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There's a few Ollama-MCP bridge servers already (from a quick search, also interested myself):

ollama-mcp-bridge: A TypeScript implementation that "connects local LLMs (via Ollama) to Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. This bridge allows open-source models to use the same tools and capabilities as Claude, enabling powerful local AI assistants"

simple-mcp-ollama-bridge: A more lightweight bridge connecting "Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to OpenAI-compatible LLMs like Ollama"

rawveg/ollama-mcp: "An MCP server for Ollama that enables seamless integration between Ollama's local LLM models and MCP-compatible applications like Claude Desktop"

How you route would be an interesting challenge, presumably could just tell it to use the mcp for certain tasks, thereby offloading locally.