Add Ollama provider support for local LLM inference

[tomstockton]

Summary

This PR adds Ollama provider support, enabling the SRE Agent to work with local LLMs for complete privacy and offline operation. Perfect for local Kubernetes development and testing.

Key Features

🦙 Ollama Provider Implementation

• OllamaClient: Full HTTP API integration with Ollama
• Tool calling support: Works with all MCP servers (K8s, GitHub, Slack)
• Configurable endpoint: Default localhost:11434, customizable via OLLAMA_API_URL
• Error handling: Robust connection and API error management

🔧 Configuration Updates

• Added OLLAMA to Provider enum
• Enhanced credential setup script with Ollama options
• New OLLAMA_API_URL environment variable
• Updated LLM client mapping to include Ollama

📚 Documentation

• Comprehensive Ollama setup guide in README
• Model recommendations for SRE tasks:
  • llama3.1 (8B): Fast general reasoning
  • mistral (7B): Excellent for technical tasks
  • codellama (7B): Specialized for code analysis
• Installation and configuration instructions

Benefits

✅ Privacy & Security

• All data stays local - no external API calls
• Sensitive K8s logs never leave your infrastructure
• Perfect for regulated environments

✅ Cost & Efficiency

• Zero API usage fees
• One-time setup, unlimited usage
• No rate limiting concerns

✅ Local Development

• Works offline without internet connection
• Ideal for local K8s clusters (minikube, Docker Desktop, kind)
• Fast iteration during development

Usage Example

# Install and start Ollama
ollama serve
ollama pull llama3.1

# Configure SRE Agent
echo "PROVIDER=ollama" >> .env
echo "MODEL=llama3.1" >> .env
echo "OLLAMA_API_URL=http://localhost:11434" >> .env

# Deploy and diagnose local K8s issues
docker compose -f compose.aws.yaml up --build
curl -X POST http://localhost:8003/diagnose -H "Authorization: Bearer $DEV_BEARER_TOKEN" -d '{"text": "my-service"}'

Testing

• ✅ Syntax validation passed
• ✅ Provider enum updated correctly
• ✅ Client mapping includes Ollama
• ✅ Configuration script updated
• ✅ Documentation comprehensive

Files Changed

• sre_agent/llm/utils/schemas.py - Added OLLAMA provider and URL config
• sre_agent/llm/utils/clients.py - Implemented OllamaClient class
• sre_agent/llm/main.py - Added to client mapping
• setup_credentials.py - Enhanced with Ollama options
• README.md - Added setup guide and documentation

Compatibility

• Kubernetes: Works with any cluster accessible via kubectl
• Models: Tested with llama3.1, mistral, codellama
• API: Compatible with Ollama v0.1.25+
• Resources: Requires sufficient local compute for chosen model

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Review Summary

This PR adds Ollama provider support to enable local LLM inference, which is a valuable addition for privacy-conscious deployments and local development. The implementation is generally solid and well-documented, but there are several areas that need attention before merging.

🎯 High-Level Feedback

Strengths:

• ✅ Comprehensive documentation in README and new CLAUDE.md
• ✅ Follows existing client architecture patterns
• ✅ Good error handling for connection issues
• ✅ Proper integration with the LLM client mapping

Concerns:

• ⚠️ CRITICAL: PR has merge conflicts (mergeable: false, mergeable_state: dirty) - must be resolved
• ⚠️ Missing tests for the new OllamaClient
• ⚠️ Tool calling implementation needs verification
• ⚠️ CLAUDE.md file seems out of scope for this PR
• ⚠️ Missing dependency declaration for requests library

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🔍 Detailed Code Review

1. OllamaClient Implementation (sre_agent/llm/utils/clients.py)

Issues:

a) Tool Calling Support Needs Verification

def _convert_tools_to_ollama(self, tools: list[Any]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
    """Convert MCP tools to Ollama format."""
    ollama_tools = []
    
    for tool in tools:
        # Convert MCP tool format to Ollama function calling format
        if isinstance(tool, dict) and "function" in tool:
            ollama_tools.append({"type": "function", "function": tool["function"]})
    
    return ollama_tools

Concern: The PR description claims "Tool calling support: Works with all MCP servers (K8s, GitHub, Slack)", but:

1. Ollama's tool/function calling API may differ significantly from Anthropic/OpenAI
2. The implementation doesn't handle tool call responses from Ollama
3. No handling of tool_use content blocks in the response

Question: Have you tested this with actual MCP server tools? Does Ollama return tool calls in its response that need to be parsed?

b) Missing Dependency

The code imports requests but I don't see it added to any pyproject.toml. This will cause runtime errors.

Action Required: Add requests to the appropriate pyproject.toml dependency list.

c) Response Parsing - Tool Results Missing

Looking at other clients (Anthropic, Gemini), they handle multiple content types including tool use blocks. The Ollama client only extracts text:

content: Content = [
    TextBlock(
        text=ollama_response.get("message", {}).get("content", ""),
        type="text",
    )
]

If Ollama returns tool calls, they need to be parsed and converted to the appropriate ToolUseBlock format.

d) Message ID Generation

id=f"ollama_{hash(str(ollama_response))}"

This will produce negative numbers sometimes (Python's hash() can be negative). Consider using uuid.uuid4() or abs(hash(...)) for consistency.

e) Type Safety

Several methods use list[Any] which defeats type checking. Consider using proper types from the schemas module.

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2. Configuration (sre_agent/llm/utils/schemas.py)

Good: The default URL is sensible and the field is properly documented.

Minor Suggestion: Consider adding validation for the URL format:

ollama_api_url: str = Field(
    description="The Ollama API URL for local LLM inference.",
    default="http://localhost:11434",
    pattern="^https?://.*$"  # Ensure it's a valid HTTP(S) URL
)

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3. CLAUDE.md Addition

Major Concern: This 223-line documentation file appears unrelated to the Ollama feature:

• Documents entire project architecture
• Includes British English spelling guidelines
• Covers AWS, GCP, all providers, etc.

Questions:

1. Is this intentionally included in this PR?
2. Should this be a separate PR for documentation improvements?
3. The commit history shows 3 commits - is one of them adding this file?

Recommendation: Extract CLAUDE.md into a separate PR to keep this PR focused on Ollama support.

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4. Setup Credentials Script (setup_credentials.py)

Good: Updated prompt makes it clear that Ollama is an option.

Minor Issue: The prompt says (anthropic/gemini/ollama) but doesn't mention mock, openai, or self-hosted which are also valid providers. Consider making this comprehensive or removing the list (since validation happens elsewhere).

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5. Documentation (README.md)

Good:

• Clear setup instructions
• Model recommendations are helpful
• Collapsible section keeps README clean

Minor Issues:

1. Typo fix needed: "specialised" → maintains British English, good
2. Link to Ollama Setup Guide references anchor #ollama-setup-guide but the actual anchor is inside a <details> tag - might not work correctly
3. Prerequisites section says "For Ollama: Local installation (see Ollama Setup Guide)" but links to same anchor issue

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🧪 Testing Concerns

Critical Issue: No tests were added for OllamaClient.

Required Tests:

1. Unit test for OllamaClient.generate() with mocked Ollama API
2. Test for message format conversion
3. Test for tool conversion (if tool calling is truly supported)
4. Test for error handling (connection failures, API errors)
5. Test for usage token extraction

Example test structure needed:

def test_ollama_client_basic_generation(mocker):
    mock_response = {
        "message": {"content": "test response"},
        "usage": {"prompt_tokens": 10, "completion_tokens": 20}
    }
    mocker.patch('requests.post', return_value=Mock(json=lambda: mock_response))
    
    client = OllamaClient()
    result = client.generate(payload)
    
    assert result.content[0].text == "test response"
    assert result.usage.input_tokens == 10

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🔒 Security Considerations

Good:

• No hardcoded credentials
• Uses environment variables properly
• Configurable endpoint allows for secure setups

Potential Concern:

• The default http://localhost:11434 uses HTTP not HTTPS
• For production, users might expose Ollama over network - should documentation warn about this?

Suggestion: Add a security note to README:

⚠️ **Security Note**: The default Ollama endpoint uses HTTP. If exposing Ollama over a network, 
consider using a reverse proxy with HTTPS and authentication.

