Alibaba Cloud Model Setup

Alibaba Cloud Model Setup

Overview

Use this skill to configure Alibaba Cloud as an OpenClaw model provider with minimal manual editing. Prefer the bundled script for deterministic updates and safe backups.

Workflow

1. Confirm OpenClaw config location.
2. Run the interactive script to collect:

• First and mandatory: whether user can run terminal commands now (decides env mode vs inline mode)
• In env mode, show 2 commands for user to run (export + append to ~/.bashrc), then wait for confirmation and verify
• Retry env detection up to 2 times; if still not detected, ask whether to fallback to inline key
• Site choice (Beijing/中国站/CN, Singapore/国际站/INTL, or Virginia/美国站/US)
• Access Key (only required if inline mode, or if user chooses inline fallback)
• Validate API key against selected site before any config write
• In systemd deployments, ensure service environment is ready before write
• Default preset models (qwen-max, qwen-flash, qwen3-coder-plus)
• Whether to add extra models from live API list
• Whether to change primary model from default
• Whether to set this model as default

3. Validate the resulting JSON and report the final provider/model path.
4. If user is unsure which model IDs are available, fetch live models from API first.

Safety Rules (Mandatory)

1. Always run python3 scripts/alibaba_cloud_model_setup.py for configuration changes.
2. Never edit ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json manually when this skill is used.
3. In environment-variable mode, never proceed to config write unless env detection succeeds in the script flow; if detection fails and user rejects inline fallback, stop with Config not changed.
4. In systemd deployments, never proceed to config write unless systemctl --user show-environment contains the configured env var.

Run Script

Execute:

python3 scripts/alibaba_cloud_model_setup.py

Optional flags for non-interactive use:

python3 scripts/alibaba_cloud_model_setup.py \
  --site intl \
  --api-key-source env \
  --env-var DASHSCOPE_API_KEY \
  --api-key "$DASHSCOPE_API_KEY" \
  --models qwen-max,qwen-flash,qwen3-coder-plus \
  --model qwen3-coder-plus \
  --set-default

List live model IDs via API (no config write):

python3 scripts/alibaba_cloud_model_setup.py \
  --site intl \
  --api-key "$DASHSCOPE_API_KEY" \
  --list-models \
  --non-interactive

Default Behavior

• Detect config path in this order:
• ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json
• ~/.moltbot/moltbot.json
• ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json
• If none exists, create ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json
• Write provider balian with OpenAI-compatible API mode
• Create a timestamped backup before overwriting an existing file
• Preserve unrelated config sections

Validation Checklist

After configuration:

1. Confirm JSON is valid by running python3 -m json.tool <config-path>.
2. Ensure models.providers.balian.baseUrl matches site selection.
3. Ensure models.providers.balian.models contains expected model IDs.
4. Ensure agents.defaults.model.primary is balian/<model-id> when default is enabled.
5. Start dashboard (openclaw dashboard) or TUI (openclaw tui) and verify model call succeeds.

References

• Endpoint and field conventions: references/openclaw_alibaba_cloud.md