diff --git a/harmony/harmonyparser.go b/harmony/harmonyparser.go
index addce4c945..a51819ddab 100644
--- a/harmony/harmonyparser.go
+++ b/harmony/harmonyparser.go
@@ -3,29 +3,15 @@ package harmony
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
-	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"unicode"
 
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/api"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/logutil"
-	"github.com/ollama/ollama/template"
 )
 
 type harmonyParserState int
 
-func ShouldUseHarmony(modelFamily string, template *template.Template) bool {
-	if slices.Contains([]string{"gptoss", "gpt-oss"}, modelFamily) {
-		// heuristic to check whether the template expects to be parsed via harmony:
-		// search for harmony tags that are nearly always used
-		if template.Contains("<|start|>") && template.Contains("<|end|>") {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-
-	return false
-}
-
 const (
 	harmonyParserState_LookingForMessageStart harmonyParserState = iota
 	harmonyParserState_ParsingHeader
@@ -89,28 +75,18 @@ func (s *HarmonyParser) AddImplicitStart() {
 	s.acc.WriteString("<|start|>assistant")
 }
 
-func Prefill(lastMessage api.Message) string {
-	if lastMessage.Role != "assistant" {
-		return ""
-	}
-
-	switch {
-	case strings.TrimSpace(lastMessage.Content) != "":
-		return "<|start|>assistant<|channel|>final<|message|>"
-	case strings.TrimSpace(lastMessage.Thinking) != "":
-		return "<|start|>assistant<|channel|>analysis<|message|>"
-	default:
-		return ""
-	}
-}
-
-// AddImplicitStartOrPrefill adds an implicit start tag or prefill string if provided
-func (s *HarmonyParser) AddImplicitStartOrPrefill(prefillString string) {
-	if strings.TrimSpace(prefillString) != "" {
-		s.acc.WriteString(prefillString)
-	} else {
-		s.AddImplicitStart()
+func (s *HarmonyParser) AddImplicitStartOrPrefill(lastMessage *api.Message) {
+	if lastMessage != nil && lastMessage.Role == "assistant" {
+		// handle prefilling conditions
+		if lastMessage.Content != "" {
+			s.acc.WriteString("<|start|>assistant<|channel|>final<|message|>")
+			return
+		} else if lastMessage.Thinking != "" {
+			s.acc.WriteString("<|start|>assistant<|channel|>analysis<|message|>")
+			return
+		}
 	}
+	s.AddImplicitStart()
 }
 
