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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

Getting started

<Steps> <Step title="Set an API key"> ```bash openclaw onboard --auth-choice qwen-standard-api-key ``` </Step> <Step title="Set a default video model"> ```json5 { agents: { defaults: { videoGenerationModel: { primary: "alibaba/wan2.6-t2v", }, }, }, } ``` </Step> <Step title="Verify the provider is available"> ```bash openclaw models list --provider alibaba ``` </Step> </Steps> <Note> Any of the accepted auth keys (`MODELSTUDIO_API_KEY`, `DASHSCOPE_API_KEY`, `QWEN_API_KEY`) will work. The `qwen-standard-api-key` onboarding choice configures the shared DashScope credential. </Note>

Built-in Wan models

The bundled alibaba provider currently registers:

Model refMode
alibaba/wan2.6-t2vText-to-video
alibaba/wan2.6-i2vImage-to-video
alibaba/wan2.6-r2vReference-to-video
alibaba/wan2.6-r2v-flashReference-to-video (fast)
alibaba/wan2.7-r2vReference-to-video

Current limits

ParameterLimit
Output videosUp to 1 per request
Input imagesUp to 1
Input videosUp to 4
DurationUp to 10 seconds
Supported controlssize, aspectRatio, resolution, audio, watermark
Reference image/videoRemote http(s) URLs only
<Warning> Reference image/video mode currently requires **remote http(s) URLs**. Local file paths are not supported for reference inputs. </Warning>

Advanced configuration

<AccordionGroup> <Accordion title="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

See the [Qwen provider docs](/providers/qwen) for more detail.
</Accordion> <Accordion title="Auth key priority"> OpenClaw checks for auth keys in this order: 
1. `MODELSTUDIO_API_KEY` (preferred)
2. `DASHSCOPE_API_KEY`
3. `QWEN_API_KEY`

Any of these will authenticate the `alibaba` provider.
</Accordion> </AccordionGroup> <CardGroup cols={2}> <Card title="Video generation" href="/tools/video-generation" icon="video"> Shared video tool parameters and provider selection. </Card> <Card title="Qwen" href="/providers/qwen" icon="microchip"> Qwen provider setup and DashScope integration. </Card> <Card title="Configuration reference" href="/gateway/config-agents#agent-defaults" icon="gear"> Agent defaults and model configuration. </Card> </CardGroup>