diff --git a/common/chat.cpp b/common/chat.cpp
index 0cee80434e..a38c62f5fe 100644
--- a/common/chat.cpp
+++ b/common/chat.cpp
@@ -2376,6 +2376,149 @@ static void func_args_not_string(json & messages) {
 
 }
 
+// MiniCPM5 format:
+// - Reasoning: <think>{reasoning}</think> (optional)
+// - Tool calls: <function name="foo"><param name="bar">value</param></function>
+static common_chat_params common_chat_params_init_minicpm5(const common_chat_template &          tmpl,
+                                                           const autoparser::generation_params & inputs) {
+    common_chat_params data;
+
+    data.prompt            = common_chat_template_direct_apply_impl(tmpl, inputs);
+    data.generation_prompt = common_chat_template_generation_prompt_impl(tmpl, inputs);
+    data.format            = COMMON_CHAT_FORMAT_PEG_NATIVE;
+    data.supports_thinking = true;
+    data.preserved_tokens  = {
+        "<function",
+        "<param",
+        "</function>",
+        "</param>",
+        "<think>",
+        "</think>",
+    };
+
+    data.thinking_start_tag = "<think>";
+    data.thinking_end_tag   = "</think>";
+
+    data.message_delimiters = {
+        { COMMON_CHAT_ROLE_ASSISTANT, "<|im_start|>assistant"             },
+        { COMMON_CHAT_ROLE_TOOL,      "<|im_start|>user\n<tool_response>" },
+        { COMMON_CHAT_ROLE_USER,      "<|im_start|>user"                  },
+        { COMMON_CHAT_ROLE_SYSTEM,    "<|im_start|>system"                },
+    };
+
+    auto has_tools           = inputs.tools.is_array() && !inputs.tools.empty();
+    auto has_response_format = inputs.json_schema.is_object() && !inputs.json_schema.empty();
+    auto extract_reasoning   = inputs.reasoning_format != COMMON_REASONING_FORMAT_NONE;
+    auto include_grammar     = has_response_format || (has_tools && inputs.tool_choice != COMMON_CHAT_TOOL_CHOICE_NONE);
+
+    if (inputs.has_continuation()) {
+        const auto & msg = inputs.continue_msg;
+
+        data.generation_prompt = "<|im_start|>assistant\n<think>\n" + msg.reasoning_content;
+        if (inputs.continue_final_message == COMMON_CHAT_CONTINUATION_CONTENT) {
+            data.generation_prompt += "\n</think>\n\n" + msg.render_content();
+        }
+
+        data.prompt += data.generation_prompt;
+    }
+
+    auto parser = build_chat_peg_parser([&](common_chat_peg_builder & p) {
+        auto generation_prompt = p.literal("<|im_start|>assistant\n");
+
+        auto reasoning = p.eps();
+        if (extract_reasoning) {
+            reasoning = ("<think>" << p.reasoning(p.until("</think>")) << "</think>") + p.space();
+        }
+
+        // Response format parser
+        if (has_response_format) {
+            return generation_prompt + reasoning + p.content(p.schema(p.json(), "response-format", inputs.json_schema));
+        }
+
+        if (has_tools && inputs.tool_choice != COMMON_CHAT_TOOL_CHOICE_NONE) {
+            // CDATA lets a value carry characters that would otherwise close the tag (e.g.
+            // </param>); capture the inner text only, excluding the CDATA markers.