 func (s *HarmonyParser) AddContent(content string) []HarmonyEvent {
diff --git a/harmony/harmonyparser_test.go b/harmony/harmonyparser_test.go
index dcf1af4e83..b988a018f3 100644
--- a/harmony/harmonyparser_test.go
+++ b/harmony/harmonyparser_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package harmony
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -536,202 +535,3 @@ func TestFunctionConvertAndAdd(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
-
-func TestHarmonyMessageHandlerStreamingScenarios(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Run("thinking_then_content_streams", func(t *testing.T) {
-		handler := NewHarmonyMessageHandler()
-		handler.HarmonyParser.AddImplicitStart()
-		tp := handler.CreateToolParser()
-		type step struct {
-			in           string
-			wantContent  string
-			wantThinking string
-		}
-		steps := []step{
-			{in: "<|channel|>analysis<|message|>Thinking...", wantThinking: "Thinking..."},
-			{in: "<|end|>", wantThinking: ""},
-			{in: "<|start|>assistant<|message|>Answer", wantContent: "Answer"},
-			{in: "<|end|>", wantContent: ""},
-		}
-		for i, s := range steps {
-			content, thinking, tool := handler.AddContent(s.in, tp)
-			if tool != "" {
-				tp.Add(tool)
-			}
-			if content != s.wantContent || thinking != s.wantThinking {
-				t.Fatalf("step %d: got (content=%q thinking=%q), want (content=%q thinking=%q)", i, content, thinking, s.wantContent, s.wantThinking)
-			}
-		}
-	})
-
-	t.Run("content_streams_as_it_arrives", func(t *testing.T) {
-		handler := NewHarmonyMessageHandler()
-		handler.HarmonyParser.AddImplicitStart()
-		tp := handler.CreateToolParser()
-		inputs := []string{
-			"<|start|>assistant<|message|>Hello",
-			", world",
-			"!<|end|>",
-		}
-		var got []string
-		for _, in := range inputs {
-			content, thinking, tool := handler.AddContent(in, tp)
-			if tool != "" {
-				tp.Add(tool)
-			}
-			if thinking != "" {
-				t.Fatalf("unexpected thinking %q", thinking)
-			}
-			if content != "" {
-				got = append(got, content)
-			}
-		}
-		want := []string{"Hello", ", world", "!"}
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
-			t.Fatalf("content pieces mismatch: got %v want %v", got, want)
-		}
-	})
-
-	t.Run("thinking_streams_separately_from_content", func(t *testing.T) {
-		handler := NewHarmonyMessageHandler()
-		handler.HarmonyParser.AddImplicitStart()
-		tp := handler.CreateToolParser()
-		inputs := []string{
-			"<|channel|>analysis<|message|>Thinking...",
-			"<|end|>",
-			"<|start|>assistant<|message|>Answer",
-			"<|end|>",
-		}
-		var got []string
-		for _, in := range inputs {
-			content, thinking, tool := handler.AddContent(in, tp)
-			if tool != "" {
-				tp.Add(tool)
-			}
-			if thinking != "" {
-				got = append(got, thinking)
-			}
-			if content != "" {
-				got = append(got, content)
-			}
-		}
-		want := []string{"Thinking...", "Answer"}
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
-			t.Fatalf("content pieces mismatch: got %v want %v", got, want)
-		}
-	})
-
-	t.Run("partial_tags_buffer_until_complete", func(t *testing.T) {
-		handler := NewHarmonyMessageHandler()
-		handler.HarmonyParser.AddImplicitStart()
-		tp := handler.CreateToolParser()
-		inputs := []string{
-			"<|chan",
-			"nel|>analysis<|mess",
-			"age|>Deep ",
-			"thought",
-			"<|end|>",
-			"<|start|>assistant<|message|>Done",
-			"<|end|>",
-		}
-		var thinkingPieces []string
