Agent skill

CLI Anything Ollama

Command-line interface for Ollama - Local LLM inference and model management via Ollama REST API.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install CLI Anything Ollama

skills CLI

$ npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-ollama -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install HKUDS/CLI-Anything cli-anything-ollama --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cli-anything-ollama .claude/skills/cli-anything-ollama && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "cli-anything-ollama" agent skill from https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything/tree/main/skills/cli-anything-ollama into .claude/skills/cli-anything-ollama/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cli-anything-ollama", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything/tree/main/skills/cli-anything-ollama

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-ollama -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install HKUDS/CLI-Anything cli-anything-ollama --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cli-anything-ollama .agents/skills/cli-anything-ollama && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "cli-anything-ollama" agent skill from https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything/tree/main/skills/cli-anything-ollama into .agents/skills/cli-anything-ollama/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cli-anything-ollama", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-ollama -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install HKUDS/CLI-Anything cli-anything-ollama --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cli-anything-ollama .cursor/skills/cli-anything-ollama && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "cli-anything-ollama" agent skill from https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything/tree/main/skills/cli-anything-ollama into .cursor/skills/cli-anything-ollama/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cli-anything-ollama", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything.git --path skills/cli-anything-ollama

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-ollama -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install HKUDS/CLI-Anything cli-anything-ollama --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cli-anything-ollama .gemini/skills/cli-anything-ollama && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "cli-anything-ollama" agent skill from https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything/tree/main/skills/cli-anything-ollama into .gemini/skills/cli-anything-ollama/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cli-anything-ollama", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install HKUDS/CLI-Anything cli-anything-ollama

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-ollama -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cli-anything-ollama .github/skills/cli-anything-ollama && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "cli-anything-ollama" agent skill from https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything/tree/main/skills/cli-anything-ollama into .github/skills/cli-anything-ollama/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cli-anything-ollama", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-ollama -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install HKUDS/CLI-Anything cli-anything-ollama --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cli-anything-ollama .opencode/skills/cli-anything-ollama && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "cli-anything-ollama" agent skill from https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything/tree/main/skills/cli-anything-ollama into .opencode/skills/cli-anything-ollama/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cli-anything-ollama", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: cli-anything-ollama
GitHub stars: 52k
Token cost: ~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length: 343 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 78
Repo updated: Sep 22, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

Command-line interface for Ollama - Local LLM inference and model management via Ollama REST API.

Works in 5 steps: Always use --json flag for parseable… → Check return codes - 0 for success,… → Parse stderr for error messages on failure → …
Tasks that involve LLM inference and serving
SKILL.md covers Installation, Usage, Command Groups and Examples, plus 5 more sections
Calls pip and ollama

What it does

CLI Anything Ollama is an agent skill from HKUDS/CLI-Anything. Command-line interface for Ollama - Local LLM inference and model management via Ollama REST API. Designed for AI agents and power users who need to manage models, generate text, chat, and create embeddings without a GUI.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in AI & LLM Engineering, covering LLM inference and serving and Embeddings. It works with Ollama. The repository describes itself as: "CLI-Anything: Making ALL Software Agent-Native" -- CLI-Hub: https://clianything.cc/. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

Tasks that involve LLM inference and serving
Tasks that involve Embeddings

Example prompts

“/cli-anything-ollama”

Requirements

Python 3

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

Always use --json flag for parseable output
Check return codes - 0 for success, non-zero for errors
Parse stderr for error messages on failure
Use --no-stream for generate/chat to get complete responses
Verify Ollama is running with server status before other commands

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 34f5195. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- pip
- ollama
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

CLI Anything Ollama loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 60 tokens; SKILL.md has 343 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~60
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from HKUDS/CLI-Anything at commit 34f5195, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© HKUDS). 343 words, ~1,201 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/cli-anything-ollama/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: cli-anything-ollama
description: Command-line interface for Ollama - Local LLM inference and model management via Ollama REST API. Designed for AI agents and power users who need to manage models, generate text, chat, and create embeddings without a GUI.

cli-anything-ollama

Local LLM inference and model management via the Ollama REST API. Designed for AI agents and power users who need to manage models, generate text, chat, and create embeddings without a GUI.

Installation

This CLI is installed as part of the cli-anything-ollama package:

bash

pip install cli-anything-ollama

Prerequisites:

Python 3.10+
Ollama must be installed and running (ollama serve)

Usage

Basic Commands

bash

# Show help
cli-anything-ollama --help

# Start interactive REPL mode
cli-anything-ollama

# List available models
cli-anything-ollama model list

# Run with JSON output (for agent consumption)
cli-anything-ollama --json model list

REPL Mode

When invoked without a subcommand, the CLI enters an interactive REPL session:

bash

cli-anything-ollama
# Enter commands interactively with tab-completion and history

Command Groups

Model

Model management commands.

Command	Description
`list`	List locally available models
`show`	Show model details (parameters, template, license)
`pull`	Download a model from the Ollama library
`rm`	Delete a model from local storage
`copy`	Copy a model to a new name
`ps`	List models currently loaded in memory

Generate

Text generation and chat commands.

