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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions examples/README.md
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Expand Up @@ -73,3 +73,6 @@ Requirement: `pip install tqdm`

### Thinking (generate) - Enable thinking mode for a model
- [thinking-generate.py](thinking-generate.py)

### Thinking (levels) - Choose the thinking level
- [thinking-levels.py](thinking-generate.py)
26 changes: 26 additions & 0 deletions examples/thinking-levels.py
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from ollama import chat
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Can we also add this to examples/README.md under gpt-oss or thinking is fine



def heading(text):
print(text)
print('=' * len(text))


messages = [
{'role': 'user', 'content': 'What is 10 + 23?'},
]

# gpt-oss supports 'low', 'medium', 'high'
levels = ['low', 'medium', 'high']
for i, level in enumerate(levels):
response = chat('gpt-oss:20b', messages=messages, think=level)

heading(f'Thinking ({level})')
print(response.message.thinking)
print('\n')
heading('Response')
print(response.message.content)
print('\n')
if i < len(levels) - 1:
print('-' * 20)
print('\n')
18 changes: 9 additions & 9 deletions ollama/_client.py
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Expand Up @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ def chat(
*,
tools: Optional[Sequence[Union[Mapping[str, Any], Tool, Callable]]] = None,
stream: Literal[False] = False,
think: Optional[bool] = None,
think: Optional[Union[bool, Literal['low', 'medium', 'high']]] = None,
format: Optional[Union[Literal['', 'json'], JsonSchemaValue]] = None,
options: Optional[Union[Mapping[str, Any], Options]] = None,
keep_alive: Optional[Union[float, str]] = None,
Expand All @@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ def chat(
*,
tools: Optional[Sequence[Union[Mapping[str, Any], Tool, Callable]]] = None,
stream: Literal[True] = True,
think: Optional[bool] = None,
think: Optional[Union[bool, Literal['low', 'medium', 'high']]] = None,
format: Optional[Union[Literal['', 'json'], JsonSchemaValue]] = None,
options: Optional[Union[Mapping[str, Any], Options]] = None,
keep_alive: Optional[Union[float, str]] = None,
Expand All @@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ def chat(
*,
tools: Optional[Sequence[Union[Mapping[str, Any], Tool, Callable]]] = None,
stream: bool = False,
think: Optional[bool] = None,
think: Optional[Union[bool, Literal['low', 'medium', 'high']]] = None,
format: Optional[Union[Literal['', 'json'], JsonSchemaValue]] = None,
options: Optional[Union[Mapping[str, Any], Options]] = None,
keep_alive: Optional[Union[float, str]] = None,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ async def generate(
template: str = '',
context: Optional[Sequence[int]] = None,
stream: Literal[False] = False,
think: Optional[bool] = None,
think: Optional[Union[bool, Literal['low', 'medium', 'high']]] = None,
raw: bool = False,
format: Optional[Union[Literal['', 'json'], JsonSchemaValue]] = None,
images: Optional[Sequence[Union[str, bytes, Image]]] = None,
Expand All @@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ async def generate(
template: str = '',
context: Optional[Sequence[int]] = None,
stream: Literal[True] = True,
think: Optional[bool] = None,
think: Optional[Union[bool, Literal['low', 'medium', 'high']]] = None,
raw: bool = False,
format: Optional[Union[Literal['', 'json'], JsonSchemaValue]] = None,
images: Optional[Sequence[Union[str, bytes, Image]]] = None,
Expand All @@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ async def generate(
template: Optional[str] = None,
context: Optional[Sequence[int]] = None,
stream: bool = False,
think: Optional[bool] = None,
think: Optional[Union[bool, Literal['low', 'medium', 'high']]] = None,
raw: Optional[bool] = None,
format: Optional[Union[Literal['', 'json'], JsonSchemaValue]] = None,
images: Optional[Sequence[Union[str, bytes, Image]]] = None,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ async def chat(
*,
tools: Optional[Sequence[Union[Mapping[str, Any], Tool, Callable]]] = None,
stream: Literal[False] = False,
think: Optional[bool] = None,
think: Optional[Union[bool, Literal['low', 'medium', 'high']]] = None,
format: Optional[Union[Literal['', 'json'], JsonSchemaValue]] = None,
options: Optional[Union[Mapping[str, Any], Options]] = None,
keep_alive: Optional[Union[float, str]] = None,
Expand All @@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ async def chat(
*,
tools: Optional[Sequence[Union[Mapping[str, Any], Tool, Callable]]] = None,
stream: Literal[True] = True,
think: Optional[bool] = None,
think: Optional[Union[bool, Literal['low', 'medium', 'high']]] = None,
format: Optional[Union[Literal['', 'json'], JsonSchemaValue]] = None,
options: Optional[Union[Mapping[str, Any], Options]] = None,
keep_alive: Optional[Union[float, str]] = None,
Expand All @@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ async def chat(
*,
tools: Optional[Sequence[Union[Mapping[str, Any], Tool, Callable]]] = None,
stream: bool = False,
think: Optional[bool] = None,
think: Optional[Union[bool, Literal['low', 'medium', 'high']]] = None,
format: Optional[Union[Literal['', 'json'], JsonSchemaValue]] = None,
options: Optional[Union[Mapping[str, Any], Options]] = None,
keep_alive: Optional[Union[float, str]] = None,
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions ollama/_types.py
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Expand Up @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class GenerateRequest(BaseGenerateRequest):
images: Optional[Sequence[Image]] = None
'Image data for multimodal models.'

think: Optional[bool] = None
think: Optional[Union[bool, Literal['low', 'medium', 'high']]] = None
'Enable thinking mode (for thinking models).'


Expand Down Expand Up @@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ def serialize_model(self, nxt):
tools: Optional[Sequence[Tool]] = None
'Tools to use for the chat.'

think: Optional[bool] = None
think: Optional[Union[bool, Literal['low', 'medium', 'high']]] = None
'Enable thinking mode (for thinking models).'


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