-		var contentPieces []string
-		for _, in := range inputs {
-			content, thinking, tool := handler.AddContent(in, tp)
-			if tool != "" {
-				tp.Add(tool)
-			}
-			if thinking != "" {
-				thinkingPieces = append(thinkingPieces, thinking)
-			}
-			if content != "" {
-				contentPieces = append(contentPieces, content)
-			}
-		}
-		if want := []string{"Deep ", "thought"}; !reflect.DeepEqual(thinkingPieces, want) {
-			t.Fatalf("thinking pieces mismatch: got %v want %v", thinkingPieces, want)
-		}
-		if want := []string{"Done"}; !reflect.DeepEqual(contentPieces, want) {
-			t.Fatalf("content pieces mismatch: got %v want %v", contentPieces, want)
-		}
-	})
-
-	t.Run("simple_assistant_after_analysis", func(t *testing.T) {
-		handler := NewHarmonyMessageHandler()
-		handler.HarmonyParser.AddImplicitStart()
-		tp := handler.CreateToolParser()
-		inputs := []string{
-			"<|channel|>analysis<|message|>Think",
-			"<|end|>",
-			"<|start|>assistant<|message|>Answer",
-			"<|end|>",
-		}
-		var contentSb, thinkingSb strings.Builder
-		for _, in := range inputs {
-			content, thinking, tool := handler.AddContent(in, tp)
-			if tool != "" {
-				tp.Add(tool)
-			}
-			contentSb.WriteString(content)
-			thinkingSb.WriteString(thinking)
-		}
-		if contentSb.String() != "Answer" {
-			t.Fatalf("content mismatch: got %q want %q", contentSb.String(), "Answer")
-		}
-		if thinkingSb.String() != "Think" {
-			t.Fatalf("thinking mismatch: got %q want %q", thinkingSb.String(), "Think")
-		}
-	})
-
-	t.Run("tool_call_parsed_and_returned_correctly", func(t *testing.T) {
-		handler := NewHarmonyMessageHandler()
-		handler.HarmonyParser.AddImplicitStart()
-		tp := handler.CreateToolParser()
-		inputs := []string{
-			"<|channel|>commentary to=functions.calculate<|message|>{\"expression\":\"2+2\"}<|end|>",
-		}
-		for _, in := range inputs {
-			content, thinking, tool := handler.AddContent(in, tp)
-			if content != "" || thinking != "" {
-				continue
-			}
-			if tool != "" {
-				tp.Add(tool)
-			}
-		}
-		name, args := tp.Drain()
-		if name == nil || *name != "functions.calculate" {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected tool name: %v", name)
-		}
-		if got, want := args, "{\"expression\":\"2+2\"}"; got != want {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected tool args: got %s want %s", got, want)
-		}
-	})
-
-	t.Run("tool_call_across_chunks", func(t *testing.T) {
-		handler := NewHarmonyMessageHandler()
-		handler.HarmonyParser.AddImplicitStart()
-		tp := handler.CreateToolParser()
-		inputs := []string{
-			"<|channel|>commentary to=functions.calculate<|message|>{\"expression\":\"2+",
-			"2\"}",
-			"<|end|>",
-		}
-		for _, in := range inputs {
-			content, thinking, tool := handler.AddContent(in, tp)
-			if content != "" || thinking != "" {
-				continue
-			}
-			if tool != "" {
-				tp.Add(tool)
-			}
-		}
-		name, args := tp.Drain()
-		if name == nil || *name != "functions.calculate" {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected tool name: %v", name)
-		}
-		if got, want := args, "{\"expression\":\"2+2\"}"; got != want {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected tool args: got %s want %s", got, want)
-		}
-	})
-}
diff --git a/llm/server.go b/llm/server.go
index 45a9ad14c9..75f049bc05 100644
--- a/llm/server.go
+++ b/llm/server.go
@@ -1348,9 +1348,7 @@ type CompletionRequest struct {
 	Images  []ImageData
 	Options *api.Options
 
