Alibaba Model Studio

OpenClaw ships a bundled alibaba plugin that registers a video-generation provider for Wan models on Alibaba Model Studio (the international name for DashScope). The plugin is enabled by default; you only need to set an API key.

Property	Value
Provider id	`alibaba`
Plugin	bundled, `enabledByDefault: true`
Auth env vars	`MODELSTUDIO_API_KEY` → `DASHSCOPE_API_KEY` → `QWEN_API_KEY` (first match wins)
Onboarding flag	`--auth-choice alibaba-model-studio-api-key`
Direct CLI flag	`--alibaba-model-studio-api-key <key>`
Default model	`alibaba/wan2.6-t2v`
Default base URL	`https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com`

Getting started

Set an API key

Use onboarding to store the key against the alibaba provider:

openclaw onboard --auth-choice alibaba-model-studio-api-key

Or pass the key directly during install/onboarding:

openclaw onboard --alibaba-model-studio-api-key

Or export any of the accepted env vars before starting the Gateway:

```bash
export MODELSTUDIO_API_KEY=sk-...
# or DASHSCOPE_API_KEY=...
# or QWEN_API_KEY=...

Set a default video model

{
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      videoGenerationModel: {
        primary: "alibaba/wan2.6-t2v",
      },
    },
  },
}

Verify the provider is configured
Terminal window
```
openclaw models list --provider alibaba
```
The list should include all five bundled Wan models. If MODELSTUDIO_API_KEY is unresolved, openclaw models status --json reports the missing credential under auth.unusableProfiles.

Built-in Wan models

Model ref	Mode
`alibaba/wan2.6-t2v`	Text-to-video (default)
`alibaba/wan2.6-i2v`	Image-to-video
`alibaba/wan2.6-r2v`	Reference-to-video
`alibaba/wan2.6-r2v-flash`	Reference-to-video (fast)
`alibaba/wan2.7-r2v`	Reference-to-video

Capabilities and limits

The bundled provider mirrors DashScope’s Wan video API caps. All three modes share the same per-request video count and duration cap; only the input shape differs.

Mode	Max output videos	Max input images	Max input videos	Max duration	Supported controls
Text-to-video	1	n/a	n/a	10 s	`size`, `aspectRatio`, `resolution`, `audio`, `watermark`
Image-to-video	1	1	n/a	10 s	`size`, `aspectRatio`, `resolution`, `audio`, `watermark`
Reference-to-video	1	n/a	4	10 s	`size`, `aspectRatio`, `resolution`, `audio`, `watermark`

When a request omits durationSeconds, the provider sends DashScope’s accepted default of 5 seconds. Set durationSeconds explicitly on the video generation tool to extend up to 10 s.

Advanced configuration

Override the DashScope base URL

The provider defaults to the international DashScope endpoint. To target the China-region endpoint, set:

{
  models: {
    providers: {
      alibaba: {
        baseUrl: "https://dashscope.aliyuncs.com",
      },
    },
  },
}

The provider strips trailing slashes before constructing AIGC task URLs.

Auth env priority

OpenClaw resolves the Alibaba API key from environment variables in this order, taking the first non-empty value:

MODELSTUDIO_API_KEY
DASHSCOPE_API_KEY
QWEN_API_KEY

Configured auth.profiles entries (set via openclaw models auth login) override env-var resolution. See Auth profiles in the models FAQ for profile rotation, cooldown, and override mechanics.

Relationship to the Qwen plugin

Both bundled plugins talk to DashScope and accept overlapping API keys. Use:

alibaba/wan*.* ids to drive the dedicated Wan video provider documented on this page.
qwen/* ids for Qwen chat, embedding, and media understanding (see Qwen).

Setting MODELSTUDIO_API_KEY once authenticates both plugins because the auth env var list intentionally overlaps; you do not need to onboard each plugin separately.

Video generation

Shared video tool parameters and provider selection.

Qwen

Qwen chat, embedding, and media-understanding setup on the same DashScope auth.

Configuration reference

Agent defaults and model configuration.

Models FAQ

Auth profiles, switching models, and resolving “no profile” errors.