+            auto string_value = p.choice({
+                p.literal("<![CDATA[") + p.ac(p.tool_arg_string_value(p.until("]]>")) + p.literal("]]>"), "]]>") + p.tool_arg_close(p.literal("</param>")),
+                p.negate(p.literal("<![CDATA[")) + p.ac(p.tool_arg_string_value(p.until("</param>")) + p.tool_arg_close(p.literal("</param>")), "</param>")
+            });
+
+            auto tool_choice = p.choice();
+            foreach_function(inputs.tools, [&](const json & tool) {
+                const auto &      function = tool.at("function");
+                const std::string name     = function.at("name");
+                auto              params   = function.contains("parameters") ? function.at("parameters") : json::object();
+
+                auto args = p.eps();
+                if (params.contains("properties") && params.at("properties").is_object() && !params.at("properties").empty()) {
+                    auto schema_info = common_schema_info();
+                    schema_info.resolve_refs(params);
+
+                    auto arg_choice = p.choice();
+                    for (const auto & [prop_name, prop_schema] : params.at("properties").items()) {
+                        auto value_parser = p.eps();
+                        if (schema_info.resolves_to_string(prop_schema)) {
+                            value_parser = string_value;
+                        } else {
+                            value_parser = p.tool_arg_json_value(
+                                    p.schema(p.json(), "tool-" + name + "-arg-" + prop_name + "-schema", prop_schema, false)
+                                ) + p.tool_arg_close(p.literal("</param>"));
+                        }
+
+                        auto arg_rule = p.tool_arg(
+                            p.tool_arg_open(p.literal("<param name=\"") + p.tool_arg_name(p.literal(prop_name)) + p.literal("\">")) +
+                            value_parser
+                        );
+
+                        arg_choice |= arg_rule;
+                    }
+                    args = p.zero_or_more(arg_choice + p.space());
+                }
+
+                auto tool_parser = p.tool(
+                    p.tool_open(p.literal("<function name=\"") + p.tool_name(p.literal(name)) + p.literal("\">"))
+                    << p.tool_args(args)
+                    << p.tool_close(p.literal("</function>")));
+
+                tool_choice |= p.rule("tool-" + name, tool_parser);
+            });
+
+            auto max_calls  = inputs.parallel_tool_calls ? -1 : 1;
+            auto tool_calls = p.trigger_rule("tool-call", p.repeat(tool_choice + p.space(), 1, max_calls));
+
+            auto content = p.content(p.until("<function"));
+
+            return generation_prompt + reasoning + content + tool_calls + p.end();
+        }
+
+        return generation_prompt + reasoning + p.content(p.rest()) + p.end();
+    });
+
+    data.parser = parser.save();
+
+    if (include_grammar) {
+        data.grammar_lazy = !(has_response_format || (has_tools && inputs.tool_choice == COMMON_CHAT_TOOL_CHOICE_REQUIRED));
+        data.grammar      = build_grammar([&](const common_grammar_builder & builder) {
+            foreach_function(inputs.tools, [&](const json & tool) {
+                const auto & function = tool.at("function");
+                auto         schema   = function.contains("parameters") ? function.at("parameters") : json::object();
+                builder.resolve_refs(schema);
+            });
+            if (has_response_format) {
+                auto schema = inputs.json_schema;
+                builder.resolve_refs(schema);
+            }
+            parser.build_grammar(builder, data.grammar_lazy);
+        });
+
+        data.grammar_triggers = {
+            { COMMON_GRAMMAR_TRIGGER_TYPE_WORD, "<function" },
+        };
+    }
+
+    return data;
+}
+
 static json common_chat_extra_context() {
     json ctx = json::object();
     std::chrono::system_clock::time_point now = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
@@ -2468,6 +2611,14 @@ std::optional<common_chat_params> common_chat_try_specialized_template(
         return common_chat_params_init_gemma4(tmpl, params);
     }
 
+    // MiniCPM5 - XML tool calls with <function name="..."><param name="...">...</param></function>
+    if (src.find("Tool usage guidelines:") != std::string::npos &&
+        src.find("<function name=\"") != std::string::npos &&
+        src.find("<param name=\"") != std::string::npos) {
+        LOG_DBG("Using specialized template: MiniCPM5\n");
+        return common_chat_params_init_minicpm5(tmpl, params);
