Qwen3.6 merged chat template from allanchan339 and froggeric

Reddit r/LocalLLaMA / 5/5/2026

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The post reports that user fakezeta merged two enhanced/fixed Qwen3.6 chat templates from froggeric and allanchan339 into a single “Merged” template, using Claude Opus to reconcile differences.
The merged template includes combined features such as strict tool-call rules with follow-up examples, support for the developer role, think_off/think_on toggles, and more robust recognition of thinking/tool boundaries.
It also adds or improves behaviors like hiding historical reasoning by default, parsing string tool arguments as JSON into parameter blocks, and escaping non-ASCII JSON characters using uXXXX.
The author provides the merged template via a public gist and says it was tested with llama-server and Qwen3.6 35B A3B.
An edit notes that table formatting issues were fixed related to the <|think_off|> / <|think_on|> toggles, and the author attributes praise to the original template contributors.

Hi,

recently froggeric and allanchan339 released enhanced/fixed template for Qwen3.6 each one addressing different topics.
I didn't know which one to use so I merged both with the help of Claude Opus to have the best of both.

I've uploaded it to this gist
https://gist.github.com/fakezeta/9e8e039c60332fcb143c6e805558afe0

Here a summary table done with Opus

Feature	allanchan339	froggeric	Merged
Long strict tool rules + follow-up example	✅	❌	✅
`developer` role accepted	❌	✅	✅
think_off & think_on toggles	❌	✅	✅
Historical reasoning hidden by default	✅	❌	✅
String tool args parsed as JSON into `<parameter>` blocks	✅	❌	✅
Non-ASCII in JSON escaped (`uXXXX`)	❌	✅	✅
`</thinking>` recognized (not just `</think>`)	❌	✅	✅
Auto-close unclosed `<think>` before `<tool_call>`	✅	❌	✅
Vision + tool_response structure	same	same	same