Instructions to use kernelpool/LongCat-2.0-3bit with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.
- Libraries
- MLX
How to use kernelpool/LongCat-2.0-3bit with MLX:
# Make sure mlx-lm is installed # pip install --upgrade mlx-lm # Generate text with mlx-lm from mlx_lm import load, generate model, tokenizer = load("kernelpool/LongCat-2.0-3bit") prompt = "Write a story about Einstein" messages = [{"role": "user", "content": prompt}] prompt = tokenizer.apply_chat_template( messages, add_generation_prompt=True ) text = generate(model, tokenizer, prompt=prompt, verbose=True) - Notebooks
- Google Colab
- Kaggle
- Local Apps Settings
- LM Studio
- Pi
How to use kernelpool/LongCat-2.0-3bit with Pi:
Start the MLX server
# Install MLX LM: uv tool install mlx-lm # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server: mlx_lm.server --model "kernelpool/LongCat-2.0-3bit"
Configure the model in Pi
# Install Pi: npm install -g @mariozechner/pi-coding-agent # Add to ~/.pi/agent/models.json: { "providers": { "mlx-lm": { "baseUrl": "http://localhost:8080/v1", "api": "openai-completions", "apiKey": "none", "models": [ { "id": "kernelpool/LongCat-2.0-3bit" } ] } } }Run Pi
# Start Pi in your project directory: pi
- Hermes Agent new
How to use kernelpool/LongCat-2.0-3bit with Hermes Agent:
Start the MLX server
# Install MLX LM: uv tool install mlx-lm # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server: mlx_lm.server --model "kernelpool/LongCat-2.0-3bit"
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 kernelpool/LongCat-2.0-3bit
Run Hermes
hermes
- OpenClaw new
How to use kernelpool/LongCat-2.0-3bit with OpenClaw:
Start the MLX server
# Install MLX LM: uv tool install mlx-lm # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server: mlx_lm.server --model "kernelpool/LongCat-2.0-3bit"
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 "kernelpool/LongCat-2.0-3bit" \ --custom-provider-id mlx-lm \ --custom-compatibility openai \ --custom-text-input \ --accept-risk \ --skip-health
Run OpenClaw
openclaw agent --local --agent main --message "Hello from Hugging Face"
- MLX LM
How to use kernelpool/LongCat-2.0-3bit with MLX LM:
Generate or start a chat session
# Install MLX LM uv tool install mlx-lm # Interactive chat REPL mlx_lm.chat --model "kernelpool/LongCat-2.0-3bit"
Run an OpenAI-compatible server
# Install MLX LM uv tool install mlx-lm # Start the server mlx_lm.server --model "kernelpool/LongCat-2.0-3bit" # Calling the OpenAI-compatible server with curl curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{ "model": "kernelpool/LongCat-2.0-3bit", "messages": [ {"role": "user", "content": "Hello"} ] }'
| {%- set tool_choice = tool_choice | default('auto') -%} | |
| {%- set enable_thinking = enable_thinking | default(true) -%} | |
| {%- set save_history_reasoning_content = save_history_reasoning_content | default(true) -%} | |
| {%- set ns = namespace(final_messages = [], tool_types = [], last_query_index = -1) -%} | |
| {%- for message in messages -%} | |
| {%- set role = message.get('role') -%} | |
| {%- set c = message.get('content') -%} | |
| {%- if c is string -%} | |
| {%- set ns.final_messages = ns.final_messages + [message] -%} | |
| {%- elif c is iterable and c is not mapping -%} | |
| {%- set parts = namespace(text=[], thinking=[], tool_calls=[], tool_results=[]) -%} | |
| {%- for item in c -%} | |
| {%- if item['type'] == 'text' -%} | |
| {%- set parts.text = parts.text + [item['text']] -%} | |
| {%- elif item['type'] == 'thinking' -%} | |
| {%- if item['thinking'] -%} | |
| {%- set parts.thinking = parts.thinking + [item['thinking']] -%} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- elif item['type'] == 'tool_use' -%} | |
| {%- set parts.tool_calls = parts.tool_calls + [{ | |
| 'id': item['id'], | |
| 'type': 'function', | |
| 'function': { | |
| 'name': item['name'], | |
| 'arguments': item['input'] | |
| } | |
| }] -%} | |
| {%- elif item['type'] == 'tool_result' -%} | |
| {%- set parts.tool_results = parts.tool_results + [{ | |
| 'role': 'tool', | |
| 'name': item.get('name', ''), | |