+    }
+
     return std::nullopt;
 }
 
diff --git a/common/jinja/value.cpp b/common/jinja/value.cpp
index cd6a36956c..5055ae9ac1 100644
--- a/common/jinja/value.cpp
+++ b/common/jinja/value.cpp
@@ -1108,6 +1108,50 @@ const func_builtins & value_array_t::get_builtins() const {
             std::reverse(arr.begin(), arr.end());
             return is_val<value_tuple>(val) ? mk_val<value_tuple>(std::move(arr)) : mk_val<value_array>(std::move(arr));
         }},
+        {"min", [](const func_args & args) -> value {
+            args.ensure_count(1, 4);
+            args.ensure_vals<value_array>();
+            value val_case    = args.get_kwarg_or_pos("case_sensitive", 1);
+            value attribute   = args.get_kwarg_or_pos("attribute",      2);
+            if (!attribute->is_undefined()) {
+                throw not_implemented_exception("min: attribute not implemented");
+            }
+            // FIXME: min is currently always case sensitive
+            (void) val_case;
+            const auto & arr = args.get_pos(0)->as_array();
+            if (arr.empty()) {
+                return mk_val<value_undefined>();
+            }
+            value result = arr[0];
+            for (size_t i = 1; i < arr.size(); ++i) {
+                if (value_compare(arr[i], result, value_compare_op::lt)) {
+                    result = arr[i];
+                }
+            }
+            return result;
+        }},
+        {"max", [](const func_args & args) -> value {
+            args.ensure_count(1, 4);
+            args.ensure_vals<value_array>();
+            value val_case    = args.get_kwarg_or_pos("case_sensitive", 1);
+            value attribute   = args.get_kwarg_or_pos("attribute",      2);
+            if (!attribute->is_undefined()) {
+                throw not_implemented_exception("max: attribute not implemented");
+            }
+            // FIXME: max is currently always case sensitive
+            (void) val_case;
+            const auto & arr = args.get_pos(0)->as_array();
+            if (arr.empty()) {
+                return mk_val<value_undefined>();
+            }
+            value result = arr[0];
+            for (size_t i = 1; i < arr.size(); ++i) {
+                if (value_compare(arr[i], result, value_compare_op::gt)) {
+                    result = arr[i];
+                }
+            }
+            return result;
+        }},
         {"unique", array_unique_not_implemented},
     };
     return builtins;
diff --git a/models/templates/openbmb-MiniCPM5-1B.jinja b/models/templates/openbmb-MiniCPM5-1B.jinja
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb2934c459
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/templates/openbmb-MiniCPM5-1B.jinja
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+{{- bos_token }}{%- if tools %}
+    {%- set tool_definitions %}
+        {{- "# Tools\n\nYou are provided with function signatures within <tools></tools> XML tags:\n<tools>" }}
+        {%- for tool in tools %}
+            {{- "\n" }}
+            {{- tool | tojson(ensure_ascii=False) }}
+        {%- endfor %}
+        {{- '\n</tools>\n\nTool usage guidelines:\n- You may call zero or more functions. If no function calls are needed, just answer normally and do not include any <function ... </function>.\n- When calling a function, return an XML object within <function ... </function> using:\n<function name="function-name"><param name="param-name">param-value</param></function>\n- param-value may be multi-line. If it contains <, & or newline characters, wrap it in a CDATA block: <param name="param-name"><![CDATA[...multi-line value...]]></param>' }}
+    {%- endset %}
+    
+    {{- '<|im_start|>system\n' }}
+    {%- if messages[0].role == 'system' %}
+        {%- if '<tool_def_sep>' in messages[0].content %}
+            {{- messages[0].content.replace('<tool_def_sep>', tool_definitions) }}
+        {%- else %}
+            {{- messages[0].content + '\n\n' + tool_definitions }}
+        {%- endif %}
+    {%- else %}
+        {{- tool_definitions.lstrip() }}
+    {%- endif %}
+    {{- '<|im_end|>\n' }}
+{%- else %}
+    {%- if messages[0].role == 'system' %}
+        {{- '<|im_start|>system\n' + messages[0].content + '<|im_end|>\n' }}
+    {%- endif %}
+{%- endif %}
+{%- set ns = namespace(multi_step_tool=true, last_query_index=messages|length - 1) %}
+{%- for message in messages[::-1] %}
+    {%- set index = (messages|length - 1) - loop.index0 %}
+    {%- if ns.multi_step_tool and message.role == "user" and message.content is string and not(message.content.startswith('<tool_response>') and message.content.endswith('</tool_response>')) %}