-	Grammar       string // set before sending the request to the subprocess
-	UseHarmony    bool
-	PrefillString string
+	Grammar string // set before sending the request to the subprocess
 }
 
 // DoneReason represents the reason why a completion response is done
@@ -1363,8 +1361,6 @@ const (
 	DoneReasonLength
 	// DoneReasonConnectionClosed indicates the completion stopped due to the connection being closed
 	DoneReasonConnectionClosed
-	// DoneReasonTokenRepeatLimit indicates the completion stopped due to a token repeat limit
-	DoneReasonTokenRepeatLimit
 )
 
 func (d DoneReason) String() string {
@@ -1373,23 +1369,19 @@ func (d DoneReason) String() string {
 		return "length"
 	case DoneReasonStop:
 		return "stop"
-	case DoneReasonTokenRepeatLimit:
-		return "token_repeat_limit"
 	default:
 		return "" // closed
 	}
 }
 
 type CompletionResponse struct {
-	Content            string         `json:"content"`
-	Thinking           string         `json:"thinking"`
-	ToolCalls          []api.ToolCall `json:"tool_calls"`
-	DoneReason         DoneReason     `json:"done_reason"`
-	Done               bool           `json:"done"`
-	PromptEvalCount    int            `json:"prompt_eval_count"`
-	PromptEvalDuration time.Duration  `json:"prompt_eval_duration"`
-	EvalCount          int            `json:"eval_count"`
-	EvalDuration       time.Duration  `json:"eval_duration"`
+	Content            string        `json:"content"`
+	DoneReason         DoneReason    `json:"done_reason"`
+	Done               bool          `json:"done"`
+	PromptEvalCount    int           `json:"prompt_eval_count"`
+	PromptEvalDuration time.Duration `json:"prompt_eval_duration"`
+	EvalCount          int           `json:"eval_count"`
+	EvalDuration       time.Duration `json:"eval_duration"`
 }
 
 func (s *llmServer) Completion(ctx context.Context, req CompletionRequest, fn func(CompletionResponse)) error {
@@ -1507,8 +1499,7 @@ func (s *llmServer) Completion(ctx context.Context, req CompletionRequest, fn fu
 				return fmt.Errorf("error unmarshalling llm prediction response: %v", err)
 			}
 			switch {
-			// TODO(parthsareen): token repeat limit is now handled in the runner, this currently support legacy model and can be removed in the future
-			case strings.TrimSpace(c.Content) == lastToken && c.Content != "":
+			case strings.TrimSpace(c.Content) == lastToken:
 				tokenRepeat++
 			default:
 				lastToken = strings.TrimSpace(c.Content)
@@ -1521,14 +1512,16 @@ func (s *llmServer) Completion(ctx context.Context, req CompletionRequest, fn fu
 				return ctx.Err()
 			}
 
+			if c.Content != "" {
+				fn(CompletionResponse{
+					Content: c.Content,
+				})
+			}
+
 			if c.Done {
 				fn(c)
 				return nil
 			}
-
-			if c.Content != "" || c.Thinking != "" || len(c.ToolCalls) > 0 {
-				fn(c)
-			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/runner/ollamarunner/runner.go b/runner/ollamarunner/runner.go
index 5da8ca3cbb..1081a1f555 100644
--- a/runner/ollamarunner/runner.go
+++ b/runner/ollamarunner/runner.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/api"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/envconfig"
-	"github.com/ollama/ollama/harmony"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/llm"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/logutil"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/ml"
@@ -781,14 +780,6 @@ func (s *Server) completion(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	var harmonyMessageHandler *harmony.HarmonyMessageHandler
-	var harmonyToolParser *harmony.HarmonyToolCallAccumulator
-	if req.UseHarmony {
-		harmonyMessageHandler = harmony.NewHarmonyMessageHandler()
-		harmonyMessageHandler.HarmonyParser.AddImplicitStartOrPrefill(req.PrefillString)
-		harmonyToolParser = harmonyMessageHandler.CreateToolParser()
-	}
-
 	if req.Options == nil {
 		opts := api.DefaultOptions()
 		req.Options = &opts
@@ -871,9 +862,6 @@ func (s *Server) completion(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		http.Error(w, "could not find an available sequence", http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		return
 	}
-	var lastToken string
-	tokenRepeat := 0
-	const tokenRepeatLimit = 30
 
