From d73f8aa8c3979b33f5ea19b80406c20e88ee3b1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Parth Sareen <parth.sareen@ollama.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:18:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] cmd: add default assistant role to message construction
 (#11431)

---
 cmd/cmd.go | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/cmd.go
index b569ddddcb..c661df4e76 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -1080,10 +1080,11 @@ func chat(cmd *cobra.Command, opts runOptions) (*api.Message, error) {
 	var state *displayResponseState = &displayResponseState{}
 	var latest api.ChatResponse
 	var fullResponse strings.Builder
-	var role string
 	var thinkTagOpened bool = false
 	var thinkTagClosed bool = false
 
+	role := "assistant"
+
 	fn := func(response api.ChatResponse) error {
 		if response.Message.Content != "" || !opts.HideThinking {
 			p.StopAndClear()