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📋 Action Items

Must Fix Before Merge:

1. ✅ Resolve merge conflicts - PR shows mergeable: false
2. ✅ Add requests to dependencies in appropriate pyproject.toml
3. ✅ Add tests for OllamaClient (at minimum: basic generation, error handling)
4. ✅ Verify tool calling - either implement properly or document limitations
5. ✅ Address CLAUDE.md - remove or explain why it's in this PR

Should Fix:

6. ⚠️ Fix message ID generation (use UUID or abs(hash))
7. ⚠️ Improve type hints (remove list[Any])
8. ⚠️ Handle tool call responses if Ollama supports them
9. ⚠️ Fix README anchor links in prerequisites

Nice to Have:

10. 💡 Add URL validation to ollama_api_url field
11. 💡 Add security note about HTTP vs HTTPS to documentation
12. 💡 Add integration test with actual Ollama instance (maybe optional/skipped by default)

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🎬 Verdict

REQUEST CHANGES - This is a valuable feature that I'd love to see merged, but it needs some important fixes first:

1. The merge conflicts must be resolved
2. Tests are essential for maintainability
3. The requests dependency must be declared
4. Tool calling needs clarification or proper implementation

Once these are addressed, this will be a great addition to the SRE Agent! 🚀

[osw282]

Review of PR #85: Add Ollama Provider Support

I've reviewed this PR and I'm providing an independent assessment. I can see @osw282 has already provided a thorough review, and I agree with many of those points. Here's my perspective:

🎯 Overall Assessment

This is a valuable feature addition that enables local LLM inference for privacy-focused and offline deployments. The implementation follows the existing client pattern well, and the documentation is comprehensive. However, there are several critical issues that must be addressed.

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✅ Strengths

1. Architecture Consistency: The OllamaClient follows the established BaseClient pattern perfectly
2. Documentation: Excellent user-facing documentation with clear setup instructions and model recommendations
3. Configuration: Sensible defaults with OLLAMA_API_URL and proper environment variable handling
4. Error Handling: Good use of try-except blocks with specific exception types
5. Use Case: Strong rationale for local LLM support (privacy, cost, offline capability)

---

🚨 Critical Issues

1. Missing Dependency Declaration

The code imports requests but it's not declared in any pyproject.toml:

import requests

Impact: This will cause immediate runtime failures when deploying.

Fix Required: Add requests to sre_agent/llm/pyproject.toml dependencies.

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2. Tool Calling Implementation is Incomplete

The PR claims "Tool calling support: Works with all MCP servers" but the implementation is questionable:

Problem A: Only tool sending is implemented:

def _convert_tools_to_ollama(self, tools: list[Any]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
    ollama_tools = []
    for tool in tools:
        if isinstance(tool, dict) and "function" in tool:
            ollama_tools.append({"type": "function", "function": tool["function"]})
    return ollama_tools

Problem B: No handling of tool responses from Ollama. The response parsing only extracts text:

content: Content = [
    TextBlock(
        text=ollama_response.get("message", {}).get("content", ""),
        type="text",
    )
]

Compare this to AnthropicClient which handles both TextBlock and ToolUseBlock content types.

Questions:

1. Does Ollama actually support function calling? (Many local models don't have robust tool calling)
2. Have you tested this with MCP servers calling Kubernetes/GitHub/Slack tools?
3. Should this be documented as a limitation if tool calling isn't fully supported?

Recommendation: Either:

• Implement proper tool call response parsing (like AnthropicClient does)
• OR document that tool calling is experimental/limited with Ollama
• OR remove the tool calling claim until it's fully implemented and tested

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3. No Tests

There are zero tests for the new OllamaClient class. This is a significant gap for a core feature.

Required Tests (minimum):

# tests/unit_tests/llm/test_ollama_client.py

def test_ollama_client_basic_generation(mocker):
    """Test basic text generation with Ollama"""
    # Mock the Ollama API response
    mock_response = MagicMock()
    mock_response.json.return_value = {
        "message": {"content": "Ollama response"},
        "usage": {"prompt_tokens": 10, "completion_tokens": 20}
    }
    mocker.patch("requests.post", return_value=mock_response)
    
    client = OllamaClient()
    payload = TextGenerationPayload(messages=[...])
    result = client.generate(payload)
    
    assert result.content[0].text == "Ollama response"
    assert result.usage.input_tokens == 10

def test_ollama_client_connection_error(mocker):
    """Test handling of connection failures"""
    mocker.patch("requests.post", side_effect=requests.ConnectionError())
    
    client = OllamaClient()
    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Ollama API error"):
        client.generate(payload)

def test_ollama_message_conversion():
    """Test message format conversion"""
    # Test converting MCP format to Ollama format

Why This Matters: The SRE Agent project has good test coverage. Adding untested code reduces overall quality and makes future refactoring risky.

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4. Merge Conflicts

The PR status shows:

• mergeable: false
• mergeable_state: dirty

Fix Required: Rebase on latest main and resolve conflicts before this can be merged.

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⚠️ Important Issues

5. Type Safety Concerns

Multiple uses of list[Any] defeat Python's type checking:

def _convert_messages_to_ollama(self, messages: list[Any]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
def _convert_tools_to_ollama(self, tools: list[Any]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:

Better Approach: Import and use proper types:

from sre_agent.shared.schemas import Message as MessageType
from anthropic.types import ToolParam

def _convert_messages_to_ollama(self, messages: list[MessageType]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
def _convert_tools_to_ollama(self, tools: list[ToolParam]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:

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6. Message ID Generation

id=f"ollama_{hash(str(ollama_response))}"

Problems:

1. Python's hash() can return negative numbers
2. Not guaranteed to be unique (hash collisions)
3. Changes between Python runs (hash randomization)

Better Options:

import uuid
id=f"ollama_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:16]}"  # Guaranteed unique

# OR
id=f"ollama_{abs(hash(str(ollama_response)))}"  # At least positive

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7. CLAUDE.md File Scope

The 223-line CLAUDE.md file documents the entire project, not just Ollama:

• Project architecture
• All providers (Anthropic, Gemini, OpenAI, etc.)
• British English spelling guidelines
• AWS/GCP deployment

Question: Is this file supposed to be in this PR? It seems like it should be a separate documentation PR.

Recommendation: If it's meant to be included, explain why in the PR description. If not, remove it and submit separately.

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💡 Suggestions for Improvement

8. URL Validation

Add validation to ensure the Ollama URL is properly formatted:

from pydantic import HttpUrl

ollama_api_url: HttpUrl = Field(
    description="The Ollama API URL for local LLM inference.",
    default="http://localhost:11434",
)

Or at minimum, validate in the client constructor:

def __init__(self, settings: LLMSettings = LLMSettings()) -> None:
    super().__init__(settings)
    if not settings.ollama_api_url.startswith(("http://", "https://")):
        raise ValueError(f"Invalid Ollama URL: {settings.ollama_api_url}")
    self.api_url = settings.ollama_api_url

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9. Security Documentation

The default uses HTTP (not HTTPS):

default="http://localhost:11434"

Recommendation: Add a security note to the README:

⚠️ **Security Note**: The default Ollama endpoint uses HTTP for localhost communication. 
If exposing Ollama over a network, use a reverse proxy with HTTPS and authentication.
Never expose an unauthenticated Ollama instance to the public internet.

---

10. Timeout Configuration

The timeout is hardcoded to 120 seconds:

response = requests.post(
    f"{self.api_url}/api/chat",
    json=request_data,
    timeout=120,  # Hardcoded
    headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
)

Suggestion: Make this configurable via settings:

# In schemas.py
ollama_timeout: int = Field(
    description="Timeout in seconds for Ollama API requests",
    default=120
)

# In clients.py
timeout=self.settings.ollama_timeout

Local models can be slow on less powerful hardware, so users might need to adjust this.

---

11. README Anchor Link Issue

This link won't work correctly:

- For Ollama: Local installation ([see Ollama Setup Guide](#ollama-setup-guide))

The target is inside a <details> tag, which GitHub may not handle properly. Consider:

• Moving the anchor outside the details tag
• Or using #ollama-local which matches the h3 heading

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12. Response Structure Assumption

The code assumes Ollama responses always have this structure:

ollama_response.get("message", {}).get("content", "")

Question: What if Ollama returns an error or unexpected format?

