openclaw/docs/providers/qwen_modelstudio.md

title, summary, read_when

title	summary	read_when
Qwen / Model Studio	Alibaba Cloud Model Studio setup (Standard pay-as-you-go and Coding Plan, dual region endpoints)	You want to use Qwen (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio) with OpenClaw You need the API key env var for Model Studio You want to use the Standard (pay-as-you-go) or Coding Plan endpoint

Qwen / Model Studio (Alibaba Cloud)

The Model Studio provider gives access to Alibaba Cloud models including Qwen and third-party models hosted on the platform. Two billing plans are supported: Standard (pay-as-you-go) and Coding Plan (subscription).

If you need qwen3.6-plus, prefer Standard (pay-as-you-go). Coding Plan availability can lag behind the public Model Studio catalog, and the Coding Plan API can reject a model until it appears in your plan's supported model list.

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

Quick start

Standard (pay-as-you-go)

# China endpoint
openclaw onboard --auth-choice modelstudio-standard-api-key-cn

# Global/Intl endpoint
openclaw onboard --auth-choice modelstudio-standard-api-key

Coding Plan (subscription)

# China endpoint
openclaw onboard --auth-choice modelstudio-api-key-cn

# Global/Intl endpoint
openclaw onboard --auth-choice modelstudio-api-key

After onboarding, set a default model:

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

Plan types and endpoints

Plan	Region	Auth choice	Endpoint
Standard (pay-as-you-go)	China	modelstudio-standard-api-key-cn	dashscope.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1
Standard (pay-as-you-go)	Global	modelstudio-standard-api-key	dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1
Coding Plan (subscription)	China	modelstudio-api-key-cn	coding.dashscope.aliyuncs.com/v1
Coding Plan (subscription)	Global	modelstudio-api-key	coding-intl.dashscope.aliyuncs.com/v1

The provider auto-selects the endpoint based on your auth choice. You can override with a custom baseUrl in config.

Native Model Studio endpoints advertise streaming usage compatibility on the shared openai-completions transport. OpenClaw keys that off endpoint capabilities now, so DashScope-compatible custom provider ids targeting the same native hosts inherit the same streaming-usage behavior instead of requiring the built-in modelstudio provider id specifically.

Get your API key

• China: bailian.console.aliyun.com
• Global/Intl: modelstudio.console.alibabacloud.com

Built-in catalog

OpenClaw currently ships this bundled Model Studio catalog:

Model ref	Input	Context	Notes
modelstudio/qwen3.5-plus	text, image	1,000,000	Default model
modelstudio/qwen3.6-plus	text, image	1,000,000	Prefer Standard endpoints when you need this model
modelstudio/qwen3-max-2026-01-23	text	262,144	Qwen Max line
modelstudio/qwen3-coder-next	text	262,144	Coding
modelstudio/qwen3-coder-plus	text	1,000,000	Coding
modelstudio/MiniMax-M2.5	text	1,000,000	Reasoning enabled
modelstudio/glm-5	text	202,752	GLM
modelstudio/glm-4.7	text	202,752	GLM
modelstudio/kimi-k2.5	text, image	262,144	Moonshot AI via Alibaba

Availability can still vary by endpoint and billing plan even when a model is present in the bundled catalog.

Native-streaming usage compatibility applies to both the Coding Plan hosts and the Standard DashScope-compatible hosts:

• 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

Qwen 3.6 Plus availability

qwen3.6-plus is available on the Standard (pay-as-you-go) Model Studio endpoints:

• China: dashscope.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1
• Global: dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1

If the Coding Plan endpoints return an "unsupported model" error for qwen3.6-plus, switch to Standard (pay-as-you-go) instead of the Coding Plan endpoint/key pair.

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).