tool-call: support Command R7B (+ return tool_plan "thoughts" in API)

common/chat.cpp

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ std::string common_chat_format_name(common_chat_format format) {
         case COMMON_CHAT_FORMAT_FUNCTIONARY_V3_2: return "Functionary v3.2";
         case COMMON_CHAT_FORMAT_FUNCTIONARY_V3_1_LLAMA_3_1: return "Functionary v3.1 Llama 3.1";
         case COMMON_CHAT_FORMAT_HERMES_2_PRO: return "Hermes 2 Pro";
+        case COMMON_CHAT_FORMAT_COMMAND_R7B: return "Command R7B";
         default:
             throw std::runtime_error("Unknown chat format");
     }
@@ -317,6 +318,79 @@ static common_chat_msg common_chat_parse_mistral_nemo(const std::string & input)
     return parse_prefixed_json_tool_call_array(input, "[TOOL_CALLS]");
 }
 
+static common_chat_params common_chat_params_init_command_r7b(const common_chat_template & tmpl, const struct common_chat_inputs & inputs) {
+    common_chat_params data;
+    data.grammar_lazy = inputs.tool_choice != "required";
+    data.grammar = build_grammar([&](const common_grammar_builder & builder) {
+        auto schemas = json::array();
+        foreach_function(inputs.tools, [&](const json & tool) {
+            const auto & function = tool["function"];
+            schemas.push_back({
+                {"type", "object"},
+                {"properties", {
+                    {"tool_call_id", {
+                        {"type", "string"},
+                        // Command-R's template expects an integer string.
+                        {"pattern", "^[0-9]{1,10}$"},
+                    }},
+                    {"tool_name", {
+                        {"type", "string"},
+                        {"const", function["name"]},
+                    }},
+                    {"parameters", function["parameters"]},
+                }},
+                {"required", json::array({"tool_call_id", "tool_name", "parameters"})},
+            });
+        });
+        auto schema = json {
+            {"type", "array"},
+            {"items", schemas.size() == 1 ? schemas[0] : json {{"anyOf", schemas}}},
+            {"minItems", 1},
+        };
+        if (!inputs.parallel_tool_calls) {
+            schema["maxItems"] = 1;
+        }
+        builder.add_rule("root", "\"<|START_ACTION|>\" " + builder.add_schema("tool_calls", schema) + " \"<|END_ACTION|>\"");
+    }, grammar_options);
+    data.grammar_triggers.push_back({"<|START_ACTION|>", /* .at_start = */ false});
+    data.preserved_tokens = {
+        "<|START_RESPONSE|>",
+        "<|END_RESPONSE|>",
+        "<|START_THINKING|>",
+        "<|END_THINKING|>",
+        "<|END_ACTION|>",
+    };
+    data.prompt = tmpl.apply(inputs.messages, inputs.tools.empty() ? json() : inputs.tools, inputs.add_generation_prompt);
+    data.format = COMMON_CHAT_FORMAT_COMMAND_R7B;
+    return data;
+}
+static common_chat_msg common_chat_parse_command_r7b(const std::string & input) {
+    static std::regex response_regex("<\\|START_RESPONSE\\|>(.*?)<\\|END_RESPONSE\\|>");
+    static std::regex thought_action_regex("<\\|START_THINKING\\|>([\\s\\S\\n\\r]*?)<\\|END_THINKING\\|><\\|START_ACTION\\|>([\\s\\S\\n\\r]*?)<\\|END_ACTION\\|>");
+    std::smatch match;
+
+    common_chat_msg result;
+    result.role = "assistant";
+    if (std::regex_match(input, match, response_regex)) {
+        result.content = match[1].str();
+    } else if (std::regex_match(input, match, thought_action_regex)) {
+        result.tool_plan = match[1].str();
+        auto actions_str = match[2].str();
+        auto actions = json::parse(actions_str);
+        for (const auto & action : actions) {
+            result.tool_calls.push_back({
+                /* .name = */      action["tool_name"],
+                /* .arguments = */ action["parameters"].dump(),
+                /* .id = */        action["tool_call_id"],
+            });
+        }
+    } else {
+        LOG_ERR("Failed to parse command_r output");
+        result.content = input;
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
 static void expect_tool_parameters(const std::string & name, const json & parameters, const std::vector<std::string> & expected_properties) {
     if (!parameters.is_object() || !parameters.contains("type") || parameters["type"] != "object" || !parameters.contains("properties") || !parameters.contains("required")) {
         throw std::runtime_error("Parameters of tool " + name + " must be an object w/ required properties");
@@ -462,6 +536,10 @@ static common_chat_params common_chat_params_init_deepseek_r1(const common_chat_
                 "\"<｜tool▁call▁begin｜>function<｜tool▁sep｜>" + name + "\\n```json\\n\" " + args_rule + " \"```<｜tool▁call▁end｜>\""));
         });
         data.grammar_triggers.push_back({"<｜tool▁calls▁begin｜>", /* .at_start = */ false});
+        data.preserved_tokens = {
+            "<｜tool▁sep｜>",
+            "<｜tool▁call▁end｜>",
+        };
         builder.add_rule("root", "\"<｜tool▁calls▁begin｜>\" (" + string_join(tool_rules, " | ") + ")" + (inputs.parallel_tool_calls ? "*" : "") + " space");
     }, grammar_options);
     data.prompt = tmpl.apply(inputs.messages, inputs.tools.empty() ? json() : inputs.tools, inputs.add_generation_prompt);
@@ -704,8 +782,7 @@ static common_chat_params common_chat_params_init_hermes_2_pro(const common_chat
         auto tool_call = "\"<tool_call>\" space " + builder.add_rule("tool_call", string_join(tool_rules, " | ")) + " \"</tool_call>\" space";
         builder.add_rule("root", inputs.parallel_tool_calls ? "(" + tool_call + ")+" : tool_call);
         data.grammar_triggers.push_back({"<tool_call>", /* .at_start = */ false});
-        // Not really a trigger but need to print this special token to get a successful parse.
-        data.grammar_triggers.push_back({"</tool_call>", /* .at_start = */ false});
+        data.preserved_tokens = { "</tool_call>" };
     }, grammar_options);
 
