Qianwen Usage

QianWen Usage

Unified entry point for QianWen account, usage, billing, and subscription: auth status, usage summary, free tier quota, Token Plan, pay-as-you-go, settled bills, model cost breakdown, subscription status, order history, team seats, and PAYG spending limit.

Prerequisites

• QianWen CLI must be installed. Verify with:

qianwen version

If not installed, run:

npm install -g @qianwenai/qianwen-cli

Node.js >= 18 required.

• Authentication: No configuration needed on first use. The CLI handles non-TTY detection and safe login automatically (see Authentication Flow below).

Environment Variables

Execution Baseline

These rules apply to every command in this skill:

• CLI version baseline: 1.3.0. Before executing, check qianwen version. If the installed version is below 1.3.0, do NOT invoke commands that may be missing (notably the billing and subscription groups); explain that the installed CLI predates the baseline and wait for the user to confirm an upgrade before proceeding. (This is a pre-execution check on every run — distinct from the "CLI Update Check" section below, which only applies when the user explicitly asks about CLI updates.)
• Whitelist only. Only run the commands and parameters documented in this file. Never concatenate arbitrary shell strings or pass unchecked user input into command lines.
• Uniform result states. Map every command result to one of five states: success / partial / empty / confirmation_required / error. Never fill in missing or failed results with mock data — report what actually happened.
• URLs from CLI output only. Only present URLs returned by the CLI (e.g., verification_url). Never fabricate a URL from a name or a guess.

Authentication Flow (for Agents)

The CLI auto-detects non-TTY environments and degrades safely — no wrapper script needed.

TL;DR — 3-step auth path

1. qianwen auth status --format json → authenticated: true → skip to commands
2. qianwen auth login --init-only --format json → extract verification_url → open in browser
3. qianwen auth login --complete --format json → poll until success event

Quick check: already logged in?

qianwen auth status --format json

If authenticated: true and token is not expired, skip login entirely.

Recommended: Two-phase login

Works in all environments (desktop, headless, remote container).

Step 1 — Initialize login (non-blocking):

qianwen auth login --init-only --format json

Exits immediately. Parse the stdout JSON events array:

• already_authenticated → user is logged in, skip to commands
• device_code → extract verification_url and present it to the user

On desktop environments with a browser, open the URL for the user:

open "$VERIFICATION_URL"          # macOS
xdg-open "$VERIFICATION_URL"      # Linux
start "" "$VERIFICATION_URL"      # Windows

Step 2 — IMMEDIATELY start polling (do NOT wait for user confirmation):

qianwen auth login --complete --format json

Parse the stdout JSON events array:

• success → login complete, proceed to commands
• expired → device code expired, go back to Step 1
• error → report failure

TTY environments (interactive terminal)

If the agent is running in a TTY (e.g., user's terminal), simply run:

qianwen auth login

The CLI will automatically open the browser and poll until authorization completes.

JSON event structure

Both --init-only and --complete output a single JSON document:

{
  "events": [
    {"event": "device_code", "verification_url": "...", "expires_in": 300},
    {"event": "success", "authenticated": true, "user": {"aliyunId": "..."}}
  ]
}

Event types: already_authenticated, device_code, success, expired, error, pending.

NEVER:

• ❌ Ask the user "Have you completed authorization?" before running --complete
• ❌ Wait for user confirmation before polling — run --complete immediately after presenting the URL
• ❌ Re-run --init-only without completing (this creates a new device code and invalidates the previous one)

Usage

All commands support --format json for structured, machine-parseable output (recommended default), and --format text for clean plaintext output.

For agent use, always prefer --format json and parse the JSON response. Only fall back to --format text when the user explicitly requests human-readable plaintext.

Never parse table format programmatically — it contains ANSI codes and Unicode borders.

