ollama-task-orchestrator

Manage and execute Ollama tasks via SSH on a remote worker, providing queue status, exclusive task locking, and code generation commands.

Ollama Task Orchestrator — Skill Specification

Overview

Manage Ollama task queue and code generation on a remote worker machine via SSH. Provides queue health checks and task execution with exclusivity locking.

Commands

ollama status [clean] [--force] [--kill-ollama]

Check queue status and Ollama server health.

• No args: show status only
• clean: remove stale locks (prompts if Ollama is busy)
• clean --force: remove stale locks without prompting
• clean --kill-ollama: stop and restart Ollama server to cancel active generation

ollama run <task>

Execute a task on the worker machine. Available tasks:

Task	Usage	Description
ping	ollama run ping	Check runner is alive
codegen	ollama run codegen <instruction>	Generate code via Ollama
write	ollama run write <file> <instruction>	Generate and write code to file
test	ollama run test [suite]	Run project tests
exec	ollama run exec <command>	Run arbitrary shell command
list-projects	ollama run list-projects	List available projects

Configuration

Variable	Default	Description
OLLAMA_WORKER_HOST	worker-mac	SSH host alias
OLLAMA_RUNNER_PATH	~/worker/runner	Runner scripts path on worker
WORKER_ROOT	$HOME/worker	Worker root directory
PROJECTS_DIR	$WORKER_ROOT/projects	Projects directory
DEFAULT_PROJECT	(none)	Default project for context
OLLAMA_MODEL	qwen2.5-coder:32b	Ollama model
OLLAMA_URL	http://localhost:11434/api/generate	Ollama API endpoint

Files

skill.py                  OpenClaw skill entry point
runner/
  queue_status.sh         Queue and server health checker
  run_task.sh             Task executor with Ollama integration
README.md                 Setup and usage guide
SKILL.md                  This file