How to Build CLI Agents with Python & Ollama

A step-by-step guide to building a fully-local CLI AI agent using Python and Ollama. Covers setting up Ollama with the Qwen2.5 model, defining shell command tools with subprocess, mapping tool schemas for LLM tool calling, and implementing a chat loop that processes tool calls and returns results. Includes practical examples like querying disk space and OS version, plus a warning about destructive commands.

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