Auth Commands

qianwen auth status — Check current authentication state

qianwen auth status --format json

qianwen auth logout — Revoke session server-side and clear local credentials

⚠️ Confirmation required: logout is destructive to the current session. Always ask the user to confirm first (confirmation_required state); only run the command after explicit confirmation.

qianwen auth logout

Usage Commands

qianwen usage summary — View usage summary (free tier, Token Plan, pay-as-you-go)

qianwen usage summary                      # Current month
qianwen usage summary --period last-month  # Last month
qianwen usage summary --from 2026-03-01 --to 2026-03-31
qianwen usage summary --format json        # JSON output

Period presets: today, yesterday, week, month (default), last-month, quarter, year, YYYY-MM

qianwen usage breakdown — View model usage breakdown

qianwen usage breakdown --model qwen3.6-plus --days 7
qianwen usage breakdown --model qwen3.5-plus --period 2026-03
qianwen usage breakdown --model qwen-plus --period 2026-03 --granularity month
qianwen usage breakdown --model qwen3.6-plus --format json

qianwen usage free-tier — View free tier quota details

qianwen usage free-tier
qianwen usage free-tier --format json

qianwen usage payg — View pay-as-you-go billing details

Shows real-time, not-yet-settled pay-as-you-go consumption. For finalized, settled billing cycles, use qianwen billing summary (see Billing Commands below).

qianwen usage payg
qianwen usage payg --format json
qianwen usage payg --period month --format json   # Recommended: current month real-time PAYG

qianwen usage logs — Browse paginated call logs (per-request history), filterable by time, model, and status

Use this for request-level questions — "which calls failed?", "show me the 4xx/5xx errors", "how long did those requests take?", "which models did I call recently?", "look up this request id". This is distinct from usage summary/breakdown (aggregate token/cost) — route failure-diagnosis, latency, and call-history questions here, not to summary/breakdown.

qianwen usage logs --period month --format json
qianwen usage logs --period 24h --status 4xx --status 5xx --format json   # recent client/server errors
qianwen usage logs --model qwen-plus --page 2 --page-size 50 --format json
qianwen usage logs --from 2026-07-25 --to 2026-08-07 --format json         # explicit range (must be ≤ 14 days)
qianwen usage logs --request-id 8c81644f-... --format json                # exact lookup

Options:

• --from / --to — date range (YYYY-MM-DD or RFC3339)
• --period <preset> — 1h, 24h, 7d, today, yesterday, week, month, … (same preset family as usage summary)
• --model <id> — filter by model; repeatable (pass multiple --model flags to include several models)
• --status <type> — status filter: 0 (cancelled), 2xx (success), 4xx (client error), 5xx (server error); repeatable
• --request-id <id> — exact request id; when set, all other filters are ignored
• --page <n> (default 1) / --page-size <n> (1..100)

⚠️ 14-day range limit: the resolved time range must be ≤ 14 days. Any range wider than 14 days (whether via --from/--to or a long --period) returns INVALID_ARGUMENT (exit 4, "Time range cannot be longer than 14 days."). To scan a longer history, slide a ≤14-day window with successive --from/--to calls. This differs from usage summary/breakdown, which accept multi-month ranges.

Pagination: results are paged. To walk the full history within a window, start at --page 1 --page-size 100, then keep incrementing --page while page × pageSize < totalCount, until all totalCount entries are retrieved.

JSON structure (per CLI source — top-level totalCount / page / pageSize / period / items; within items[], errorCode is present only for failed calls, and usages carries the per-request token/character consumption and is empty for failed/cancelled calls):

{
  "totalCount": 4,
  "page": 1,
  "pageSize": 20,
  "period": { "from": "2026-07-25", "to": "2026-08-07" },
  "items": [
    { "requestId": "8c81644f-...", "model": "wan3.0-video", "statusCode": 403, "durationMs": 548, "errorCode": "Forbidden.NoPermission", "usages": [] },
    { "requestId": "8e3a2c02-...", "model": "qwen3.8-max", "statusCode": 200, "durationMs": 956, "usages": [ { "type": "tokens", "total": 1820 } ] }
  ]
}

period.from / period.to echo the resolved window: calendar presets and explicit --from/--to dates render as YYYY-MM-DD, while rolling presets (1h, 24h, 7d) render as RFC3339 timestamps. When no calls match, the CLI returns totalCount: 0 with an empty items: [] — map this to the empty state (not an error).