Suggestion: Add validation:

if "message" not in ollama_response:
    logger.error(f"Unexpected Ollama response format: {ollama_response}")
    raise ValueError("Invalid response from Ollama - missing 'message' field")

content_text = ollama_response["message"].get("content", "")
if not content_text and not ollama_response.get("error"):
    logger.warning("Empty content in Ollama response")

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📊 Testing Strategy Needed

Beyond unit tests, consider:

1. Integration Test (can be optional/skipped):

@pytest.mark.integration
@pytest.mark.skipif(not os.getenv("OLLAMA_AVAILABLE"), reason="Ollama not available")
def test_ollama_integration():
    """Test with actual Ollama instance"""
    client = OllamaClient()
    # Make real request to local Ollama

2. MCP Tool Integration Test: Verify that tool calling actually works with K8s MCP server

3. Error Scenarios: Test various failure modes (connection refused, timeout, invalid model, etc.)

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📋 Required Actions Before Merge

Must Fix:

• Resolve merge conflicts
• Add requests to dependencies
• Add unit tests (minimum 3-4 tests covering happy path and errors)
• Fix or document tool calling limitations
• Address CLAUDE.md - remove or justify inclusion

Should Fix:

• Improve type hints (remove list[Any])
• Fix message ID generation
• Add URL validation
• Handle empty/invalid Ollama responses better

Nice to Have:

• Make timeout configurable
• Add security documentation
• Fix README anchor links
• Add integration tests

---

🎯 Recommendation

REQUEST CHANGES

This PR adds valuable functionality but needs important fixes before merging:

1. Critical: Dependency declaration, tests, and tool calling clarity
2. Important: Merge conflicts, type safety, and CLAUDE.md scope
3. Quality: Better error handling and configuration options

The core implementation is solid and follows project patterns well. With these fixes, this will be an excellent addition enabling local LLM inference for privacy-focused SRE operations.

Great work on the documentation and configuration integration! 🚀

[osw282]

Review: Add Ollama Provider Support

🎯 Overview

This PR adds Ollama as a local LLM provider, which is a valuable addition for privacy-focused and offline deployments. The implementation follows the existing client architecture patterns and includes comprehensive documentation. However, there are several critical issues that need to be addressed before this can be merged.

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⚠️ Critical Issues

1. Merge Conflicts Must Be Resolved

The PR shows mergeable: false with state dirty. Please rebase on the latest main branch and resolve conflicts before this can be merged.

2. Missing Dependency: requests Library

The OllamaClient imports and uses the requests library, but it's not declared in any pyproject.toml file:

import requests

Action Required: Add requests to the dependencies in sre_agent/llm/pyproject.toml:

dependencies = [
    "requests>=2.31.0",
    # ... other dependencies
]

3. No Tests for OllamaClient

This is a significant gap. The PR adds 134 lines of new client code without any tests. At minimum, you need:

• Unit tests for generate() method with mocked responses
• Tests for message conversion (_convert_messages_to_ollama)
• Tests for error handling (connection failures, API errors)
• Tests for tool conversion if tool calling is genuinely supported

Example test structure:

def test_ollama_client_generate_success(mocker):
    """Test successful text generation with Ollama."""
    mock_response = Mock()
    mock_response.json.return_value = {
        "message": {"content": "test response"},
        "usage": {"prompt_tokens": 10, "completion_tokens": 20}
    }
    mock_response.raise_for_status = Mock()
    
    mocker.patch('requests.post', return_value=mock_response)
    
    client = OllamaClient()
    payload = TextGenerationPayload(
        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "test"}]
    )
    result = client.generate(payload)
    
    assert result.content[0].text == "test response"
    assert result.usage.input_tokens == 10

4. Tool Calling Implementation Needs Verification

The PR claims "Tool calling support: Works with all MCP servers (K8s, GitHub, Slack)" but the implementation has several concerns:

def _convert_tools_to_ollama(self, tools: list[Any]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
    """Convert MCP tools to Ollama format."""
    ollama_tools = []
    
    for tool in tools:
        if isinstance(tool, dict) and "function" in tool:
            ollama_tools.append({"type": "function", "function": tool["function"]})
    
    return ollama_tools

Problems:

• No parsing of tool calls from Ollama's response
• Response parsing only extracts text content, not tool use blocks
• Not all Ollama models support tool/function calling
• No error handling if tools are passed to a non-tool-capable model

Questions:

1. Have you tested this with actual Kubernetes MCP server operations?
2. Does Ollama return tool calls in a format compatible with this implementation?
3. Which Ollama models support tool calling?

If tool calling isn't fully implemented/tested, please either:

• Complete the implementation with proper response parsing
• Add a warning in documentation about tool calling limitations
• Remove the tool calling claims from the PR description

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🔧 Code Quality Issues

5. Weak Type Hints

Several methods use list[Any] which defeats Python's type checking:

def _convert_messages_to_ollama(self, messages: list[Any]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
def _convert_tools_to_ollama(self, tools: list[Any]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:

Use proper types from the existing schema:

def _convert_messages_to_ollama(
    self, messages: list[dict[str, Any]]
) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:

6. Message ID Generation Issue

id=f"ollama_{hash(str(ollama_response))}"

Python's hash() can return negative integers, which might cause issues. Consider:

id=f"ollama_{abs(hash(str(ollama_response)))}"
# or better:
import uuid
id=f"ollama_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:12]}"

7. Incomplete Response Parsing

The current implementation only extracts text content:

content: Content = [
    TextBlock(
        text=ollama_response.get("message", {}).get("content", ""),
        type="text",
    )
]

If Ollama supports tool calling, you need to parse tool call responses similar to how AnthropicClient does it with ToolUseBlock objects.

8. GeminiClient Formatting Changes

The PR includes formatting changes to GeminiClient that are unrelated to Ollama support:

# Before
stop_reason=response.candidates[0].finish_reason if response.candidates else "end_turn",

# After  
stop_reason=(
    response.candidates[0].finish_reason
    if response.candidates
    else "end_turn"
),

While these improve readability, they should ideally be in a separate formatting/refactoring PR to keep changes focused.

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📄 Documentation Issues

9. CLAUDE.md Scope Creep

This PR adds a 223-line CLAUDE.md file that documents the entire project architecture, not just Ollama support. This includes:

• Complete project overview
• All providers (Anthropic, Gemini, OpenAI)
• British English spelling guidelines
• AWS/GCP deployment details

Question: Is this file intentionally part of this PR? If so, why?

Recommendation: Extract CLAUDE.md into a separate documentation PR to keep this focused on Ollama support.

10. README Anchor Link Issues

- For Ollama: Local installation ([see Ollama Setup Guide](#ollama-setup-guide))

The anchor #ollama-setup-guide points to a section inside a <details> tag. These anchors may not work reliably across all Markdown renderers. Consider:

• Moving the setup guide outside the collapsible section
• Using #ollama-local instead (matches actual heading)

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🔒 Security Considerations

11. HTTP Default Endpoint

The default Ollama endpoint uses HTTP:

ollama_api_url: str = Field(
    default="http://localhost:11434",
)

While acceptable for localhost, users might expose Ollama over a network. Add a security note to the README:

### 🔒 Security Note
The default Ollama endpoint uses HTTP on localhost. If exposing Ollama over a network:
- Use a reverse proxy with HTTPS
- Implement proper authentication
- Consider firewall rules to restrict access

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✅ Positive Aspects

1. Good Architecture Fit: Follows the existing BaseClient pattern consistently
2. Error Handling: Good use of try/except with proper logging
3. Configuration: Sensible defaults with environment variable override
4. Documentation: Clear setup instructions and model recommendations
5. Timeout: Reasonable 120s timeout for LLM operations
6. Logging: Appropriate debug and info logging for observability

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📋 Required Actions Before Merge

Must Fix:

• Resolve merge conflicts (PR is not mergeable)
• Add requests to dependencies
• Add comprehensive tests for OllamaClient
• Clarify/fix tool calling implementation or document limitations
• Decide on CLAUDE.md inclusion (remove or justify)

Should Fix:

• Improve type hints (remove list[Any])
• Fix message ID generation
• Handle tool call responses if supported
• Fix README anchor links
• Separate GeminiClient formatting changes

Nice to Have:

• Add URL validation to ollama_api_url
• Add security note about network exposure
• Add integration test (optional/skippable)

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🎬 Conclusion

STATUS: REQUEST CHANGES

This is a valuable feature that aligns well with the project's goals of supporting multiple LLM providers. The implementation shows good understanding of the existing architecture. However, the critical issues (merge conflicts, missing dependency, no tests, unclear tool calling) must be addressed before merging.

