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Providers

Qianfan

Qianfan is Baidu's MaaS platform: a unified, OpenAI-compatible API that routes requests to many models behind a single endpoint and API key. OpenClaw ships it as the official external plugin @openclaw/qianfan-provider.

Property Value
Provider qianfan
Auth QIANFAN_API_KEY
API OpenAI-compatible (openai-completions)
Base URL https://qianfan.baidubce.com/v2
Default model qianfan/deepseek-v4-pro

Install plugin

Install the official plugin:

bash
openclaw plugins install @openclaw/qianfan-provider

Installation applies to a running Gateway automatically; otherwise it takes effect on the next startup. See Apply changes and inspect.

Getting started

  • Create a Baidu Cloud account

    Sign up or log in at the Qianfan Console and ensure you have Qianfan API access enabled.

  • Generate an API key

    Create a new application or select an existing one, then generate an API key. Baidu Cloud keys use the bce-v3/ALTAK-... format.

  • Run onboarding

    bash
    openclaw onboard --auth-choice qianfan-api-key

    Non-interactive runs read the key from --qianfan-api-key <key> or QIANFAN_API_KEY. Onboarding writes the provider config, adds the QIANFAN alias for the default model, and sets qianfan/deepseek-v4-pro as the default model when none is configured.

  • Verify the model is available

    bash
    openclaw models list --provider qianfan

    • Built-in catalog

    Model ref Input Context Max output Reasoning Notes
    qianfan/deepseek-v4-pro text 1,000,000 393,216 Yes Current DeepSeek flagship
    qianfan/ernie-5.1 text 128,000 65,536 No Latest ERNIE text flagship
    qianfan/ernie-5.0 text, image 128,000 65,536 Yes Current multimodal and thinking model
    qianfan/deepseek-v3.2 text 128,000 32,768 No Deprecated onboarding compatibility default; replaced by deepseek-v4-pro
    qianfan/ernie-5.0-thinking-preview text, image 128,000 65,536 Yes Deprecated alias; replaced by ernie-5.0

    The catalog is static; there is no live model discovery.

    Setup saves connection settings and aliases without copying generated catalog rows into your config. Explicit models.mode: "replace" keeps catalog seeding enabled; custom model rows stay intact.

    Config example

    This example explicitly selects the current DeepSeek flagship, which is also the model onboarding sets as the default.

    json5
    {  env: { vars: { QIANFAN_API_KEY: "bce-v3/ALTAK-..." } },  agents: {    defaults: {      model: { primary: "qianfan/deepseek-v4-pro" },      models: {        "qianfan/deepseek-v4-pro": { alias: "QIANFAN" },      },    },  },  models: {    providers: {      qianfan: {        baseUrl: "https://qianfan.baidubce.com/v2",        api: "openai-completions",        models: [          {            id: "deepseek-v4-pro",            name: "DeepSeek V4 Pro",            reasoning: true,            input: ["text"],            cost: {              input: 1.771957,              output: 3.543915,              cacheRead: 0.147663,              cacheWrite: 0,            },            contextWindow: 1000000,            maxTokens: 393216,          },        ],      },    },  },}
    Transport and compatibility

    Qianfan runs through the OpenAI-compatible transport path, not native OpenAI request shaping. Standard OpenAI SDK features work, but provider-specific parameters may not be forwarded.

    Troubleshooting
    • Ensure your API key starts with bce-v3/ALTAK- and has Qianfan API access enabled in the Baidu Cloud console.
    • If models are not listed, confirm your account has the Qianfan service activated.
    • Only change the base URL if you use a custom endpoint or proxy.
    Model selection

    Choosing providers, model refs, and failover behavior.
    Configuration reference

    Full OpenClaw configuration reference.
    Agent setup

    Configuring agent defaults and model assignments.
    Qianfan API docs

    Official Qianfan API documentation.
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