Fields: requestId (correlate with server-side traces), model, statusCode (HTTP-style code — 2xx success, 4xx client error, 5xx server error, 0 cancelled), durationMs (call latency), errorCode (failure reason, present only on non-2xx), usages (per-request consumption; empty for failed/cancelled calls). Use statusCode + errorCode for failure triage and durationMs for latency analysis.

Breakdown Parameters: How to Think About Them

Three independent dimensions — combine them freely:

--model (required) + date range + granularity

Model scope:

• --model <id> — single model (e.g. qwen3.5-plus); required for breakdown

Date range — three patterns, pick by how the user described the period:

Granularity — determines the grouping of results, not the range:

• day (default) — one row per day; good for spotting usage spikes
• month — one row per calendar month; good for multi-month trends
• quarter — one row per quarter; good for Q-over-Q comparison

Classic examples:

# Single model, single month, daily detail
qianwen usage breakdown --model qwen3.5-plus --period 2026-03

# Single model, last 3 months, monthly summary
qianwen usage breakdown --model qwen3.5-plus --days 90 --granularity month

# Single model, specific quarter, quarterly rollup
qianwen usage breakdown --model qwen3.5-plus --from 2026-01-01 --to 2026-03-31 --granularity quarter

# Single model, this month, daily breakdown
qianwen usage breakdown --model qwen3.6-plus --period month

Billing Commands

qianwen billing summary — Settled bill totals for an inclusive YYYY-MM cycle window

qianwen billing summary --from 2026-05 --to 2026-07 --format json
qianwen billing summary --charge-type payg --format json   # payg | subscription | all (default)

Returns settled bills (finalized billing cycles). This is different from qianwen usage payg, which shows real-time, not-yet-settled consumption of the current period — use usage payg for "how much have I spent so far" and billing summary for "what was billed in past cycles".

cycles covers every month in the --from..--to window, in order, with no gaps. Each cycle carries billingCycle, aftertaxAmount, and a settled flag. chargeType is the internal value — all, prepaid for subscription, postpaid for payg; amounts are decimal strings.

Read settled to tell two very different states apart:

• settled: true → the cycle has a real settled bill. aftertaxAmount is the actual amount, and "0.000000" means a genuine zero bill (the CLI renders it as ¥0). Report it as a real amount, not "No bill".
• settled: false → the server returned no bill for that month; aftertaxAmount is null. The CLI renders this month as No bill; report it as no bill for that month, never as ¥0.

totals.aftertaxAmount sums only the settled cycles (unsettled months contribute nothing).

{
  "period": { "from": "2026-05", "to": "2026-08" },
  "chargeType": "all",
  "currency": "CNY",
  "cycles": [
    { "billingCycle": "202605", "aftertaxAmount": null, "settled": false },
    { "billingCycle": "202606", "aftertaxAmount": "3.710000", "settled": true },
    { "billingCycle": "202607", "aftertaxAmount": null, "settled": false },
    { "billingCycle": "202608", "aftertaxAmount": "0.000000", "settled": true }
  ],
  "totals": { "aftertaxAmount": "3.71" }
}

qianwen billing breakdown — Top-N consumption by model (or API key)

qianwen billing breakdown --period month --group-by model --top 10 --format json
qianwen billing breakdown --group-by api-key --top 10 --format json

Options: --group-by model|api-key (default model), --top <n> (default 10, max 100), --granularity day|month (default month), --charge-type all|subscription|payg, plus --period / --from / --to date range. Day granularity requires a range ≤ 31 days; month granularity ≤ 12 months.

