How to integrate VS Code with Ollama for local AI assistance

The guide explains integrating Visual Studio Code with a locally installed Ollama for local AI assistance.

Supported desktop OS: Linux, macOS, Windows.

On Linux, install Ollama using the shell command: curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh.

After installing on Linux, pull the required codellama LLM with: ollama pull codellama.

On macOS and Windows, download binaries (.dmg for Mac, .exe for Windows) and follow the GUI installer steps to install Ollama and VS Code.