 	for {
 		select {
@@ -882,27 +870,8 @@ func (s *Server) completion(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			return
 		case content, ok := <-seq.responses:
 			if ok {
-				if strings.TrimSpace(content) == lastToken {
-					tokenRepeat++
-				}
-				if tokenRepeat == tokenRepeatLimit {
-					http.Error(w, "token repeat limit reached", http.StatusInternalServerError)
-					seq.doneReason = llm.DoneReasonTokenRepeatLimit
-					close(seq.quit)
-					return
-				}
-				lastToken = strings.TrimSpace(content)
-
-				var thinking string
-				if harmonyMessageHandler != nil {
-					var toolContent string
-					content, thinking, toolContent = harmonyMessageHandler.AddContent(content, harmonyToolParser)
-					harmonyToolParser.Add(toolContent)
-				}
-
 				if err := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(&llm.CompletionResponse{
-					Content:  content,
-					Thinking: thinking,
+					Content: content,
 				}); err != nil {
 					http.Error(w, fmt.Sprintf("failed to encode response: %v", err), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 					close(seq.quit)
@@ -911,29 +880,7 @@ func (s *Server) completion(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 				flusher.Flush()
 			} else {
-				var toolCalls []api.ToolCall
-				if harmonyMessageHandler != nil {
-					// these tools still need to be transformed to the original function name
-					toolName, toolContent := harmonyToolParser.Drain()
-					if toolName != nil {
-						*toolName = strings.TrimPrefix(*toolName, "functions.")
-						var args api.ToolCallFunctionArguments
-						if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(toolContent), &args); err != nil {
-							http.Error(w, fmt.Sprintf("failed to unmarshal tool call function arguments: %v", err), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-							close(seq.quit)
-							return
-						}
-						toolCalls = append(toolCalls, api.ToolCall{
-							Function: api.ToolCallFunction{
-								Name:      *toolName,
-								Arguments: args,
-							},
-						})
-					}
-				}
-
 				if err := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(&llm.CompletionResponse{
-					ToolCalls:          toolCalls,
 					Done:               true,
 					DoneReason:         seq.doneReason,
 					PromptEvalCount:    seq.numPromptInputs,
diff --git a/server/routes.go b/server/routes.go
index da5e22f687..5114cb74fa 100644
--- a/server/routes.go
+++ b/server/routes.go
@@ -46,6 +46,18 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/version"
 )
 
+func shouldUseHarmony(model *Model) bool {
+	if slices.Contains([]string{"gptoss", "gpt-oss"}, model.Config.ModelFamily) {
+		// heuristic to check whether the template expects to be parsed via harmony:
+		// search for harmony tags that are nearly always used
+		if model.Template.Contains("<|start|>") && model.Template.Contains("<|end|>") {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
 func experimentEnabled(name string) bool {
 	return slices.Contains(strings.Split(os.Getenv("OLLAMA_EXPERIMENT"), ","), name)
 }
@@ -195,11 +207,13 @@ func (s *Server) GenerateHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	useHarmony := harmony.ShouldUseHarmony(m.Config.ModelFamily, m.Template) && !req.Raw
-	var functionNameMap *harmony.FunctionNameMap
-
+	useHarmony := shouldUseHarmony(m) && !req.Raw
+	var harmonyMessageHandler *harmony.HarmonyMessageHandler
+	var harmonyToolParser *harmony.HarmonyToolCallAccumulator
 	if useHarmony {
-		functionNameMap = harmony.NewFunctionNameMap()
+		harmonyMessageHandler = harmony.NewHarmonyMessageHandler()
+		harmonyMessageHandler.HarmonyParser.AddImplicitStart()
+		harmonyToolParser = harmonyMessageHandler.CreateToolParser()
 	}
 