JSON structure for a single-period query (per CLI source, the raw ConsumeBreakdown object):

{
  "groupBy": "model",
  "period": { "from": "2026-07-01", "to": "2026-07-29" },
  "chargeType": "all",
  "rows": [
    { "groupKey": "qwen3.6-plus", "groupLabel": "qwen3.6-plus", "amount": "5.20" },
    { "groupKey": "qwen-plus", "groupLabel": "qwen-plus", "amount": "1.80" }
  ],
  "totalRows": 12,
  "totalAmount": "9.80",
  "currency": "CNY"
}

When the range spans multiple periods (e.g. several months), the JSON is instead sliced per period: { "groupBy", "dateRange": { "from", "to" }, "granularity", "chargeType", "slices": [ { "period", "rows", "totalAmount" } ], "currency" }.

qianwen billing limit — Pay-as-you-go consumption limit and alert configuration

qianwen billing limit --format json

Read-only — this command only displays the PAYG spending limit; the CLI does not support modifying it. Direct users to the console for changes.

JSON structure (per CLI source, the raw UsageLimit object; limitAmount may be null when no limit is set):

{
  "status": "normal",
  "limitAmount": "500.00",
  "currency": "CNY",
  "alertThreshold": "80"
}

status values: normal / active / exceeded / warning / unknown.

Subscription Commands

qianwen subscription status — Aggregate subscription status across plans

qianwen subscription status --format json
qianwen subscription status --plan token --format json

JSON structure (per CLI source: the SubscriptionStatus fields plus diagnostics; recentOrders[].orderType and .status are already mapped to display labels like Purchase / Paid; nullable fields may be null, arrays may be empty):

{
  "isGray": false,
  "plan": "Token Plan Team Edition",
  "period": { "start": "2026-07-01", "end": "2026-08-01" },
  "quota": { "remaining": 21000, "total": 25000, "usedPct": 16 },
  "autoRenew": true,
  "renewable": true,
  "remainingDays": 3,
  "seatTiers": [
    { "specType": "standard", "seats": 2, "totalCredits": 50000, "remainingCredits": 42000, "usedPct": 16, "nextCycleFlushTime": "2026-08-01" }
  ],
  "creditPacks": [
    { "instanceId": "cp-xxxxxxxx", "totalCredits": 10000, "remainingCredits": 8000, "expiresAt": "2026-12-31" }
  ],
  "recentOrders": [
    { "orderId": "20260701xxxx", "orderType": "Purchase", "orderTime": "2026-07-01 10:00:00", "amount": "199.00", "status": "Paid" }
  ],
  "diagnostics": []
}

Status is composed from multiple sub-calls; partial failures appear in diagnostics (each entry: api, errorCode, errorMessage) — map such results to the partial state. If data is null entirely, the command exits with code 1 (error state).

⚠️ nextCycleFlushTime only means a quota reset when autoRenew is true. The CLI returns nextCycleFlushTime: null for every seat tier when autoRenew is false (auto-renewal explicitly OFF), so a non-null value can be read as "credits reset to full on this date". If autoRenew is null (renewal state unknown), the field may still carry a date — do NOT present it as a guaranteed reset. Never tell the user "your credits will reset on " unless autoRenew is true. When autoRenew is false, frame the period.end date as an expiry, e.g. "your subscription expires on ; auto-renew is off, so the plan will lapse unless you renew" — not as a reset.

qianwen subscription orders — Order history (purchase / renew / upgrade)

qianwen subscription orders --page 1 --page-size 100 --format json
qianwen subscription orders --from 2026-01-01 --to 2026-06-30 --type purchase --format json

Options: --page <n> (default 1), --page-size <n> (default 20, max 100), --type purchase|renew|upgrade, --from / --to (YYYY-MM-DD).

Pagination: results are paged. To fetch the full history, start at --page 1 --page-size 100, then keep incrementing --page while pagination.page × pagination.pageSize < pagination.total, until all pagination.total orders are retrieved.

