Instructions to use badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.
- Notebooks
- Google Colab
- Kaggle
- Local Apps Settings
- llama.cpp
How to use badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact with llama.cpp:
Install (macOS, Linux)
curl -LsSf https://llama.app/install.sh | sh # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI: llama serve -hf badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact:IQ2_XXS # Run inference directly in the terminal: llama cli -hf badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact:IQ2_XXS
Install from WinGet (Windows)
winget install llama.cpp # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI: llama serve -hf badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact:IQ2_XXS # Run inference directly in the terminal: llama cli -hf badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact:IQ2_XXS
Use pre-built binary
# Download pre-built binary from: # https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/releases # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI: ./llama-server -hf badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact:IQ2_XXS # Run inference directly in the terminal: ./llama-cli -hf badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact:IQ2_XXS
Build from source code
git clone https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp.git cd llama.cpp cmake -B build cmake --build build -j --target llama-server llama-cli # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI: ./build/bin/llama-server -hf badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact:IQ2_XXS # Run inference directly in the terminal: ./build/bin/llama-cli -hf badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact:IQ2_XXS
Use Docker
docker model run hf.co/badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact:IQ2_XXS
- LM Studio
- Jan
- vLLM
How to use badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact with vLLM:
Install from pip and serve model
# Install vLLM from pip: pip install vllm # Start the vLLM server: vllm serve "badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact" # Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API): curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{ "model": "badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact", "messages": [ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the capital of France?" } ] }'Use Docker
docker model run hf.co/badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact:IQ2_XXS
- Ollama
How to use badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact with Ollama:
ollama run hf.co/badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact:IQ2_XXS
- Unsloth Studio
How to use badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact with Unsloth Studio:
Install Unsloth Studio (macOS, Linux, WSL)
curl -fsSL https://unsloth.ai/install.sh | sh # Run unsloth studio unsloth studio -H 0.0.0.0 -p 8888 # Then open http://localhost:8888 in your browser # Search for badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact to start chatting
Install Unsloth Studio (Windows)
irm https://unsloth.ai/install.ps1 | iex # Run unsloth studio unsloth studio -H 0.0.0.0 -p 8888 # Then open http://localhost:8888 in your browser # Search for badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact to start chatting
Using HuggingFace Spaces for Unsloth
# No setup required # Open https://huggingface.co/spaces/unsloth/studio in your browser # Search for badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact to start chatting
- Pi
How to use badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact with Pi:
Start the llama.cpp server
# Install llama.cpp: brew install llama.cpp # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server: llama serve -hf badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact:IQ2_XXS
Configure the model in Pi
# Install Pi: npm install -g @mariozechner/pi-coding-agent # Add to ~/.pi/agent/models.json: { "providers": { "llama-cpp": { "baseUrl": "http://localhost:8080/v1", "api": "openai-completions", "apiKey": "none", "models": [ { "id": "badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact:IQ2_XXS" } ] } } }Run Pi
# Start Pi in your project directory: pi
- OpenClaw new
How to use badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact with OpenClaw:
Start the llama.cpp server
# Install llama.cpp: brew install llama.cpp # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server: llama serve -hf badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact:IQ2_XXS
Configure OpenClaw
# Install OpenClaw: npm install -g openclaw@latest # Register the local server and set it as the default model: openclaw onboard --non-interactive --mode local \ --auth-choice custom-api-key \ --custom-base-url http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1 \ --custom-model-id "badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact:IQ2_XXS" \ --custom-provider-id llama-cpp \ --custom-compatibility openai \ --custom-text-input \ --accept-risk \ --skip-health
Run OpenClaw
openclaw agent --local --agent main --message "Hello from Hugging Face"
- Docker Model Runner
How to use badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact with Docker Model Runner:
docker model run hf.co/badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact:IQ2_XXS
- Lemonade
How to use badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact with Lemonade:
Pull the model
# Download Lemonade from https://lemonade-server.ai/ lemonade pull badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact:IQ2_XXS
Run and chat with the model
lemonade run user.BTL-4-Compact-IQ2_XXS
List all available models
lemonade list
- Hermes Agent
How to use badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact with Hermes Agent:
Start the llama.cpp server
# Install llama.cpp: brew install llama.cpp # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server: llama serve -hf badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact:IQ2_XXS
Configure Hermes
# Install Hermes: curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash hermes setup # Point Hermes at the local server: hermes config set model.provider custom hermes config set model.base_url http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1 hermes config set model.default badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact:IQ2_XXS
Run Hermes
hermes
- Atomic Chat
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"""BFCL v4 tool-calling gate for BTL-4 Compact, runnable on a Colab T4.
