diff --git a/instruction-templates/Command-R.yaml b/instruction-templates/Command-R.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8bb8a08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/instruction-templates/Command-R.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+instruction_template: |-
+  {%- if messages[0]['role'] == 'system' -%}
+      {%- set loop_messages = messages[1:] -%}
+      {%- set system_message = messages[0]['content'] -%}
+  {%- elif false == true -%}
+      {%- set loop_messages = messages -%}
+      {%- set system_message = 'You are Command-R, a brilliant, sophisticated, AI-assistant trained to assist human users by providing thorough responses. You are trained by Cohere.' -%}
+  {%- else -%}
+      {%- set loop_messages = messages -%}
+      {%- set system_message = false -%}
+  {%- endif -%}
+  {%- if system_message != false -%}
+      {{ '<|START_OF_TURN_TOKEN|><|SYSTEM_TOKEN|>' + system_message + '<|END_OF_TURN_TOKEN|>' }}
+  {%- endif -%}
+  {%- for message in loop_messages -%}
+      {%- set content = message['content'] -%}
+      {%- if message['role'] == 'user' -%}
+          {{ '<|START_OF_TURN_TOKEN|><|USER_TOKEN|>' + content.strip() + '<|END_OF_TURN_TOKEN|>' }}
+      {%- elif message['role'] == 'assistant' -%}
+          {{ '<|START_OF_TURN_TOKEN|><|CHATBOT_TOKEN|>'  + content.strip() + '<|END_OF_TURN_TOKEN|>' }}
+      {%- endif -%}
+  {%- endfor -%}
+  {%- if add_generation_prompt -%}
+      {{ '<|START_OF_TURN_TOKEN|><|CHATBOT_TOKEN|>' }}
+  {%- endif -%}
+
diff --git a/models/config.yaml b/models/config.yaml
index fc7bc44f..184528ab 100644
--- a/models/config.yaml
+++ b/models/config.yaml
@@ -192,3 +192,5 @@
   instruction_template: 'Synthia'
 .*(hercules|hyperion):
   instruction_template: 'ChatML'
+.*command-r:
+  instruction_template: 'Command-R'