Install Ollama Handoff in Claude Code
What you need first
- Claude Code, installed.
- uv, which
gives the
uvxcommand the server starts with.
Steps
- Run this in a terminal, in the project folder. It adds the server for you in that
project; put
--scope userafterclaude mcp addto have it in every project.
claude mcp add --transport stdio ollama-handoff -- uvx ollama-handoff==0.1.2 - Start Claude Code and type
/mcp: the server is listed with its state.
Check it worked
Ask Claude Code: List the tools of ollama-handoff.
If it does not start
- spawn uvx ENOENT
- uv is not on the PATH that Claude Code sees. Install it, or write the
full path of
uvxin the config.