chat_template.jinja

{#  ───── header (system message) ─────  #}
{{- "<|im_start|>system\n" -}}
{#  ───── get the custom instructions + optional thinking override ─────  #}
{%- if messages[0].role == "system" -%}
	{%- set custom_instructions = messages[0].content.rstrip() -%}
{%- endif -%}
{#  ───── set the system prompt ─────  #}
{%- if custom_instructions -%}
	{{- custom_instructions -}}
{%- else -%}
	{{- "You are a helpful AI assistant named Dicta-LM 3.0, Trained by Dicta, the Israel Center for Text Analysis. Your role is to provide accurate, helpful, and well-structured responses to user questions and requests.\nProvide clear, logical, and precise answers that thoroughly address what the user is asking for. Structure your responses in a way that is easy to understand and follow." -}}
{%- endif -%}
{%- set ns = namespace(multi_step_tool=true, last_query_index=messages | length - 1) -%}
{%- for message in messages[::-1] -%}
	{%- set index = messages | length - 1 - loop.index0 -%}
	{%- if ns.multi_step_tool and message.role == "user" and message.content is string and not (message.content.startswith("<tool_response>") and message.content.endswith("</tool_response>")) -%}
		{%- set ns.multi_step_tool = false -%}
		{%- set ns.last_query_index = index -%}
	{%- endif -%}
{%- endfor -%}
{%- if tools -%}
	{{- "\n\n## Tools\n\nYou may call one or more functions to assist with the user query.\n\nYou are provided with function signatures within <tools></tools> XML tags:\n<tools>" -}}
	{%- for tool in tools -%}
		{{- "\n" -}}
		{{- tool | tojson -}}
	{%- endfor -%}
	{{- "\n</tools>\n\nFor each function call, return a json object with function name and arguments within <tool_call></tool_call> XML tags:\n<tool_call>\n{\"name\": <function-name>, \"arguments\": <args-json-object>}\n</tool_call>" -}}
{%- endif -%}
{{- "<|im_end|>" -}}
{%- for message in messages -%}
	{%- if message.content is string -%}
		{%- set content = message.content -%}
	{%- else -%}
		{%- set content = "" -%}
	{%- endif -%}
	{%- if message.role == "user" or message.role == "system" and not loop.first -%}
		{{- "\n<|im_start|>" + message.role + "\n" + content + "<|im_end|>" -}}
	{%- elif message.role == "assistant" -%}
		{% generation %}
		{{- "\n<|im_start|>" + message.role + "\n" + content -}}
		{%- if message.tool_calls -%}
			{%- for tool_call in message.tool_calls -%}
				{%- if loop.first and content or not loop.first -%}
					{{- "\n" -}}
				{%- endif -%}
				{%- if tool_call.function -%}
					{%- set tool_call = tool_call.function -%}
				{%- endif -%}
				{{- "<tool_call>\n{\"name\": \"" -}}
				{{- tool_call.name -}}
				{{- "\", \"arguments\": " -}}
				{%- if tool_call.arguments is string -%}
					{{- tool_call.arguments -}}
				{%- else -%}
					{{- tool_call.arguments | tojson -}}
				{%- endif -%}
				{{- "}\n</tool_call>" -}}
			{%- endfor -%}
		{%- endif -%}
		{{- "<|im_end|>" -}}
		{% endgeneration %}
	{%- elif message.role == "tool" -%}
		{%- if loop.first or messages[loop.index0 - 1].role != "tool" -%}
			{{- "\n<|im_start|>user" -}}
		{%- endif -%}
		{{- "\n<tool_response>\n" -}}
		{{- content -}}
		{{- "\n</tool_response>" -}}
		{%- if loop.last or messages[loop.index0 + 1].role != "tool" -%}
			{{- "<|im_end|>" -}}
		{%- endif -%}
	{%- endif -%}
{%- endfor -%}
{{- "\n" -}}
{%- if add_generation_prompt -%}
	{{- "<|im_start|>assistant\n" -}}
{%- endif -%}