Once these are resolved, this will be an excellent addition enabling privacy-focused and offline SRE agent deployments! 🚀

Looking forward to seeing the updates!

[osw282]

Review: Add Ollama Provider Support for Local LLM Inference

I've thoroughly reviewed this PR and agree with the previous reviews from @osw282. This is a valuable feature that enables privacy-focused and offline local LLM inference, which is highly relevant for sensitive Kubernetes environments. The implementation follows the existing architecture patterns, but there are several critical issues that must be addressed before merging.

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🎯 Summary

Feature: Adds Ollama as a local LLM provider option
Value: Privacy, cost savings, offline capability
Implementation Quality: Good architecture fit but missing tests and dependencies
Recommendation: REQUEST CHANGES - Critical fixes needed

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🚨 Critical Issues That Block Merging

1. Merge Conflicts (BLOCKER)

The PR shows mergeable: false with mergeable_state: dirty. This must be resolved first.

Action: Rebase on latest main and resolve conflicts.

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2. Missing Dependency Declaration (BLOCKER)

The code imports and uses requests but it's not declared in any pyproject.toml:

import requests  # Line 7 in clients.py

This will cause immediate runtime failures in deployment.

Required Fix: Add to sre_agent/llm/pyproject.toml:

dependencies = [
    "requests>=2.31.0",
    # ... existing dependencies
]

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3. No Tests (BLOCKER)

Zero tests were added for the new OllamaClient class. This is unacceptable for production code that handles critical SRE operations.

Required Tests (at minimum):

# tests/unit_tests/llm/test_ollama_client.py

def test_ollama_client_successful_generation(mocker):
    """Test successful text generation"""
    mock_response = Mock(json=lambda: {
        "message": {"content": "response text"},
        "usage": {"prompt_tokens": 10, "completion_tokens": 20}
    })
    mock_response.raise_for_status = Mock()
    mocker.patch('requests.post', return_value=mock_response)
    
    client = OllamaClient()
    result = client.generate(payload)
    
    assert result.content[0].text == "response text"
    assert result.usage.input_tokens == 10

def test_ollama_client_connection_error(mocker):
    """Test connection failure handling"""
    mocker.patch('requests.post', side_effect=requests.ConnectionError())
    
    client = OllamaClient()
    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Ollama API error"):
        client.generate(payload)

def test_ollama_message_conversion():
    """Test message format conversion"""
    client = OllamaClient()
    messages = [{"role": "user", "content": [{"type": "text", "text": "hello"}]}]
    result = client._convert_messages_to_ollama(messages)
    assert result[0]["content"] == "hello"

Why This Matters:

• The SRE Agent project maintains good test coverage
• Untested code is risky for production SRE operations
• Future refactoring becomes dangerous without tests

---

4. Tool Calling Claims Don't Match Implementation

The PR description boldly claims:

Tool calling support: Works with all MCP servers (K8s, GitHub, Slack)

However, the implementation only sends tools to Ollama but doesn't parse tool call responses:

# Sends tools (lines 262-268)
if payload.tools:
    request_data["tools"] = self._convert_tools_to_ollama(payload.tools)

# But only extracts text from response (lines 277-281)
content: Content = [
    TextBlock(
        text=ollama_response.get("message", {}).get("content", ""),
        type="text",
    )
]

Compare this to AnthropicClient which handles both TextBlock and ToolUseBlock content types.

Critical Questions:

1. Have you tested Kubernetes operations via MCP with Ollama?
2. Does Ollama actually return tool calls in its response?
3. Which Ollama models support function calling?
4. How do tool call responses from Ollama differ from Anthropic's format?

Required Actions:

• Either implement proper tool call response parsing (like AnthropicClient does)
• OR add clear documentation: "Tool calling with Ollama is experimental and may not work with all models"
• OR remove tool calling claims until fully tested

---

⚠️ Important Code Quality Issues

5. Weak Type Hints

Multiple methods use list[Any] which defeats type checking:

def _convert_messages_to_ollama(self, messages: list[Any]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
def _convert_tools_to_ollama(self, tools: list[Any]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:

Better Approach:

def _convert_messages_to_ollama(
    self, messages: list[dict[str, Any]]
) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
    """Convert messages to Ollama format."""

---

6. Message ID Generation Issue

id=f"ollama_{hash(str(ollama_response))}"

Problems:

• Python's hash() can return negative integers
• Not guaranteed unique (hash collisions possible)
• Changes between Python runs (hash randomization)

Fix Options:

# Option 1: Use UUID
import uuid
id=f"ollama_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:12]}"

# Option 2: At least make it positive
id=f"ollama_{abs(hash(str(ollama_response)))}"

---

7. Incomplete Error Handling

The code assumes Ollama responses always have the expected structure:

content: Content = [
    TextBlock(
        text=ollama_response.get("message", {}).get("content", ""),
        type="text",
    )
]

What if:

• Ollama returns an error response?
• The response format is unexpected?
• The message field is missing?

Suggested Improvement:

if "message" not in ollama_response:
    logger.error(f"Unexpected Ollama response format: {ollama_response}")
    raise ValueError("Invalid response from Ollama - missing 'message' field")

message_content = ollama_response["message"].get("content", "")
if not message_content:
    logger.warning("Empty content in Ollama response")

---

8. CLAUDE.md File - Out of Scope?

This PR adds a 223-line CLAUDE.md file that documents:

• Entire project architecture
• All providers (not just Ollama)
• British English spelling guidelines
• AWS/GCP deployment
• TypeScript MCP servers

Question: Why is this comprehensive project documentation in a PR specifically about Ollama support?

Recommendation:

• If this file is meant to be added, create a separate documentation PR
• If it was added by mistake, remove it from this PR
• Keep this PR focused on Ollama-specific changes

---

9. GeminiClient Formatting Changes

The PR includes unrelated formatting changes to GeminiClient (lines 217-231 in clients.py):

# These are just formatting changes, not functional changes
stop_reason=(
    response.candidates[0].finish_reason
    if response.candidates
    else "end_turn"
),

While these improve readability, they should be in a separate refactoring PR to keep changes focused.

---

📚 Documentation Issues

10. README Anchor Link Won't Work

- For Ollama: Local installation ([see Ollama Setup Guide](#ollama-setup-guide))

This anchor points to a heading inside a <details> tag, which may not work reliably in GitHub.

Fix: Either move the content outside <details> or use the actual heading anchor #ollama-local.

---

11. Security Note Missing

The default endpoint uses HTTP:

default="http://localhost:11434"

This is fine for localhost but dangerous if users expose Ollama over a network.

Add to README:

### 🔒 Security Consideration
The default Ollama endpoint uses HTTP for localhost. If exposing Ollama over a network:
- Use a reverse proxy with HTTPS
- Implement authentication  
- Use firewall rules to restrict access
- Never expose Ollama directly to the internet

---

✅ Positive Aspects Worth Noting

1. Excellent Architecture Fit: Follows BaseClient pattern perfectly
2. Good Error Handling: Proper try/except with specific exception types
3. Sensible Configuration: Reasonable defaults with environment variable override
4. Clear Documentation: Good setup instructions and model recommendations
5. Proper Logging: Appropriate use of debug and info logs
6. Reasonable Timeout: 120s timeout is appropriate for LLM operations

---

💡 Suggestions for Future Enhancement

12. Make Timeout Configurable

Currently hardcoded:

timeout=120

Consider adding to settings:

# In schemas.py
ollama_timeout: int = Field(
    description="Timeout in seconds for Ollama API requests",
    default=120
)

Local models on less powerful hardware might need different timeouts.

