diff --git a/chatbot.py b/chatbot.py
index 62f2a1f..f147476 100644
--- a/chatbot.py
+++ b/chatbot.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if _cuda_path:
from ddgs import DDGS # noqa: E402
from llama_cpp import Llama # noqa: E402
-MODEL_PATH = Path(__file__).parent / "Qwen2.5-Coder-14B-Instruct-Q5_K_M.gguf"
+MODEL_PATH = Path(__file__).parent / "Qwen3.5-27B-IQ4_XS.gguf"
SYSTEM_PROMPT = (
"You are a knowledgeable developer assistant. Answer questions about "
@@ -56,9 +56,20 @@ WEB_SEARCH_TOOL = {
},
}
-# Matches the {...} blocks Qwen's chat template trains
-# it to emit when it wants to invoke a tool.
-TOOL_CALL_RE = re.compile(r"\s*(\{.*?\})\s*", re.DOTALL)
+# Matches the ... blocks
+# Qwen3.5's chat template trains it to emit when it wants to invoke a tool -
+# an XML-style syntax, not Qwen2.5's JSON-in- format.
+TOOL_CALL_RE = re.compile(
+ r"\s*]+)>(.*?)\s*", re.DOTALL
+)
+# Matches each value inside a tool call's body.
+PARAMETER_RE = re.compile(r"]+)>\n?(.*?)\n?", re.DOTALL)
+
+# Qwen3.5 thinks by default, wrapping its reasoning trace in these tags
+# before the actual answer (or tool call). _route_stream_piece splits a
+# streamed response between the two so a caller can render them separately.
+THINK_OPEN = ""
+THINK_CLOSE = ""
def web_search(query: str, max_results: int = 5) -> str:
@@ -82,42 +93,15 @@ def web_search(query: str, max_results: int = 5) -> str:
TOOLS = {"web_search": web_search}
-def _iter_balanced_braces(text: str):
- """Yield each top-level {...} substring of text, respecting nesting."""
- depth = 0
- start = None
- for i, ch in enumerate(text):
- if ch == "{":
- if depth == 0:
- start = i
- depth += 1
- elif ch == "}" and depth > 0:
- depth -= 1
- if depth == 0 and start is not None:
- yield text[start : i + 1]
-
-
def extract_tool_calls(text: str) -> list[dict]:
calls = []
- for match in TOOL_CALL_RE.finditer(text):
- try:
- calls.append(json.loads(match.group(1)))
- except json.JSONDecodeError:
- continue
- if calls:
- return calls
-
- # This model often skips the wrapper it's instructed to use
- # and just emits a bare JSON object instead - sometimes with leading
- # prose alongside it (e.g. "Let's try again. {...}") - so scan for any
- # JSON object in the text rather than requiring the whole message to be one.
- for candidate in _iter_balanced_braces(text):
- try:
- call = json.loads(candidate)
- except json.JSONDecodeError:
- continue
- if isinstance(call, dict) and call.get("name") in TOOLS:
- calls.append(call)
+ for call_match in TOOL_CALL_RE.finditer(text):
+ name = call_match.group(1).strip()
+ arguments = {
+ param_match.group(1).strip(): param_match.group(2)
+ for param_match in PARAMETER_RE.finditer(call_match.group(2))
+ }
+ calls.append({"name": name, "arguments": arguments})
return calls
@@ -133,9 +117,11 @@ def build_messages(history: list[tuple[str, str]], question: str) -> list[dict[s
def load_model() -> Llama:
return Llama(
model_path=str(MODEL_PATH),
- # the model supports up to 32k context natively; give plenty of room
- # for chat history plus a long generated response
- n_ctx=24000,
+ # Qwen3.5-27B's hybrid attention keeps KV cache small (most layers
+ # carry a fixed-size state rather than one that grows with context),
+ # so this fits alongside the IQ4_XS weights on a 16GB card with room
+ # to spare - unlike a same-sized dense-attention model.