+        {%- set ns.multi_step_tool = false %}
+        {%- set ns.last_query_index = index %}
+    {%- endif %}
+{%- endfor %}
+{%- for message in messages %}
+    {%- if message.content is string %}
+        {%- set content = message.content %}
+    {%- else %}
+        {%- set content = '' %}
+    {%- endif %}
+    {%- if (message.role == "user") or (message.role == "system" and not loop.first) %}
+        {{- '<|im_start|>' + message.role + '\n' + content + '<|im_end|>' + '\n' }}
+    {%- elif message.role == "assistant" %}
+        {%- set reasoning_content = '' %}
+        {%- if message.reasoning_content is string %}
+            {%- set reasoning_content = message.reasoning_content %}
+        {%- else %}
+            {%- if '</think>' in content %}
+                {%- set reasoning_content = content.split('</think>')[0].rstrip('\n').split('<think>')[-1].lstrip('\n') %}
+                {%- set content = content.split('</think>')[-1].lstrip('\n') %}
+            {%- endif %}
+        {%- endif %}
+        
+        {%- if message.tool_calls %}
+            {%- set content_parts = content.split('<tool_sep>') %}
+            {%- set processed_content = content_parts[0] %}
+            {%- set tool_calls_count = message.tool_calls|length %}
+            {%- set tool_sep_count = content_parts|length - 1 %}
+            {%- set min_count = [tool_calls_count, tool_sep_count]|min %}
+            
+            {%- for i in range(1, content_parts|length) %}
+                {%- set tool_index = i - 1 %}
+                {%- if tool_index < tool_calls_count %}
+                    {%- set tool_call = message.tool_calls[tool_index] %}
+                    {%- if tool_call.function %}
+                        {%- set tool_call = tool_call.function %}
+                    {%- endif %}
+                    {%- set single_tool_xml %}
+                        {{- '<function name="' ~ tool_call.name ~ '">' }}
+                        {%- if tool_call.arguments %}
+                            {%- set args_dict = tool_call.arguments %}
+                            {%- for param_name, param_value in args_dict.items() %}
+                                {{- '<param name="' ~ param_name ~ '">' }}
+                                {%- if param_value is string and ('<' in param_value or '&' in param_value or '\n' in param_value) %}
+                                    {{- '<![CDATA[' + param_value + ']]>' }}
+                                {%- else %}
+                                    {{- param_value }}
+                                {%- endif %}
+                                {{- '</param>' }}
+                            {%- endfor %}
+                        {%- endif %}
+                        {{- '</function>' }}
+                    {%- endset %}
+                    {%- set processed_content = processed_content + single_tool_xml + content_parts[i] %}
+                {%- else %}
+                    {%- set processed_content = processed_content + content_parts[i] %}
+                {%- endif %}
+            {%- endfor %}
+            
+            {%- if tool_calls_count > tool_sep_count %}
+                {%- for remaining_index in range(tool_sep_count, tool_calls_count) %}
+                    {%- set tool_call = message.tool_calls[remaining_index] %}
+                    {%- if tool_call.function %}
+                        {%- set tool_call = tool_call.function %}
+                    {%- endif %}
+                    {%- set remaining_tool_xml %}
+                        {{- '<function name="' ~ tool_call.name ~ '">' }}
+                        {%- if tool_call.arguments %}
+                            {%- set args_dict = tool_call.arguments %}
+                            {%- for param_name, param_value in args_dict.items() %}
+                                {{- '<param name="' ~ param_name ~ '">' }}
+                                {%- if param_value is string and ('<' in param_value or '&' in param_value or '\n' in param_value) %}
+                                    {{- '<![CDATA[' + param_value + ']]>' }}
+                                {%- else %}
+                                    {{- param_value }}
+                                {%- endif %}
+                                {{- '</param>' }}
+                            {%- endfor %}
+                        {%- endif %}
+                        {{- '</function>' }}
+                    {%- endset %}
+                    {%- set processed_content = processed_content + remaining_tool_xml %}
+                {%- endfor %}
+            {%- endif %}
+            
