ollama - 💡(How to fix) Fix deepseek-r1:latest is wrongly marked to support tools [1 participants]

When I use deepseek-r1:latest for tool calling I get error saying it does not support tool calling. {"error":"registry.ollama.ai/library/deepseek-r1:latest does not support tools"}(base)

Fix Plan

The fix is to update the deepseek-r1 model to a version that supports tool calling.

Steps to Fix

• Check the Ollama model page for the latest version of deepseek-r1 that supports tools.
• Update the docker-compose.yml file to use the latest version of deepseek-r1.
• Restart the Ollama service.

Example Code

# docker-compose.yml
version: '3'
services:
  ollama:
    image: ollama/ollama:0.18.2
    ports:
      - "11434:11434"
    environment:
      - MODEL_NAME=deepseek-r1:latest-tooling

Alternatively, you can use the following curl command to test the updated model:

curl http://localhost:11434/api/chat -d '{
  "model": "deepseek-r1:latest-tooling",
  "messages": [
    {"role": "user", "content": "What is the weather in SF?"}
  ],
  "tools": [
    {
      "type": "function",
      "function": {
        "name": "get_weather",
        "description": "Get weather",
        "parameters": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "location": {"type": "string"}
          },
          "required": ["location"]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'

Verification

Verify that the fix worked by checking the response from the curl command. It should no longer return an error message indicating that the model does not support tools.

Extra Tips

• Make sure to check the Ollama model page for the latest version of deepseek-r1 that supports tools.
• If you are using a older version of Ollama, you may need to update to a newer version to support tool calling.