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Choose a local summary model

import ProductFactTable from ‘../../../components/ProductFactTable.astro’;

Local Mode has an installed Ollama model selected for summaries and chat.

  1. In Settings, choose Local (Ollama) as the AI provider.
  2. Open Models.
  3. Under Summarization & Chat, select an installed model or expand Download more models.
  4. Download a catalog model when needed, wait for the progress to finish, then select it as the local model.
  5. Regenerate a reviewed test summary to evaluate whether it meets your needs.

<ProductFactTable caption=“Selected local Ollama catalog entries” factIds={[‘model_ollama_llama_3_2_3b’, ‘model_ollama_llama_3_1_8b’, ‘model_ollama_phi_3_5_3_8b’, ‘model_ollama_mistral_7b’, ‘model_ollama_qwen_2_5_7b’]} />

The full set of installed models is shown by the application. The curated catalog and estimated download sizes can change with the registry; neither is a recommendation of a particular model for every Mac or content type.

When External API is selected, Model Manager does not use local Ollama models for summary and chat. Switch back to Local (Ollama) to manage them.