openclaw/docs/providers/modelstudio.md

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Model Studio	Alibaba Cloud Model Studio setup (Coding Plan, dual region endpoints)	You want to use Alibaba Cloud Model Studio with OpenClaw You need the API key env var for Model Studio

Model Studio (Alibaba Cloud)

The Model Studio provider gives access to Alibaba Cloud Coding Plan models, including Qwen and third-party models hosted on the platform.

• Provider: modelstudio
• Auth: MODELSTUDIO_API_KEY
• API: OpenAI-compatible

Quick start

1. Set the API key:

openclaw onboard --auth-choice modelstudio-api-key

2. Set a default model:

{
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      model: { primary: "modelstudio/qwen3.5-plus" },
    },
  },
}

Region endpoints

Model Studio has two endpoints based on region:

Region	Endpoint
China (CN)	coding.dashscope.aliyuncs.com
Global	coding-intl.dashscope.aliyuncs.com

The provider auto-selects based on the auth choice (modelstudio-api-key for global, modelstudio-api-key-cn for China). You can override with a custom baseUrl in config.

Available models

• qwen3.5-plus (default) - Qwen 3.5 Plus
• qwen3-max - Qwen 3 Max
• qwen3-coder series - Qwen coding models
• GLM-5, GLM-4.7 - GLM models via Alibaba
• Kimi K2.5 - Moonshot AI via Alibaba
• MiniMax-M2.5 - MiniMax via Alibaba

Most models support image input. Context windows range from 200K to 1M tokens.

Environment note

If the Gateway runs as a daemon (launchd/systemd), make sure MODELSTUDIO_API_KEY is available to that process (for example, in ~/.openclaw/.env or via env.shellEnv).