Instructions to use mlx-community/Qwen3-235B-A22B-3bit with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.
- Libraries
- MLX
How to use mlx-community/Qwen3-235B-A22B-3bit with MLX:
# Make sure mlx-lm is installed # pip install --upgrade mlx-lm # Generate text with mlx-lm from mlx_lm import load, generate model, tokenizer = load("mlx-community/Qwen3-235B-A22B-3bit") prompt = "Write a story about Einstein" messages = [{"role": "user", "content": prompt}] prompt = tokenizer.apply_chat_template( messages, add_generation_prompt=True ) text = generate(model, tokenizer, prompt=prompt, verbose=True) - Notebooks
- Google Colab
- Kaggle
- Local Apps Settings
- LM Studio
- Pi
How to use mlx-community/Qwen3-235B-A22B-3bit with Pi:
Start the MLX server
# Install MLX LM: uv tool install mlx-lm # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server: mlx_lm.server --model "mlx-community/Qwen3-235B-A22B-3bit"
Configure the model in Pi
# Install Pi: npm install -g @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent # Add to ~/.pi/agent/models.json: { "providers": { "mlx-lm": { "baseUrl": "http://localhost:8080/v1", "api": "openai-completions", "apiKey": "none", "models": [ { "id": "mlx-community/Qwen3-235B-A22B-3bit" } ] } } }Run Pi
# Start Pi in your project directory: pi
- MLX LM
How to use mlx-community/Qwen3-235B-A22B-3bit with MLX LM:
Generate or start a chat session
# Install MLX LM uv tool install mlx-lm # Interactive chat REPL mlx_lm.chat --model "mlx-community/Qwen3-235B-A22B-3bit"
Run an OpenAI-compatible server
# Install MLX LM uv tool install mlx-lm # Start the server mlx_lm.server --model "mlx-community/Qwen3-235B-A22B-3bit" # Calling the OpenAI-compatible server with curl curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{ "model": "mlx-community/Qwen3-235B-A22B-3bit", "messages": [ {"role": "user", "content": "Hello"} ] }' - Hermes Agent
How to use mlx-community/Qwen3-235B-A22B-3bit with Hermes Agent:
Start the MLX server
# Install MLX LM: uv tool install mlx-lm # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server: mlx_lm.server --model "mlx-community/Qwen3-235B-A22B-3bit"
Configure Hermes
# Install Hermes: curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash hermes setup # Point Hermes at the local server: hermes config set model.provider custom hermes config set model.base_url http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1 hermes config set model.default mlx-community/Qwen3-235B-A22B-3bit
Run Hermes
hermes
- Atomic Chat
- OpenClaw
How to use mlx-community/Qwen3-235B-A22B-3bit with OpenClaw:
Start the MLX server
# Install MLX LM: uv tool install mlx-lm # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server: mlx_lm.server --model "mlx-community/Qwen3-235B-A22B-3bit"
Configure OpenClaw
# Install OpenClaw: npm install -g openclaw@latest # Register the local server and set it as the default model: openclaw onboard --non-interactive --mode local \ --auth-choice custom-api-key \ --custom-base-url http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1 \ --custom-model-id "mlx-community/Qwen3-235B-A22B-3bit" \ --custom-provider-id mlx-lm \ --custom-compatibility openai \ --custom-text-input \ --accept-risk \ --skip-health
Run OpenClaw
openclaw agent --local --agent main --message "Hello from Hugging Face"
chat template for LM Studio
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by hehua2008 - opened
