pi-provider-alibaba-universal

Alibaba Cloud Model Studio providers for Pi — all plans, all chat models, correct reasoning controls

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Install pi-provider-alibaba-universal from npm and Pi will load the resources declared by the package manifest.

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$ pi install npm:pi-provider-alibaba-universal

Package: pi-provider-alibaba-universal
Version: 1.0.2
Published: Sep 21, 2026
Downloads: 324/mo · 324/wk
Author: naml14
License: MIT
Types: extension
Size: 33.4 KB
Dependencies: 0 dependencies · 2 peers

Pi manifest JSON

{
  "extensions": [
    "./src/index.ts"
  ]
}

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README

pi-provider-alibaba-universal

Alibaba Cloud Model Studio providers for Pi.

Six providers covering every Alibaba plan — Coding Plan, Token Plan, and Pay-as-you-go — across both international and Chinese endpoints. All chat models appear with correct reasoning levels, context windows, and input types without extra configuration.

Providers

Provider ID	Plan	Endpoint
`alibaba-coding-intl`	Coding Plan (Intl)	`coding-intl.dashscope.aliyuncs.com`
`alibaba-coding-cn`	Coding Plan (CN)	`coding.dashscope.aliyuncs.com`
`alibaba-token-intl`	Token Plan (Intl)	`token-plan.ap-southeast-1.maas.aliyuncs.com`
`alibaba-token-cn`	Token Plan (CN)	`token-plan.cn-beijing.maas.aliyuncs.com`
`alibaba-api-intl`	DashScope API (Intl)	`dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com`
`alibaba-api-cn`	DashScope API (CN)	`dashscope.aliyuncs.com`

Install

Do not install this package together with pi-provider-alibaba or pi-provider-alibaba-complete: all three register the same provider IDs.

pi install npm:pi-provider-alibaba-universal

Or try it for a single session:

pi -e npm:pi-provider-alibaba-universal

Configure

Set the credential for the product you purchased, restart Pi, then select the matching provider and model:

# Token Plan
export ALIBABA_TOKEN_PLAN_API_KEY="<your-token-plan-key>"

# Coding Plan
export ALIBABA_CODING_API_KEY="<your-coding-plan-key>"

# Pay-as-you-go DashScope API
export ALIBABA_API_KEY="<your-api-key>"

China and international routes use different endpoints. Select the route matching your key's product and region.

Token Plan models

The Token Plan providers ship with a complete static catalog of all 12 chat-capable models documented by Alibaba, available immediately without waiting for API discovery:

Model	Reasoning	Input	Context	Max output
`auto`	— (router)	text	128K	8K
`qwen3.8-max`	low · medium · xhigh	text · image	1M	128K
`qwen3.8-flash`	off · high	text · image	1M	64K
`qwen3.7-max`	off · high	text	1M	64K
`qwen3.7-plus`	off · high	text · image	1M	64K
`qwen3.6-flash`	off · high	text · image	1M	64K
`deepseek-v4.1-flash`	off · high · max	text · image	1M	384K
`deepseek-v4-pro`	off · high · max	text	1M	384K
`deepseek-v4-pro-0813`	off · low · high · max	text	1M	384K
`deepseek-v4-flash-0731`	off · low · high · max	text	1M	384K
`glm-5.3`	off · high · max	text	1M	128K
`glm-5.2`	off · high · max	text	1M	128K

Multimodal generation models (qwen-image-3.0-pro, qwen-audio-*, wan2.7-*, happyhorse-*) are excluded because they use dedicated non-chat endpoints. See Alibaba's multimodal integration guide.

Coding Plan and API models

Coding Plan and DashScope API providers use dynamic model discovery via the /v1/models endpoint. Open /model in Pi to refresh the list. Models appear with correct capability metadata even when discovered dynamically.

Reasoning controls

Model family	Selectable levels	Wire format
DeepSeek V4 (current)	off · high · max	`enable_thinking` + `reasoning_effort`
DeepSeek V4 (dated 0813/0731)	off · low · high · max	`enable_thinking` + `reasoning_effort`
Qwen 3.8 Max	low · medium · xhigh	`enable_thinking` + `reasoning_effort`
Qwen 3.6 / 3.7 / 3.8 Flash	off · high	`enable_thinking` only
GLM-5	off · high · max	`enable_thinking` + `reasoning_effort`

All providers use system role, max_tokens field, and Alibaba's enable_thinking wire format. Unknown model families stay conservative until their protocol is confirmed.

Model refresh

Pi refreshes the model list each time you open /model:

Token Plan: the static catalog is always present. Dynamic discovery adds any newly released models without replacing existing entries.
Coding Plan / API: dynamic discovery replaces the current list with fresh results from the endpoint.

Verification

npm install
npm run verify

Runs typecheck, 38 tests, and packaging dry-run.

License

MIT

Acknowledgments

This package is based on the provider architecture and capability projection work from:

dinhe/pi-provider-alibaba — the original Alibaba Cloud provider for Pi, which established the route, transport, and authentication layer for all six Alibaba endpoints.
weijiafu14/pi-provider-alibaba-complete — which added the first reasoning capability projection, model-specific compatibility switches, and wire-format verification.

This package extends that foundation with a static-first model catalog for Token Plan, expanded capability mappings for newer models, and a dynamic merge strategy that preserves curated metadata across refreshes.