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summary: "Use Qwen Cloud through its OpenClaw plugin"
read_when:
- You want to use Qwen with OpenClaw
- You have an Alibaba Cloud Token Plan subscription
- You previously used Qwen OAuth
title: "Qwen"
---
Qwen Cloud is an official external OpenClaw provider plugin with canonical id `qwen`. It targets Qwen Cloud / Alibaba DashScope Standard and Coding Plan endpoints, exposes Token Plan as `qwen-token-plan`, keeps `modelstudio` as a compatibility alias, independently owns Alibaba's documented `bailian-token-plan` custom-provider id, and exposes the Qwen Portal token flow as [`qwen-oauth`](/providers/qwen-oauth).
| Property | Value |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| Provider | `qwen` |
| Token Plan provider | `qwen-token-plan` |
| Portal provider | [`qwen-oauth`](/providers/qwen-oauth) |
| Preferred env var | `QWEN_API_KEY` |
| Token Plan env var | `QWEN_TOKEN_PLAN_API_KEY` |
| Also accepted (compat) | `MODELSTUDIO_API_KEY`, `DASHSCOPE_API_KEY` |
| API style | OpenAI-compatible |
<Tip>
`qwen3.7-plus` and `qwen3.6-plus` work with Coding Plan and Standard endpoints.
For `qwen3.7-max` or `qwen3.6-flash`, use a **Standard (pay-as-you-go)** endpoint.
</Tip>
## Install plugin
`qwen` ships as an official external plugin, not bundled with core. Install it and restart Gateway:
```bash
openclaw plugins install @openclaw/qwen-provider
openclaw gateway restart
```
## Getting started
Choose your plan type and follow the setup steps.
<Tabs>
<Tab title="Coding Plan (subscription)">
**Best for:** subscription-based access through the Qwen Coding Plan.
<Steps>
<Step title="Get your API key">
Create or copy an API key from [home.qwencloud.com/api-keys](https://home.qwencloud.com/api-keys).
</Step>
<Step title="Run onboarding">
For the **Global** endpoint:
```bash
openclaw onboard --auth-choice qwen-api-key
```
For the **China** endpoint:
```bash
openclaw onboard --auth-choice qwen-api-key-cn
```
</Step>
<Step title="Set a default model">
```json5
{
agents: {
defaults: {
model: { primary: "qwen/qwen3.5-plus" },
},
},
}
```
</Step>
<Step title="Verify the model is available">
```bash
openclaw models list --provider qwen
```
</Step>
</Steps>
<Note>
Legacy `modelstudio-*` auth-choice ids and `modelstudio/...` model refs still
work as compatibility aliases, but new setup flows should prefer the canonical
`qwen-*` auth-choice ids and `qwen/...` model refs. If you define an exact
custom `models.providers.modelstudio` entry with another `api` value, that
custom provider owns `modelstudio/...` refs instead of the Qwen compatibility
alias.
</Note>
</Tab>
<Tab title="Standard (pay-as-you-go)">
**Best for:** pay-as-you-go access through the Standard Model Studio endpoint, including `qwen3.7-max` and `qwen3.6-flash`, which are not available on the Coding Plan.
<Steps>
<Step title="Get your API key">
Create or copy an API key from [home.qwencloud.com/api-keys](https://home.qwencloud.com/api-keys).
</Step>
<Step title="Run onboarding">
For the **Global** endpoint:
```bash
openclaw onboard --auth-choice qwen-standard-api-key
```
For the **China** endpoint:
```bash
openclaw onboard --auth-choice qwen-standard-api-key-cn
```
</Step>
<Step title="Set a default model">
```json5
{
agents: {
defaults: {
model: { primary: "qwen/qwen3.5-plus" },
},
},
}
```
</Step>
<Step title="Verify the model is available">
```bash
openclaw models list --provider qwen
```
</Step>
</Steps>
<Note>
Legacy `modelstudio-*` auth-choice ids and `modelstudio/...` model refs still
work as compatibility aliases, but new setup flows should prefer the canonical
`qwen-*` auth-choice ids and `qwen/...` model refs. If you define an exact
custom `models.providers.modelstudio` entry with another `api` value, that
custom provider owns `modelstudio/...` refs instead of the Qwen compatibility
alias.