BTL-3 Compact's weakest published number was parallel-multiple at 3/10, so tool
use is the measurement that matters most for an agent model and the one thing
the knowledge gate could not tell us. This runs the same 13 single-turn AST
categories, with the same system prompt and the same official `ast_checker`
that produced BTL-4's published 73.5% at bf16 -- so the result is directly
comparable rather than merely indicative.
The tool-call parser below is copied verbatim from btl_data_forge so that a
parsing difference cannot be mistaken for a quantisation effect.
Setup (one Colab cell, ~10 min for the CUDA build):
!CMAKE_ARGS="-DGGML_CUDA=on" pip install -q llama-cpp-python
!pip install -q bfcl-eval huggingface_hub
!python bfcl_compact.py --cap 40
Full set is ~1240 cases and takes a couple of hours on a T4; --cap 40 samples
each category for a ~45 minute read. Report the cap you used -- a capped run is
not the full-set number and should never be printed as one.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import argparse
import collections
import importlib.util
import json
import os
import time
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Verbatim copy of btl_data_forge.harness.toolparse -- format-tolerant parsing
# normalising every wrapper (bare JSON, <tool_call>, bracket DSL) to
# {"name": str, "arguments": dict}.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
import ast
import json
import re
# key aliases seen across formats
_NAME_KEYS = ("name", "function_name", "function", "tool", "api")
_ARG_KEYS = ("arguments", "function_arg", "args", "parameters", "params", "arguments_json")
def _from_obj(obj) -> dict | None:
if not isinstance(obj, dict):
return None
name = next((obj[k] for k in _NAME_KEYS if isinstance(obj.get(k), str)), None)
if not name:
return None
args = next((obj[k] for k in _ARG_KEYS if k in obj), {})
if isinstance(args, str):
try:
args = json.loads(args)
except json.JSONDecodeError:
args = {}
if not isinstance(args, dict):
args = {}
return {"name": name, "arguments": args}
def _iter_json_objects(text: str):
"""Yield top-level {...} objects from text via brace-matching (handles nesting)."""
depth = 0
start = -1
in_str = False
esc = False
for i, ch in enumerate(text):
if in_str:
if esc:
esc = False
elif ch == "\\":
esc = True
elif ch == '"':
in_str = False
continue
if ch == '"':
in_str = True
elif ch == "{":
if depth == 0:
start = i
depth += 1
elif ch == "}":
depth -= 1
if depth == 0 and start >= 0:
chunk = text[start : i + 1]
try:
yield json.loads(chunk)
except json.JSONDecodeError:
pass
start = -1
def _parse_kwargs(argstr: str) -> dict:
"""Parse ToolACE bracket args: key="val", key=1, key=[1,2]. Robust to names with spaces."""
