Skip to content
minion-models logo

Minion Models

minion-models

Manage Ollama models for minions. Pull new models, list available ones, switch presets, check disk usage. Use when setting up or changing models.

SKILL.md

Full skill instructions

Minion Models

Manage Ollama models for your minion squad.

Quick commands

List installed models

ollama list

Pull a model

ollama pull qwen2.5-coder:1.5b

Check model info

ollama show qwen2.5-coder:1.5b

Remove a model

ollama rm qwen2.5-coder:0.5b

Presets

PresetModelsDownloadRAM
nanoqwen2.5-coder:0.5b~350MB~1GB
smallqwen2.5-coder:1.5b~1GB~2GB
mediumqwen2.5-coder:7b~4.5GB~8GB
largeqwen2.5-coder:14b~9GB~16GB

Pull preset models

nano:

ollama pull qwen2.5-coder:0.5b

small (recommended):

ollama pull qwen2.5-coder:1.5b

medium:

ollama pull qwen2.5-coder:7b

large:

ollama pull qwen2.5-coder:14b

Switch preset

Edit llm_gc/​config/​models.yaml and change the preset line:

preset: small  # Change to: nano, small, medium, or large

Or use sed:

sed -i.bak 's/^preset:.*/​preset: medium/' llm_gc/​config/​models.yaml

Check disk usage

# Total Ollama storage
du -sh ~/​.ollama/​models

# Per-model breakdown
ls -lh ~/​.ollama/​models/​blobs/ | head -20

Recommended models

TaskModelWhy
Quick patchesqwen2.5-coder:1.5bFast, good enough
Quality patchesqwen2.5-coder:7bBetter reasoning
Code reviewqwen2.5-coder:7b+Needs context
Simple questionsqwen2.5-coder:0.5bSpeed matters

Alternative models

# DeepSeek (alternative to Qwen)
ollama pull deepseek-coder:1.3b
ollama pull deepseek-coder:6.7b

# CodeLlama (Meta)
ollama pull codellama:7b

# StarCoder
ollama pull starcoder2:3b

Troubleshooting

Model not found:

ollama pull <model-name>

Slow responses:

  • Try smaller model
  • Check htop for RAM pressure
  • Reduce --workers in swarm

Out of disk space:

# Remove unused models
ollama rm <model-name>

# Check what's installed
ollama list

Model quality issues:

  • Upgrade preset: nano → small → medium
  • Add more context with --read
  • Simplify the task

More Other skills

Delegate independent tasks to specialized agents working concurrently with isolated context.

295.4K 206.3K
View

Applies Anthropic's official brand colors and typography to any sort of artifact that may benefit from having Anthropic's look-and-feel. Use it when brand colors or style guidelines, visual formatting, or company design standards apply.

179.7K 100.1K
View

Toolkit for styling artifacts with a theme. These artifacts can be slides, docs, reportings, HTML landing pages, etc. There are 10 pre-set themes with colors/fonts that you can apply to any artifact that has been creating, or can generate a new theme on-the-fly.

179.7K 89.5K
View

A set of resources to help me write all kinds of internal communications, using the formats that my company likes to use. Claude should use this skill whenever asked to write some sort of internal communications (status reports, leadership updates, 3P updates, company newsletters, FAQs, incident reports, project updates, etc.).

179.7K 76.1K
View

Fundamental design principles for writing maintainable, testable Python code.

40.2K 21.9K
View

Modern responsive layouts using container queries, fluid typography, CSS Grid, and mobile-first strategies.

40.2K 20K
View

Generate Playwright tests from scenarios using interactive browser exploration and validation.

39.7K 18.2K
View

Modern React state management with Redux Toolkit, Zustand, Jotai, and React Query for every state category.

40.2K 14.7K
View

GDPR-compliant data handling with consent management, data subject rights, and privacy controls.

40.2K 14.3K
View

Python error handling patterns including input validation, exception hierarchies, and partial failure handling. Use when implementing validation logic, designing exception strategies, handling batch processing failures, or building robust APIs.

40.2K 13.5K
View

Detailed multi-file refactor planning with safety checks and rollback guidance.

39.7K 13K
View