</Note>
</Tab>
<Tab title="Token Plan (Team Edition)">
**Best for:** credit-based team subscription access to Qwen and supported third-party models through Alibaba Cloud Model Studio.
<Steps>
<Step title="Get your dedicated key">
Assign a Token Plan seat and create its dedicated `sk-sp-...` key. Token Plan, Coding Plan, and pay-as-you-go keys are not interchangeable. See the [Global Token Plan overview](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/token-plan-overview) or [China Token Plan overview](https://help.aliyun.com/zh/model-studio/token-plan-overview).
</Step>
<Step title="Run onboarding">
For the **Global / International** endpoint in Singapore:
```bash
openclaw onboard --auth-choice qwen-token-plan
```
For the **China** endpoint in Beijing:
```bash
openclaw onboard --auth-choice qwen-token-plan-cn
```
</Step>
<Step title="Verify the provider">
```bash
openclaw models list --provider qwen-token-plan
openclaw agent --model qwen-token-plan/qwen3.7-plus --message "Reply with: token plan ready"
```
</Step>
</Steps>
<Note>
Alibaba's OpenClaw guide uses `bailian-token-plan` for a manual custom
provider. The plugin registers that id as a compatibility owner, but new
configs should use `qwen-token-plan`. An exact custom
`models.providers.bailian-token-plan` entry keeps ownership of its configured
transport and catalog; it is never merged into the canonical OpenAI catalog.
</Note>
<Warning>
Use Token Plan only for interactive OpenClaw sessions. Do not select it for
cron jobs, unattended scripts, or application backends. Alibaba states that
non-interactive use can suspend the subscription or revoke its API key.
</Warning>
</Tab>
<Tab title="Qwen OAuth / Portal">
**Best for:** a Qwen Portal token against `https://portal.qwen.ai/v1`.
See [Qwen OAuth / Portal](/providers/qwen-oauth) for the dedicated provider
page and migration notes.
<Steps>
<Step title="Provide your portal token">
```bash
openclaw onboard --auth-choice qwen-oauth
```
</Step>
<Step title="Set a default model">
```json5
{
agents: {
defaults: {
model: { primary: "qwen-oauth/qwen3.5-plus" },
},
},
}
```
</Step>
<Step title="Verify the model is available">
```bash
openclaw models list --provider qwen-oauth
```
</Step>
</Steps>
<Note>
`qwen-oauth` uses the same `QWEN_API_KEY` env var name as the Qwen Cloud
provider, but stores auth under the `qwen-oauth` provider id when configured
through OpenClaw onboarding.
</Note>
</Tab>
</Tabs>
## Plan types and endpoints
| Plan | Region | Auth choice | Endpoint |
| -------------------------- | ------ | -------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Coding Plan (subscription) | China | `qwen-api-key-cn` | `coding.dashscope.aliyuncs.com/v1` |
| Coding Plan (subscription) | Global | `qwen-api-key` | `coding-intl.dashscope.aliyuncs.com/v1` |
| Qwen Portal | Global | `qwen-oauth` | `portal.qwen.ai/v1` |
| Standard (pay-as-you-go) | China | `qwen-standard-api-key-cn` | `dashscope.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1` |
| Standard (pay-as-you-go) | Global | `qwen-standard-api-key` | `dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1` |
| Token Plan (Team Edition) | China | `qwen-token-plan-cn` | `token-plan.cn-beijing.maas.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1` |
| Token Plan (Team Edition) | Global | `qwen-token-plan` | `token-plan.ap-southeast-1.maas.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1` |
The provider auto-selects the endpoint based on your auth choice. Canonical
choices use the `qwen-*` family; `modelstudio-*` remains compatibility-only.
Override with a custom `baseUrl` in config.
