diff --git a/ansible/inventory.yaml b/ansible/inventory.yaml
index 86bb467..fabadc5 100644
--- a/ansible/inventory.yaml
+++ b/ansible/inventory.yaml
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ all:
       hosts:
         mac-mini:
           ansible_host: 192.168.7.96
+          ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/setup-ollama.yaml b/ansible/playbooks/setup-ollama.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6d7a29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/setup-ollama.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+# Run: ansible-playbook ansible/playbooks/setup-ollama.yaml -i ansible/inventory.yaml --ask-become-pass
+# Description: Installs Ollama on the Mac Mini, configures it as a launchd daemon listening on all interfaces, and pulls the configured models.
+
+- name: Setup Ollama on Mac Mini
+  hosts: mac_mini
+  gather_facts: true
+  roles:
+    - ollama
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diff --git a/ansible/roles/ollama/defaults/main.yaml b/ansible/roles/ollama/defaults/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a54a58c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/ollama/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+# Part of role: ollama
+# Called by: ansible/playbooks/setup-ollama.yaml
+# Description: Default variables for the ollama role. Add models to ollama_models to have them pulled automatically.
+
+ollama_host: "0.0.0.0"
+ollama_port: 11434
+ollama_models:
+  - qwen3:4b
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diff --git a/ansible/roles/ollama/handlers/main.yaml b/ansible/roles/ollama/handlers/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bca10ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/ollama/handlers/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+# Part of role: ollama
+# Called by: ansible/playbooks/setup-ollama.yaml
+# Description: Handlers for the ollama role. Restarts the ollama launchd daemon when the plist changes.
+
+- name: restart ollama
+  become: true
+  command: launchctl kickstart -k system/com.ollama.ollama
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diff --git a/ansible/roles/ollama/tasks/main.yaml b/ansible/roles/ollama/tasks/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c036839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/ollama/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+---
+# Part of role: ollama
+# Called by: ansible/playbooks/setup-ollama.yaml
+# Description: Installs Ollama via Homebrew, deploys the launchd plist so it starts on boot bound to all interfaces, and pulls configured models.
+
+- name: Install ollama via Homebrew
+  community.general.homebrew:
+    name: ollama
+    state: present
+
+- name: Deploy ollama launchd plist
+  template:
+    src: ollama.plist.j2
+    dest: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.ollama.ollama.plist
+    owner: root
+    group: wheel
+    mode: "0644"
+  become: true
+  notify: restart ollama
+
+- name: Load ollama launchd service
+  become: true
+  command: launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.ollama.ollama.plist
+  args:
+    creates: /var/run/ollama.pid
+  ignore_errors: true
+
+- name: Wait for ollama to be ready
+  uri:
+    url: "http://localhost:{{ ollama_port }}"
+    status_code: 200
+  register: result
+  until: result.status == 200
+  retries: 10
+  delay: 3
+
+- name: Pull ollama models
+  command: /opt/homebrew/bin/ollama pull {{ item }}
+  loop: "{{ ollama_models }}"
+  environment:
+    OLLAMA_HOST: "http://localhost:{{ ollama_port }}"
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diff --git a/ansible/roles/ollama/templates/ollama.plist.j2 b/ansible/roles/ollama/templates/ollama.plist.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3114bed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/ollama/templates/ollama.plist.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Part of role: ollama -->
+<!-- Called by: ansible/roles/ollama/tasks/main.yaml -->
+<!-- Description: launchd daemon plist for Ollama on macOS. Binds to all interfaces so the K3s cluster can reach it via manifests/core/ollama-external.yaml. -->
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+    <key>Label</key>
+    <string>com.ollama.ollama</string>
+
+    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
+    <array>
+        <string>/opt/homebrew/bin/ollama</string>
+        <string>serve</string>
+    </array>
+
+    <key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
+    <dict>
+        <key>OLLAMA_HOST</key>
+        <string>{{ ollama_host }}:{{ ollama_port }}</string>
+        <key>HOME</key>
+        <string>/var/root</string>
+    </dict>
+
+    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
+    <true/>
+
+    <key>KeepAlive</key>
+    <true/>
+
+    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
+    <string>/var/log/ollama.log</string>
+
+    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
+    <string>/var/log/ollama.error.log</string>
+</dict>
+</plist>
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diff --git a/manifests/core/ollama-external.yaml b/manifests/core/ollama-external.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99ae973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/core/ollama-external.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+---
+# Apply: kubectl apply -f manifests/core/ollama-external.yaml
+# Delete: kubectl delete -f manifests/core/ollama-external.yaml
+# Description: Exposes the Mac Mini's Ollama instance to the K3s cluster via a headless Service + Endpoints pair.
+#              Allows any pod to reach Ollama at http://ollama.default.svc.cluster.local:11434
+
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Endpoints
+metadata:
+  name: ollama
+  namespace: default
+subsets:
+  - addresses:
+      - ip: 192.168.7.96
+    ports:
+      - port: 11434
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: ollama
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  ports:
+    - name: http
+      port: 11434
+      targetPort: 11434
+  clusterIP: None
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