Inexpensive AI for Ash

[Jonconradt]

I have a small local AI but it is normally busy, so I went looking for a cloud based AI that I could use inexpensively for my ash install. I ended up using Ollama Cloud's free tier and the gemma4-31b model. This has worked very well for me. It understands the unix commands, works well with the tools, coordinates sub-agents effectively, and is reasonably fast. This model is also small enough that I could conceivably dedicate local hardware to running it.

Provider:

• https://ollama.com/pricing

Model:

• https://ollama.com/library/gemma4 31B dense

Please add your experience and model choice to this discussion to help others.