     data.prompt = tmpl.apply(inputs.messages, inputs.tools.empty() ? json() : inputs.tools, inputs.add_generation_prompt);
@@ -822,6 +899,9 @@ common_chat_params common_chat_params_init(const common_chat_template & tmpl, co
     if (src.find("[TOOL_CALLS]") != std::string::npos) {
         return common_chat_params_init_mistral_nemo(tmpl, inputs);
     }
+    if (src.find("<|END_THINKING|><|START_ACTION|>") != std::string::npos) {
+        return common_chat_params_init_command_r7b(tmpl, inputs);
+    }
     return common_chat_params_init_generic(tmpl, inputs);
 }
 
@@ -855,6 +935,8 @@ common_chat_msg common_chat_parse(const std::string & input, common_chat_format
             return common_chat_parse_hermes_2_pro(input);
         case COMMON_CHAT_FORMAT_FIREFUNCTION_V2:
             return common_chat_parse_firefunction_v2(input);
+        case COMMON_CHAT_FORMAT_COMMAND_R7B:
+            return common_chat_parse_command_r7b(input);
         default:
             throw std::runtime_error("Unsupported format: " + common_chat_format_name(format));
     }

common/chat.hpp

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ enum common_chat_format {
     COMMON_CHAT_FORMAT_FUNCTIONARY_V3_2,
     COMMON_CHAT_FORMAT_FUNCTIONARY_V3_1_LLAMA_3_1,
     COMMON_CHAT_FORMAT_HERMES_2_PRO,
+    COMMON_CHAT_FORMAT_COMMAND_R7B,
 
     COMMON_CHAT_FORMAT_COUNT, // Not a format, just the # formats
 };
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ struct common_chat_params {
     std::string                         grammar;
     bool                                grammar_lazy = false;
     std::vector<common_grammar_trigger> grammar_triggers;
+    std::vector<std::string>            preserved_tokens;
     std::vector<std::string>            additional_stops;
 };
 

common/common.h

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "llama-cpp.h"
 
+#include <set>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -163,6 +164,7 @@ struct common_params_sampling {
     bool                                grammar_lazy = false;
     std::vector<common_grammar_trigger> grammar_trigger_words;  // optional trigger words to trigger lazy grammar
     std::vector<llama_token>            grammar_trigger_tokens; // optional trigger tokens to trigger lazy grammar and print trigger special tokens.
+    std::set<llama_token>               preserved_tokens;
 
     std::vector<llama_logit_bias> logit_bias; // logit biases to apply
 
@@ -621,6 +623,7 @@ struct common_chat_msg {
     std::string role;
     std::string content;
     std::vector<common_tool_call> tool_calls;
+    std::string tool_plan = "";
 };
 
