docs: Inform users about the supports_tools flag (#30839)

Closes #30115 

Release Notes:

- Improved documentation on Ollama `supports_tools` feature.

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Signed-off-by: Logan Blyth <logan@githedgehog.com>
Co-authored-by: Ben Kunkle <ben@zed.dev>
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@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ Depending on your hardware or use-case you may wish to limit or increase the con
"name": "qwen2.5-coder",
"display_name": "qwen 2.5 coder 32K",
"max_tokens": 32768
"supports_tools": true
}
]
}
@ -179,6 +180,12 @@ If you specify a context length that is too large for your hardware, Ollama will
You may also optionally specify a value for `keep_alive` for each available model. This can be an integer (seconds) or alternately a string duration like "5m", "10m", "1h", "1d", etc., For example `"keep_alive": "120s"` will allow the remote server to unload the model (freeing up GPU VRAM) after 120seconds.
The `supports_tools` option controls whether or not the model will use additional tools.
If the model is tagged with `tools` in the Ollama catalog this option should be supplied, and built in profiles `Ask` and `Write` can be used.
If the model is not tagged with `tools` in the Ollama catalog, this
option can still be supplied with value `true`; however be aware that only the
`Minimal` built in profile will work.
### OpenAI {#openai}
> ✅ Supports tool use