+ n_ctx=32768,
# -1 offloads every layer to the GPU
n_gpu_layers=-1,
# number of tokens in the prompt that are fed into the model at a time
@@ -144,14 +130,55 @@ def load_model() -> Llama:
)
+def _route_stream_piece(
+ piece: str,
+ state: dict,
+ on_token: Callable[[str], None] | None,
+ on_thinking_token: Callable[[str], None] | None,
+) -> None:
+ """Forward piece to on_thinking_token while inside a ...
+ block and to on_token otherwise, using state (a per-call {"in_think",
+ "buffer"} dict) to track which side of a tag boundary we're on and to
+ hold back text that might be the start of a tag split across pieces."""
+ buffer = state["buffer"] + piece
+ while True:
+ tag = THINK_CLOSE if state["in_think"] else THINK_OPEN
+ idx = buffer.find(tag)
+ if idx == -1:
+ break
+ before, buffer = buffer[:idx], buffer[idx + len(tag) :]
+ callback = on_thinking_token if state["in_think"] else on_token
+ if before and callback is not None:
+ callback(before)
+ state["in_think"] = not state["in_think"]
+
+ # The buffer may end with a prefix of the tag we're now watching for
+ # (e.g. a chunk boundary landing mid-""), so hold that part back
+ # rather than misrouting it as ordinary content.
+ tag = THINK_CLOSE if state["in_think"] else THINK_OPEN
+ keep = 0
+ for length in range(min(len(tag), len(buffer)), 0, -1):
+ if tag.startswith(buffer[-length:]):
+ keep = length
+ break
+ emit, state["buffer"] = buffer[: len(buffer) - keep], buffer[len(buffer) - keep :]
+ callback = on_thinking_token if state["in_think"] else on_token
+ if emit and callback is not None:
+ callback(emit)
+
+
def _stream_content(
llm: Llama,
messages: list[dict],
tools: list[dict] | None,
on_token: Callable[[str], None] | None,
+ on_thinking_token: Callable[[str], None] | None = None,
) -> str:
"""Run one streaming create_chat_completion call, forwarding each piece
- of generated text to on_token as it arrives, and return the full text."""
+ of generated text to on_token (or on_thinking_token, while inside a
+ block) as it arrives, and return the full raw text, thinking
+ tags included, so the caller's message history matches what the model
+ actually produced."""
kwargs = {}
if tools is not None:
kwargs["tools"] = tools
@@ -165,21 +192,40 @@ def _stream_content(
**kwargs,
)
content = ""
+ # Qwen3.5's chat template appends "\n" to the prompt itself before
+ # generation starts (see its tokenizer.chat_template's add_generation_prompt
+ # block), so the model's own streamed output never contains that opening
+ # tag - it starts already "inside" one, and only emits "" once
+ # reasoning is done.
+ route_state = {"in_think": True, "buffer": ""}
for chunk in stream:
piece = chunk["choices"][0]["delta"].get("content")
if piece:
content += piece
- if on_token is not None:
- on_token(piece)
+ _route_stream_piece(piece, route_state, on_token, on_thinking_token)
+ if route_state["buffer"]:
+ callback = on_thinking_token if route_state["in_think"] else on_token
+ if callback is not None:
+ callback(route_state["buffer"])
return content
+def _strip_thinking(text: str) -> str:
+ """Drop a leading reasoning trace from raw model output, the same way
+ the chat template splits it back out when re-rendering a past turn:
+ everything before the first is reasoning (there's no opening
+ tag to look for - see _stream_content), everything after is the answer."""
+ before, sep, after = text.partition(THINK_CLOSE)
+ return after.lstrip("\n") if sep else before
+
+
def ask(
llm: Llama,
messages: list[dict],
on_tool_call: Callable[[str], None] | None = None,
on_usage: Callable[[dict], None] | None = None,
on_token: Callable[[str], None] | None = None,
+ on_thinking_token: Callable[[str], None] | None = None,
) -> str:
"""Run the chat loop for one question, letting the model call web_search
up to MAX_TOOL_ROUNDS times before returning its final answer text.