JSON structure (per CLI source: orderType / status are display labels; amount is the display string with currency symbol):

{
  "orders": [
    { "orderId": "20260701xxxx", "orderType": "Purchase", "orderTime": "2026-07-01 10:00:00", "amount": "¥199.00", "currency": "CNY", "status": "Paid" }
  ],
  "pagination": { "page": 1, "pageSize": 100, "total": 231 },
  "diagnostics": []
}

qianwen subscription tokenplan status — Token Plan instance detail (period, auto-renew, seat summary)

qianwen subscription tokenplan status --format json

JSON structure (per CLI source; period / autoRenew / renewable / seatSummary are null when the corresponding sub-call fails — check diagnostics; credit values are decimal strings):

{
  "product": "Token Plan Team Edition",
  "period": { "start": "2026-07-01", "end": "2026-08-01", "remainingDays": 3 },
  "autoRenew": { "enabled": true, "period": 1, "periodUnit": "M" },
  "renewable": { "canRenew": true, "interceptCode": null },
  "seatSummary": {
    "groups": [
      { "specType": "standard", "seats": 2, "assigned": 1, "totalValue": "50000", "surplusValue": "42000", "unit": "Credits", "nextCycleFlushTime": "2026-08-01" }
    ],
    "total": { "seats": 2, "totalValue": "50000", "surplusValue": "42000", "unit": "Credits" }
  },
  "diagnostics": []
}

If all four data fields are null, the command exits with code 1 (error state).

⚠️ seatSummary.groups[].nextCycleFlushTime only means a quota reset when autoRenew.enabled is true. The CLI returns nextCycleFlushTime: null for every group when autoRenew.enabled is false (auto-renewal explicitly OFF). If autoRenew itself is null (state unknown), a date may still be present — do NOT treat it as a guaranteed reset. Only say "credits reset on " when autoRenew.enabled is true; when it is false, present period.end as the expiry date after which the plan lapses unless renewed.

qianwen subscription tokenplan seats — Per-seat detail and remaining credits (team seats)

qianwen subscription tokenplan seats --page 1 --page-size 100 --format json
qianwen subscription tokenplan seats --spec-type standard --format json   # pro | standard

Options: --page <n> (default 1), --page-size <n> (default 20, max 100), --spec-type pro|standard. Same pagination rule as orders: keep incrementing --page while page.current × page.size < page.total.

JSON structure (per CLI source; cycle / config may be null; cycle.surplusValue is the seat's remaining credits for the current cycle):

{
  "page": { "current": 1, "size": 100, "total": 2 },
  "filter": { "specType": null },
  "items": [
    {
      "instanceCode": "tp-xxxxxxxx",
      "specType": "standard",
      "status": "NORMAL",
      "memberId": "12xxxxxxxxxxxx34",
      "assignable": true,
      "assignment": "assigned",
      "payMode": "Subscription",
      "productType": "TokenPlan",
      "cycle": { "startTime": "2026-07-01", "endTime": "2026-08-01", "totalValue": "25000", "surplusValue": "21000", "unit": "Credits" },
      "config": { "planType": "standard", "creditValue": 25000, "seatNum": 1, "quotaCycle": "MONTH" }
    }
  ],
  "diagnostics": []
}

Output and Agent Display Rules

CLI commands return JSON by default in agent/pipe environments (auto format: TTY → table, pipe → json). JSON is the primary output mode for agents — always pass --format json explicitly, parse the structured response, then present a human-readable summary to the user.

JSON output example (--format json)

qianwen usage summary --period month --format json

Returns structured JSON with three sections:

{
  "period": { "from": "2026-04-01", "to": "2026-04-24" },
  "free_tier": [
    { "model_id": "qwen3.6-plus", "quota": { "remaining": 850000, "total": 1000000, "unit": "tokens", "used_pct": 15 } }
  ],
  "token_plan": {
    "subscribed": true,
    "planName": "Token Plan Team Edition",
    "status": "valid",
    "totalCredits": 25000,
    "remainingCredits": 21000,
    "usedPct": 16,
    "resetDate": "2026-05-01",
    "addonRemaining": 8000
  },
  "pay_as_you_go": {
    "models": [
      { "model_id": "qwen3.6-plus", "usage": { "tokens_total": 480000 }, "cost": 0.38, "currency": "CNY" },
      { "model_id": "qwen-plus", "usage": { "tokens_total": 460000 }, "cost": 0.13, "currency": "CNY" }
    ],
    "total": { "cost": 0.51, "currency": "CNY" }
  }
}

