Instruction-based tools

[RomneyDa]

Description

• Adds support for tools in the form of XML system message instructions and response content parsing
• For now, this applies only to models that are NOT known to support native tools
• All models can now be used in Agent mode
• Tests for tool conversion and parsing
• Adds a warning to the Agent mode dropdown that shows for any models not known to be great with tools (including models that support native tools)

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Summary by cubic

Added support for non-native tool calls using XML parsing, allowing the app to handle tool calls from models that do not support native tool call APIs.

• New Features

  • Parses and intercepts tool calls in XML format from assistant messages.
  • Generates system prompts and tool definitions for XML-based tool calls.
  • Includes tests for XML parsing and tool call extraction.

• Dependencies

  • Added fast-xml-parser for XML parsing in the GUI.

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[RomneyDa]

closing, will reopen this week