Nemotron-Cascade-2-30B-A3B

from transformers import AutoTokenizer

model_name = 'nvidia/Nemotron-Cascade-2-30B-A3B'
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name)

'''
single-turn example
'''
messages = [
  {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful and harmless assistant.\n\nYou are not allowed to use any tools"},
  {"role": "user", "content": "calculate 1+1?"}
]

# thinking mode
prompt_thinking = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(messages, tokenize=False, add_generation_prompt=True, enable_thinking=True)
# prompt_thinking = '<|im_start|>system\nYou are a helpful and harmless assistant.\n\nYou are not allowed to use any tools<|im_end|>\n<|im_start|>user\ncalculate 1+1?<|im_end|>\n<|im_start|>assistant\n'

'''
multi-turn example
'''
messages = [
    {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful and harmless assistant.\n\nYou are not allowed to use any tools"},
    {"role": "user", "content": "calculate 1+1?"},
    {"role": "assistant", "content": "\nTo calculate \$1 + 1\$:\n\n1. **Identify the operation**: This is a basic addition problem involving two integers.\n2. **Perform the addition**:  \n   \$1 + 1 = 2\$.\n\n**Result**: \$\\boxed{2}\$",},
    {"role": "user", "content": "what about 2+2"}
]

# thinking mode
prompt_thinking = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(messages, tokenize=False, add_generation_prompt=True, enable_thinking=True)
# prompt_thinking = '<|im_start|>system\nYou are a helpful and harmless assistant.\n\nYou are not allowed to use any tools<|im_end|>\n<|im_start|>user\ncalculate 1+1?<|im_end|>\n<|im_start|>assistant\n\nTo calculate \$1 + 1\$:\n\n1. **Identify the operation**: This is a basic addition problem involving two integers.\n2. **Perform the addition**:  \n   \$1 + 1 = 2\$.\n\n**Result**: \$\\boxed{2}\$<|im_end|>\n<|im_start|>user\nwhat about 2+2<|im_end|>\n<|im_start|>assistant\n\nTo calculate \$1 + 1\$:\n\n1. **Identify the operation**: This is a basic addition problem involving two integers.\n2. **Perform the addition**:  \n   \$1 + 1 = 2\$.\n\n**Result**: \$\\boxed{2}\$<|im_end|>\n<|im_start|>user\nwhat about 2+2<|im_end|>\n<|im_start|>assistant\n'

model_name = 'nvidia/Nemotron-Cascade-2-30B-A3B'
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name)

SYSTEM_PROMPT = """# Tools

You have access to the following functions:

<tools>
<function>
<name>stateful_python_code_exec</name>
<description>Call this function to execute Python code in a stateful Jupyter notebook environment. Python will respond with the output of the execution or time out after 120.0 seconds.</description>
<parameters>
<parameter>
<name>code</name>
<type>string</type>
<description>Code to execute</description>
</parameter>
<required>["code"]</required>
</parameters>
</function>
</tools>

If you choose to call a function ONLY reply in the following format with NO suffix:

<tool_call>
<function=example_function_name>
<parameter=example_parameter_1>
value_1
</parameter>
<parameter=example_parameter_2>
This is the value for the second parameter
that can span
multiple lines
</parameter>
</function>
</tool_call>

<IMPORTANT>
Reminder:
- Function calls MUST follow the specified format: an inner <function=...></function> block must be nested within <tool_call></tool_call> XML tags
- Required parameters MUST be specified
- You may provide optional reasoning for your function call in natural language BEFORE the function call, but NOT after
- If there is no function call available, answer the question like normal with your current knowledge and do not tell the user about function calls
</IMPORTANT>"""

messages = [
  {"role": "system", "content": SYSTEM_PROMPT},
  {"role": "user", "content": "Solve the following math problem. Put your answer inside \\boxed{}.\n\nIn a school with 2008 students, each student is a member of certain committees. Each committee has at most 1004 members, and every two students are in at least one common committee. Determine the smallest possible number of committees in the school."}
]

prompt = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(messages, tokenize=False, add_generation_prompt=True, enable_thinking=True)
print(prompt)

model_name = 'nvidia/Nemotron-Cascade-2-30B-A3B'
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name)

SYSTEM_PROMPT = """You are a customer service agent that helps the user.  The policy that determines how you should respond to requests from users is described below between the <policy> and </policy> tags.

In each turn you can either:
- Send a message to the user.
- Make a tool call.
You cannot do both at the same time.

<policy>
_NEED_TO_ADD_POLICY_HERE_
</policy>

Try to be helpful and always follow the policy.

# Tools

You have access to the following functions:

<tools>
<function>
<name>_NEED_TO_ADD_FUNCTION_NAME_1_</name>
<description>_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTION_</description>
<parameters>
<parameter>
<name>_NEED_TO_ADD_PARAMETER_NAME_1_</name>
<type>_PARAMETER_TYPE_</type>
<description>_PARAMETER_DESCRIPTION_</description>
<title>_PARAMETER_TITLE_</title>
</parameter>
<parameter>
<name>_NEED_TO_ADD_PARAMETER_NAME_2_</name>
<type>_PARAMETER_TYPE_</type>
<description>_PARAMETER_DESCRIPTION_</description>
<title>_PARAMETER_TITLE_</title>
</parameter>
...... (_MORE_PARAMETERS_TO_ADD_)
<parameters>
</function>
...... (_MORE_FUNCTIONS_TO_ADD_)
</tools>
"""

messages = [
  {"role": "system", "content": SYSTEM_PROMPT},
  {"role": "user", "content": "Hello, I'm calling regarding my upcoming stay at your hotel. My guest ID is G90920 and booking ID is B11246 for a Deluxe room on June 5th. I'm traveling with three 6-month-old triplets and need to request three infant cribs for our room. It's currently 30 hours before check-in—could you please confirm if this is feasible and if there are quiet room options available for families with infants?"}
]

prompt = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(messages, tokenize=False, add_generation_prompt=True, enable_thinking=True)
print(prompt)

@article{Nemotron_Cascade_2,
  title={Nemotron-Cascade 2: Post-Training LLMs with Cascade RL and Multi-Domain On-Policy Distillation},
  author={Yang, Zhuolin and Liu, Zihan and Chen, Yang and Dai, Wenliang and Wang, Boxin and Lin, Sheng-Chieh and Lee, Chankyu and Chen, Yangyi and Jiang, Dongfu and He, Jiafan and Pi, Renjie and Lam, Grace and Lee, Nayeon and Bukharin, Alexander and Shoeybi, Mohammad and Catanzaro, Bryan and Ping, Wei},
  year={2026}
}