list_ollama_models

A discovery helper that lists models available on a local Ollama instance. Use it to find out which models you can pass to extract_with_llm for private, on-device LLM extraction. 1 credit per call.

Use Cases

Discover Available Models

List every model pulled into your local Ollama instance before kicking off extraction jobs.

Verify Ollama Setup

Quickly confirm that your Ollama server is reachable and serving the models you expect.

Pair with extract_with_llm

Programmatically pick a model name from this list and pass it straight to extract_with_llm.

Endpoint

POST/api/v1/tools/list_ollama_models

Auth Required

2 req/s on Free plan

1 credit

Parameters

Local-only: This tool queries an Ollama instance reachable from the calling environment. The default http://localhost:11434 only resolves when Ollama is running on the same machine as your MCP client.

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
baseUrl	string	Optional	http://localhost:11434	Base URL of the local Ollama instance to query Example: http://localhost:11434

Request Examples

cURL

terminalBash

curl -X POST https://crawlforge.dev/api/v1/tools/list_ollama_models \
  -H "X-API-Key: cf_test_YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "baseUrl": "http://localhost:11434"
  }'

TypeScript

listOllamaModels.tsTypescript

const response = await fetch('https://crawlforge.dev/api/v1/tools/list_ollama_models', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'X-API-Key': process.env.CRAWLFORGE_API_KEY!,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    baseUrl: 'http://localhost:11434',
  }),
});

const data = await response.json();
if (data.success) {
  for (const model of data.data.models) {
    console.log(model.name, model.size);
  }
}

Response Example

200 OK0.2s

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "base_url": "http://localhost:11434",
    "count": 3,
    "models": [
      {
        "name": "llama3.1:8b",
        "size": 4700000000,
        "modified_at": "2026-04-20T10:00:00Z",
        "digest": "sha256:abc123..."
      },
      {
        "name": "qwen2.5:7b",
        "size": 4400000000,
        "modified_at": "2026-04-15T08:30:00Z",
        "digest": "sha256:def456..."
      },
      {
        "name": "mistral:7b",
        "size": 4100000000,
        "modified_at": "2026-03-30T12:15:00Z",
        "digest": "sha256:123456..."
      }
    ]
  },
  "credits_used": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 999,
  "processing_time": 215
}

Field Descriptions

data.base_urlOllama instance that was queried

data.countNumber of models returned

data.modelsArray of installed models with name, size (bytes), modified_at, and digest

credits_used1 credit deducted per call

Credit Cost