom Tools or MCP. For instance, Asking Ollama to simply send an HTTP Reqest ... using our Tool. The modfile do not allow that :-(
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@willhains commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2026):

+1

Another use-case:
Combine with things-mcp to interact with Things by @culturedcode locally, so data is kept private.

<!-- gh-comment-id:3940272697 --> @willhains commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2026): +1 Another use-case: Combine with [things-mcp](https://github.com/hald/things-mcp) to interact with [Things](https://culturedcode.com/things/) by @culturedcode locally, so data is kept private.
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Reference: github-starred/ollama#7661