language:
- en
license: apache-2.0
library_name: transformers
tags:
- reasoning
- qwen3.5
- conversational
- unsloth
- self-correction
- chain-of-thought
- speculative-decoding
base_model: unsloth/Qwen3.5-27B
pipeline_tag: text-generation
Harmonic-27B
The flagship of the Harmonic family. A reasoning-focused fine-tune of Qwen 3.5 27B trained on structurally validated data where every row passes automated quality gates. No junk, no filler, no shallow traces.
Scales the same proven training approach from Harmonic-9B to 27B parameters. Pairs with Harmonic-2B as a draft model for speculative decoding.
The Harmonic Family
| Model | Parameters | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Harmonic-2B | 2.3B | Draft model for speculative decoding |
| Harmonic-9B | 9.65B | Mid-range reasoning backbone |
| Harmonic-Hermes-9B | 9.65B | Stage 2 agentic variant (tool calling) |
| Harmonic-27B | 27B | Flagship reasoning model |
All models share the same training data and reasoning format, enabling speculative decoding across the family with high acceptance rates.
Training Approach
Same pipeline as Harmonic-9B. 1,817 curated rows following the LIMO hypothesis - a small, precisely curated dataset instead of tens of thousands of unfiltered examples. The base model already has the knowledge from pretraining - the fine-tune teaches it a reasoning behavior pattern.
Every training row contains explicit self-correction ("wait, that's not right"), verification ("let me check by plugging back in"), and multi-path exploration ("alternatively, I could try..."). The data was generated from multiple frontier models and filtered through a custom structural quality pipeline that enforces reasoning depth, coherence, and flow patterns. 100% of rows pass all quality gates simultaneously.
A small set of everyday conversation data is mixed in to preserve the base model's conversational ability.
Training Data Quality
Curated using a custom structural process supervision pipeline:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Signal quality score | 78.7 mean (61.5 min, 90.0 max) |
| Thinking trace depth | 1,667 words average |
| Self-correction | 100% of rows (17.2 per row avg) |
| Verification | 100% of rows (10.3 per row avg) |
| Exploration | 100% of rows (6.3 per row avg) |
| Quality gate pass rate | 100% |
How It Compares
The same structural quality analysis run against every major public reasoning dataset:
| Dataset | Rows | Think Words | Self-Correction | Verification | Exploration | Signal Score | Gate Pass |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmonic (ours) | 1,817 | 1,667 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 78.7 | 100% |
| Crownelius/Opus-3300x | 2,160 | 188 | 5.9% | 22.6% | 5.2% | 28.0 | 0.1% |
| nohurry/Opus-Filtered | 2,326 | 191 | 6.7% | 24.1% | 5.3% | 28.5 | 0.1% |
| TeichAI/Opus-250x | 250 | 323 | 17.2% | 26.8% | 6.8% | 24.6 | 0.4% |
| Jackrong/Qwen-700x | 633 | 6,653 | 97.5% | 97.6% | 69.8% | 75.6 | 22.7% |
| Bespoke-Stratos-17k | 16,710 | 1,322 | 88.2% | 72.7% | 59.7% | 71.7 | 49.0% |
| glaiveai/reasoning-20m | 22M+ | 799 | 64.1% | 41.4% | 37.3% | 46.2 | 12.8% |
Training Configuration
base_model: unsloth/Qwen3.5-27B
dataset: 1,459 reasoning + 358 conversation rows
epochs: 1
learning_rate: 1e-4
lr_scheduler: cosine
warmup_ratio: 0.1
max_seq_length: 8192
lora_rank: 32
lora_alpha: 32
dropout: 0.05
micro_batch_size: 1
gradient_accumulation_steps: 4
weight_decay: 0.01
Usage
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("DJLougen/Harmonic-27B")
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("DJLougen/Harmonic-27B")
With speculative decoding (Harmonic-2B as draft)
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM
target = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("DJLougen/Harmonic-27B")
draft = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("DJLougen/Harmonic-2B")
outputs = target.generate(
**inputs,
assistant_model=draft,
max_new_tokens=512,
)
Reasoning format
The model uses think blocks for reasoning:
<|thinking|>
The user is asking about X. Let me consider two approaches...
Approach 1: ...
Approach 2: ...
I will go with Approach 1 because...
Wait, I need to be careful here - this assumes Y, which may not hold.
Let me verify by checking a special case...
Yes, that confirms the result.
<|/thinking|>
[Final answer here]
Intended Use
- Complex reasoning tasks requiring deep multi-step thinking
- Mathematical problem-solving with self-correction and verification
- Code analysis, generation, and debugging with structured reasoning
- General conversation (conversational ability preserved through training design)
- Base model for Stage 2 agentic fine-tuning (Harmonic-Hermes-27B)
- Target model for speculative decoding with Harmonic-2B
Limitations
- 27B parameters - requires significant compute (single A100 80GB or equivalent)
- Reasoning traces can be verbose for simple questions
- Not optimized for tool calling - agentic Stage 2 variant planned
- Benchmark evaluation is ongoing
Architecture
- Base: Qwen 3.5 27B
- Training: LoRA fine-tuning, merged into base weights
- Precision: BF16
- Context: 8192 tokens
License
Apache 2.0 - same as the base model. All training data is from Apache 2.0 or MIT licensed sources. Fully commercial use permitted.
Links
- Draft model: DJLougen/Harmonic-2B
- 9B variant: DJLougen/Harmonic-9B
- 9B GGUF: DJLougen/Harmonic-9B-GGUF
- Agentic 9B: DJLougen/Harmonic-Hermes-9B
- LIMO paper: Less is More for Reasoning