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[GH-ISSUE #5640] Pass array of messages as an argument #3516

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opened 2026-04-12 14:13:08 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 2 comments
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Originally created by @M3cubo on GitHub (Jul 11, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/5640

In the Docs, it shows that using the API you can pass an array of messages:

"messages": [
{ "role": "user", "content": "why is the sky blue?" }
]

My question is, how can I do it with the CLI? It is possible?

I'm looking into something like:

ollama run "model" "prompt" "messages"

where the argument "messages" could be used to give context.

Do you have any ideas on how to do it?

Originally created by @M3cubo on GitHub (Jul 11, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/5640 In the Docs, it shows that using the API you can pass an array of messages: "messages": [ { "role": "user", "content": "why is the sky blue?" } ] My question is, how can I do it with the CLI? It is possible? I'm looking into something like: > ollama run "model" "prompt" "messages" where the argument "messages" could be used to give context. Do you have any ideas on how to do it?
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GiteaMirror commented 2026-04-12 14:13:10 -05:00
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@rick-github commented on GitHub (Jul 12, 2024):

I don't think you can do this with stock ollama, but it's straightforward for a shell script:

#!/bin/bash

[ "${#@}" -lt 3 ] && { echo "Usage: $0 model prompt context" ; exit 1 ; }

model=$(echo "$1" | jq -R) ; shift
prompt=$(echo "$1" | jq -R) ; shift
context=$(echo "$1" | jq -R) ; shift
query=$(printf '{"model": %s, "messages":[{"role":"assistant","content":%s},{"role":"user","content":%s}],"stream":false}' "$model" "$context" "$prompt")

curl -s ${OLLAMA_HOST-localhost:11434}/api/chat -d "$query" | jq -r .message.content

$ ./ollama-context gemma2 'what does an apple cost' 'i see a sign that says "apples: $1.50"'
An apple costs $1.50, according to the sign I see. 🍎
<!-- gh-comment-id:2226410619 --> @rick-github commented on GitHub (Jul 12, 2024): I don't think you can do this with stock ollama, but it's straightforward for a shell script: ```sh #!/bin/bash [ "${#@}" -lt 3 ] && { echo "Usage: $0 model prompt context" ; exit 1 ; } model=$(echo "$1" | jq -R) ; shift prompt=$(echo "$1" | jq -R) ; shift context=$(echo "$1" | jq -R) ; shift query=$(printf '{"model": %s, "messages":[{"role":"assistant","content":%s},{"role":"user","content":%s}],"stream":false}' "$model" "$context" "$prompt") curl -s ${OLLAMA_HOST-localhost:11434}/api/chat -d "$query" | jq -r .message.content ``` ``` $ ./ollama-context gemma2 'what does an apple cost' 'i see a sign that says "apples: $1.50"' An apple costs $1.50, according to the sign I see. 🍎 ```
GiteaMirror commented 2026-04-12 14:13:10 -05:00
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@M3cubo commented on GitHub (Jul 15, 2024):

Many thanks for the workaround!

<!-- gh-comment-id:2228233498 --> @M3cubo commented on GitHub (Jul 15, 2024): Many thanks for the workaround!
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