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Show Model Information

Query structural parameter metadata, system prompts, templates, and licensing agreements for a specific model configuration tag.

POST /api/show

Request Parameters​

  • model (string, required): Model tag name to query (e.g. gemma4).
  • verbose (boolean, optional): Set to true to return full quantitative weights architecture details.

Example​

curl http://localhost:11434/api/show -d '{
  "model": "gemma4"
}'

Response Payload​

{
  "modelfile": "FROM gemma4:latest\nSYSTEM You are a helpful assistant.",
  "parameters": "stop                           \"<|im_end|>\"\ntemperature                    0.8",
  "template": "<|im_start|>user\n{{ .Prompt }}<|im_end|>\n<|im_start|>assistant\n",
  "details": {
    "parent_model": "",
    "format": "gguf",
    "family": "gemma2",
    "families": ["gemma2"],
    "parameter_size": "9B",
    "quantization_level": "Q4_K_M"
  }
}