Ollama Launch

Ollama provides local LLM inference for RLM distillation (seal phase summarization) and embeddings.

When You Need This

• Seal fails with Connection refused to 127.0.0.1:11434

• RLM distillation shows [DISTILLATION FAILED] for new files

• Any tool that calls the Ollama API locally

Pre-Flight Check

Check if Ollama is already running

curl -sf http://127.0.0.1:11434/api/tags > /dev/null && echo "✅ Ollama running" || echo "❌ Ollama not running"

If running, you're done. If not, proceed.

Start Ollama

Start Ollama in the background

ollama serve &>/dev/null &

Wait and verify (2-3 seconds)

sleep 3 curl -sf http://127.0.0.1:11434/api/tags > /dev/null && echo "✅ Ollama ready" || echo "❌ Ollama failed to start"

Verify Model Available

For RLM distillation, the project uses model you define in .env

List available models

ollama list

If the model is missing, pull it

ollama pull qwen2:7b

Troubleshooting

Symptom Fix

Connection refused after start Wait longer (sleep 5 ), model may be loading

ollama: command not found

Ollama not installed — ask user to install from https://ollama.com

Port 11434 already in use Another process on that port — lsof -i :11434 to identify

Integration Points

• Learning Loop Seal Phase: RLM synthesis calls Ollama for distillation

• RLM Factory: /rlm-factory:distill requires Ollama for batch summarization

• Embeddings: Any tool that needs local vector embeddings