 	// Validate Think value: string values currently only allowed for gptoss models
@@ -343,19 +357,16 @@ func (s *Server) GenerateHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 		var sb strings.Builder
 		defer close(ch)
 		if err := r.Completion(c.Request.Context(), llm.CompletionRequest{
-			Prompt:     prompt,
-			Images:     images,
-			Format:     req.Format,
-			Options:    opts,
-			UseHarmony: useHarmony,
+			Prompt:  prompt,
+			Images:  images,
+			Format:  req.Format,
+			Options: opts,
 		}, func(cr llm.CompletionResponse) {
 			res := api.GenerateResponse{
 				Model:     req.Model,
 				CreatedAt: time.Now().UTC(),
 				Response:  cr.Content,
 				Done:      cr.Done,
-				Thinking:  cr.Thinking,
-				ToolCalls: cr.ToolCalls,
 				Metrics: api.Metrics{
 					PromptEvalCount:    cr.PromptEvalCount,
 					PromptEvalDuration: cr.PromptEvalDuration,
@@ -364,22 +375,12 @@ func (s *Server) GenerateHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 				},
 			}
 
-			if res.Done {
-				res.DoneReason = cr.DoneReason.String()
-				res.TotalDuration = time.Since(checkpointStart)
-				res.LoadDuration = checkpointLoaded.Sub(checkpointStart)
-			}
-
 			if useHarmony {
-				for i, tool := range res.ToolCalls {
-					res.ToolCalls[i].Function.Name = functionNameMap.OriginalFromConverted(tool.Function.Name)
-				}
-				if res.Response != "" || res.Thinking != "" || len(res.ToolCalls) > 0 || res.Done {
-					ch <- res
-				}
-				return
-			}
-			if thinkingState != nil {
+				content, thinking, toolContent := harmonyMessageHandler.AddContent(cr.Content, harmonyToolParser)
+				res.Response = content
+				res.Thinking = thinking
+				harmonyToolParser.Add(toolContent)
+			} else if thinkingState != nil {
 				thinking, content := thinkingState.AddContent(cr.Content)
 				res.Thinking = thinking
 				res.Response = content
@@ -390,6 +391,30 @@ func (s *Server) GenerateHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 			}
 
 			if cr.Done {
+				if useHarmony {
+					toolName, toolContent := harmonyToolParser.Drain()
+					if toolName != nil {
+						*toolName = strings.TrimPrefix(*toolName, "functions.")
+						var args api.ToolCallFunctionArguments
+						if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(toolContent), &args); err != nil {
+							errStr := fmt.Sprintf("error parsing tool call: raw='%s', err=%s", toolContent, err.Error())
+							ch <- gin.H{"error": errStr}
+							return
+						}
+
+						res.ToolCalls = append(res.ToolCalls, api.ToolCall{
+							Function: api.ToolCallFunction{
+								Name:      *toolName,
+								Arguments: args,
+							},
+						})
+					}
+				}
+
+				res.DoneReason = cr.DoneReason.String()
+				res.TotalDuration = time.Since(checkpointStart)
+				res.LoadDuration = checkpointLoaded.Sub(checkpointStart)
+
 				if !req.Raw {
 					tokens, err := r.Tokenize(c.Request.Context(), prompt+sb.String())
 					if err != nil {
@@ -1592,21 +1617,27 @@ func (s *Server) ChatHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 	}
 	msgs = filterThinkTags(msgs, m)
 
-	useHarmony := harmony.ShouldUseHarmony(m.Config.ModelFamily, m.Template)
+	var harmonyMessageHandler *harmony.HarmonyMessageHandler
+	var harmonyToolParser *harmony.HarmonyToolCallAccumulator
+
+	useHarmony := shouldUseHarmony(m)
 
 	processedTools := req.Tools
-	var functionNameMap *harmony.FunctionNameMap
-	var prefillString string
-	// TODO(parthsareen): this can be abstracted to not be model specific and potentially moved to the runner
 	if useHarmony {
-		prefillString = harmony.Prefill(msgs[len(msgs)-1])
-		functionNameMap = harmony.NewFunctionNameMap()
+		harmonyMessageHandler = harmony.NewHarmonyMessageHandler()
+		var lastMessage *api.Message
+		if len(msgs) > 0 {
+			lastMessage = &msgs[len(msgs)-1]
+		}
+		harmonyMessageHandler.HarmonyParser.AddImplicitStartOrPrefill(lastMessage)
+		harmonyToolParser = harmonyMessageHandler.CreateToolParser()
+
 		// make a copy of tools to pass to the chat prompt. Function names may be
 		// renamed to be valid Harmony function names.
 		processedTools = make([]api.Tool, len(req.Tools))
 		copy(processedTools, req.Tools)
 		for i, tool := range processedTools {
-			processedTools[i].Function.Name = functionNameMap.ConvertAndAdd(tool.Function.Name)
+			processedTools[i].Function.Name = harmonyMessageHandler.FunctionNameMap.ConvertAndAdd(tool.Function.Name)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1659,17 +1690,15 @@ func (s *Server) ChatHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 		defer close(ch)
 
