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Recommended action: Add --apply_chat_template (and optionally --fewshot_as_multiturn) when using any *-chat-completions model type.
Option: Pass --apply_chat_template [evidence: official_recommended_action]
Applies when: All chat-completions backends
Steps:
1. lm_eval --model local-chat-completions --model_args model=...,base_url=.../v1/chat/completions --tasks gsm8k --apply_chat_template
Expected: Requests are sent as messages lists
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
Proposed approach
Problem id
c74a5ec3-f711-4f7f-848a-6f34e4e384c7
Proposed action
Recommended action: Add --apply_chat_template (and optionally --fewshot_as_multiturn) when using any *-chat-completions model type.
Option: Pass --apply_chat_template [evidence: official_recommended_action]
Applies when: All chat-completions backends
Steps:
1. lm_eval --model local-chat-completions --model_args model=...,base_url=.../v1/chat/completions --tasks gsm8k --apply_chat_template
Expected: Requests are sent as messages lists
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Lifecycle
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