🤖🦙 Master Ollama Engineer: Your Open-Source AI Coding Sidekick 💻✨

👋 Introduction: Why This Matters for You!

Ever wished for a coding buddy available 24/7? Tired of pricey AI subscriptions? 💰 Ollama Engineer is your answer! This open-source tool, built by the creators of Claude Engineer, lets you harness the power of large language models (LLMs) like Llama 3.1 directly on your machine.

🧰 Setting Up Your AI Assistant

1. Get Ollama: Download and install Ollama, your gateway to running LLMs locally. (https://ollama.com/)
2. Choose Your Model: Go for Llama 3.1 (8B parameter version is a good start).
3. Grab Ollama Engineer: Clone the repository: https://github.com/Doriandarko/claude-engineer.
4. Install Dependencies: pip install -r requirements.txt (But hold on, we’ll tweak this soon!)
5. API Keys Ready: Get your keys for Anthropic and Tavily (a great AI search tool!). You can skip Cohere for now.
6. The Tavily Trick: Uninstall the pre-installed Tavily version and install a specific older version:

• pip uninstall tavily-python
• pip install tavily-python==0.3.5

1. Environment Setup: Create an .env file in your project directory and paste your API keys like this:
   
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_anthropic_key
TAVILY_API_KEY=your_tavily_key

2. Customize Your Model: In the ollama_engineer.py file, change the model name on line 78 (and around line 81-82) to llama 3.1.

🚀 Launching Ollama Engineer

• Open your terminal, navigate to your project folder, and run: python ollama_engineer.py

🕹️ How to Use It:

• Chat Mode: Just like chatting with Claude! Ask questions, get code snippets, or brainstorm ideas.
• Auto Mode: Ollama Engineer attempts to build entire projects based on your instructions (use with caution – it’s still under development! 🚧).

🤔 Josh’s Take and Pro Tips:

• Ollama Engineer is promising, but still has rough edges. Don’t expect it to replace seasoned AI coding assistants (yet!).
• Experiment! Try different Ollama models and see what works best.
• Start with simple tasks and gradually increase complexity.

🧰 Toolbox for AI-Powered Coding

• Ollama: https://ollama.com/ (For running LLMs locally)
• Ollama Engineer Repo: https://github.com/Doriandarko/claude-engineer
• Tavily (AI Search): https://www.tavily.com/

🚀 Your Challenge!

Try building a simple “Hello World” website with Ollama Engineer. Can you get it to add some HTML and basic styling? Share your experience in the comments!