out: dict = {}
# split on top-level commas
parts, depth, buf, in_str, q = [], 0, "", False, ""
for ch in argstr:
if in_str:
buf += ch
if ch == q:
in_str = False
continue
if ch in "\"'":
in_str, q = True, ch
buf += ch
elif ch in "([{":
depth += 1
buf += ch
elif ch in ")]}":
depth -= 1
buf += ch
elif ch == "," and depth == 0:
parts.append(buf)
buf = ""
else:
buf += ch
if buf.strip():
parts.append(buf)
for p in parts:
if "=" not in p:
continue
k, v = p.split("=", 1)
k = k.strip()
v = v.strip()
try:
out[k] = ast.literal_eval(v)
except (ValueError, SyntaxError):
out[k] = v.strip("\"'")
return out
_CALL_HEAD = re.compile(r"([A-Za-z_][\w .-]*?)\s*\(")
_BARE_CALL_HEAD = re.compile(r"[A-Za-z_]\w*\s*\(")
_TOOLCALL_TAG = re.compile(r"<tool_call>\s*(\{.*?\})\s*</tool_call>", re.S)
_QWEN35_TOOLCALL = re.compile(
r"<tool_call>\s*<function=([^>\n]+)>\s*(.*?)\s*</function>\s*</tool_call>",
re.S,
)
_QWEN35_PARAMETER = re.compile(
r"<parameter=([^>\n]+)>\s*(.*?)\s*</parameter>", re.S
)
def _parse_parameter_value(text: str):
value = text.strip()
try:
return json.loads(value)
except json.JSONDecodeError:
try:
return ast.literal_eval(value)
except (ValueError, SyntaxError):
return value
def _parse_qwen35_calls(text: str) -> list[dict]:
calls: list[dict] = []
for function_name, body in _QWEN35_TOOLCALL.findall(text):
arguments = {
name.strip(): _parse_parameter_value(value)
for name, value in _QWEN35_PARAMETER.findall(body)
}
calls.append({"name": function_name.strip(), "arguments": arguments})
return calls
def _find_calls(text: str) -> list[dict]:
"""Find Name(...) calls with balanced parens, so nested lists/dicts in args don't break it."""
calls: list[dict] = []
for m in _CALL_HEAD.finditer(text):
name = m.group(1).strip()
depth, j, in_str, q = 0, m.end() - 1, False, ""
while j < len(text):
ch = text[j]
if in_str:
if ch == q and text[j - 1] != "\\":
in_str = False
elif ch in "\"'":
in_str, q = True, ch
elif ch == "(":
depth += 1
elif ch == ")":
depth -= 1
if depth == 0:
break
j += 1
if depth == 0 and j < len(text):
argstr = text[m.end():j].strip()
# some models emit a single positional dict: func({"a": 1, "b": 2})
if argstr.startswith("{"):
try:
d = json.loads(argstr)
if isinstance(d, dict):
calls.append({"name": name, "arguments": d})
continue
except json.JSONDecodeError:
pass
calls.append({"name": name, "arguments": _parse_kwargs(argstr)})
return calls
def _find_bracket_calls(text: str) -> list[dict]:
"""Parse ToolACE calls only inside balanced square-bracket wrappers."""
calls: list[dict] = []
depth = 0
start = -1
in_str = False
quote = ""
escaped = False
for index, char in enumerate(text):
if in_str:
if escaped:
escaped = False
elif char == "\\":
escaped = True
elif char == quote:
in_str = False
continue
if char in "\"'":
in_str = True
quote = char
elif char == "[":
if depth == 0:
start = index + 1
depth += 1
elif char == "]" and depth:
depth -= 1
if depth == 0 and start >= 0:
calls.extend(_find_calls(text[start:index]))
start = -1
return calls
_THINK_END = re.compile(r"</think\s*>", re.I)
def _strip_thinking(text: str) -> str:
"""Parse only the answer, not the reasoning trace. Reasoning-model output is
<think> ... </think> ANSWER; scanning the whole thing scrapes phantom calls out of the
reasoning (e.g. "I could call foo(...)"), which wrongly fails abstention. Keep post-think text."""
end = None
for end in _THINK_END.finditer(text):
pass
return text[end.end():] if end else text
def parse_tool_calls(text: str) -> list[dict]:
"""Return a list of normalized {name, arguments} calls found in the model output."""
