The abliterated 9B was the source of the tool-call format mangling
(both Native XML leaks and Default Python-syntax leaks). Standard
qwen3.5:9b is the same family, same 9B size (6.6 GB), vision-capable
and native tool calling actually works.
The image content uncensored-ness was always going to come from the
SDXL checkpoints in ComfyUI — the LLM is just a dispatcher. Picking
a well-behaved tool-caller for that role doesn't compromise output
content.
Updated:
- image_studio.json base_model_id → qwen3.5:9b
- init-models.sh: pulls qwen3.5:9b as a standard registry pull,
in addition to the existing abliterated 9B (which stays for
other chat models)
- image_studio.md setup table + vision section explaining why
we chose standard over abliterated for the dispatcher role
function_calling stays as 'default' and tool_choice as 'required'
for now — they don't hurt with a reliable tool-caller and operators
can flip back to native + drop tool_choice once they verify it
works for them (which also removes the need for a separate Task
Model for title generation).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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