Qwen3.6 thinks before answering by default, so a "Capital of France?" smoke with max_tokens=30 returns truncated mid-`<think>` content. apnar hit this on a working stack (verify-full.sh all green) and wasted time debugging a non-bug. Bump all 7 user-facing curl examples to max_tokens=200 (covers a typical think block + the one-sentence answer with headroom). verify-full.sh / verify.sh / verify-stress.sh stay at max_tokens=30 because they already pass chat_template_kwargs.enable_thinking=false, which skips the think block entirely. EXAMPLES.md gets an inline note explaining the headroom + the alternative (disable thinking via chat_template_kwargs) for users who want a tighter smoke.
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Client examples
Copy-pasteable snippets for talking to the club-3090 endpoint. The default URL is http://localhost:8020; the served model name is qwen3.6-27b-autoround (vLLM) or qwen3.6-27b-autoround (llama.cpp via the --alias flag we set).
All examples assume:
- Server running:
bash scripts/launch.shis up - API endpoint:
http://localhost:8020(override withOPENAI_BASE_URLenv var or client-sidebase_url)
The endpoint is OpenAI-compatible — anything that speaks OpenAI's /v1/chat/completions API works without modification, just point base_url at the local endpoint.
Quick curl sanity test
curl -sf http://localhost:8020/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "qwen3.6-27b-autoround",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Capital of France?"}],
"max_tokens": 200
}' | jq -r '.choices[0].message.content'
Expected response: a sentence containing Paris. The max_tokens: 200 headroom is intentional — Qwen3.6 thinks before answering by default, so even simple questions burn ~50–150 tokens inside <think>...</think> before reaching the answer. Set tighter (max_tokens: 30) only if you also pass chat_template_kwargs: {"enable_thinking": false} to skip the think block — that's what verify-full.sh does internally.
Python — openai SDK (recommended)
pip install openai
Basic chat
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="http://localhost:8020/v1", api_key="not-needed")
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="qwen3.6-27b-autoround",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Write a haiku about tensor cores."}],
max_tokens=120,
temperature=0.6,
top_p=0.95,
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)
Streaming
stream = client.chat.completions.create(
model="qwen3.6-27b-autoround",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain attention in 100 words."}],
max_tokens=300,
stream=True,
)
for chunk in stream:
delta = chunk.choices[0].delta.content or ""
print(delta, end="", flush=True)
print()
Tool calling
Works on both engines (vLLM with --tool-call-parser qwen3_coder and llama.cpp with --jinja — both ship enabled in the default composes):
tools = [
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "get_weather",
"description": "Get current weather in a city",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {"city": {"type": "string"}},
"required": ["city"],
},
},
}
]
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="qwen3.6-27b-autoround",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "What's the weather in Tokyo?"}],
tools=tools,
tool_choice="auto",
max_tokens=200,
)
msg = resp.choices[0].message
if msg.tool_calls:
for tc in msg.tool_calls:
print(f"Call {tc.function.name}({tc.function.arguments})")
else:
print(msg.content)
Vision (image input)
vLLM and llama.cpp both auto-load the vision tower / mmproj when configured. Send images as base64 or URLs:
import base64
from pathlib import Path
img_b64 = base64.b64encode(Path("photo.png").read_bytes()).decode()
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="qwen3.6-27b-autoround",
messages=[
{
"role": "user",
"content": [
{"type": "text", "text": "Describe this image."},
{
"type": "image_url",
"image_url": {"url": f"data:image/png;base64,{img_b64}"},
},
],
}
],
max_tokens=200,
extra_body={"chat_template_kwargs": {"enable_thinking": False}},
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)
Reasoning mode (vLLM with Genesis only)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="qwen3.6-27b-autoround",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Solve: 7x + 14 = 49. Show your reasoning."}],
max_tokens=400,
extra_body={"chat_template_kwargs": {"enable_thinking": True}},
)
msg = resp.choices[0].message
print("Reasoning:", getattr(msg, "reasoning_content", "") or "(empty)")
print("Answer: ", msg.content)
Note: llama.cpp emits the
<think>...</think>tokens inline rather than peeling them into a separatereasoning_contentfield. If you need that split, post-process client-side or stick with vLLM.
