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chatml-function-callling not adding tool description to the prompt.

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
65/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend-api-design

Research direction

The issue points to lines 3417-3421 in llama_cpp/llama_chat_format.py where the chatml-function-calling prompt is built. Start by reading the chatml_function_calling method to understand how tool descriptions should be added. Compare with other prompt formats in the same file to see the expected structure. Run any existing tests for chatml-function-calling to verify the fix.

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Description

Tool description is missing in chatml-funcion-calling prompt format.

https://github.com/abetlen/llama-cpp-python/blob/803924b02cc8ca7531b70e6497d1ff7b83f75737/llama_cpp/llama_chat_format.py#L3417-L3421

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