@@ -189,14 +235,16 @@ def ask(
model call, so a caller can track how much of the context window is
filled. If given, on_token is invoked with each piece of generated text
as it streams from the model, so a caller can render the answer live
- instead of waiting for it to finish."""
+ instead of waiting for it to finish. If given, on_thinking_token is
+ invoked the same way but for text inside the model's block,
+ letting a caller render its reasoning trace separately from the answer."""
for _ in range(MAX_TOOL_ROUNDS):
- content = _stream_content(llm, messages, [WEB_SEARCH_TOOL], on_token)
+ content = _stream_content(llm, messages, [WEB_SEARCH_TOOL], on_token, on_thinking_token)
if on_usage is not None:
on_usage({"total_tokens": llm.n_tokens})
calls = extract_tool_calls(content)
if not calls:
- return content
+ return _strip_thinking(content)
messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": content})
for call in calls:
@@ -216,7 +264,7 @@ def ask(
# Ran out of tool-call rounds without a plain answer; ask one more time
# without offering the tool, forcing it to answer from what it has
# instead of returning a leftover tool-call as if it were the answer.
- content = _stream_content(llm, messages, None, on_token)
+ content = _stream_content(llm, messages, None, on_token, on_thinking_token)
if on_usage is not None:
on_usage({"total_tokens": llm.n_tokens})
- return content
+ return _strip_thinking(content)
diff --git a/gui.py b/gui.py
index 48bc345..5060ffd 100644
--- a/gui.py
+++ b/gui.py
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ from pygments import highlight
from pygments.formatters import HtmlFormatter
from pygments.lexers import TextLexer, get_lexer_by_name, guess_lexer
from pygments.util import ClassNotFound
-from PyQt6.QtCore import Qt, QThread, QTimer, pyqtSignal
+from PyQt6.QtCore import Qt, QThread, QTimer, QUrl, pyqtSignal
from PyQt6.QtGui import (
QColor,
+ QDesktopServices,
QFont,
QIcon,
QLinearGradient,
@@ -87,8 +88,14 @@ ROLE_STYLES = {
"user": (CORAL_GLOW, "#3a2c26"),
"assistant": (SILVER, "#2f3342"),
"system": (BLUE_SLATE, "#262a36"),
+ "thinking": (TEXT_SECONDARY, "#282b38"),
}
+# Prefix for the fake anchor href used to make a thinking block's header
+# clickable (e.g. "think:think-3"), intercepted in _on_chat_anchor_clicked
+# rather than let QTextBrowser try to navigate to it.
+_THINK_ANCHOR_PREFIX = "think:"
+
_STYLESHEET = f"""
QMainWindow {{
background-color: {BG_APP};
@@ -376,6 +383,7 @@ class AskThread(QThread):
tool_call = pyqtSignal(str)
usage = pyqtSignal(dict)
token = pyqtSignal(str)
+ thinking_token = pyqtSignal(str)
finished_ok = pyqtSignal(str)
failed = pyqtSignal(str)
@@ -392,6 +400,7 @@ class AskThread(QThread):
on_tool_call=self.tool_call.emit,
on_usage=self.usage.emit,
on_token=self.token.emit,
+ on_thinking_token=self.thinking_token.emit,
)
except Exception as e:
self.failed.emit(str(e))
@@ -414,6 +423,22 @@ class ChatWindow(QMainWindow):
# incoming tokens; both None when no answer is currently streaming.
self._stream_start_pos: int | None = None
self._stream_body_cursor: QTextCursor | None = None
+ # Whether a real (non-newline) answer character has been inserted
+ # yet for the in-progress card - the model's text after
+ # typically opens with a blank line or two, which _on_token trims
+ # rather than showing as a gap at the top of the answer bubble.
+ self._answer_started = False
+
+ # Thinking blocks (one per model reasoning round), keyed by an id
+ # referenced from the clickable "think:" anchor in their header.
