feat: Add local LLM improvements for reasoning models and Docker startup #88
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## Reasoning Model Support - Strip thinking tags from local LLM responses (<think>, <thinking>, <reasoning>, |startthink|/|endthink|) - Enables Qwen3, DeepSeek, and other reasoning models to work with JSON extraction - Non-breaking: only affects responses that contain thinking tags ## Docker Retry Start Script - New retry-start.sh waits for dependencies before starting Hindsight - Checks LLM Studio availability at /v1/models endpoint - Checks database connectivity (skipped for embedded pg0) - Configurable via HINDSIGHT_RETRY_MAX and HINDSIGHT_RETRY_INTERVAL env vars - Prevents startup failures when LLM Studio isn't ready yet Tested on Apple Silicon M4 Max with Qwen3 8B via LM Studio.
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can you modify the existing file start-all (instead of creating a new one) and indicate what is the problem you are trying to solve?
| # Strip reasoning model thinking tags (various formats) | ||
| # Supports: <think>, <thinking>, <reasoning>, |startthink|/|endthink| | ||
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| original_len = len(content) |
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can we use the flag in the llm call to not include thinking tokens in the output? this way the user will not pay for those output tokens and we don't have to leverage on this heuristic and problematic algorithm
- Remove stale pg0 instance data after pre-caching binaries to avoid port conflicts (was using hardcoded port 5555 from build time) - Remove unused cache copy logic from start-all.sh - Add database backup instructions to CLAUDE.md 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <[email protected]>
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Reasoning Model Support (
llm_wrapper.py)Strips thinking tags from local LLM responses:
<think>...</think><thinking>...</thinking><reasoning>...</reasoning>|startthink|...|endthink|This enables reasoning models like Qwen3 to work with Hindsight's JSON extraction pipeline. Non-breaking change - only affects responses that contain these tags.
Docker Retry Start Script (
retry-start.sh)New startup script that waits for dependencies:
/v1/modelsendpointHINDSIGHT_RETRY_MAX(default: infinite)HINDSIGHT_RETRY_INTERVAL(default: 10s)Prevents startup failures when LLM Studio takes time to load models.
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