<Tip>
**Manage keys:** [home.qwencloud.com/api-keys](https://home.qwencloud.com/api-keys) |
**Docs:** [docs.qwencloud.com](https://docs.qwencloud.com/developer-guides/getting-started/introduction)
</Tip>
## Built-in catalog
OpenClaw ships this Qwen static catalog. The catalog is endpoint-aware: Coding
Plan configs omit models that only work on the Standard endpoint.
| Model ref | Input | Context | Notes |
| --------------------------- | ----------- | --------- | ----------------------- |
| `qwen/qwen3.5-plus` | text, image | 1,000,000 | Default model |
| `qwen/qwen3.6-flash` | text, image | 1,000,000 | Standard endpoints only |
| `qwen/qwen3.6-plus` | text, image | 1,000,000 | Coding Plan + Standard |
| `qwen/qwen3.7-max` | text | 1,000,000 | Standard endpoints only |
| `qwen/qwen3.7-plus` | text, image | 1,000,000 | Coding Plan + Standard |
| `qwen/qwen3-max-2026-01-23` | text | 262,144 | Qwen Max line |
| `qwen/qwen3-coder-next` | text | 262,144 | Coding |
| `qwen/qwen3-coder-plus` | text | 1,000,000 | Coding |
| `qwen/MiniMax-M2.5` | text | 1,000,000 | Reasoning enabled |
| `qwen/glm-5` | text | 202,752 | GLM |
| `qwen/glm-4.7` | text | 202,752 | GLM |
| `qwen/kimi-k2.5` | text, image | 262,144 | Moonshot AI via Alibaba |
| `qwen-oauth/qwen3.5-plus` | text, image | 1,000,000 | Qwen Portal default |
<Note>
Availability can still vary by endpoint and billing plan even when a model is
present in the static catalog.
</Note>
### Token Plan catalog
Token Plan uses a separate exact-string allowlist. Image-generation-only plan
models are not included here because they use different APIs.
| Model ref | Input | Context |
| ----------------------------------- | ----------- | --------- |
| `qwen-token-plan/qwen3.7-max` | text | 1,000,000 |
| `qwen-token-plan/qwen3.7-plus` | text, image | 1,000,000 |
| `qwen-token-plan/qwen3.6-plus` | text, image | 1,000,000 |
| `qwen-token-plan/qwen3.6-flash` | text, image | 1,000,000 |
| `qwen-token-plan/deepseek-v4-pro` | text | 1,000,000 |
| `qwen-token-plan/deepseek-v4-flash` | text | 1,000,000 |
| `qwen-token-plan/deepseek-v3.2` | text | 131,072 |
| `qwen-token-plan/kimi-k2.7-code` | text, image | 262,144 |
| `qwen-token-plan/kimi-k2.6` | text, image | 262,144 |
| `qwen-token-plan/kimi-k2.5` | text, image | 262,144 |
| `qwen-token-plan/glm-5.2` | text | 1,000,000 |
| `qwen-token-plan/glm-5.1` | text | 202,752 |
| `qwen-token-plan/glm-5` | text | 202,752 |
| `qwen-token-plan/MiniMax-M2.5` | text | 196,608 |
## Thinking controls
`qwen3.7-max`, `qwen3.7-plus`, `qwen3.6-flash`, and `qwen3.6-plus` are
reasoning-enabled in the built-in catalog. For reasoning models on the `qwen`
family, the provider maps OpenClaw thinking levels to DashScope's top-level
`enable_thinking` request flag: disabled thinking sends `enable_thinking: false`,
any other level sends `enable_thinking: true`. Custom models can opt into an
alternate chat-template thinking payload by setting
`compat.thinkingFormat: "qwen-chat-template"` on the model entry.
Token Plan models are also marked reasoning-capable. `kimi-k2.7-code` and
`MiniMax-M2.5` are thinking-only, so OpenClaw keeps thinking enabled even when
the session requests `/think off`. DeepSeek V4 maps `minimal` through `high` to
the service's `high` effort and maps `xhigh` or `max` to `max`. GLM 5.2 accepts
the full `minimal` through `max` range; GLM 5.1 and GLM 5 accept through
`xhigh`, and all three default to `high`. Other hybrid models follow the
requested on/off state.
## Multimodal add-ons
The `qwen` plugin exposes multimodal capabilities on the **Standard** DashScope
endpoints only, not the Coding Plan endpoints:
- **Image and video understanding** via `qwen-vl-max-latest`
- **Wan video generation** via `wan2.6-t2v` (default), `wan2.6-i2v`, `wan2.6-r2v`, `wan2.6-r2v-flash`, `wan2.7-r2v`
Media understanding is auto-resolved from the configured Qwen auth; no extra
config is needed. Make sure you are on a Standard (pay-as-you-go) endpoint for
media understanding to work.