Command	Description
`text`	Generate text from a prompt
`chat`	Send a chat completion request

Embed

Embedding generation commands.

Command	Description
`text`	Generate embeddings for text

Server

Server status and info commands.

Command	Description
`status`	Check if Ollama server is running
`version`	Show Ollama server version

Session

Session state commands.

Command	Description
`status`	Show current session state
`history`	Show chat history for current session

Examples

List and Pull Models

bash

# List available models
cli-anything-ollama model list

# Pull a model
cli-anything-ollama model pull llama3.2

# Show model details
cli-anything-ollama model show llama3.2

Generate Text

bash

# Stream text (default)
cli-anything-ollama generate text --model llama3.2 --prompt "Explain quantum computing in one sentence"

# Non-streaming with JSON output (for agents)
cli-anything-ollama --json generate text --model llama3.2 --prompt "Hello" --no-stream

Chat

bash

# Single-turn chat
cli-anything-ollama generate chat --model llama3.2 --message "user:What is Python?"

# Multi-turn chat
cli-anything-ollama generate chat --model llama3.2 \
  --message "user:What is Python?" \
  --message "user:How does it compare to JavaScript?"

# Chat from JSON file
cli-anything-ollama generate chat --model llama3.2 --file messages.json

Embeddings

bash

cli-anything-ollama embed text --model nomic-embed-text --input "Hello world"
cli-anything-ollama embed text --model nomic-embed-text --input "Hello" --input "World"

Interactive REPL Session

Start an interactive session for exploratory use.

bash

cli-anything-ollama
# Enter commands interactively
# Use 'help' to see available commands

Connect to Remote Host

bash

cli-anything-ollama --host http://192.168.1.100:11434 model list

State Management

The CLI maintains lightweight session state:

Current host URL: Configurable via --host
Chat history: Tracked for multi-turn conversations in REPL
Last used model: Shown in REPL prompt

Output Formats

All commands support dual output modes:

Human-readable (default): Tables, colors, formatted text
Machine-readable (--json flag): Structured JSON for agent consumption

bash

# Human output
cli-anything-ollama model list

# JSON output for agents
cli-anything-ollama --json model list

For AI Agents

When using this CLI programmatically:

Always use --json flag for parseable output
Check return codes - 0 for success, non-zero for errors
Parse stderr for error messages on failure
Use --no-stream for generate/chat to get complete responses
Verify Ollama is running with server status before other commands

More Information

Full documentation: See README.md in the package
Test coverage: See TEST.md in the package
Methodology: See HARNESS.md in the cli-anything-plugin

Version

1.0.1

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/cli-anything-ollama of HKUDS/CLI-Anything.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 34f5195

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Questions about CLI Anything Ollama

What does CLI Anything Ollama do?

Command-line interface for Ollama - Local LLM inference and model management via Ollama REST API. CLI Anything Ollama is an agent skill from HKUDS/CLI-Anything. Command-line interface for Ollama - Local LLM inference and model management via Ollama REST API.

When should I use CLI Anything Ollama?

CLI Anything Ollama fits situations like: tasks that involve LLM inference and serving; tasks that involve Embeddings.

How do I install CLI Anything Ollama in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-ollama -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/cli-anything-ollama in HKUDS/CLI-Anything) into .claude/skills/cli-anything-ollama in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install CLI Anything Ollama in Codex?

Run `npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-ollama -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/cli-anything-ollama in HKUDS/CLI-Anything) into .agents/skills/cli-anything-ollama in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use CLI Anything Ollama in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-ollama -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/cli-anything-ollama, .gemini/skills/cli-anything-ollama, .github/skills/cli-anything-ollama and .opencode/skills/cli-anything-ollama in your project.

What does CLI Anything Ollama need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, CLI Anything Ollama needs the command-line tools its instructions call (pip and ollama). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does CLI Anything Ollama access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is CLI Anything Ollama safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does CLI Anything Ollama use?

CLI Anything Ollama is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does CLI Anything Ollama use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to CLI Anything Ollama?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with CLI Anything Ollama: Domodomo Local AI Maintenance (darknecrocities/DomoDomo---All-in-one-Tool, 239 stars), Configuring Agent Brain (SpillwaveSolutions/agent-brain, 119 stars), Local Models (glebis/claude-skills, 391 stars) and Local AI App Integration (amd/skills, 408 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains CLI Anything Ollama?

HKUDS (a GitHub organization) maintains it in HKUDS/CLI-Anything, which has 51,809 GitHub stars. The repository holds 78 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 22, 2026.

Source: HKUDS/CLI-Anything on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install CLI Anything Ollama

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

cli-anything-ollama

Installation

Usage

Basic Commands

REPL Mode

Command Groups

Model

Generate

Embed

Server

Session

Examples

List and Pull Models

Generate Text

Chat

Embeddings

Interactive REPL Session

Connect to Remote Host

State Management

Output Formats

For AI Agents

More Information

Version

Files

Compare with similar skills

Similar skills

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