+            {%- set content = processed_content %}
+        {%- endif %}
+        
+        {%- if loop.index0 > ns.last_query_index %}
+            {%- if reasoning_content %}
+                {{- '<|im_start|>' + message.role + '\n<think>\n' + reasoning_content.strip('\n') + '\n</think>\n\n' + content.lstrip('\n') }}
+            {%- else %}
+                {{- '<|im_start|>' + message.role + '\n' + content }}
+            {%- endif %}
+        {%- else %}
+            {{- '<|im_start|>' + message.role + '\n' + content }}
+        {%- endif %}
+        
+        {%- if message.tool_calls and not has_tool_sep %}
+            {%- for tool_call in message.tool_calls %}
+                {%- if (loop.first and content) or (not loop.first) %}
+                    {{- '\n' }}
+                {%- endif %}
+                {%- if tool_call.function %}
+                    {%- set tool_call = tool_call.function %}
+                {%- endif %}
+                {{- '<function name="' ~ tool_call.name ~ '">' }}
+                {%- if tool_call.arguments %}
+                    {%- set args_dict = tool_call.arguments %}
+                    {%- for param_name, param_value in args_dict.items() %}
+                        {{- '<param name="' ~ param_name ~ '">' }}
+                        {%- if param_value is string and ('<' in param_value or '&' in param_value or '\n' in param_value) %}
+                            {{- '<![CDATA[' + param_value + ']]>' }}
+                        {%- else %}
+                            {{- param_value }}
+                        {%- endif %}
+                        {{- '</param>' }}
+                    {%- endfor %}
+                {%- endif %}
+                {{- '</function>' }}
+            {%- endfor %}
+        {%- endif %}
+        {{- '<|im_end|>\n' }}
+    {%- elif message.role == "tool" %}
+        {%- if loop.first or (messages[loop.index0 - 1].role != "tool") %}
+            {{- '<|im_start|>user' }}
+        {%- endif %}
+        {{- '\n<tool_response>\n' }}
+        {%- if message.content is string %}
+            {{- content }}
+        {%- else %}
+            {{- message.content | tojson(ensure_ascii=False) }}
+        {%- endif %}
+        {{- '\n</tool_response>' }}
+        {%- if loop.last or (messages[loop.index0 + 1].role != "tool") %}
+            {{- '<|im_end|>\n' }}
+        {%- endif %}
+    {%- endif %}
+{%- endfor %}
+{%- if add_generation_prompt %}
+    {{- '<|im_start|>assistant\n' }}
+    {%- if enable_thinking is defined %}
+        {%- if enable_thinking is false %}
+            {{- '<think>\n\n</think>\n\n' }}
+        {%- elif enable_thinking is true %}
+            {{- '<think>\n' }}
+        {%- endif %}
+    {%- endif %}
+{%- endif %}
diff --git a/tests/test-chat.cpp b/tests/test-chat.cpp
index c38aed8cfe..5f71e5da6e 100644
--- a/tests/test-chat.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-chat.cpp
@@ -5593,6 +5593,77 @@ static void test_template_output_peg_parsers(bool detailed_debug) {
             .expect_content("Hello, world!\nWhat's up?")
             .run();
     }
+
+    // MiniCPM5 - XML tool calls with <function name="..."><param name="...">...</param></function>
+    {
+        auto tst = peg_tester("models/templates/openbmb-MiniCPM5-1B.jinja", detailed_debug);
+
+        tst.test("Hello, world!\nWhat's up?")
+            .enable_thinking(false)
+            .reasoning_format(COMMON_REASONING_FORMAT_AUTO)
+            .expect(message_assist)
+            .run();
+
+        tst.test(R"(<function name="python"><param name="code">print('Hello, World!')</param></function>)")
+            .enable_thinking(false)
+            .reasoning_format(COMMON_REASONING_FORMAT_AUTO)
+            .tools({ python_tool })
+            .expect_tool_calls({ { "python", R"#({"code": "print('Hello, World!')"})#", {} } })
+            .run();
+
+        tst.test(R"(<function name="empty_args"></function>)")
+            .enable_thinking(false)
+            .reasoning_format(COMMON_REASONING_FORMAT_AUTO)
+            .tools({ empty_args_tool })
+            .expect(simple_assist_msg("", "", "empty_args", "{}"))
+            .run();
+
+        tst.test(R"(<function name="python"><param name="code">print('x')</param></function>)")
+            .enable_thinking(false)
+            .reasoning_format(COMMON_REASONING_FORMAT_AUTO)
+            .parallel_tool_calls(true)
+            .tools({ python_tool })
+            .expect_tool_calls({ { "python", R"#({"code": "print('x')"})#", {} } })
+            .run();
+
+        // CDATA lets a string value carry characters that would otherwise close the tag.
