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Use Local LLM with Cursor
requirements Cursor is installed on your machine Ollama is installed on your machine, and you have a model ngrok is installed on your machine, and you have an ngrok account Step1. Install Cursor Go to https://www.cursor.com/ and download Cursor, then install it on your machine. Step2. Install Ollama Go to https://ollama.com/ and download Ollama, then install it on your machine. Step3. Create an ngrok account and install ngrok Go to https://ngrok.com/ and download ngrok, then install it on your machine. Then set up ngrok. Step4. Download(pull) a model In this article, we'll use deepseek-r1 model https://ollama.com/library/deepseek-r1 Open the Terminal app # 7B-model ollama pull deepseek-r1:latest Step5. Enable CORS and run ngrok # macOS & Linux export OLLAMA_ORIGINS="*" # If you are using Windows set OLLAMA_ORIGINS="*" ngrok http 11434 --host-header="localhost:11434" Step6. Set OpenAI API Key Put the model name you pulled (in this case, the model is deepseek-r1:latest) and click Add model Put Ollama in API key Put the URL you get from ngrok command + /v1 The URL looks like https://ngrok_something/v1 Click Save Step7. Verify Ollama config We are almost there. Before clicking Verify button, we need to unselect all non-local models. So in this case, deepseek-r1:latest is the only selected model. Then click Verify button. Step8. Use a local model This is the final step. Open Cursor and Chat (Ctrl/Cmd + l). Make sure that you select the model you added in Step 6 and send a prompt.
requirements
-
Cursoris installed on your machine -
Ollamais installed on your machine, and you have a model -
ngrokis installed on your machine, and you have an ngrok account
Step1. Install Cursor
Go to https://www.cursor.com/ and download Cursor, then install it on your machine.
Step2. Install Ollama
Go to https://ollama.com/ and download Ollama, then install it on your machine.
Step3. Create an ngrok account and install ngrok
Go to https://ngrok.com/ and download ngrok, then install it on your machine.
Then set up ngrok.
Step4. Download(pull) a model
In this article, we'll use deepseek-r1 model
https://ollama.com/library/deepseek-r1
Open the Terminal app
# 7B-model
ollama pull deepseek-r1:latest
Step5. Enable CORS and run ngrok
# macOS & Linux
export OLLAMA_ORIGINS="*"
# If you are using Windows
set OLLAMA_ORIGINS="*"
ngrok http 11434 --host-header="localhost:11434"
Step6. Set OpenAI API Key
- Put the model name you pulled (in this case, the model is
deepseek-r1:latest) and clickAdd model - Put
Ollamain API key - Put the URL you get from ngrok command +
/v1The URL looks likehttps://ngrok_something/v1
- Click
Save
Step7. Verify Ollama config
We are almost there.
Before clicking Verify button, we need to unselect all non-local models. So in this case, deepseek-r1:latest is the only selected model.
Then click Verify button.
Step8. Use a local model
This is the final step. Open Cursor and Chat (Ctrl/Cmd + l). Make sure that you select the model you added in Step 6 and send a prompt.