 		if err := r.Completion(c.Request.Context(), llm.CompletionRequest{
-			Prompt:        prompt,
-			Images:        images,
-			Format:        req.Format,
-			Options:       opts,
-			UseHarmony:    useHarmony,
-			PrefillString: prefillString,
+			Prompt:  prompt,
+			Images:  images,
+			Format:  req.Format,
+			Options: opts,
 		}, func(r llm.CompletionResponse) {
 			res := api.ChatResponse{
 				Model:     req.Model,
 				CreatedAt: time.Now().UTC(),
-				Message:   api.Message{Role: "assistant", Content: r.Content, Thinking: r.Thinking, ToolCalls: r.ToolCalls},
+				Message:   api.Message{Role: "assistant", Content: r.Content},
 				Done:      r.Done,
 				Metrics: api.Metrics{
 					PromptEvalCount:    r.PromptEvalCount,
@@ -1685,13 +1714,31 @@ func (s *Server) ChatHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 			}
 
 			if useHarmony {
-				for i, tool := range res.Message.ToolCalls {
-					res.Message.ToolCalls[i].Function.Name = functionNameMap.OriginalFromConverted(tool.Function.Name)
+				content, thinking, toolContent := harmonyMessageHandler.AddContent(r.Content, harmonyToolParser)
+				res.Message.Content = content
+				res.Message.Thinking = thinking
+				harmonyToolParser.Add(toolContent)
+
+				if r.Done {
+					toolName, toolContent := harmonyToolParser.Drain()
+					if toolName != nil {
+						*toolName = strings.TrimPrefix(*toolName, "functions.")
+						*toolName = harmonyMessageHandler.FunctionNameMap.OriginalFromConverted(*toolName)
+						var args api.ToolCallFunctionArguments
+						if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(toolContent), &args); err != nil {
+							errStr := fmt.Sprintf("error parsing tool call: raw='%s', err=%s", toolContent, err.Error())
+							ch <- gin.H{"error": errStr}
+							return
+						}
+						res.Message.ToolCalls = []api.ToolCall{{Function: api.ToolCallFunction{Name: *toolName, Arguments: args}}}
+					}
 				}
+
 				// only send messages with meaningful content (empty messages confuse clients)
 				if res.Message.Content != "" || res.Message.Thinking != "" || len(res.Message.ToolCalls) > 0 || res.Done {
 					ch <- res
 				}
+
 				return
 			}
 
diff --git a/server/routes_harmony_streaming_test.go b/server/routes_harmony_streaming_test.go
index bcb0208865..b1ede4e39e 100644
--- a/server/routes_harmony_streaming_test.go
+++ b/server/routes_harmony_streaming_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ func TestChatHarmonyParserStreamingRealtime(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "content streams as it arrives",
 			steps: []step{
 				{
-					input:       llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "Hello", Done: false},
+					input:       llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "<|message|>Hello", Done: false},
 					wantContent: "Hello",
 				},
 				{
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ func TestChatHarmonyParserStreamingRealtime(t *testing.T) {
 					wantContent: ", world",
 				},
 				{
-					input:       llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "!", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
+					input:       llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "!<|end|>", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
 					wantContent: "!",
 				},
 			},
@@ -134,15 +135,20 @@ func TestChatHarmonyParserStreamingRealtime(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "thinking streams separately from content",
 			steps: []step{
 				{
-					input:        llm.CompletionResponse{Thinking: "Thinking...", Done: false},
+					input:        llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "<|channel|>analysis<|message|>Thinking...", Done: false},
 					wantThinking: "Thinking...",
 				},
 				{
-					input:       llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "Answer", Done: false},
-					wantContent: "Answer",
+					input: llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "<|end|>", Done: false},
+					// No output expected - just closes the analysis message and resets state to normal
 				},
 				{
-					input: llm.CompletionResponse{Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
+					input:       llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "<|start|>assistant<|message|>Answer", Done: false},
+					wantContent: "Answer", // After message end, state is reset to normal
+				},
+				{
+					input: llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "<|end|>", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
+					// No output expected - just closes the assistant message
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -150,16 +156,24 @@ func TestChatHarmonyParserStreamingRealtime(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "partial tags buffer until complete",
 			steps: []step{
 				{
-					input:        llm.CompletionResponse{Thinking: "Deep ", Done: false},
+					input: llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "<|chan", Done: false},
+					// No output - partial tag
+				},
+				{
+					input: llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "nel|>analysis<|mess", Done: false},
+					// No output - still building tags
+				},
+				{
+					input:        llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "age|>Deep ", Done: false},
 					wantThinking: "Deep ",
 				},
 				{
-					input:        llm.CompletionResponse{Thinking: "thought", Done: false},
+					input:        llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "thought<|end|>", Done: false},
 					wantThinking: "thought",
 				},
 				{
-					input:       llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "Done", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
-					wantContent: "Done",
+					input:       llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "<|start|>assistant<|message|>Done<|end|>", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
+					wantContent: "Done", // After message end, state is reset to normal
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -167,7 +181,7 @@ func TestChatHarmonyParserStreamingRealtime(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "simple assistant after analysis",
 			steps: []step{
 				{
-					input:        llm.CompletionResponse{Thinking: "Think", Content: "Answer", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
+					input:        llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "<|channel|>analysis<|message|>Think<|end|><|start|>assistant<|message|>Answer<|end|>", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
 					wantContent:  "Answer",
 					wantThinking: "Think",
 				},
@@ -177,7 +191,7 @@ func TestChatHarmonyParserStreamingRealtime(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "tool call parsed and returned correctly",
 			steps: []step{
 				{
-					input:       llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "The weather is sunny", ToolCalls: []api.ToolCall{{Function: api.ToolCallFunction{Name: "get_weather", Arguments: api.ToolCallFunctionArguments{"location": "San Francisco"}}}}, Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
+					input:       llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "<|channel|>commentary to=functions.get_weather<|message|>{\"location\":\"San Francisco\"}<|end|><|start|>assistant<|message|>The weather is sunny<|end|>", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
 					wantContent: "The weather is sunny",
 					wantToolCalls: []api.ToolCall{
 						{
@@ -196,10 +210,15 @@ func TestChatHarmonyParserStreamingRealtime(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "tool call with streaming JSON across chunks",
 			steps: []step{
 				{
-					input: llm.CompletionResponse{Done: false},
+					input: llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "<|channel|>commentary to=functions.calculate<|message|>{\"expr", Done: false},
+					// No output yet - incomplete JSON
 				},
 				{
-					input: llm.CompletionResponse{ToolCalls: []api.ToolCall{{Function: api.ToolCallFunction{Name: "calculate", Arguments: api.ToolCallFunctionArguments{"expression": "2+2"}}}}, Done: true},
+					input: llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "ession\":\"2+", Done: false},
+					// Still no output - incomplete JSON
+				},
+				{
+					input: llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "2\"}", Done: true},
 					wantToolCalls: []api.ToolCall{
 						{
 							Function: api.ToolCallFunction{
@@ -381,9 +400,9 @@ func TestChatHarmonyParserStreamingSimple(t *testing.T) {
 	gin.SetMode(gin.TestMode)
 