| 'tool_call_id': item['tool_use_id'], | |
| 'content': item['content'] | |
| }] -%} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- endfor -%} | |
| {%- set ns.final_messages = ns.final_messages + parts.tool_results -%} | |
| {%- if not (parts.tool_results | length > 0 and parts.text | length == 0 and role == 'user') -%} | |
| {%- set ns.final_messages = ns.final_messages + [{ | |
| 'role': role, | |
| 'content': parts.text | join(''), | |
| 'reasoning_content': parts.thinking | join(''), | |
| 'tool_calls': parts.tool_calls | |
| }] -%} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- else -%} | |
| {%- set ns.final_messages = ns.final_messages + [message] -%} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- endfor -%} | |
| {%- set messages = ns.final_messages -%} | |
| {%- for idx in range(messages|length) -%} | |
| {%- set msg = messages[idx] -%} | |
| {%- if msg.role == 'user' -%} | |
| {%- set ns.last_query_index = idx -%} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- endfor -%} | |
| {%- if tools and tool_choice != 'none' -%} | |
| {{- "<longcat_tool_declare>\n" -}} | |
| {{- "# Tools\n" -}} | |
| {{- "You have access to the following tools:\n\n" -}} | |
| {%- for tool in tools -%} | |
| {%- if tool.type not in ns.tool_types -%} | |
| {%- set ns.tool_types = ns.tool_types + [tool.type] -%} | |
| {{- "## Tool namespace: " ~ tool.type ~ "\n\n" -}} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- if tool.type == 'code_interpreter' -%} | |
| {%- set tool = {"type":"code_interpreter","function":{"name":"code_interpreter_preview","description":"The code will be executed in a stateful Jupyter notebook sandbox environment, only supports local computation, data processing, and file operations.\nCode sandbox environment (network isolated) Any external network requests or online API calls are prohibited.\nIf online functionality is needed, please use other permitted tools.\nCode will respond with the output of the execution or time out after 60.0 seconds. ","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"language":{"type":"string","description":"The programming language of the code to be executed. Available values: python (Default), java, go, js, ts, c, c++."},"code":{"type":"string","description":"Python code to be executed must not include the following:\n- Importing network libraries such as requests, httplib, etc.\n- Any form of HTTP requests.\n- External API calls.\n- Network port operations. Example: ```python\nimport pandas as pd\npd.DataFrame({'A':[1,2]})\n```"},"timeout":{"type":"number","description":"The maximum execution time of the code, in seconds. Default is 60.0."}}},"required":["code"]}} -%} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {{- "### Tool name: " + tool.function.name + "\n" -}} | |
| {{- "Description: " + tool.function.description + "\n\n" -}} | |
| {{- "InputSchema: " + tool.function.parameters | tojson(ensure_ascii=False) + "\n\n" -}} | |
| {%- endfor -%} | |
| {{- '**Note**: For each function call, output the function name and arguments within the following XML format:\n<longcat_tool_call>{function-name}\n<longcat_arg_key>{arg-key-1}</longcat_arg_key>\n<longcat_arg_value>{arg-value-1}</longcat_arg_value>\n<longcat_arg_key>{arg-key-2}</longcat_arg_key>\n<longcat_arg_value>{arg-value-2}</longcat_arg_value>\n...\n</longcat_tool_call>\n' -}} | |
| {{- "</longcat_tool_declare>"-}} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- for msg in messages -%} | |
| {%- if msg.role == "system" -%} | |
| {{- "<longcat_system>" + msg.content -}} | |
| {%- elif msg.role == "user" -%} | |
| {{- "<longcat_user>" -}} | |
| {%- if msg["files"] -%} | |
| {{- '<longcat_files>\n' ~ msg.files | tojson(indent=2) ~ '\n</longcat_files>' -}} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {{- msg.content -}} | |
| {%- if save_history_reasoning_content and enable_thinking is not none -%} | |
| {%- if loop.last or messages[loop.index0 + 1].role != 'assistant' -%} | |
| {# pass #} | |
| {%- else -%} | |
| {%- if enable_thinking == true -%} | |
| {{- " /think_on" -}} | |