+ # Each holds the full reasoning text, whether it's currently shown
+ # expanded, a fixed cursor marking where its content region starts,
+ # and a live cursor tracking where that region currently ends - see
+ # _render_thinking(). self._stream_thinking_id names whichever block
+ # (if any) is still actively streaming in the current round.
+ self._thinking_blocks: dict[str, dict] = {}
+ self._thinking_seq = 0
+ self._stream_thinking_id: str | None = None
central = QWidget()
self.setCentralWidget(central)
@@ -448,7 +473,12 @@ class ChatWindow(QMainWindow):
self.chat_view = QTextBrowser()
self.chat_view.setObjectName("chatView")
- self.chat_view.setOpenExternalLinks(True)
+ # Links are handled by hand in _on_chat_anchor_clicked (real URLs get
+ # opened externally there too) rather than left to QTextBrowser,
+ # since its own link handling doesn't know about the fake
+ # "think:" anchors used to toggle a thinking block.
+ self.chat_view.setOpenLinks(False)
+ self.chat_view.anchorClicked.connect(self._on_chat_anchor_clicked)
self.chat_view.setFont(QFont("Segoe UI Variable Text", 10))
layout.addWidget(self.chat_view)
@@ -551,6 +581,8 @@ class ChatWindow(QMainWindow):
self.statusBar().showMessage("Thinking...")
self._stream_start_pos = None
self._stream_body_cursor = None
+ self._answer_started = False
+ self._stream_thinking_id = None
messages = chatbot.build_messages(self._history, question)
self._pending_question = question
@@ -559,12 +591,14 @@ class ChatWindow(QMainWindow):
self._ask_thread.tool_call.connect(self._on_tool_call)
self._ask_thread.usage.connect(self._on_usage)
self._ask_thread.token.connect(self._on_token)
+ self._ask_thread.thinking_token.connect(self._on_thinking_token)
self._ask_thread.finished_ok.connect(self._on_answer)
self._ask_thread.failed.connect(self._on_ask_failed)
self._ask_thread.start()
def _on_token(self, piece: str) -> None:
if self._stream_body_cursor is None:
+ self._collapse_open_thinking()
self.statusBar().showMessage("Generating...")
cursor = self.chat_view.textCursor()
cursor.movePosition(QTextCursor.MoveOperation.End)
@@ -574,6 +608,13 @@ class ChatWindow(QMainWindow):
body.insertHtml(f'ASSISTANT')
body.insertBlock(QTextBlockFormat(), QTextCharFormat())
self._stream_body_cursor = body
+ self._answer_started = False
+
+ if not self._answer_started:
+ piece = piece.lstrip("\n")
+ if not piece:
+ return
+ self._answer_started = True
char_format = QTextCharFormat()
char_format.setForeground(QColor(TEXT_PRIMARY))
@@ -593,7 +634,95 @@ class ChatWindow(QMainWindow):
self._stream_start_pos = None
self._stream_body_cursor = None
+ def _on_thinking_token(self, piece: str) -> None:
+ if self._stream_thinking_id is None:
+ cursor = self.chat_view.textCursor()
+ cursor.movePosition(QTextCursor.MoveOperation.End)
+ accent, bg = ROLE_STYLES["thinking"]
+ body = _insert_message_card(cursor, accent, bg)
+ body.insertHtml(f'THINKING')
+ body.insertBlock(QTextBlockFormat(), QTextCharFormat())
+
+ self._thinking_seq += 1
+ block_id = f"think-{self._thinking_seq}"
+ content_start = QTextCursor(body)
+ # Without this, inserting the header right at content_start's own
+ # position (both here and on every later toggle) would drag it
+ # forward along with that insertion, per QTextCursor's default -
+ # it needs to stay pinned at the true start of the region instead.
