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Alibaba Model Studio

OpenClaw ships a bundled alibaba video-generation provider for Wan models on Alibaba Model Studio / DashScope.
  • Provider: alibaba
  • Preferred auth: MODELSTUDIO_API_KEY
  • Also accepted: DASHSCOPE_API_KEY, QWEN_API_KEY
  • API: DashScope / Model Studio async video generation

Quick start

  1. Set an API key:
openclaw onboard --auth-choice qwen-standard-api-key
  1. Set a default video model:
{
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      videoGenerationModel: {
        primary: "alibaba/wan2.6-t2v",
      },
    },
  },
}

Built-in Wan models

The bundled alibaba provider currently registers:
  • alibaba/wan2.6-t2v
  • alibaba/wan2.6-i2v
  • alibaba/wan2.6-r2v
  • alibaba/wan2.6-r2v-flash
  • alibaba/wan2.7-r2v

Current limits

  • Up to 1 output video per request
  • Up to 1 input image
  • Up to 4 input videos
  • Up to 10 seconds duration
  • Supports size, aspectRatio, resolution, audio, and watermark
  • Reference image/video mode currently requires remote http(s) URLs

Relationship to Qwen

The bundled qwen provider also uses Alibaba-hosted DashScope endpoints for Wan video generation. Use:
  • qwen/... when you want the canonical Qwen provider surface
  • alibaba/... when you want the direct vendor-owned Wan video surface