LM Studio

LM Studio is a desktop app that lets you run powerful AI language models directly on your own computer—no internet or cloud required. With a clean, user-friendly interface, you can easily download models, chat with them, and tweak how they behave. It’s a great way to explore AI hands-on while keeping full control over your data and privacy.

1

Install LM Studio

Download and install LM Studio on your PC.

2

Install LLM models

To use LM Studio, you first need to download an LLM model. For compatibility with Robpod AI CoWorker, the selected model must support tool-calling functionality.

Here you can find a couple of models that works great:

Qwen2.5-7B	Install Model	Small and fast model
gpt-oss-20b	Install Model	Bigger and more advanced model provided by Open AI.

3

Setup AI CoWorker

Open Robpod AI CoWorker on your PC.

Select LM Studio as AI provider.

To automatically setup Robpod connector for LM Studio click ... → Auto Config. This will connect Robpod AI CoWorker with LM studio.

Otherwise follow step 4 to manually configure the connector.

Click on CONNECT.

4

Add Robpod Connector to LM Studio (Manual Setup)

Follow this step only if you need to manually setup the connector. If you have use the Auto Config option you can skip this step.

Click on Show Settings → Program → Integrations → Edit mcp.json

The setup file for MCP connectors will open. Add the connector as follow:

{
   "mcpServers":{
      "robpod-coworker":{
         "url":"http://127.0.0.1:29696/mcp",
         "timeout":120000
      }
   }
}

5

Chat with LM Studio

If connector is created successfully, you can start chating with the AI assisant.