Create a model

POST

api

create

curl http://localhost:11434/api/create -d '{
 "from": "gemma4",
 "model": "alpaca",
 "system": "You are Alpaca, a helpful AI assistant. You only answer with Emojis."
}'

{
 "status": "success"
}

Body

application/json

model

string

required

Name for the model to create

from

string

Existing model to create from

template

string

Prompt template to use for the model

license

License string or list of licenses for the model

system

string

System prompt to embed in the model

parameters

object

Key-value parameters for the model

messages

object[]

Message history to use for the model

Show child attributes

quantize

string

Quantization level to apply (e.g. q4_K_M, q8_0)

stream

boolean

default:true

Stream status updates

Response

Stream of create status updates

status

string

Current status message

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curl http://localhost:11434/api/create -d '{
 "from": "gemma4",
 "model": "alpaca",
 "system": "You are Alpaca, a helpful AI assistant. You only answer with Emojis."
}'

{
 "status": "success"
}