 	mockResponses := []llm.CompletionResponse{
-		{Content: "First ", Done: false},
+		{Content: "<|message|>First ", Done: false},
 		{Content: "chunk ", Done: false},
-		{Content: "here", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
+		{Content: "here<|end|>", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
 	}
 
 	mock := mockRunner{
@@ -488,3 +507,189 @@ func TestChatHarmonyParserStreamingSimple(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected at least 2 content chunks for streaming, got %d", contentChunks)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestChatHarmonyParserStreaming(t *testing.T) {
+	gin.SetMode(gin.TestMode)
+
+	type expectedChunk struct {
+		afterResponse int    // Which mock response this chunk should appear after
+		content       string // Expected content in this chunk
+		thinking      string // Expected thinking in this chunk
+	}
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name           string
+		mockResponses  []llm.CompletionResponse
+		expectedChunks []expectedChunk
+		wantContent    string
+		wantThinking   string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "simple message without thinking",
+			mockResponses: []llm.CompletionResponse{
+				{Content: "<|start|>assistant<|message|>Hello, ", Done: false},
+				{Content: "how can I help?", Done: false},
+				{Content: "<|end|>", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
+			},
+			expectedChunks: []expectedChunk{
+				{afterResponse: 1, content: "Hello, "},
+				{afterResponse: 2, content: "how can I help?"},
+			},
+			wantContent: "Hello, how can I help?",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "message with analysis channel for thinking",
+			mockResponses: []llm.CompletionResponse{
+				{Content: "<|channel|>analysis<|message|>", Done: false},
+				{Content: "Let me think ", Done: false},
+				{Content: "about this problem...", Done: false},
+				{Content: "<|end|>", Done: false},
+				{Content: "<|start|>assistant<|message|>", Done: false},
+				{Content: "The answer ", Done: false},
+				{Content: "is 42", Done: false},
+				{Content: "<|end|>", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
+			},
+			expectedChunks: []expectedChunk{
+				{afterResponse: 2, thinking: "Let me think "},
+				{afterResponse: 3, thinking: "about this problem..."},
+				{afterResponse: 6, content: "The answer "},
+				{afterResponse: 7, content: "is 42"},
+			},
+			wantContent:  "The answer is 42",
+			wantThinking: "Let me think about this problem...",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "streaming with partial tags across boundaries",
+			mockResponses: []llm.CompletionResponse{
+				{Content: "<|chan", Done: false},
+				{Content: "nel|>analy", Done: false},
+				{Content: "sis<|mess", Done: false},
+				{Content: "age|>Think", Done: false},
+				{Content: "ing deeply...<|end|>", Done: false},
+				{Content: "<|start|>assi", Done: false},
+				{Content: "stant<|message|>Result ", Done: false},
+				{Content: "computed<|e", Done: false},
+				{Content: "nd|>", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
+			},
+			expectedChunks: []expectedChunk{
+				{afterResponse: 4, thinking: "Think"},
+				{afterResponse: 5, thinking: "ing deeply..."},
+				{afterResponse: 7, content: "Result "},
+				{afterResponse: 8, content: "computed"},
+			},
+			wantContent:  "Result computed",
+			wantThinking: "Thinking deeply...",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// Channel to synchronize mock responses with chunk verification
+			responsesSent := make(chan int, len(tc.mockResponses))
+
+			mock := mockRunner{
+				CompletionFn: func(ctx context.Context, r llm.CompletionRequest, fn func(llm.CompletionResponse)) error {
+					// Send mock responses one at a time, notifying when each is sent
+					for i, resp := range tc.mockResponses {
+						fn(resp)
+						responsesSent <- i + 1
+					}
+					close(responsesSent)
+					return nil
+				},
+			}
+
+			s := Server{
+				sched: &Scheduler{
+					pendingReqCh:  make(chan *LlmRequest, 1),
+					finishedReqCh: make(chan *LlmRequest, 1),
+					expiredCh:     make(chan *runnerRef, 1),
+					unloadedCh:    make(chan any, 1),
+					loaded:        make(map[string]*runnerRef),
+					newServerFn:   newMockServer(&mock),
+					getGpuFn:      discover.GetGPUInfo,
+					getCpuFn:      discover.GetCPUInfo,
+					reschedDelay:  250 * time.Millisecond,
+					loadFn: func(req *LlmRequest, _ *ggml.GGML, _ discover.GpuInfoList, _ bool) bool {
+						req.successCh <- &runnerRef{
+							llama: &mock,
+						}
+						return false
+					},
+				},
+			}
+
+			go s.sched.Run(t.Context())
+
+			// Create a minimal model
+			_, digest := createHarmonyTestModel(t)
+
+			// Create model with passthrough template
+			stream := false
+			w := createRequest(t, s.CreateHandler, api.CreateRequest{
+				Model:    "harmony-test",
+				Files:    map[string]string{"file.gguf": digest},
+				Template: `<|start|><|end|>{{ with .Tools }}{{ end }}{{ .Prompt }}`,
+				Stream:   &stream,
+			})
+
+			if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
+				t.Fatalf("failed to create model: %d", w.Code)
+			}
+
+			// Test chat endpoint with streaming
+			streamTrue := true
+			w = createRequest(t, s.ChatHandler, api.ChatRequest{
+				Model:    "harmony-test",
+				Messages: []api.Message{{Role: "user", Content: "Hello"}},
+				Stream:   &streamTrue,
+				Tools:    getTestTools(),
+			})
+
+			if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
+				t.Fatalf("chat request failed: %d - %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
+			}
+
+			// Parse streaming response
+			var chunks []api.ChatResponse
+			var content, thinking strings.Builder
+
+			decoder := json.NewDecoder(w.Body)
+			for decoder.More() {
+				var chunk api.ChatResponse
+				if err := decoder.Decode(&chunk); err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("failed to decode chunk: %v", err)
+				}
+				chunks = append(chunks, chunk)
+
+				// Accumulate content and thinking from each chunk
+				content.WriteString(chunk.Message.Content)
+				thinking.WriteString(chunk.Message.Thinking)
+
+				// Debug output
+				t.Logf("Chunk %d: content=%q thinking=%q done=%v", len(chunks), chunk.Message.Content, chunk.Message.Thinking, chunk.Done)
+			}
+
+			// Verify we got streaming chunks
+			if len(chunks) == 0 {
+				t.Fatal("expected streaming chunks, got none")
+			}
+
+			gotContent := content.String()
+			gotThinking := thinking.String()
+
+			if gotContent != tc.wantContent {
+				t.Errorf("content mismatch: got %q, want %q", gotContent, tc.wantContent)
+			}
+			if gotThinking != tc.wantThinking {
+				t.Errorf("thinking mismatch: got %q, want %q", gotThinking, tc.wantThinking)
+			}
+
+			// Verify last chunk has done=true
+			lastChunk := chunks[len(chunks)-1]
+			if !lastChunk.Done {
+				t.Error("expected last chunk to have done=true")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}