Native Ollama LLM Integration + Example Project + Full Unit Tests

[ayman3000]

🚀 PR: Native Ollama LLM Integration + Example Project + Full Unit Tests

Includes: Critical Fix for Ollama Cloud Tool-Calling + Comparison Test with LiteLLM

🔗 Link to Issue or Description of Change

No existing issue.
Submitting this as a major feature contribution that fills a critical gap in ADK’s LLM provider ecosystem.

❗ Problem

Google ADK currently relies on LiteLLM for Ollama usage (ollama_chat/...).

However, LiteLLM still fails with Ollama when using cloud models such as:

• glm-4.6:cloud
• gpt-oss:20b-cloud

The failures include:

❌ LiteLLM + Ollama Cloud → Broken Tool Calling

• Tool calls not executed
• Arguments lost or malformed
• Function-call loops
• Context resets
• Multi-part messages break
• Streaming tool-calls fail
• Models stall in endless “tool use” mode
• Developer cannot build agent workflows on top of it

In short:

LiteLLM cannot currently be used for production agentic tool-calling with Ollama Cloud models.

This makes ADK incomplete for:

• Enterprise cloud inference
• Hybrid local+cloud Ollama deployments
• Students and researchers using GGUF + cloud backup
• Any agent workflow that needs tools

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🔥 Why This Feature Is Critical

✔ This PR provides the first working, reliable tool-calling path for Ollama Cloud models inside ADK.

Native Ollama backend → Stable.
LiteLLM backend → Broken for cloud models.

The ADK ecosystem must support Ollama Cloud + tools — and this PR provides exactly that.

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✅ Solution — Full Native Ollama Support

This PR adds:

• A first-class, native Ollama backend (ollama_llm.py)
• Complete tool-calling implementation
• Local + cloud support
• Proper ADK message conversion
• Proper ADK ↔ Ollama function-call bridging
• Full unit test suite
• Full example project

✔ 1. New Native Backend — ollama_llm.py

Implements BaseLlm with robust support for:

🧩 Core Features

• Native HTTP POST /api/chat
• Correct role mapping (system/user/assistant/tool)
• Clean tool-calling path
• Argument parsing + JSON extraction
• Inline tool-call parsing
• Multi-message accumulation
• Generation parameter handling
• Error propagation
• Logging under google_adk.xxx

🎛 Model Routing

Supports all of these:

Ollama(model="llama3.2")
Ollama(model="gpt-oss:20b-cloud")
Agent(model="ollama/mistral")
Agent(model="ollama/llama3.1")

No LiteLLM required.


✔ 2. New Example Project — contributing/hello_world_ollama_native/

Shows:
	•	Native Ollama usage
	•	Tool calling
	•	Running via adk web
	•	Full minimal starter project



✔ 3. Full Unit Test Suite — test_ollama.py

Covers:
	•	Payload construction
	•	Tool schema mapping
	•	Inline JSON tool-call extraction
	•	Accumulating multi-chunk tool calls
	•	Empty chunk filtering
	•	Finish reason mapping
	•	Error handling
	•	LlmResponse construction



🔬 Additional Validation: Native Ollama vs LiteLLM (Cloud Models)

To help reviewers, I included side-by-side native vs LiteLLM comparison code.

This demonstrates that:

✔ Native Ollama works fully

❌ LiteLLM breaks on cloud models (tool calling fails)

Testing Code:

from google.adk.agents import Agent
from google.adk.models.ollama_llm import Ollama   # Native backend (by Ayman)
from google.adk.models.lite_llm import LiteLlm     # Existing LiteLLM backend

model = "glm-4.6:cloud"

ollama_model = Ollama(model=model)
lite_llm_model = LiteLlm(model=f"ollama_chat/{model}")

def add_numbers(x: int, y: int) -> int:
    """adds two numbers"""
    return x + y

root_agent = Agent(
    model=lite_llm_model,
    name='root_agent',
    description='A helpful assistant for user questions.',
    instruction='Answer user questions and use add_numbers when needed.',
    tools=[add_numbers]
)

Result:
	•	Ollama(model="glm-4.6:cloud") → ✔ tool calling works properly
	•	LiteLlm(model="ollama_chat/glm-4.6:cloud") → ❌ tool calling fails

This comparison proved essential for ensuring correctness of the new backend.

