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| This is the default setting in Open WebUI. | ||
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| Here, your LLM doesn’t need to natively support function calling. Instead, we guide the model using smart tool selection prompt template to select and use a Tool. | ||
| Here, your LLM doesn’t need to natively support function calling. Instead, we guide the model using smart tool selection prompt template to select and use a Tool. Open WebUI then interprets the model's response and executes the tool on the model's behalf. |
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This is the case for native mode as well.
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| ### 🟢 Native Mode (Function Calling Built-In) | ||
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| If your model does support “native” function calling (like GPT-4o or GPT-3.5-turbo-1106), you can use this powerful mode to let the LLM decide — in real time — when and how to call multiple Tools during a single chat message. | ||
| If your model does support “native” function calling (like GPT-4o or GPT-3.5-turbo-1106), you can use this powerful mode to let the LLM decide — in real time — when and how to call multiple Tools during a single chat message. Open WebUI will send the model full specifications of available tools, which the model can then decide in real time when to use. |
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This is also the case for default mode as well, be more precise.
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More research warranted. Won't be merged unless it's substantially more precise. |
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Add more information about how the Native and Default modes for Tools work.