text = _strip_thinking(text)
calls: list[dict] = []
# 1) Qwen3.5 native XML tool calls (strongest signal)
calls = _parse_qwen35_calls(text)
if calls:
return calls
# 2) Older Qwen JSON-in-<tool_call> tags
tagged = _TOOLCALL_TAG.findall(text)
if tagged:
for chunk in tagged:
try:
c = _from_obj(json.loads(chunk))
if c:
calls.append(c)
except json.JSONDecodeError:
pass
if calls:
return calls
# 3) JSON objects anywhere (our model's function_name/function_arg style)
for obj in _iter_json_objects(text):
# a container like {"tool_calls":[...]} or {"function_calls":[...]} — dig in
container = None
if isinstance(obj, dict):
for key in ("tool_calls", "function_calls"):
if isinstance(obj.get(key), list):
container = obj[key]
break
if container is not None:
for sub in container:
c = _from_obj(sub.get("function", sub) if isinstance(sub, dict) else sub)
if c:
calls.append(c)
else:
c = _from_obj(obj)
if c:
calls.append(c)
if calls:
return calls
# 4) ToolACE bracket DSL [Name(arg=val), ...]. Restrict the permissive
# Name(...) parser to the bracket wrapper or a call at the very start of the
# answer so prose parentheses cannot become hallucinated calls.
calls = _find_bracket_calls(text)
if calls:
return calls
stripped = text.lstrip()
if _BARE_CALL_HEAD.match(stripped):
return _find_calls(stripped)
return []
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Gate
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
REPO = "badtheorylabs/BTL-4-Compact"
FILENAME = "BTL-4-IQ2_XXS.gguf"
SINGLE_TURN = [
"simple_python", "simple_java", "simple_javascript", "multiple", "parallel",
"parallel_multiple", "irrelevance", "live_simple", "live_multiple",
"live_parallel", "live_parallel_multiple", "live_irrelevance",
"live_relevance",
]
# Identical to bfcl_generate.py. Changing a word here breaks comparability with
# the published bf16 number, which is the entire point of this script.
SYS = ("You are an expert in composing functions. You are given a question and a set of possible "
"functions. Based on the question, make one or more function/tool calls to achieve the "
"purpose. If none of the functions can be used, point it out and do not call any function. "
"Only return the function calls.\nHere is a list of functions in JSON format that you can "
"invoke:\n")
NO_CALL = {"irrelevance", "live_irrelevance"}
YES_CALL = {"live_relevance"}
def data_dir() -> str:
spec = importlib.util.find_spec("bfcl_eval")
if spec is None or not spec.origin:
raise SystemExit("pip install bfcl-eval")
return os.path.join(os.path.dirname(spec.origin), "data")
def load_rows(ddir: str, cat: str, cap: int | None) -> list[dict]:
path = os.path.join(ddir, f"BFCL_v4_{cat}.json")
if not os.path.exists(path):
return []
rows = [json.loads(l) for l in open(path, encoding="utf-8") if l.strip()]
return rows[:cap] if cap else rows
def build_messages(row: dict) -> list[dict]:
msgs = [{"role": "system", "content": SYS + json.dumps(row["function"])}]
for turn in row["question"][0]:
msgs.append({"role": turn["role"], "content": turn["content"]})
return msgs
def main() -> None:
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
ap.add_argument("--cap", type=int, default=40,
help="cases per category; 0 = full set (~1240, hours on a T4)")
ap.add_argument("--ctx", type=int, default=8192)
ap.add_argument("--max-tokens", type=int, default=512)
ap.add_argument("--out", default="bfcl_compact_cases.jsonl")
ap.add_argument("--model", default=None, help="local .gguf path; default downloads from the Hub")
args = ap.parse_args()
cap = args.cap or None
from llama_cpp import Llama
path = args.model
if path is None:
from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
print(f"fetching {REPO}/{FILENAME} ...", flush=True)