 // Check if the template supplied via "--chat-template" is supported or not. Returns true if it's valid

examples/server/README.md

@@ -1128,6 +1128,7 @@ curl http://localhost:8080/v1/chat/completions \
   - Hermes 2/3, Qwen 2.5
   - Mistral Nemo
   - Firefunction v2
+  - Command R7B
   - DeepSeek R1 (WIP / seems reluctant to call any tools?)
 
   <details>
@@ -1202,21 +1203,28 @@ curl http://localhost:8080/v1/chat/completions \
   ```shell
   # Native support:
   llama-server --jinja -fa -hf bartowski/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M
-  llama-server --jinja -fa -hf bartowski/Mistral-Nemo-Instruct-2407-GGUF:Q4_K_M
-  llama-server --jinja -fa -hf bartowski/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct-GGUF:Q6_K
+  llama-server --jinja -fa -hf bartowski/Mistral-Nemo-Instruct-2407-GGUF:Q6_K_L
   llama-server --jinja -fa -hf bartowski/functionary-small-v3.2-GGUF:Q4_K_M
-  llama-server --jinja -fa -hf bartowski/Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-8B-GGUF:Q4_K_M \
-    --chat-template-file <( python scripts/get_chat_template.py NousResearch/Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-8B )
+  llama-server --jinja -fa -hf bartowski/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M
 
   # Native support requires the right template for these GGUFs:
+
+  llama-server --jinja -fa -hf bartowski/Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-8B-GGUF:Q4_K_M \
+    --chat-template-file <( python scripts/get_chat_template.py NousResearch/Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-8B tool_use )
+
   llama-server --jinja -fa -hf bartowski/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-GGUF:Q4_K_M \
     --chat-template-file <( python scripts/get_chat_template.py NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B tool_use )
+
   llama-server --jinja -fa -hf bartowski/firefunction-v2-GGUF -hff firefunction-v2-IQ1_M.gguf \
-    --chat-template-file <( python scripts/get_chat_template.py fireworks-ai/firellama-3-firefunction-v2 )
+    --chat-template-file <( python scripts/get_chat_template.py fireworks-ai/llama-3-firefunction-v2 tool_use )
+
+  llama-server --jinja -fa -hf bartowski/c4ai-command-r7b-12-2024-GGUF:Q6_K_L \
+    --chat-template-file <( python scripts/get_chat_template.py CohereForAI/c4ai-command-r7b-12-2024 tool_use )
 
   # Generic format support
-  llama-server --jinja -fa -hf bartowski/Phi-3.5-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M
-  llama-server --jinja -fa -hf bartowski/gemma-2-2b-it-GGUF:Q4_K_M
+  llama-server --jinja -fa -hf bartowski/phi-4-GGUF:Q4_0
+  llama-server --jinja -fa -hf bartowski/gemma-2-2b-it-GGUF:Q8_0
+  llama-server --jinja -fa -hf bartowski/c4ai-command-r-v01-GGUF:Q2_K
   ```
 
 - Test in CLI:

examples/server/server.cpp

@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@ struct slot_params {
             lora.push_back({{"id", i}, {"scale", this->lora[i].scale}});
         }
 