{%- if tools %} {{- '<|im_start|>system\n' }} {%- if messages[0].role == 'system' %} {{- messages[0].content + '\n\n' }} {%- endif %} {{- "# Tools\n\nYou may call one or more functions to assist with the user query.\n\nYou are provided with function signatures within <tools></tools> XML tags:\n<tools>" }} {%- for tool in tools %} {{- "\n" }} {{- tool | tojson }} {%- endfor %} {{- "\n</tools>\n\nFor each function call, return a json object with function name and arguments within <tool_call></tool_call> XML tags:\n<tool_call>\n{\"name\": <function-name>, \"arguments\": <args-json-object>}\n</tool_call><|im_end|>\n" }} {%- else %} {%- if messages[0].role == 'system' %} {{- '<|im_start|>system\n' + messages[0].content + '<|im_end|>\n' }} {%- endif %} {%- endif %} {%- set ns = namespace(multi_step_tool=true, last_query_index=messages|length - 1) %} {%- for message in messages[::-1] %} {%- set index = (messages|length - 1) - loop.index0 %} {%- set tool_start = "<tool_response>" %} {%- set tool_start_length = tool_start|length %} {%- set start_of_message = message.content[:tool_start_length] %} {%- set tool_end = "</tool_response>" %} {%- set tool_end_length = tool_end|length %} {%- set start_pos = (message.content|length) - tool_end_length %} {%- if start_pos < 0 %} {%- set start_pos = 0 %} {%- endif %} {%- set end_of_message = message.content[start_pos:] %} {%- if ns.multi_step_tool and message.role == "user" and not(start_of_message == tool_start and end_of_message == tool_end) %} {%- set ns.multi_step_tool = false %} {%- set ns.last_query_index = index %} {%- endif %} {%- endfor %} {%- for message in messages %} {%- if (message.role == "user") or (message.role == "system" and not loop.first) %} {{- '<|im_start|>' + message.role + '\n' + message.content + '<|im_end|>' + '\n' }} {%- elif message.role == "assistant" %} {%- set content = message.content %} {%- set reasoning_content = '' %} {%- if message.reasoning_content is defined and message.reasoning_content is not none %} {%- set reasoning_content = message.reasoning_content %} {%- else %} {%- if '</think>' in message.content %} {%- set content = (message.content.split('</think>')|last).lstrip('\n') %} {%- set reasoning_content = (message.content.split('</think>')|first).rstrip('\n') %} {%- set reasoning_content = (reasoning_content.split('<think>')|last).lstrip('\n') %} {%- endif %} {%- endif %} {%- if loop.index0 > ns.last_query_index %} {%- if loop.last or (not loop.last and reasoning_content) %} {{- '<|im_start|>' + message.role + '\n<think>\n' + reasoning_content.strip('\n') + '\n</think>\n\n' + content.lstrip('\n') }} {%- else %} {{- '<|im_start|>' + message.role + '\n' + content }} {%- endif %} {%- else %} {{- '<|im_start|>' + message.role + '\n' + content }} {%- endif %} {%- if message.tool_calls %} {%- for tool_call in message.tool_calls %} {%- if (loop.first and content) or (not loop.first) %} {{- '\n' }} {%- endif %} {%- if tool_call.function %} {%- set tool_call = tool_call.function %} {%- endif %} {{- '<tool_call>\n{"name": "' }} {{- tool_call.name }} {{- '", "arguments": ' }} {%- if tool_call.arguments is string %} {{- tool_call.arguments }} {%- else %} {{- tool_call.arguments | tojson }} {%- endif %} {{- '}\n</tool_call>' }} {%- endfor %} {%- endif %} {{- '<|im_end|>\n' }} {%- elif message.role == "tool" %} {%- if loop.first or (messages[loop.index0 - 1].role != "tool") %} {{- '<|im_start|>user' }} {%- endif %} {{- '\n<tool_response>\n' }} {{- message.content }} {{- '\n</tool_response>' }} {%- if loop.last or (messages[loop.index0 + 1].role != "tool") %} {{- '<|im_end|>\n' }} {%- endif %} {%- endif %} {%- endfor %} {%- if add_generation_prompt %} {{- '<|im_start|>assistant\n' }} {%- if enable_thinking is defined and enable_thinking is false %} {{- '<think>\n\n</think>\n\n' }} {%- endif %} {%- endif %}