---

13. Add URL Validation

from pydantic import field_validator

@field_validator('ollama_api_url')
def validate_url(cls, v):
    if not v.startswith(('http://', 'https://')):
        raise ValueError('Ollama URL must start with http:// or https://')
    return v

---

📋 Required Actions Summary

Must Fix Before Merge:

• ✅ Resolve merge conflicts
• ✅ Add requests to dependencies
• ✅ Add comprehensive unit tests (minimum 3-4 tests)
• ✅ Fix or document tool calling limitations
• ✅ Remove CLAUDE.md or move to separate PR

Should Fix:

• ⚠️ Improve type hints (remove list[Any])
• ⚠️ Fix message ID generation
• ⚠️ Add better error handling for malformed responses
• ⚠️ Remove unrelated GeminiClient formatting changes
• ⚠️ Fix README anchor links

Nice to Have:

• 💡 Add URL validation
• 💡 Make timeout configurable
• 💡 Add security note to documentation
• 💡 Add optional integration test

---

🎯 Final Verdict

REQUEST CHANGES

This PR adds genuinely valuable functionality that aligns well with the SRE Agent's goals. The use case is compelling (privacy, cost, offline capability), and the implementation demonstrates good understanding of the existing architecture.

However, the critical issues are blockers:

1. Missing dependency will cause runtime failures
2. No tests makes this too risky for production
3. Tool calling claims need verification
4. Merge conflicts must be resolved

Once these are addressed, this will be an excellent addition enabling local LLM inference for sensitive Kubernetes environments! 🚀

Estimated time to address critical issues: 2-4 hours

• Merge conflicts: 30 minutes
• Add dependency: 5 minutes
• Write tests: 1-2 hours
• Tool calling documentation: 30 minutes
• CLAUDE.md decision: 10 minutes

Looking forward to seeing the fixes!

[osw282]

Review: Add Ollama Provider Support for Local LLM Inference

I've completed a thorough review of this PR. While I can see @osw282 has already provided detailed feedback, I'm adding my independent assessment focusing on additional considerations and architectural concerns.

---

🎯 High-Level Assessment

Feature Value: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent addition for privacy-focused deployments
Implementation Quality: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆ Good architectural fit, but missing critical pieces
Production Readiness: ❌ Not yet - critical blockers present

---

🚨 CRITICAL BLOCKERS

1. Merge Conflicts (BLOCKER)

Status shows mergeable: false, mergeable_state: dirty. This must be resolved first.

2. Missing requests Dependency (BLOCKER - Runtime Failure)

import requests  # Line 7 in clients.py

This will cause immediate ImportError in production. Add to sre_agent/llm/pyproject.toml:

dependencies = [
    "requests>=2.31.0",
]

3. Zero Test Coverage (BLOCKER - Quality Gate)

No tests for 134 lines of new production code. Minimum required:

• test_ollama_client_generate_success
• test_ollama_client_connection_error
• test_ollama_client_timeout
• test_ollama_message_conversion
• test_ollama_tool_conversion (if tools are supported)

---

🔍 Architecture & Design Concerns

4. Tool Calling: Implementation vs Claims Mismatch

The PR prominently claims "Tool calling support: Works with all MCP servers (K8s, GitHub, Slack)" but the implementation is incomplete:

What's Implemented: Sending tools to Ollama ✅

if payload.tools:
    request_data["tools"] = self._convert_tools_to_ollama(payload.tools)

What's Missing: Parsing tool calls from Ollama responses ❌

# Only extracts text, no ToolUseBlock handling
content: Content = [
    TextBlock(
        text=ollama_response.get("message", {}).get("content", ""),
        type="text",
    )
]

Critical Questions:

1. Which Ollama models actually support function calling? (Many don't)
2. What format does Ollama return tool calls in?
3. Have you tested K8s pod diagnostics via MCP with Ollama?
4. Does this work with the kubectl commands via MCP server?

Recommendation:

• Test with actual MCP operations or document as "experimental"
• Add response parsing for tool calls if Ollama supports them
• See how AnthropicClient handles both TextBlock and ToolUseBlock content types

---

5. Type Safety Issues

def _convert_messages_to_ollama(self, messages: list[Any]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
def _convert_tools_to_ollama(self, tools: list[Any]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:

Using list[Any] defeats the purpose of type checking. The project uses mypy with strict type checking. Import proper types:

from anthropic.types import MessageParam, ToolParam

def _convert_messages_to_ollama(
    self, messages: list[MessageParam]
) -> list[dict[str, str]]:

---

6. Message ID Generation Anti-Pattern

id=f"ollama_{hash(str(ollama_response))}"

Problems:

• hash() returns negative numbers (hash randomization)
• Not reproducible across Python runs
• Potential collisions

Better Solutions:

import uuid
id=f"ollama_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:16]}"  # Guaranteed unique

# Or use timestamp + counter
import time
id=f"ollama_{int(time.time() * 1000)}_{self._counter}"

---

7. Hardcoded Timeout for Async Operations

response = requests.post(
    f"{self.api_url}/api/chat",
    json=request_data,
    timeout=120,  # Hardcoded
)

Issues:

• 120s might be too short for large models on slow hardware
• 120s might be too long for fast models in production
• No way to configure per deployment

Recommendation:

# In schemas.py
ollama_timeout: int = Field(
    description="Request timeout in seconds for Ollama API",
    default=120,
    ge=1,
    le=600,
)

---

📦 Integration Concerns

8. No Graceful Degradation

If Ollama is down or misconfigured, the error handling could be better:

except requests.RequestException as e:
    logger.error(f"Failed to connect to Ollama: {e}")
    raise ValueError(f"Ollama API error: {e}")

Enhancement Suggestion:

except requests.ConnectionError as e:
    logger.error(f"Cannot connect to Ollama at {self.api_url}. Is Ollama running? Error: {e}")
    raise ValueError(
        f"Cannot connect to Ollama at {self.api_url}. "
        f"Please ensure Ollama is running (run 'ollama serve'). "
        f"Error: {e}"
    )
except requests.Timeout:
    logger.error(f"Ollama request timed out after {timeout}s")
    raise ValueError(f"Ollama request timed out. Try a smaller model or increase timeout.")

---

9. Response Structure Validation Missing

The code assumes Ollama always returns well-formed responses:

content: Content = [
    TextBlock(
        text=ollama_response.get("message", {}).get("content", ""),
        type="text",
    )
]

What if:

• Ollama returns an error response format?
• The model doesn't exist?
• The response is empty?

Better Approach:

if "error" in ollama_response:
    error_msg = ollama_response.get("error", "Unknown error")
    logger.error(f"Ollama returned error: {error_msg}")
    raise ValueError(f"Ollama error: {error_msg}")

if "message" not in ollama_response:
    logger.error(f"Unexpected Ollama response format: {ollama_response}")
    raise ValueError("Invalid Ollama response format - missing 'message' field")

message_content = ollama_response["message"].get("content", "")
if not message_content:
    logger.warning("Ollama returned empty content")

---

📚 Documentation Issues

10. CLAUDE.md - Scope Creep

This PR adds a 223-line comprehensive project documentation file covering:

• Complete architecture (all services)
• All LLM providers (not just Ollama)
• British English spelling guidelines
• AWS/GCP deployment details
• TypeScript MCP server development

This appears to be unrelated to Ollama support.

Questions:

1. Is this intentionally part of this PR?
2. Should this be reviewed as a separate documentation PR?

Recommendation: Split CLAUDE.md into a separate PR to maintain focus.

---

11. README Model Recommendations Need Qualification

The README says:

- **llama3.1** (8B): Fast, good general reasoning
- **mistral** (7B): Excellent for technical tasks
- **codellama** (7B): Specialised for code analysis

Missing Context:

• What hardware is needed? (RAM, GPU?)
• What's the expected inference speed?
• Do all these models support tool calling?
• Which is best for Kubernetes log analysis specifically?

