add thinking support to the api and cli (#10584)

- Both `/api/generate` and `/api/chat` now accept a `"think"`
  option that allows specifying whether thinking mode should be on or
  not
- Templates get passed this new option so, e.g., qwen3's template can
  put `/think` or `/no_think` in the system prompt depending on the
  value of the setting
- Models' thinking support is inferred by inspecting model templates.
  The prefix and suffix the parser uses to identify thinking support is
  also automatically inferred from templates
- Thinking control & parsing is opt-in via the API to prevent breaking
  existing API consumers. If the `"think"` option is not specified, the
  behavior is unchanged from previous versions of ollama
- Add parsing for thinking blocks in both streaming/non-streaming mode
  in both `/generate` and `/chat`
- Update the CLI to make use of these changes. Users can pass `--think`
  or `--think=false` to control thinking, or during an interactive
  session they can use the commands `/set think` or `/set nothink`
- A `--hidethinking` option has also been added to the CLI. This makes
  it easy to use thinking in scripting scenarios like
  `ollama run qwen3 --think --hidethinking "my question here"` where you
  just want to see the answer but still want the benefits of thinking
  models
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Devon Rifkin
2025-05-28 19:38:52 -07:00
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@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Generate a response for a given prompt with a provided model. This is a streamin
- `prompt`: the prompt to generate a response for
- `suffix`: the text after the model response
- `images`: (optional) a list of base64-encoded images (for multimodal models such as `llava`)
- `think`: (for thinking models) should the model think before responding?
Advanced parameters (optional):
@@ -490,11 +491,13 @@ Generate the next message in a chat with a provided model. This is a streaming e
- `model`: (required) the [model name](#model-names)
- `messages`: the messages of the chat, this can be used to keep a chat memory
- `tools`: list of tools in JSON for the model to use if supported
- `think`: (for thinking models) should the model think before responding?
The `message` object has the following fields:
- `role`: the role of the message, either `system`, `user`, `assistant`, or `tool`
- `content`: the content of the message
- `thinking`: (for thinking models) the model's thinking process
- `images` (optional): a list of images to include in the message (for multimodal models such as `llava`)
- `tool_calls` (optional): a list of tools in JSON that the model wants to use