Recipes

Real-world setups, ready to copy-paste.

Code review companion

export MINI_CLAUDE_MODEL=qwen2.5:7b
export MINI_CLAUDE_TEMPERATURE=0.2
export MINI_CLAUDE_SYSTEM="You are a senior Go reviewer. Be concise and direct. Always point out the riskiest issue first."
mini-claude

Paste a diff or a function, get focused feedback. Low temperature for predictable critique.

Brainstorming partner

export MINI_CLAUDE_MODEL=llama3.1:8b
export MINI_CLAUDE_TEMPERATURE=0.9
export MINI_CLAUDE_SYSTEM="You are a curious co-thinker. Ask questions back, push the user to clarify."
mini-claude

Multi-machine setup

Run Ollama on a beefy desktop, chat from your laptop:

# On the GPU machine
OLLAMA_HOST=0.0.0.0 ollama serve

# On the laptop
export MINI_CLAUDE_URL=http://desktop.local:11434
mini-claude

Quick aliases

# ~/.zshrc
alias mc="mini-claude"
alias mc-fast="MINI_CLAUDE_MODEL=llama3.2:1b mini-claude"
alias mc-think="MINI_CLAUDE_MODEL=qwen2.5:7b MINI_CLAUDE_TEMPERATURE=0.2 mini-claude"

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