Python — requests (no SDK)
For environments where you can't install the openai package:
import requests, json
resp = requests.post(
"http://localhost:8020/v1/chat/completions",
headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
json={
"model": "qwen3.6-27b-autoround",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "What is 17 × 23?"}],
"max_tokens": 50,
},
timeout=60,
)
print(resp.json()["choices"][0]["message"]["content"])
For streaming, use stream=True and parse SSE lines:
with requests.post(
"http://localhost:8020/v1/chat/completions",
headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
json={"model": "qwen3.6-27b-autoround", "messages": [...], "stream": True, "max_tokens": 200},
stream=True,
) as r:
for line in r.iter_lines():
if not line or not line.startswith(b"data: "):
continue
payload = line[6:]
if payload == b"[DONE]":
break
chunk = json.loads(payload)
delta = chunk["choices"][0]["delta"].get("content", "")
print(delta, end="", flush=True)
TypeScript / Node — openai SDK
npm install openai
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: "http://localhost:8020/v1",
apiKey: "not-needed",
});
const resp = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "qwen3.6-27b-autoround",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Quicksort in Rust, please." }],
max_tokens: 800,
temperature: 0.6,
top_p: 0.95,
});
console.log(resp.choices[0].message.content);
Streaming:
const stream = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "qwen3.6-27b-autoround",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "..." }],
max_tokens: 300,
stream: true,
});
for await (const chunk of stream) {
process.stdout.write(chunk.choices[0]?.delta?.content ?? "");
}
process.stdout.write("\n");
Connecting third-party clients
Open WebUI
Settings → Connections → Add OpenAI Connection:
- Base URL:
http://localhost:8020/v1(orhttp://<host-ip>:8020/v1from another machine on your LAN — see Security) - API Key: anything (e.g.
sk-local) — the server doesn't check it - Model:
qwen3.6-27b-autoround
Vision, tool calling, streaming all work through the WebUI's standard flows.
Cline / Roo (VS Code agentic coder)
In the Cline settings panel:
- API Provider: OpenAI Compatible
- Base URL:
http://localhost:8020/v1 - API Key:
sk-local(any non-empty string) - Model ID:
qwen3.6-27b-autoround
Cline sends large tool returns (file reads, web fetches) up to ~25K tokens. As of 2026-04-30 PM, both vllm/long-vision (198K + vision) and vllm/long-text (218K text-only) handle these cleanly via the PN12 anchor sidecar. The remaining caveat: don't use vLLM single-card for one-shot prompts >50K (Cliff 2 — switch to llamacpp/default instead). See docs/SINGLE_CARD.md and the VRAM diagram.
Cursor
Settings → Models → Add OpenAI-compatible:
- Override OpenAI Base URL:
http://localhost:8020/v1 - Verify config: click "Verify" — should list
qwen3.6-27b-autoround - Model name:
qwen3.6-27b-autoround
Cursor's "Apply" feature works against this model since tool-calling is supported.
LiteLLM proxy / aider / Continue.dev
All work the same way — OpenAI-compatible endpoint at http://localhost:8020/v1, any non-empty API key. Confirmed working with the default compose.
Security note: network binding
The default composes bind to 0.0.0.0:8020 so other machines on your LAN can connect. If you're on a shared / coffee-shop / coworking network, that exposes your model to anyone who can route to your machine.
To restrict to localhost-only:
# In any docker-compose.*.yml under ports:
ports:
- "127.0.0.1:8020:8000" # was: "8020:8000"
Or override at run-time with --host 127.0.0.1 (llama.cpp) / by editing the compose locally.
See also
models/qwen3.6-27b/README.md— variant matrix + VRAM diagramdocs/SINGLE_CARD.mdanddocs/DUAL_CARD.md— workload → recommended composescripts/launch.sh— interactive variant pickerscripts/health.sh— runtime health probe