To make Qwen the default video provider:
```json5
{
agents: {
defaults: {
videoGenerationModel: { primary: "qwen/wan2.6-t2v" },
},
},
}
```
Video-generation limits: 1 output video per request, up to 1 input image
(image-to-video), up to 4 input videos (video-to-video), max 10 seconds
duration. Supports `size`, `aspectRatio`, `resolution`, `audio`, and
`watermark`. Reference image/video inputs require remote http(s) URLs; local
file paths are rejected up front because the DashScope video endpoint does not
accept uploaded local buffers for those references.
<Note>
See [Video generation](/tools/video-generation) for shared tool parameters, provider selection, and failover behavior.
</Note>
## Advanced configuration
<AccordionGroup>
<Accordion title="Qwen 3.6 and 3.7 availability">
`qwen3.7-plus` and `qwen3.6-plus` are available on Coding Plan and Standard endpoints. `qwen3.7-max` and `qwen3.6-flash` are Standard-only. The Standard (pay-as-you-go) endpoints are:
- China: `dashscope.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1`
- Global: `dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1`
OpenClaw omits `qwen3.7-max` and `qwen3.6-flash` from Coding Plan catalogs.
If a Coding Plan endpoint returns an "unsupported model" error for either,
switch to the matching Standard endpoint and key.
</Accordion>
<Accordion title="Video generation region routing">
OpenClaw maps the configured Qwen region to the matching DashScope AIGC host
before submitting a video job:
- Global/Intl: `https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com`
- China: `https://dashscope.aliyuncs.com`
A normal `models.providers.qwen.baseUrl` pointing at either the Coding Plan
or Standard Qwen hosts still routes video generation to the matching
regional DashScope video endpoint.
</Accordion>
<Accordion title="Streaming usage compatibility">
Native Qwen endpoints advertise streaming usage compatibility on the shared
`openai-completions` transport, so DashScope-compatible custom provider ids
targeting the same native hosts inherit the same behavior without requiring
the built-in `qwen` provider id specifically. This applies to Coding Plan,
Standard, and Token Plan endpoints:
- `https://coding.dashscope.aliyuncs.com/v1`
- `https://coding-intl.dashscope.aliyuncs.com/v1`
- `https://dashscope.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1`
- `https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1`
- `https://token-plan.ap-southeast-1.maas.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1`
- `https://token-plan.cn-beijing.maas.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1`
</Accordion>
<Accordion title="Capability plan">
The `qwen` plugin is being positioned as the vendor home for the full Qwen
Cloud surface, not just coding/text models.
- **Text/chat models:** available through the plugin
- **Tool calling, structured output, thinking:** inherited from the OpenAI-compatible transport
- **Image generation:** planned at the provider-plugin layer
- **Image/video understanding:** available through the plugin on the Standard endpoint
- **Speech/audio:** planned at the provider-plugin layer
- **Memory embeddings/reranking:** planned through the embedding adapter surface
- **Video generation:** available through the plugin through the shared video-generation capability
</Accordion>
<Accordion title="Environment and daemon setup">
If the Gateway runs as a daemon (launchd/systemd), make sure `QWEN_API_KEY`
or `QWEN_TOKEN_PLAN_API_KEY` is available to that process (for example, in
`~/.openclaw/.env` or via `env.shellEnv`).
</Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>
## Related
<CardGroup cols={2}>
<Card title="Model selection" href="/concepts/model-providers" icon="layers">
Choosing providers, model refs, and failover behavior.
</Card>
<Card title="Video generation" href="/tools/video-generation" icon="video">
Shared video tool parameters and provider selection.
</Card>
<Card title="Alibaba Model Studio" href="/providers/alibaba" icon="cloud">
Bundled Wan video generation provider on the same DashScope platform.
</Card>
<Card title="Troubleshooting" href="/help/troubleshooting" icon="wrench">
General troubleshooting and FAQ.
</Card>
</CardGroup>