Aaron Sawyer

Aaron has been a Web developer for 14 years, and currently serves as Digital Solutions Architect with Marathon Consulting, a Virginia-based company that specializes in websites, apps, and IT solutions. Aaron is actively involved with the Umbraco community, speaks at Umbraco events, and is on the Umbraco CMS Advisory board. In his off time, he enjoys hiking, biking, kayaking, retro computers, and Star Wars.

Using Local LLMs wth Umbraco MCP

Issue No 128 • 02 June 2026

Want to try out the Umbraco MCP experience but don't have an AI subscription? Or maybe Claude is down and you've got work to do? Aaron has good news: you can run a local LLM on your own hardware, completely free. He walks us step by step through setting up LM Studio with Umbraco MCP, from installing your first model to querying your site's content.