Lesson 3 — Your first local chat.
Ollama's installed from Lesson 2, and your model tag is on a sticky from Lesson 1. Today you do the three things that make it real: download the weights, talk to them, and prove they're on your disk.
This is the lesson people screenshot.
By the end (~50 minutes)
- Your starter model pulled (
ollama pull). - The Example Ink prompt answered in your terminal — no login, no subscription screen.
ollama listshowing your model.- The checkpoint passed.
Before you start
- Required: Lesson 2 checkpoint — Ollama running.
- Your model tag from Lesson 1 — you'll paste the pull command for your choice.
- Time: the first pull can take 5–20 minutes on home broadband. Get a brew on.
It's the same Example Ink prompt as the comparison lab, and that's on purpose. When the reply lands in your terminal, pause for a second — that one never left your building.
Continue — pull your model.