| {%- if thinking_budget -%} | |
| {%- if thinking_budget < 1024 -%} | |
| {%- set thinking_budget = 1024 -%} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {{- "\nthinking_budget: < " ~ thinking_budget ~ "." -}} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {{- " " -}} | |
| {%- elif enable_thinking == false -%} | |
| {{- " /think_off " -}} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- elif loop.index0 >= ns.last_query_index and enable_thinking is not none -%} | |
| {%- if loop.last or messages[loop.index0 + 1].role != 'assistant' -%} | |
| {# pass #} | |
| {%- else -%} | |
| {%- if enable_thinking == true -%} | |
| {{- " /think_on" -}} | |
| {%- if thinking_budget -%} | |
| {%- if thinking_budget < 1024 -%} | |
| {%- set thinking_budget = 1024 -%} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {{- "\nthinking_budget: < " ~ thinking_budget ~ "." -}} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {{- " " -}} | |
| {%- elif enable_thinking == false -%} | |
| {{- " /think_off " -}} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- elif msg.role == "assistant" -%} | |
| {{- "<longcat_assistant>" -}} | |
| {%- if save_history_reasoning_content == true or loop.index0 > ns.last_query_index -%} | |
| {%- if enable_thinking == true -%} | |
| {%- if msg.reasoning_content -%} | |
| {%- set reasoning_content = msg.reasoning_content | trim -%} | |
| {{- "<longcat_think>\n" ~ reasoning_content ~ "\n</longcat_think>\n" -}} | |
| {%- else -%} | |
| {{- "<longcat_think>\n\n</longcat_think>\n" -}} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- elif enable_thinking == false -%} | |
| {{- "<longcat_think>\n\n</longcat_think>\n" -}} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- if msg.content -%} | |
| {{- msg.content -}} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- if msg.tool_calls -%} | |
| {%- for tool_call in msg.tool_calls -%} | |
| {{- "<longcat_tool_call>" ~ tool_call.function.name ~ "\n" -}} | |
| {%- set _args = tool_call.function.arguments -%} | |
| {%- for k, v in _args.items() -%} | |
| {{- "<longcat_arg_key>" ~ k ~ "</longcat_arg_key>\n" -}} | |
| {{- "<longcat_arg_value>" ~ (v if v is string else v | tojson(ensure_ascii=False)) ~ "</longcat_arg_value>\n" -}} | |
| {% endfor -%} | |
| {{- "</longcat_tool_call>\n" -}} | |
| {%- endfor -%} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {{- "</longcat_s>" -}} | |
| {%- elif msg.role == "tool" -%} | |
| {%- if messages[loop.index0 - 1].role != "tool" -%} | |
| {{- "<longcat_observation>" -}} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {{- "<longcat_tool_response>" ~ msg.name ~ "\n" ~ msg.content ~ "</longcat_tool_response>" -}} | |
| {%- if loop.index0 == messages|length - 1 -%} | |
| {# pass #} | |
| {%- elif (save_history_reasoning_content or loop.index0 > ns.last_query_index) and messages[loop.index0 + 1].role != "tool" -%} | |
| {%- if enable_thinking == true -%} | |
| {{- " /think_on" -}} | |
| {%- if thinking_budget -%} | |
| {%- if thinking_budget < 1024 -%} | |
| {%- set thinking_budget = 1024 -%} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {{- "\nthinking_budget: < " ~ thinking_budget ~ "." -}} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {{- " " -}} | |
| {%- elif enable_thinking == false -%} | |
| {{- " /think_off " -}} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- endfor -%} | |
| {%- if add_generation_prompt -%} | |
| {%- if enable_thinking == true -%} | |
| {{- " /think_on" -}} | |
| {%- if thinking_budget -%} | |
| {%- if thinking_budget < 1024 -%} | |
| {%- set thinking_budget = 1024 -%} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {{- "\nthinking_budget: < " ~ thinking_budget ~ "." -}} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {{- " <longcat_assistant><longcat_think>" -}} | |
| {%- elif enable_thinking == false -%} | |
| {{- " /think_off <longcat_assistant><longcat_think>\n\n</longcat_think>\n" -}} | |
| {%- else -%} | |
| {{- " /think_off <longcat_assistant><longcat_think>\n\n</longcat_think>\n" -}} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- endif -%} |