path = hf_hub_download(repo_id=REPO, filename=FILENAME)
print("loading (n_gpu_layers=-1 puts all 40 layers on the T4) ...", flush=True)
llm = Llama(model_path=path, n_gpu_layers=-1, n_ctx=args.ctx,
verbose=False, logits_all=False)
ddir = data_dir()
fout = open(args.out, "w", encoding="utf-8")
t0, total = time.time(), 0
for cat in SINGLE_TURN:
rows = load_rows(ddir, cat, cap)
if not rows:
print(f"[skip] {cat}", flush=True)
continue
for row in rows:
try:
out = llm.create_chat_completion(
messages=build_messages(row), max_tokens=args.max_tokens,
temperature=0.0)
raw = out["choices"][0]["message"].get("content") or ""
except Exception as e: # keep going; record the miss
raw = ""
print(f" !! {row['id']}: {type(e).__name__}", flush=True)
parsed = [{c["name"]: c["arguments"]} for c in parse_tool_calls(raw)]
fout.write(json.dumps({"cat": cat, "id": row["id"],
"raw": raw[:4000], "parsed": parsed}) + "\n")
total += 1
fout.flush()
print(f"[gen] {cat:<24} {len(rows):>4} (total {total}, {time.time()-t0:.0f}s)",
flush=True)
fout.close()
# ---- score with the official checker -----------------------------------
import bfcl_eval
from bfcl_eval.constants.enums import Language
from bfcl_eval.constants.model_config import MODEL_CONFIG_MAPPING
from bfcl_eval.eval_checker.ast_eval.ast_checker import ast_checker
DATA = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(bfcl_eval.__file__), "data")
PA = os.path.join(DATA, "possible_answer")
LANG = {"simple_java": Language.JAVA, "simple_javascript": Language.JAVASCRIPT}
literal = [m for m, c in MODEL_CONFIG_MAPPING.items()
if not getattr(c, "underscore_to_dot", True)]
MODEL_NAME = literal[0] if literal else next(iter(MODEL_CONFIG_MAPPING))
def _load(d, cat, key):
p = os.path.join(d, f"BFCL_v4_{cat}.json")
if not os.path.exists(p):
return {}
return {json.loads(l)["id"]: json.loads(l)[key]
for l in open(p, encoding="utf-8") if l.strip()}
rows = [json.loads(l) for l in open(args.out, encoding="utf-8") if l.strip()]
cats = sorted({r["cat"] for r in rows})
funcs = {c: _load(DATA, c, "function") for c in cats}
answers = {c: _load(PA, c, "ground_truth") for c in cats}
tot: collections.Counter = collections.Counter()
cor: collections.Counter = collections.Counter()
for r in rows:
cat, cid, parsed = r["cat"], r["id"], r["parsed"]
tot[cat] += 1
if cat in NO_CALL:
cor[cat] += int(len(parsed) == 0)
continue
if cat in YES_CALL:
cor[cat] += int(len(parsed) > 0)
continue
gt, fn = answers[cat].get(cid), funcs[cat].get(cid)
if gt is None or fn is None:
continue
try:
ok = bool(ast_checker(fn, parsed, gt, LANG.get(cat, Language.PYTHON),
cat, MODEL_NAME).get("valid", False))
except Exception:
ok = False
cor[cat] += int(ok)
print(f"\n=== BFCL v4 single-turn — BTL-4 Compact (2.30 bpw) ===")
print(f"{'category':<24}{'acc':>7}{'n':>8}")
order = [c for c in SINGLE_TURN if c in tot]
for c in order:
print(f"{c:<24}{100*cor[c]/max(1,tot[c]):>6.1f}%{tot[c]:>8}")
tc, tt = sum(cor.values()), sum(tot.values())
micro = tc / max(1, tt)
macro = sum(cor[c] / max(1, tot[c]) for c in order) / max(1, len(order))
print(f"{'OVERALL (micro)':<24}{100*micro:>6.1f}%{tt:>8}")
print(f"{'OVERALL (macro)':<24}{100*macro:>6.1f}%")
print(f"\nbf16 reference (published, full set): 73.5% AST")
if cap:
print(f"NOTE: capped at {cap}/category — not the full-set number.")
json.dump({"per_category": {c: {"acc": cor[c]/max(1,tot[c]), "n": tot[c]}
for c in order},
"overall_micro": micro, "overall_macro": macro,
"cap": cap, "bf16_reference_ast": 0.735},
open("bfcl_compact_score.json", "w"), indent=2)
print("wrote bfcl_compact_score.json")
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
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