+        std::vector<std::string> grammar_trigger_words;
+        for (const auto & trigger : sampling.grammar_trigger_words) {
+            grammar_trigger_words.push_back(trigger.word);
+        }
+
         return json {
             {"n_predict",                 n_predict},     // Server configured n_predict
             {"seed",                      sampling.seed},
@@ -165,8 +170,9 @@ struct slot_params {
             {"n_probs",                   sampling.n_probs},
             {"min_keep",                  sampling.min_keep},
             {"grammar",                   sampling.grammar},
-            // {"grammar_trigger_words",     sampling.grammar_trigger_words},
+            {"grammar_trigger_words",     grammar_trigger_words},
             {"grammar_trigger_tokens",    sampling.grammar_trigger_tokens},
+            {"preserved_tokens",          sampling.preserved_tokens},
             {"samplers",                  samplers},
             {"speculative.n_max",         speculative.n_max},
             {"speculative.n_min",         speculative.n_min},
@@ -363,12 +369,26 @@ struct server_task {
                     if (ids.size() == 1) {
                         LOG_DBG("Grammar trigger token: %d (`%s`)\n", ids[0], trigger.word.c_str());
                         params.sampling.grammar_trigger_tokens.push_back(ids[0]);
+                        params.sampling.preserved_tokens.insert(ids[0]);
                         continue;
                     }
                     LOG_DBG("Grammar trigger word: `%s`\n", trigger.word.c_str());
                     params.sampling.grammar_trigger_words.push_back(trigger);
                 }
             }
+            const auto preserved_tokens = data.find("preserved_tokens");
+            if (preserved_tokens != data.end()) {
+                for (const auto & t : *preserved_tokens) {
+                    auto ids = common_tokenize(vocab, t.get<std::string>(), /* add_special= */ false, /* parse_special= */ true);
+                    if (ids.size() == 1) {
+                        LOG_DBG("Preserved token: %d\n", ids[0]);
+                        params.sampling.preserved_tokens.insert(ids[0]);
+                    } else {
+                        // This may happen when using a tool call style meant for a model with special tokens to preserve on a model without said tokens.
+                        LOG_WRN("Not preserved because more than 1 token (wrong chat template override?): %s\n", t.get<std::string>().c_str());
+                    }
+                }
+            }
             if (params.sampling.grammar_lazy) {
                 GGML_ASSERT(params.sampling.grammar_trigger_tokens.size() > 0 || params.sampling.grammar_trigger_words.size() > 0);
             }
@@ -695,19 +715,19 @@ struct server_task_result_cmpl_final : server_task_result {
 
     json to_json_oaicompat_chat() {
         std::string finish_reason = "length";
-        common_chat_msg message;
+        common_chat_msg msg;
         if (stop == STOP_TYPE_WORD || stop == STOP_TYPE_EOS) {
             LOG_DBG("Parsing chat message: %s\n", content.c_str());
-            message = common_chat_parse(content, oaicompat_chat_format);
-            finish_reason = message.tool_calls.empty() ? "stop" : "tool_calls";
+            msg = common_chat_parse(content, oaicompat_chat_format);
+            finish_reason = msg.tool_calls.empty() ? "stop" : "tool_calls";
         } else {
-            message.content = content;
+            msg.content = content;
         }
 
         json tool_calls;
-        if (!message.tool_calls.empty()) {
+        if (!msg.tool_calls.empty()) {
             tool_calls = json::array();
-            for (const auto & tc : message.tool_calls) {
+            for (const auto & tc : msg.tool_calls) {
                 tool_calls.push_back({
                     {"type", "function"},
                     {"function", {
@@ -719,14 +739,19 @@ struct server_task_result_cmpl_final : server_task_result {
             }
         }
 
+        json message {
+            {"content", msg.content},
+            {"tool_calls", tool_calls},
+            {"role", "assistant"},
+        };
+        if (!msg.tool_plan.empty()) {
+            message["tool_plan"] = msg.tool_plan;
+        }
+
         json choice {
             {"finish_reason", finish_reason},
             {"index", 0},
-            {"message", json {
-                {"content", message.content},
-                {"tool_calls", tool_calls},
-                {"role", "assistant"},
-            }},
+            {"message", message},
         };
 
         if (!stream && probs_output.size() > 0) {
@@ -2833,8 +2858,7 @@ struct server_context {
         server_slot * slot_batched = nullptr;
 
         auto accept_special_token = [&](server_slot & slot, llama_token token) {
-            const auto & trigger_tokens = slot.params.sampling.grammar_trigger_tokens;
-            return params_base.special || std::find(trigger_tokens.begin(), trigger_tokens.end(), token) != trigger_tokens.end();
+            return params_base.special || slot.params.sampling.preserved_tokens.find(token) != slot.params.sampling.preserved_tokens.end();
         };
 
         // frist, add sampled tokens from any ongoing sequences

examples/server/utils.hpp

@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ static json oaicompat_completion_params_parse(
             });
         }
         llama_params["grammar_triggers"] = grammar_triggers;
+        llama_params["preserved_tokens"] = chat_params.preserved_tokens;
         for (const auto & stop : chat_params.additional_stops) {
             llama_params["stop"].push_back(stop);
         }