Based on LFM2-1.2B, LFM2-1.2B-Tool is designed for concise and precise tool calling. The key challenge was designing a non-thinking model that outperforms similarly sized thinking models for tool use.

Use cases:

Mobile and edge devices requiring instant API calls, database queries, or system integrations without cloud dependency.
Real-time assistants in cars, IoT devices, or customer support, where response latency is critical.
Resource-constrained environments like embedded systems or battery-powered devices needing efficient tool execution.

You can find more information about other task-specific models in this blog post.

🏃 How to run LFM2

Example usage with llama.cpp:

llama-cli -hf LiquidAI/LFM2-1.2B-Tool-GGUF