Note on token_plan: The China site (qianwen CLI) returns the token_plan branch as shown above. Coding Plan is an international-site (qwencloud) concept — the China site does not generate a Coding Plan display branch.

Text output example (--format text)

qianwen usage summary --period month --format text

Usage Summary  ·  2026-04-10

-- Free Tier Quota -------------------------------------------------------
Model                Remaining      Total          Progress
qwen3.6-plus         850K tokens    1M tokens      85% left
wan2.6-t2i           38 images      50 images      76% left
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

-- Token Plan  ·  Token Plan Team Edition - Standard Seat  ·  valid-------
Usage:      25K / 25K Credits
Quota Left: 100%
Status:     valid
Resets:     2026-06-01
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

-- Pay-as-you-go · 2026-04-01 → 2026-04-10 -------------------------------
Model                Usage              Cost
qwen3.6-plus         480K tok           $0.38
qwen-plus            460K tok           $0.13
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                —                  $0.51

⚠️ CRITICAL: How to present output to the user

When using --format json (recommended for agents):

1. Parse the JSON and extract the relevant data for the user's question
2. Present a human-readable summary — do not dump raw JSON to the user
3. Add analysis AFTER the summary — clearly separated with ---

When using --format text:

1. Display CLI output EXACTLY AS-IS — no modification, no reformatting
2. Preserve all formatting — alignment, spacing, progress bars, separators
3. Add analysis AFTER output only — clearly separated with ---

NEVER:

• ❌ Dump raw JSON to the user without interpretation
• ❌ Reformat or summarize text/table output
• ❌ Add prefixes like "Here's your usage:"
• ❌ Convert text/table output to bullet points

✅ CORRECT (JSON mode):

Your QianWen usage for April:

**Free Tier**: qwen3.6-plus has 85% remaining (850K / 1M tokens), wan2.6-t2i has 76% remaining (38 / 50 images).
**Token Plan (PRO)**: 8% used this month (82.5K / 90K requests).
**Pay-as-you-go**: $0.51 total — qwen3.6-plus $0.38, qwen-plus $0.13.

---

**💡 Analysis**: Your qwen3.6-plus free tier is 85% remaining...

✅ CORRECT (Text mode):

[CLI text output - exactly as-is]

---

**💡 Analysis**: Your qwen3.6-plus free tier is 85% remaining...

❌ WRONG:

Here's your usage:
- qwen3.6-plus: 850K tokens remaining (85% left)

Exit Codes

• On a non-zero exit code, still attempt to parse any structured JSON on stdout first — it may contain a usable error payload or partial result.
• On exit code 2 (authentication error): guide the user through the Authentication Flow, then retry the original task at most once. NEVER loop login attempts.

CLI Update Check

When the user explicitly asks to check for cli updates (e.g. "check for cli updates", "check cli version", "is there a new version cli"):

1. Run: qianwen version --check
2. Report the result.

The QianWen CLI handles update notifications natively; no additional stderr signal handling is required in this skill.

Implementation Notes

• Pay-as-you-go: API returns total usage only (no input/output split)
• Token Plan: Aggregate request counts at plan level (no per-model breakdown)
• logout: Revokes server-side session and clears local credentials (keychain + file). Server-side call is best-effort — local logout always succeeds.
• Authentication: Uses OAuth 2.0 Device Authorization Grant with PKCE. Credentials stored in OS keychain when available, with encrypted file fallback.
• breakdown --model is required: Unlike the previous Python implementation, the CLI requires --model for breakdown. To query all models' usage, use qianwen usage summary instead.