diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3a59d75..e4d2245 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+.DS_Store
 .idea/
 .venv/
diff --git a/projects/local-api-test/main.py b/projects/local-api-test/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abdac15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/local-api-test/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import os
+
+from openai import OpenAI
+from openai._types import Timeout
+
+
+def main():
+    client = OpenAI(
+        api_key=os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY", "sk-dummy"),
+        base_url=os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_BASE", "http://localhost:11434/v1"),
+        timeout=Timeout(timeout=30),
+    )
+
+    response = client.chat.completions.create(
+        model=os.environ.get("OPENAI_MODEL", "llama3"),
+        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
+    )
+    print(response.choices[0].message.content)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/projects/local-api-test/pyproject.toml b/projects/local-api-test/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fd8af1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/local-api-test/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[project]
+name = "local-ai-test"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = ["openai"]
+
+[project.scripts]
+run = "main:main"
+