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Qwen3.8-Flash-Next chat template improved with terseness option

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A user has developed and shared an improved chat template for the Qwen3.8-Flash-Next language model, aiming to enhance its performance and reduce verbosity. The template includes fixes for common issues, inline tags for effort level control, and an optional "Sharp" terseness mode ported from other models. Initial testing suggests a significant reduction in answer and reasoning tokens, particularly when terseness is enabled, though the user notes a potential slight decrease in accuracy with this mode. AI

IMPACT Offers users more control over model output verbosity and efficiency.

RANK_REASON User-developed template for an existing model.

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Qwen3.8-Flash-Next chat template improved with terseness option

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/returnity ·

    Improved Qwen3.8-Flash Chat Template (w/ Sharp Template terse option)

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1x7qs31/improved_qwen38flash_chat_template_w_sharp/"> <img alt="Improved Qwen3.8-Flash Chat Template (w/ Sharp Template terse option)" src="https://external-preview.redd.it/8xlz8YYP8Gy7LykAOAZgdTbrcBo2cfV9EG-M…

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