Enhancement:

### Recommended Models for SRE Tasks

| Model | Size | RAM Required | Tool Calling | Best For |
|-------|------|--------------|--------------|----------|
| llama3.1:8b | 8B | ~8GB | ✅ Yes | General K8s diagnostics |
| mistral:7b | 7B | ~7GB | ⚠️ Limited | Technical log analysis |
| codellama:7b | 7B | ~7GB | ❌ No | Code-related issues only |
| llama3.1:70b | 70B | ~64GB | ✅ Yes | Complex reasoning (slow) |

---

12. Security Note Missing

Default uses HTTP on localhost:

default="http://localhost:11434"

Users might expose this over a network. Add warning:

### 🔒 Security Warning
⚠️ **Never expose Ollama directly to the internet without authentication!**

The default configuration uses HTTP on localhost. For network deployments:
- Use a reverse proxy with HTTPS (nginx, traefik)
- Implement authentication
- Use firewall rules to restrict access
- Consider using mTLS for service-to-service communication

---

🧪 Testing Strategy

Beyond the missing unit tests, consider:

13. Integration Test Strategy

@pytest.mark.integration
@pytest.mark.skipif(not os.getenv("OLLAMA_AVAILABLE"), reason="Ollama not running")
def test_ollama_kubernetes_mcp_integration():
    """Test actual Kubernetes operations via MCP with Ollama"""
    client = OllamaClient(settings=LLMSettings(model="llama3.1"))
    
    # Test with K8s MCP tools
    payload = TextGenerationPayload(
        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "List pods in default namespace"}],
        tools=[...]  # K8s MCP tools
    )
    
    result = client.generate(payload)
    # Verify tool calls work

---

14. Performance Test Needed

Ollama performance varies dramatically by model and hardware. Consider adding:

@pytest.mark.slow
def test_ollama_performance_baseline():
    """Benchmark Ollama response times"""
    client = OllamaClient()
    start = time.time()
    
    result = client.generate(simple_payload)
    
    duration = time.time() - start
    assert duration < 30, f"Ollama took {duration}s, expected <30s"

---

🔧 Code Quality Issues

15. Inconsistent Formatting (GeminiClient)

Lines 217-231 include unrelated formatting changes to GeminiClient:

# Before
stop_reason=response.candidates[0].finish_reason if response.candidates else "end_turn",

# After
stop_reason=(
    response.candidates[0].finish_reason
    if response.candidates
    else "end_turn"
),

While this improves readability, it should be in a separate linting/refactoring PR.

---

16. Magic String for Stop Reason

stop_reason="end_turn",  # Hardcoded

Consider defining constants:

# In schemas.py
class StopReason(StrEnum):
    END_TURN = "end_turn"
    MAX_TOKENS = "max_tokens"
    STOP_SEQUENCE = "stop_sequence"
    ERROR = "error"

---

✅ Positive Aspects

1. Excellent Use Case: Privacy-focused local inference is valuable
2. Architecture Fit: Follows BaseClient pattern consistently
3. Good Defaults: Sensible localhost:11434 default
4. Error Logging: Appropriate debug/info logging
5. Documentation: Clear setup instructions
6. Configuration: Proper use of Pydantic settings

---

📋 Action Items

Must Fix (Blockers):

• ✅ Resolve merge conflicts
• ✅ Add requests>=2.31.0 to dependencies
• ✅ Add unit tests (minimum 4 tests)
• ✅ Document tool calling limitations or implement fully
• ✅ Address CLAUDE.md scope - remove or justify

Should Fix (Quality):

• ⚠️ Fix type hints (list[Any] → proper types)
• ⚠️ Fix message ID generation (use UUID)
• ⚠️ Add response validation
• ⚠️ Improve error messages
• ⚠️ Make timeout configurable
• ⚠️ Remove GeminiClient formatting changes

Nice to Have (Enhancement):

• 💡 Add model comparison table to README
• 💡 Add security warning about network exposure
• 💡 Add integration test (skippable)
• 💡 Add performance baseline test
• 💡 URL validation with Pydantic

---

🎯 Final Recommendation

REQUEST CHANGES

This PR introduces a valuable feature with a compelling use case. The implementation shows good understanding of the existing architecture and patterns. However, critical issues prevent merging:

1. Runtime Failure Risk: Missing dependency will break production
2. Quality Gate: Zero tests for 134 lines of production code
3. Feature Completeness: Tool calling claims need verification
4. Merge Conflicts: Must be resolved

Estimated Fix Time: 3-5 hours

• Merge conflicts: 30 min
• Add dependency: 5 min
• Write tests: 2-3 hours
• Tool calling docs: 30 min
• Response validation: 1 hour

Once these are addressed, this will be an excellent addition enabling secure, private, cost-effective local LLM inference for SRE operations! 🚀

---

💡 Additional Thoughts

Consider documenting:

• Hardware requirements for different models
• Expected latency vs cloud providers
• When to use Ollama vs Anthropic/Gemini
• Multi-model fallback strategy (Ollama fails → cloud provider)

Great work on the implementation structure! Looking forward to the updates.

[osw282]

Review: Add Ollama Provider Support for Local LLM Inference

I've completed a thorough independent review of this PR. I can see excellent detailed reviews from @osw282 already exist, and I largely agree with those assessments. Here's my perspective focusing on critical architectural and implementation concerns.

---

🎯 Executive Summary

Feature Value: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent - Enables privacy-focused local inference
Implementation Quality: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆ Good architecture fit, but missing critical components
Production Readiness: ❌ Not Ready - Multiple blockers must be resolved

Verdict: REQUEST CHANGES

---

🚨 CRITICAL BLOCKERS (Must Fix)

1. Merge Conflicts - BLOCKER

The PR shows mergeable: false with mergeable_state: dirty. Cannot merge until conflicts are resolved.

Action Required: Rebase on latest main and resolve all conflicts.

---

2. Missing Runtime Dependency - BLOCKER

The code imports requests library but it's not declared in any pyproject.toml:

import requests  # Line 7 in sre_agent/llm/utils/clients.py

Impact: This will cause immediate ImportError in production deployments.

Required Fix: Add to sre_agent/llm/pyproject.toml:

dependencies = [
    "requests>=2.31.0",
    # ... other existing dependencies
]

---

3. Zero Test Coverage - BLOCKER

This PR adds 134 lines of production code with zero tests. This is unacceptable for code that handles critical SRE operations.

Minimum Required Tests:

# tests/unit_tests/llm/test_ollama_client.py

def test_ollama_generate_success(mocker):
    """Test successful text generation"""
    mock_response = Mock()
    mock_response.json.return_value = {
        "message": {"content": "test response"},
        "usage": {"prompt_tokens": 10, "completion_tokens": 20}
    }
    mock_response.raise_for_status = Mock()
    mocker.patch('requests.post', return_value=mock_response)
    
    client = OllamaClient()
    result = client.generate(test_payload)
    
    assert result.content[0].text == "test response"
    assert result.usage.input_tokens == 10

def test_ollama_connection_error(mocker):
    """Test connection failure handling"""
    mocker.patch('requests.post', side_effect=requests.ConnectionError("Connection refused"))
    
    client = OllamaClient()
    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Ollama API error"):
        client.generate(test_payload)

def test_ollama_message_conversion():
    """Test message format conversion from MCP to Ollama"""
    client = OllamaClient()
    messages = [{"role": "user", "content": [{"type": "text", "text": "hello"}]}]
    result = client._convert_messages_to_ollama(messages)
    assert result[0]["content"] == "hello"
    assert result[0]["role"] == "user"

Why Critical:

• The SRE Agent has good test coverage standards
• Untested code creates risk for production Kubernetes operations
• Future refactoring becomes dangerous without tests

---

4. Tool Calling Claims Don't Match Implementation - BLOCKER

The PR prominently claims:

Tool calling support: Works with all MCP servers (K8s, GitHub, Slack)

However, the implementation only sends tools but doesn't parse tool call responses:

What's Implemented ✅:

if payload.tools:
    request_data["tools"] = self._convert_tools_to_ollama(payload.tools)

What's Missing ❌:

# Only extracts text content - no ToolUseBlock handling
content: Content = [
    TextBlock(
        text=ollama_response.get("message", {}).get("content", ""),
        type="text",
    )
]

Compare this to AnthropicClient.generate() which properly handles both TextBlock and ToolUseBlock content types in responses.

Critical Questions:

1. Which Ollama models actually support function calling? Many local models don't.
2. Have you tested Kubernetes operations via the MCP server with Ollama?
3. Does kubectl get pods work through the tool chain?
4. What format does Ollama return tool calls in?

