---
title: "Local Coding Agent"
publisher: "nvidia"
type: "playbook"
updated: "2026-03-25T00:58:13.631Z"
description: "Run local CLI coding agents with Claude Code and Ollama on DGX Station (NVIDIA GB300) using qwen3.6:27b"
canonical: "https://build.nvidia.com/station/local-coding-agent.md"
---

# Basic idea

Use Ollama on **DGX Station (NVIDIA GB300)** to run a local coding model and connect a CLI coding agent. This
playbook uses **Claude Code** with `ollama launch` so you can work without external cloud APIs.

The DGX Station GPU (reported as **NVIDIA GB300** in `nvidia-smi`) provides ample memory to run **qwen3.6:27b** with Ollama for local coding-agent workflows.

# CLI agent

This playbook uses **Claude Code** as the CLI agent, connected to a local Ollama model for inference.

# What you'll accomplish

You will run **qwen3.6:27b** on your **DGX Station (NVIDIA GB300)** with Ollama, connect Claude Code to it, and complete a small coding task end-to-end.

# What to know before starting

- Comfort with Linux command line basics
- Experience running terminal-based tools and editors
- Familiarity with Python for the short coding task

# Prerequisites

- **DGX Station** with **NVIDIA GB300** (Grace Blackwell) and NVIDIA driver; `nvidia-smi` typically shows "NVIDIA GB300"
- Internet access to download model weights
- **Ollama 0.15.0 or newer**
- **GPU memory** on GB300 supports the recommended `qwen3.6:27b` model
- **Disk space** for the `qwen3.6:27b` model download

# Time & risk

* **Duration**: ~20–30 minutes (includes model download)
* **Risk level**: Low
* Large model downloads can fail if network connectivity is unstable
* Older Ollama versions will not load newer models
* **Rollback**: Stop Ollama and delete the downloaded model from `~/.ollama/models`
* **Last Updated:** 06/12/2026
* Model path set to qwen3.6:27b with `ollama launch`; Python task now uses a virtual environment

## More

- [Claude Code](/station/local-coding-agent/claude-code.md)
- [Troubleshooting](/station/local-coding-agent/troubleshooting.md)