+ content_start.setKeepPositionOnInsert(True)
+ self._thinking_blocks[block_id] = {
+ "text": "",
+ "expanded": True,
+ "content_start": content_start,
+ "cursor": body,
+ }
+ self._insert_thinking_header(body, block_id, expanded=True)
+ body.insertBlock(QTextBlockFormat(), QTextCharFormat())
+ self._stream_thinking_id = block_id
+
+ block = self._thinking_blocks[self._stream_thinking_id]
+ block["text"] += piece
+ italic_format = QTextCharFormat()
+ italic_format.setForeground(QColor(TEXT_SECONDARY))
+ italic_format.setFontItalic(True)
+ block["cursor"].insertText(piece, italic_format)
+ self.chat_view.moveCursor(QTextCursor.MoveOperation.End)
+
+ def _insert_thinking_header(self, cursor: QTextCursor, block_id: str, expanded: bool) -> None:
+ arrow = "▼" if expanded else "▶"
+ cursor.insertHtml(
+ f'{arrow} Thinking'
+ )
+
+ def _render_thinking(self, block_id: str, expanded: bool) -> None:
+ """Rewrite a thinking block's header and body to match expanded,
+ replacing everything from its fixed content_start cursor through
+ wherever its content currently ends (tracked by its own cursor,
+ which - like any QTextCursor - keeps up with edits made elsewhere in
+ the document, so this stays correct even if other messages have
+ since been appended below it)."""
+ block = self._thinking_blocks[block_id]
+ cursor = block["cursor"]
+ old_end = cursor.position()
+ cursor.setPosition(block["content_start"].position())
+ cursor.setPosition(old_end, QTextCursor.MoveMode.KeepAnchor)
+ cursor.removeSelectedText()
+
+ self._insert_thinking_header(cursor, block_id, expanded)
+ if expanded:
+ cursor.insertBlock(QTextBlockFormat(), QTextCharFormat())
+ italic_format = QTextCharFormat()
+ italic_format.setForeground(QColor(TEXT_SECONDARY))
+ italic_format.setFontItalic(True)
+ cursor.insertText(block["text"], italic_format)
+ block["expanded"] = expanded
+ self.chat_view.moveCursor(QTextCursor.MoveOperation.End)
+
+ def _collapse_open_thinking(self) -> None:
+ if self._stream_thinking_id is not None:
+ self._render_thinking(self._stream_thinking_id, expanded=False)
+ self._stream_thinking_id = None
+
+ def _on_chat_anchor_clicked(self, url: QUrl) -> None:
+ href = url.toString()
+ if not href.startswith(_THINK_ANCHOR_PREFIX):
+ QDesktopServices.openUrl(url)
+ return
+ # A generation currently in flight may be inserting content through
+ # this same block's cursor further down; leave the block alone
+ # rather than risk racing that live cursor.
+ if self._ask_thread is not None:
+ return
+ block_id = href[len(_THINK_ANCHOR_PREFIX) :]
+ block = self._thinking_blocks.get(block_id)
+ if block is None:
+ return
+ self._render_thinking(block_id, expanded=not block["expanded"])
+
def _on_tool_call(self, query: str) -> None:
+ self._collapse_open_thinking()
self._discard_stream_card()
self.statusBar().showMessage(f"Searching: {query}")
self._append_system(f"Searching the web for: {query}")
@@ -604,6 +733,10 @@ class ChatWindow(QMainWindow):
self.context_status_label.setText(f"Context: {total} / {self._n_ctx} ({pct:.0f}%)")
def _on_answer(self, answer: str) -> None:
+ # Normally already collapsed by the first answer token (_on_token),
+ # but a response that hit max_tokens mid- would leave this
+ # block open with nothing to trigger the collapse - catch that here.
+ self._collapse_open_thinking()
# The streamed card holds the raw, plain-text answer; swap it out for
# a fully markdown-rendered and syntax-highlighted one now that the
# complete text is available.
@@ -615,6 +748,7 @@ class ChatWindow(QMainWindow):
self._set_input_enabled(True)
def _on_ask_failed(self, message: str) -> None:
+ self._collapse_open_thinking()
self._discard_stream_card()
self._append_system(f"Error: {message}")
self.statusBar().showMessage("Ready.")