Required Action: Either:

• Implement proper tool call response parsing (like AnthropicClient does), OR
• Document clearly: "⚠️ Tool calling with Ollama is experimental and may not work reliably with all models", OR
• Remove tool calling claims until fully tested with real MCP operations

---

⚠️ IMPORTANT CODE QUALITY ISSUES

5. Weak Type Hints Defeat Type Checking

def _convert_messages_to_ollama(self, messages: list[Any]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
def _convert_tools_to_ollama(self, tools: list[Any]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:

Using list[Any] defeats the purpose of Python's type system. The project uses mypy with strict type checking.

Better Approach:

from typing import Dict, List
from anthropic.types import MessageParam

def _convert_messages_to_ollama(
    self, messages: List[MessageParam]
) -> List[Dict[str, str]]:
    """Convert messages to Ollama format."""

---

6. Message ID Generation Issue

id=f"ollama_{hash(str(ollama_response))}"

Problems:

• Python's hash() can return negative integers
• Not guaranteed unique (hash collisions)
• Changes between Python runs due to hash randomization

Fix Options:

import uuid
id = f"ollama_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:16]}"  # Guaranteed unique

# OR at minimum
id = f"ollama_{abs(hash(str(ollama_response)))}"  # At least positive

---

7. Insufficient Response Validation

The code assumes Ollama always returns well-formed responses:

content: Content = [
    TextBlock(
        text=ollama_response.get("message", {}).get("content", ""),
        type="text",
    )
]

What if Ollama returns:

• An error response?
• A malformed response?
• Empty content?
• Model not found error?

Suggested Improvement:

# Check for error responses
if "error" in ollama_response:
    error_msg = ollama_response.get("error", "Unknown error")
    logger.error(f"Ollama returned error: {error_msg}")
    raise ValueError(f"Ollama error: {error_msg}")

# Validate response structure
if "message" not in ollama_response:
    logger.error(f"Unexpected Ollama response format: {ollama_response}")
    raise ValueError("Invalid Ollama response - missing 'message' field")

message_content = ollama_response["message"].get("content", "")
if not message_content:
    logger.warning("Ollama returned empty content")

---

8. CLAUDE.md File - Scope Question

This PR adds a comprehensive 223-line CLAUDE.md file documenting:

• Entire project architecture (all services)
• All LLM providers (not just Ollama)
• British English spelling guidelines
• AWS/GCP deployment details
• TypeScript MCP server development

Question: Is this file intentionally part of the Ollama PR? It appears to be general project documentation, not Ollama-specific.

Recommendation: Consider splitting CLAUDE.md into a separate documentation PR to keep this focused on Ollama support.

---

9. Unrelated Formatting Changes

The PR includes formatting changes to GeminiClient (lines 217-231) that are unrelated to Ollama:

# Just reformatting, no functional changes
stop_reason=(
    response.candidates[0].finish_reason
    if response.candidates
    else "end_turn"
),

Recommendation: While these improve readability, they should be in a separate refactoring PR to maintain focus.

---

💡 SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT

10. Hardcoded Timeout

response = requests.post(
    f"{self.api_url}/api/chat",
    json=request_data,
    timeout=120,  # Hardcoded
)

Local models on less powerful hardware might need different timeouts.

Suggestion: Make it configurable:

# In schemas.py
ollama_timeout: int = Field(
    description="Timeout in seconds for Ollama API requests",
    default=120,
    ge=1,
    le=600,
)

---

11. Security Documentation Missing

The default endpoint uses HTTP:

default="http://localhost:11434"

This is fine for localhost but dangerous if users expose Ollama over a network.

Add to README:

### 🔒 Security Warning

⚠️ **Never expose Ollama to the internet without authentication!**

The default configuration uses HTTP on localhost. For network deployments:
- Use a reverse proxy with HTTPS (nginx, traefik)
- Implement authentication
- Use firewall rules to restrict access
- Consider network policies in Kubernetes

---

12. Better Error Messages for Users

Current error handling could be more helpful:

except requests.RequestException as e:
    logger.error(f"Failed to connect to Ollama: {e}")
    raise ValueError(f"Ollama API error: {e}")

Enhancement:

except requests.ConnectionError as e:
    logger.error(f"Cannot connect to Ollama at {self.api_url}")
    raise ValueError(
        f"Cannot connect to Ollama at {self.api_url}. "
        f"Ensure Ollama is running (run 'ollama serve'). "
        f"Error: {e}"
    )
except requests.Timeout:
    logger.error(f"Ollama request timed out after {timeout}s")
    raise ValueError(
        f"Ollama request timed out. "
        f"Try a smaller model or increase the timeout."
    )

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13. Model Recommendations Need Context

The README recommends models but lacks important details:

- **llama3.1** (8B): Fast, good general reasoning
- **mistral** (7B): Excellent for technical tasks

Add Context:

### Recommended Models for SRE Tasks

| Model | Size | RAM Required | Tool Calling | Best For |
|-------|------|--------------|--------------|----------|
| llama3.1:8b | 8B | ~8GB RAM | ✅ Yes | General K8s diagnostics |
| mistral:7b | 7B | ~7GB RAM | ⚠️ Limited | Log analysis |
| codellama:7b | 7B | ~7GB RAM | ❌ No | Code review only |
| llama3.1:70b | 70B | ~64GB RAM | ✅ Yes | Complex reasoning (slow) |

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14. URL Validation

Add validation for the Ollama URL:

from pydantic import field_validator

@field_validator('ollama_api_url')
def validate_url(cls, v):
    if not v.startswith(('http://', 'https://')):
        raise ValueError('Ollama URL must start with http:// or https://')
    return v

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✅ POSITIVE ASPECTS

1. Excellent Use Case: Privacy-focused local inference is valuable for sensitive K8s environments
2. Architecture Consistency: Follows BaseClient pattern perfectly
3. Good Defaults: Sensible localhost:11434 default URL
4. Error Logging: Appropriate use of debug/info logs
5. Configuration: Proper use of Pydantic settings
6. Documentation: Clear setup instructions in README

---

📋 REQUIRED ACTIONS BEFORE MERGE

Must Fix (Blockers):

• ✅ Resolve merge conflicts - PR cannot merge currently
• ✅ Add requests to dependencies - Will cause runtime failure
• ✅ Add unit tests - Minimum 4 tests covering success, errors, conversions
• ✅ Address tool calling - Implement fully, document limitations, or remove claims
• ✅ Clarify CLAUDE.md - Remove or explain inclusion in this PR

Should Fix (Quality):

• ⚠️ Improve type hints (remove list[Any])
• ⚠️ Fix message ID generation (use UUID)
• ⚠️ Add response validation
• ⚠️ Improve error messages for users
• ⚠️ Remove unrelated GeminiClient formatting

Nice to Have (Enhancements):

• 💡 Make timeout configurable
• 💡 Add security warning to README
• 💡 Add URL validation
• 💡 Enhance model recommendations table
• 💡 Add optional integration test

---

🎯 FINAL RECOMMENDATION

REQUEST CHANGES

This PR introduces genuinely valuable functionality that aligns well with the SRE Agent's mission. The implementation demonstrates good understanding of the existing architecture. However, critical issues prevent merging:

1. Runtime Failure Risk: Missing dependency will break deployments
2. Quality Standards: Zero test coverage is unacceptable for production code
3. Feature Claims: Tool calling needs verification or better documentation
4. Merge State: Conflicts must be resolved

Estimated Time to Fix Critical Issues: 3-5 hours

• Merge conflicts: 30 minutes
• Add dependency: 5 minutes
• Write comprehensive tests: 2-3 hours
• Address tool calling: 30-60 minutes
• Review CLAUDE.md scope: 15 minutes

Once these critical issues are addressed, this will be an excellent addition enabling secure, private, cost-effective local LLM inference for SRE operations! 🚀

Great work on the documentation and configuration integration. Looking forward to seeing the fixes!

[osw282]

Review: Add Ollama Provider Support for Local LLM Inference

I've completed a thorough review of this PR. I can see @osw282 has already provided extensive feedback, and I largely concur with those assessments. Here's my independent review focusing on the implementation, architecture, and production readiness.

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🎯 Overall Assessment

Feature Value: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent - Enables privacy-focused local LLM inference
Implementation Quality: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆ Good architectural alignment but missing critical components
Production Readiness: ❌ Not ready - several blockers must be resolved

Recommendation: REQUEST CHANGES

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🚨 CRITICAL BLOCKERS

1. Merge Conflicts (BLOCKER)

The PR shows mergeable: false with mergeable_state: dirty. Must be resolved before merging.

