Using local AI in the AI side panel.

Firefox's AI side panel currently does not work like a general AI client where you can simply point it at any local model running on your computer. It mainly supports the AI providers and models that Firefox has integrated. If you want to use a local model, you usually need to run it through something that provides a compatible API (for example, a local AI server), but Firefox's built-in AI panel may not have a setting to connect to custom endpoints yet. A workaround is to use a separate local AI interface, such as running your model through an app like Ollama, LM Studio, or a web-based chat interface, and keep it open alongside Firefox. If Mozilla adds support for custom/local models in the future, it would likely be through the AI settings area, but at the moment there does not appear to be a direct "add my own model" option in the Firefox sidebar.