Modelfile Setup Guide

To import a model from Hugging Face into Ollama for coding, do the following.

1. Download the model

$ ollama pull hf.co/Jackrong/Qwen3.5-9B-Claude-4.6-Opus-Reasoning-Distilled-GGUF:Q8_0

2. Find the correct blob

Hint: It’s the big one.

$ ollama show --modelfile hf.co/Jackrong/Qwen3.5-9B-Claude-4.6-Opus-Reasoning-Distilled-GGUF:Q8_0 \
  | awk '/^FROM/ {print $2}' \
  | xargs -r du -h

3. Create a new Modelfile

Set the context length to at least 16k or 32k, and add the TEMPLATE to enable tool calling.

Sources:
The TEMPLATE is from a GitHub comment.
The additional Coding parameters for Qwen 3.5 are from hf.co. Parameters for additional uses are also available.

# Modelfile generated by "ollama show"
# To build a new Modelfile based on this, replace FROM with:
# FROM hf.co/Jackrong/Qwen3.5-9B-Claude-4.6-Opus-Reasoning-Distilled-GGUF:Q8_0

FROM /usr/share/ollama/.ollama/models/blobs/sha256-01ab75e862bf61c2fd20babc55d396181580722b7af76ec4ebfb83224218c723

PARAMETER num_ctx 32768
PARAMETER temperature 0.6
PARAMETER top_p 0.95
PARAMETER top_k 20
PARAMETER min_p 0.0
PARAMETER presence_penalty 0.0
PARAMETER repeat_penalty 1.0

TEMPLATE """{{- if .Suffix }}<|fim_prefix|>{{ .Prompt }}<|fim_suffix|>{{ .Suffix }}<|fim_middle|>
{{- else -}}
{{- $lastUserIdx := -1 -}}
{{- range $idx, $msg := .Messages -}}
{{- if eq $msg.Role "user" }}{{ $lastUserIdx = $idx }}{{ end -}}
{{- end }}
{{- if or .System .Tools }}<|im_start|>system
{{ if .System }}
{{ .System }}
{{- end }}
{{- if .Tools }}

# Tools

You may call one or more functions to assist with the user query.

You are provided with function signatures within <tools></tools> XML tags:
<tools>
{{- range .Tools }}
{"type": "function", "function": {{ .Function }}}
{{- end }}
</tools>

For each function call, return a json object with function name and arguments within <tool_call></tool_call> XML tags:
<tool_call>
{"name": <function-name>, "arguments": <args-json-object>}
</tool_call>
{{- end -}}
<|im_end|>
{{ end }}
{{- range $i, $_ := .Messages }}
{{- $last := eq (len (slice $.Messages $i)) 1 -}}
{{- if eq .Role "user" }}<|im_start|>user
{{ .Content }}
{{ else if eq .Role "assistant" }}<|im_start|>assistant
{{- if .Content }}
{{ .Content }}
{{- else if .ToolCalls }}
{{- range .ToolCalls }}
<tool_call>
{"name": "{{ .Function.Name }}", "arguments": {{ .Function.Arguments }}}
</tool_call>
{{- end }}
{{- end }}{{ if not $last }}<|im_end|>
{{ end }}
{{- else if eq .Role "tool" }}<|im_start|>user
<tool_response>
{{ .Content }}
</tool_response><|im_end|>
{{ end }}
{{- if and (ne .Role "assistant") $last }}<|im_start|>assistant
{{ end }}
{{- end }}
{{- end }}
"""

4. Create a new model from the Modelfile

$ ollama create Qwen3.5-Coder-Distilled