Pair Claude Desktop on Anthropic with Claude Code routed through Ollama in your terminal. Strategy stays on Pro. Heavy footwork runs on a free open-source model. Cut your Claude Code bill ~90%.
A 21-slide visual walkthrough that pairs your Anthropic Claude Desktop app with an Ollama-backed Claude Code terminal session — so the strategic work stays on Pro while the heavy lifting runs on a free open-source model (Gemma, Qwen, DeepSeek, your pick).
- Auto-detects your OS — macOS, Windows + WSL2, Linux
- Copy-paste prompt — drop one block into Claude and it does ~98% of the setup for you
- Verifies both engines side-by-side at the end so you know it actually worked
- Self-contained HTML — no build step, opens in any browser
Claude Pro on the Desktop app is great for thinking, planning, and architecture. Claude Code in the terminal eats quota fast — context-heavy tasks like lints, refactors, file batch ops, and grep-and-replace can burn through your monthly limit in days.
The fix: route Claude Code through Ollama (local or cloud-hosted free model). Two engines, same UX, one bill cut by an order of magnitude.
The hosted version has the full visual deck, OS-aware steps, and the copy-paste prompt:
→ coherencedaddy.com/tutorials/use-ollama-to-enhance-claude
If you want to skip the visuals and let Claude do it all for you:
- Open
prompts/copy-paste-prompt.md - Copy the entire file contents
- Paste into a fresh Claude Desktop / Claude.ai conversation
- Follow along — it auto-detects your OS, installs everything, configures the router, and verifies both engines
git clone https://github.com/Coherence-Daddy/use-ollama-to-enhance-claude.git
cd use-ollama-to-enhance-claude/presentation
open index.html # macOS
# or just drag index.html into a browser
| Engine | Where it runs | What it’s for |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Desktop (Anthropic) | Native app | Strategy, architecture, code review, tricky bugs |
| Claude Code → Ollama | Your terminal | Lints, refactors, repetitive edits, file batch ops |
Two side-by-side panes. Same UX. One of them is free.
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├── README.md ← this file
├── LICENSE ← MIT
├── prompts/
│ └── copy-paste-prompt.md ← the canonical setup prompt
└── presentation/
├── index.html ← 21-slide visual walkthrough
├── cd-face-coral.png ← brand asset
└── copy-paste-prompt.md ← (mirror of /prompts version, kept beside the deck)
The presentation is the same exact HTML served at coherencedaddy.com/tutorials/use-ollama-to-enhance-claude. Open it locally, host it yourself, or fork it for your own walkthroughs.
claude-code ollama gemma llm-tools cost-optimization agentic-coding anthropic open-source-llm
MIT — see LICENSE. Use it, fork it, ship a YouTube walkthrough of it. No attribution required, but if you do credit it, link to coherencedaddy.com.
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