[GH-ISSUE #10693] API mechanism to find out which models support tools #7029

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opened 2026-04-12 18:56:07 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 1 comment
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Originally created by @simonw on GitHub (May 13, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/10693

As far as I can tell right now the only way to see if an Ollama hosted model can handle tools is to send it a tools request and see if it works or comes back with an error.

It would be great if one of the JSON APIs for listing existing models could return a note about whether or not tools are supported.

(Same for vision too.)

Originally created by @simonw on GitHub (May 13, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/10693 As far as I can tell right now the only way to see if an Ollama hosted model can handle tools is to send it a tools request and see if it works or comes back with an error. It would be great if one of the JSON APIs for listing existing models could return a note about whether or not tools are supported. (Same for vision too.)
GiteaMirror added the feature request label 2026-04-12 18:56:07 -05:00
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@rick-github commented on GitHub (May 13, 2025):

$ curl -s localhost:11434/api/show -d '{"model":"qwen2.5:0.5b"}' | jq .capabilities
[
  "completion",
  "tools"
]
<!-- gh-comment-id:2877820735 --> @rick-github commented on GitHub (May 13, 2025): ```console $ curl -s localhost:11434/api/show -d '{"model":"qwen2.5:0.5b"}' | jq .capabilities [ "completion", "tools" ] ```
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Reference: github-starred/ollama#7029