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summary: "Install the official llama.cpp provider for local GGUF memory embeddings"
read_when:
- You want memory search embeddings from a local GGUF model
- You are configuring memorySearch.provider = "local"
- You need the OpenClaw plugin that owns the node-llama-cpp runtime
title: "llama.cpp Provider"
sidebarTitle: "llama.cpp Provider"
---
`llama-cpp` is the official external provider plugin for local GGUF
embeddings. It registers embedding provider id `local` and owns the
`node-llama-cpp` runtime dependency used by `memorySearch.provider: "local"`.
Install it before using local memory embeddings:
```bash
openclaw plugins install @openclaw/llama-cpp-provider
```
The main `openclaw` npm package does not include `node-llama-cpp`. Keeping the
native dependency in this plugin prevents normal OpenClaw npm updates from
deleting a manually installed runtime inside the OpenClaw package directory.
## Configuration
Set `memorySearch.provider` to `local`:
```json5
{
agents: {
defaults: {
memorySearch: {
provider: "local",
local: {
modelPath: "hf:ggml-org/embeddinggemma-300m-qat-q8_0-GGUF/embeddinggemma-300m-qat-Q8_0.gguf",
},
},
},
},
}
```
`local.modelPath` defaults to the `hf:` URI shown above (`embeddinggemma-300m-qat-Q8_0.gguf`).
Point it at a different `hf:` URI or a local `.gguf` file to use another
model. `local.modelCacheDir` overrides where downloaded models are cached
(default: `~/.node-llama-cpp/models`), and `local.contextSize` accepts an
integer or `"auto"`.
## Native Runtime
Use Node 24 for the smoothest native install path. Source checkouts using
pnpm may need to approve and rebuild the native dependency:
```bash
pnpm approve-builds
pnpm rebuild node-llama-cpp
```
## Troubleshooting
If `node-llama-cpp` is missing or fails to load, OpenClaw reports the failure
with:
1. Install the plugin: `openclaw plugins install @openclaw/llama-cpp-provider`.
2. Use Node 24 for native installs/updates.
3. From a pnpm source checkout: `pnpm approve-builds`, then `pnpm rebuild node-llama-cpp`.
For lower-friction local embeddings without the native build step, set
`memorySearch.provider` to a remote embedding provider such as `lmstudio`,
`ollama`, `openai`, or `voyage` instead.