#I am trying to identify a ollama model tha twill work with tooling and not having much luck

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If you’re trying to get Ollama + tool calling working in OpenClaw, the two biggest gotchas are:

  1. Don’t use the OpenAI-compat /v1 endpoint
    If your Ollama base URL is like http://host:11434/v1, tool calling often degrades into “model prints JSON” instead of actually calling tools. For OpenClaw, use the native Ollama API:
  • baseUrl: "http://host:11434" (no /v1)
  • and ideally api: "ollama" in the provider config

Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/providers/ollama

  1. Pick a model Ollama reports as tool-capable (or define it explicitly)
    OpenClaw’s auto-discovery only lists Ollama models that advertise tools support. So first check what OpenClaw thinks is usable:
  • openclaw models list (or in chat: /model list)

If you see no Ollama models there, it’s usually because none of the installed models claim tool support → either pull a tool-capable one, or add a manual models.providers.ollama.models[] entry.

If you paste these, I can tell you exactly which of the above you’re hitting:

  • openclaw --version