+        tst.test(R"(<function name="html"><param name="markup"><![CDATA[<a href="/x">hi</a> </param>]]></param></function>)")
+            .enable_thinking(false)
+            .reasoning_format(COMMON_REASONING_FORMAT_AUTO)
+            .tools({ html_tool })
+            .expect_tool_calls({ { "html", R"#({"markup": "<a href=\"/x\">hi</a> </param>"})#", {} } })
+            .run();
+
+        tst.test(R"(I'm thinking</think><function name="python"><param name="code">print('hey')</param></function>)")
+            .enable_thinking(true)
+            .reasoning_format(COMMON_REASONING_FORMAT_AUTO)
+            .tools({ python_tool })
+            .expect_reasoning("I'm thinking")
+            .expect_tool_calls({ { "python", R"#({"code": "print('hey')"})#", {} } })
+            .run();
+
+        tst.test(R"(<function name="python"><param name="code">print('x')</param></function>
+<function name="python"><param name="code">print('y')</param></function>)")
+            .enable_thinking(false)
+            .reasoning_format(COMMON_REASONING_FORMAT_AUTO)
+            .parallel_tool_calls(true)
+            .tools({ python_tool })
+            .expect_tool_calls({
+                { "python", R"#({"code": "print('x')"})#", {} },
+                { "python", R"#({"code": "print('y')"})#", {} },
+            })
+            .run();
+
+        tst.test(" thinking</think>Hello, world!\nWhat's up?")
+            .enable_thinking(true)
+            .reasoning_format(COMMON_REASONING_FORMAT_AUTO)
+            .messages({ message_user, message_assist_prefill_reasoning })
+            .add_generation_prompt(false)
+            .continue_final_message(COMMON_CHAT_CONTINUATION_REASONING)
+            .expect_reasoning("I'm thinking")
+            .expect_content("Hello, world!\nWhat's up?")
+            .run();
+    }
 }
 
 static void test_template_generation_prompt() {
@@ -5740,6 +5811,13 @@ static void test_template_generation_prompt() {
         check(tmpls, continuation_content(),   "<｜Assistant｜><think>I'm thinking</think>Hello, ");
         check(tmpls, continuation_reasoning(), "<｜Assistant｜><think>I'm");
     }
+
+    {
+        auto tmpls = read_templates("models/templates/openbmb-MiniCPM5-1B.jinja");
+        check(tmpls, basic(),                  "<|im_start|>assistant\n<think>\n");
+        check(tmpls, continuation_content(),   "<|im_start|>assistant\n<think>\nI'm thinking\n</think>\n\nHello, ");
+        check(tmpls, continuation_reasoning(), "<|im_start|>assistant\n<think>\nI'm");
+    }
 }
 
 // Test the developer role to system workaround with a simple mock template
diff --git a/tests/test-jinja.cpp b/tests/test-jinja.cpp
index 81bbcd55a4..d8d1892a91 100644
--- a/tests/test-jinja.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-jinja.cpp
@@ -1584,6 +1584,36 @@ static void test_array_methods(testing & t) {
         "6"
     );
 
+    test_template(t, "array|min",
+        "{{ [tool_calls_count, tool_sep_count]|min }}",
+        {{"tool_calls_count", 2}, {"tool_sep_count", 1}},
+        "1"
+    );
+
+    test_template(t, "array|max",
+        "{{ [tool_calls_count, tool_sep_count]|max }}",
+        {{"tool_calls_count", 2}, {"tool_sep_count", 1}},
+        "2"
+    );
+
+    test_template(t, "array|min attribute",
+        "{{ items|min(attribute='x') }}",
+        {{"items", json::array({
+            json({{"x", 2}}),
+            json({{"x", 1}}),
+        })}},
+        "{'x': 1}"
+    );
+
+    test_template(t, "array|max attribute",
+        "{{ items|max(attribute='x') }}",
+        {{"items", json::array({
+            json({{"x", 2}}),
+            json({{"x", 1}}),
+        })}},
+        "{'x': 2}"
+    );
+
     // not used by any chat templates
     // test_template(t, "array.insert()",
     //     "{% set _ = arr.insert(1, 'x') %}{{ arr|join(',') }}",