A r/LocalLLaMA thread turned one user’s failed local tool-calling setup into a practical checklist: OpenWebUI, native tool calls, quants, runtimes and wrappers all matter.
#tool-calling
RSS FeedA LocalLLaMA post with roughly 350 points argues that Gemma 4 26B A3B becomes unusually effective for local coding-agent and tool-calling workflows when paired with the right runtime settings, contrasting it with prompt-caching and function-calling issues the poster saw in other local-model setups.
Together AI said on March 19, 2026 that its fine-tuning service now supports tool-call, reasoning, and vision-language workflows. The linked Together AI blog adds 100B+ parameter model support, datasets up to 100GB, up to 6x higher throughput on large MoE models, and upfront cost plus ETA estimates.
Together AI said on March 19, 2026 that its fine-tuning service now supports tool calling, reasoning, and vision-language model training, with up to 6x higher throughput on MoE architectures. The company says the update also targets very large models, supports datasets up to 100GB, and adds pre-run cost estimates plus live ETAs during training.
A high-scoring LocalLLaMA post highlights Open WebUI’s Open Terminal: a Docker or bare-metal execution layer that lets local models run commands, edit files, and return artifacts through chat.
A technical r/LocalLLaMA thread pointed to llama.cpp PR #19765, merged on February 20, 2026. The patch unifies parser paths as a stop-gap for Qwen3-Coder-Next issues and adds parallel tool-calling plus JSON schema fixes.