{# ───── header (system message) ───── #}
{{- "<|im_start|>system\n" -}}
{# ───── get the custom instructions + optional thinking override ───── #}
{%- if messages[0].role == "system" -%}
{%- set custom_instructions = messages[0].content.rstrip() -%}
{%- endif -%}
{# ───── set the system prompt ───── #}
{%- if custom_instructions -%}
{{- custom_instructions -}}
{%- else -%}
{{- "You are a helpful AI assistant named Dicta-LM 3.0, Trained by Dicta, the Israel Center for Text Analysis. Your role is to provide accurate, helpful, and well-structured responses to user questions and requests.\nProvide clear, logical, and precise answers that thoroughly address what the user is asking for. Structure your responses in a way that is easy to understand and follow." -}}
{%- endif -%}
{%- set ns = namespace(multi_step_tool=true, last_query_index=messages | length - 1) -%}
{%- for message in messages[::-1] -%}
{%- set index = messages | length - 1 - loop.index0 -%}
{%- if ns.multi_step_tool and message.role == "user" and message.content is string and not (message.content.startswith("") and message.content.endswith("")) -%}
{%- set ns.multi_step_tool = false -%}
{%- set ns.last_query_index = index -%}
{%- endif -%}
{%- endfor -%}
{%- if tools -%}
{{- "\n\n## Tools\n\nYou may call one or more functions to assist with the user query.\n\nYou are provided with function signatures within XML tags:\n" -}}
{%- for tool in tools -%}
{{- "\n" -}}
{{- tool | tojson -}}
{%- endfor -%}
{{- "\n\n\nFor each function call, return a json object with function name and arguments within XML tags:\n\n{\"name\": , \"arguments\": }\n" -}}
{%- endif -%}
{{- "<|im_end|>" -}}
{%- for message in messages -%}
{%- if message.content is string -%}
{%- set content = message.content -%}
{%- else -%}
{%- set content = "" -%}
{%- endif -%}
{%- if message.role == "user" or message.role == "system" and not loop.first -%}
{{- "\n<|im_start|>" + message.role + "\n" + content + "<|im_end|>" -}}
{%- elif message.role == "assistant" -%}
{% generation %}
{%- set reasoning_content = "" -%}
{%- if message.reasoning_content is string -%}
{%- set reasoning_content = message.reasoning_content -%}
{%- elif "" in content -%}
{%- set reasoning_content = content.split("")[0].rstrip("\n").split("")[-1].lstrip("\n") -%}
{%- set content = content.split("")[-1].lstrip("\n") -%}
{%- endif -%}
{%- if loop.index0 > ns.last_query_index -%}
{%- if loop.last or not loop.last and reasoning_content -%}
{{- "\n<|im_start|>" + message.role + "\n" + reasoning_content.strip("\n") + "" + content.lstrip("\n") -}}
{%- else -%}
{{- "\n<|im_start|>" + message.role + "\n" + content -}}
{%- endif -%}
{%- else -%}
{{- "\n<|im_start|>" + message.role + "\n" + content -}}
{%- endif -%}
{%- if message.tool_calls -%}
{%- for tool_call in message.tool_calls -%}
{%- if loop.first and content or not loop.first -%}
{{- "\n" -}}
{%- endif -%}
{%- if tool_call.function -%}
{%- set tool_call = tool_call.function -%}
{%- endif -%}
{{- "\n{\"name\": \"" -}}
{{- tool_call.name -}}
{{- "\", \"arguments\": " -}}
{%- if tool_call.arguments is string -%}
{{- tool_call.arguments -}}
{%- else -%}
{{- tool_call.arguments | tojson -}}
{%- endif -%}
{{- "}\n" -}}
{%- endfor -%}
{%- endif -%}
{{- "<|im_end|>" -}}
{% endgeneration %}
{%- elif message.role == "tool" -%}
{%- if loop.first or messages[loop.index0 - 1].role != "tool" -%}
{{- "\n<|im_start|>user" -}}
{%- endif -%}
{{- "\n\n" -}}
{{- content -}}
{{- "\n" -}}
{%- if loop.last or messages[loop.index0 + 1].role != "tool" -%}
{{- "<|im_end|>" -}}
{%- endif -%}
{%- endif -%}
{%- endfor -%}
{{- "\n" -}}
{%- if add_generation_prompt -%}
{{- "<|im_start|>assistant\n" -}}
{%- endif -%}