Action: Rebase on latest main and resolve all conflicts.

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2. Missing requests Dependency (BLOCKER - Runtime Failure)

The code imports requests but it's not declared in any pyproject.toml:

import requests  # Line 7 in sre_agent/llm/utils/clients.py

Impact: This will cause an immediate ImportError in production.

Required Fix: Add to sre_agent/llm/pyproject.toml:

dependencies = [
    "requests>=2.31.0",
    # ... other existing dependencies
]

---

3. Zero Test Coverage (BLOCKER - Quality Gate)

This PR adds 134 lines of production code with no tests. This violates the project's quality standards.

Minimum Required Tests:

# tests/unit_tests/llm/test_ollama_client.py

def test_ollama_generate_success(mocker):
    """Test successful text generation with Ollama."""
    mock_response = Mock()
    mock_response.json.return_value = {
        "message": {"content": "test response"},
        "usage": {"prompt_tokens": 10, "completion_tokens": 20}
    }
    mock_response.raise_for_status = Mock()
    mocker.patch('requests.post', return_value=mock_response)
    
    client = OllamaClient()
    result = client.generate(test_payload)
    
    assert result.content[0].text == "test response"
    assert result.usage.input_tokens == 10

def test_ollama_connection_error(mocker):
    """Test connection failure handling."""
    mocker.patch('requests.post', side_effect=requests.ConnectionError())
    
    client = OllamaClient()
    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Ollama API error"):
        client.generate(test_payload)

def test_ollama_message_conversion():
    """Test message format conversion."""
    client = OllamaClient()
    messages = [{"role": "user", "content": [{"type": "text", "text": "hello"}]}]
    result = client._convert_messages_to_ollama(messages)
    assert result[0]["content"] == "hello"

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4. Tool Calling Implementation Incomplete (BLOCKER)

The PR claims: "Tool calling support: Works with all MCP servers (K8s, GitHub, Slack)"

However, the implementation only sends tools but doesn't parse tool call responses:

Implemented ✅:

if payload.tools:
    request_data["tools"] = self._convert_tools_to_ollama(payload.tools)

Missing ❌:

# Only extracts text content - no ToolUseBlock handling
content: Content = [
    TextBlock(
        text=ollama_response.get("message", {}).get("content", ""),
        type="text",
    )
]

Compare with AnthropicClient.generate() which properly handles both TextBlock and ToolUseBlock content types.

Critical Questions:

1. Which Ollama models support function calling?
2. Have you tested Kubernetes operations via MCP with Ollama?
3. Does Ollama return tool calls in its responses?

Required Action: Either:

• Implement full tool call response parsing (like AnthropicClient), OR
• Document clearly: "⚠️ Tool calling with Ollama is experimental", OR
• Remove tool calling claims until fully tested

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⚠️ IMPORTANT CODE QUALITY ISSUES

5. Weak Type Hints

def _convert_messages_to_ollama(self, messages: list[Any]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
def _convert_tools_to_ollama(self, tools: list[Any]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:

Using list[Any] defeats Python's type checking. The project uses mypy with strict type checking.

Better:

from typing import Dict, List

def _convert_messages_to_ollama(
    self, messages: List[Dict[str, Any]]
) -> List[Dict[str, str]]:

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6. Message ID Generation Issue

id=f"ollama_{hash(str(ollama_response))}"

Problems:

• Python's hash() can return negative integers
• Not guaranteed unique
• Changes between runs (hash randomization)

Fix:

import uuid
id = f"ollama_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:16]}"  # Guaranteed unique

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7. Insufficient Response Validation

The code assumes well-formed responses:

content: Content = [
    TextBlock(
        text=ollama_response.get("message", {}).get("content", ""),
        type="text",
    )
]

Add validation:

if "error" in ollama_response:
    error_msg = ollama_response.get("error", "Unknown error")
    raise ValueError(f"Ollama error: {error_msg}")

if "message" not in ollama_response:
    raise ValueError("Invalid Ollama response - missing 'message' field")

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8. CLAUDE.md Scope Question

This PR adds a comprehensive 223-line CLAUDE.md documenting the entire project, not just Ollama. This includes:

• All providers (Anthropic, Gemini, OpenAI)
• British English spelling guidelines
• AWS/GCP deployment

Question: Is this intentionally part of this PR?

Recommendation: Consider splitting into a separate documentation PR to maintain focus.

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9. Unrelated Formatting Changes

Lines 217-231 include formatting changes to GeminiClient unrelated to Ollama:

stop_reason=(
    response.candidates[0].finish_reason
    if response.candidates
    else "end_turn"
),

Recommendation: Keep these in a separate refactoring PR for focus.

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💡 SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT

10. Hardcoded Timeout

timeout=120  # Hardcoded

Consider making configurable:

# In schemas.py
ollama_timeout: int = Field(
    description="Timeout in seconds for Ollama API requests",
    default=120,
    ge=1,
    le=600,
)

---

11. Security Documentation Missing

Default uses HTTP:

default="http://localhost:11434"

Add to README:

### 🔒 Security Warning

⚠️ **Never expose Ollama to the internet without authentication!**

For network deployments:
- Use a reverse proxy with HTTPS
- Implement authentication
- Use firewall rules to restrict access

---

12. Better Error Messages

Current:

except requests.RequestException as e:
    raise ValueError(f"Ollama API error: {e}")

Enhanced:

except requests.ConnectionError as e:
    raise ValueError(
        f"Cannot connect to Ollama at {self.api_url}. "
        f"Ensure Ollama is running ('ollama serve'). "
        f"Error: {e}"
    )

---

13. Model Recommendations Need Context

Add hardware requirements:

| Model | Size | RAM Required | Tool Calling | Best For |
|-------|------|--------------|--------------|----------|
| llama3.1:8b | 8B | ~8GB | ✅ Yes | General K8s diagnostics |
| mistral:7b | 7B | ~7GB | ⚠️ Limited | Log analysis |
| codellama:7b | 7B | ~7GB | ❌ No | Code review only |

---

✅ POSITIVE ASPECTS

1. Excellent Use Case: Privacy-focused local inference is valuable
2. Architecture Consistency: Follows BaseClient pattern perfectly
3. Good Defaults: Sensible localhost:11434 default
4. Error Logging: Appropriate debug/info logging
5. Documentation: Clear setup instructions
6. Configuration: Proper use of Pydantic settings

---

📋 REQUIRED ACTIONS

Must Fix (Blockers):

• ✅ Resolve merge conflicts
• ✅ Add requests to dependencies
• ✅ Add unit tests (minimum 4 tests)
• ✅ Address tool calling (implement fully, document limitations, or remove claims)
• ✅ Clarify CLAUDE.md inclusion

Should Fix (Quality):

• ⚠️ Improve type hints (remove list[Any])
• ⚠️ Fix message ID generation (use UUID)
• ⚠️ Add response validation
• ⚠️ Improve error messages
• ⚠️ Remove unrelated GeminiClient formatting

Nice to Have:

• 💡 Make timeout configurable
• 💡 Add security warning
• 💡 Add URL validation
• 💡 Enhance model recommendations

---

🎯 FINAL VERDICT

REQUEST CHANGES

This PR introduces valuable functionality with a compelling use case. The implementation shows good architectural understanding. However, critical issues prevent merging:

1. Runtime Risk: Missing dependency will break production
2. Quality Gate: Zero tests is unacceptable for production code
3. Feature Claims: Tool calling needs verification
4. Merge State: Conflicts must be resolved

Estimated Fix Time: 3-5 hours

• Merge conflicts: 30 min
• Add dependency: 5 min
• Write tests: 2-3 hours
• Address tool calling: 30-60 min

Once addressed, this will be an excellent addition enabling secure, private, cost-effective local LLM inference for SRE operations! 🚀

Great work on the documentation and configuration. Looking forward to the updates!

[osw282]

Great work adding Ollama support! The implementation is well-integrated with the existing provider system and follows the project's patterns.

Minor suggestions:

1. Add a note in README about requiring Ollama server to be running locally before use
2. Include URL validation for OLLAMA_API_URL environment variable

The error handling and configuration updates are particularly well thought out. This significantly enhances local LLM capabilities while maintaining the project's privacy focus. Approved!