⸻

🧪 Testing Plan

✔ Unit Tests
	•	All pass
	•	All ADK tests untouched
	•	Added new test_ollama.py

✔ Manual E2E Tests

Tested with:
	•	llama3.2
	•	gpt-oss:20b-cloud
	•	glm-4.6:cloud
	•	qwen3:.6b

Validated:
	•	Tool calls
	•	Multi-round dialogs
	•	System instructions
	•	JSON argument passing
	•	No infinite loops
	•	Correct finish reason
	•	Context preserved


📘 Additional Context

This PR brings ADK to parity with other agentic frameworks by adding:
	•	Local model support
	•	Cloud + tool-calling compatibility
	•	Offline + privacy-first development
	•	GGUF ecosystem integration

Native Ollama support unlocks a huge community and makes ADK dramatically more accessible.

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Summary of Changes

Hello @ayman3000, I'm Gemini Code Assist[^1]! I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary to help you and other reviewers quickly get up to speed!

This pull request significantly enhances ADK's LLM provider ecosystem by introducing a native Ollama integration. This new backend directly addresses and fixes critical tool-calling failures that previously affected cloud-based Ollama models when used via LiteLLM. By providing robust and reliable tool support, this change makes ADK fully compatible with enterprise cloud inference, hybrid local and cloud deployments, and advanced agent workflows that depend on accurate function calling, thereby broadening ADK's accessibility and utility.

Highlights

• Native Ollama LLM Integration: Introduces a first-class, native Ollama backend (ollama_llm.py) to ADK, enabling direct communication with Ollama servers without relying on LiteLLM.
• Critical Tool-Calling Fix for Cloud Models: Resolves significant issues with tool calling for Ollama Cloud models (e.g., glm-4.6:cloud, gpt-oss:20b-cloud) that were previously broken or unreliable when using LiteLLM, ensuring stable and correct execution of tool calls.
• Comprehensive Tooling Support: Implements complete tool-calling functionality, including proper ADK message conversion, function-call bridging, argument parsing, JSON extraction, and multi-message accumulation for both local and cloud Ollama deployments.
• New Example Project: Adds a new example project (contributing/hello_world_ollama_native/) demonstrating native Ollama usage with tool calling, including a sample agent with roll_die and check_prime functions.
• Full Unit Test Suite: Includes a comprehensive unit test suite (test_ollama.py) covering various aspects of the native Ollama integration, such as payload construction, tool schema mapping, inline JSON tool-call extraction, and error handling.
• Validation and Comparison: Features side-by-side comparison code demonstrating the native Ollama backend's successful tool-calling capabilities with cloud models, contrasting it with LiteLLM's failures in the same scenarios.

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Before we can proceed with the review, could you please sign the Contributor License Agreement (CLA)? It seems the cla/google check has failed. You can find instructions on how to sign it at https://cla.developers.google.com/.

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[ayman3000]

Thanks for the review!
I’ve applied all requested fixes, updated the Ollama integration, and updated the unit tests accordingly.
All tests pass locally and the CLA is now signed.

Please let me know if you would like any additional adjustments.
Happy to iterate!

[ryanaiagent]

Hi @ayman3000, Thank you for your work on this pull request. We appreciate the effort you've invested. Can you please fix the failing unit tests and lint errors before we can proceed with the review.

[zhengwenyi2025]

i found a issue: Object of type Content is not JSON serializable
at ollama_llm.py line 135
# System instruction → first system message.
if llm_request.config.system_instruction:
  messages.append(
      {
          "role": "system",
          "content": llm_request.config.system_instruction,
      }
  )
  
  changed to:

# System instruction → first system message.
if llm_request.config.system_instruction:
  messages.append(
      {
          "role": "system",
          "content": self._content_to_text(llm_request.config.system_instruction),
      }
  )

[ayman3000]

All checks are now passing ✔️
The issue with Content not JSON serializable is fixed.
Code is formatted and imports sorted.

Waiting for workflow approval and code review approval from the maintainers.
Thanks — hope the ADK team accepts it!

[ryanaiagent]

Hi @ayman3000 , pls fix the failing tests

[ayman3000]

Hi, could someone please approve the pending workflow runs so that the tests run? I need the results to fix the failing unit tests. Thank you!