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    Alibaba Cloud Model Studio:OpenCode

    Last Updated:Mar 15, 2026

    OpenCode is an open-source AI coding tool that runs in your terminal. Connect it to Model Studio to generate code, refactor projects, and automate development tasks.

    Note

    This guide covers pay-as-you-go mode. For Coding Plan, see Coding Plan overview for supported models and Coding Plan for OpenCode for setup.

    Prerequisites

    Before you begin:

    Verify the Node.js version:

    node -v

    Install and connect

    Step 1: Install OpenCode

    npm install -g opencode-ai

    Verify the installation:

    opencode -v

    If the command returns a version number, installation succeeded. If it fails, verify Node.js 18 or later with node -v.

    Step 2: Start OpenCode in your project

    Navigate to your project folder and launch OpenCode:

    cd <your-project-folder>
opencode

    Replace <your-project-folder> with your project directory path.

    OpenCode startup screen

    OpenCode uses the current folder as project context. To create a project folder:

    mkdir my-project && cd my-project
opencode

    Step 3: Connect to Model Studio

    Important

    Coding Plan users must use their exclusive base URL and API key. See Coding Plan for OpenCode for details.

    1. Type /connect and press Enter.

    2. In the Provider search box, type alibaba, select Alibaba (China), and press Enter.

      Provider selection

    3. Enter your API key for the Chinese mainland region and press Enter.

    4. Select Qwen3 Coder Plus from the model list and press Enter.

      Model selection

    You can select a different model. See Supported models and recommendations for guidance.

    Usage example

    Test your setup with this prompt:

    Write HTML code to simulate the physical effect of a small ball bouncing inside a uniformly rotating hexagon (including gravity, collision reaction force, friction, etc.). The ball should be affected by gravity, rebound after hitting the inner wall of the hexagon, and be influenced by collision reaction force and friction. Note that the ball's initial position is at the center of the hexagon.

    Open the generated HTML file to see the result:

    Bouncing ball simulation

    Supported models and recommendations

    Text generation - Qwen

    Qwen-Max, Qwen-Plus, Qwen-Flash, Qwen-Turbo, Qwen-Long, Qwen-Coder, QwQ, QVQ, Qwen-VL, Qwen-Omni, Qwen deep research model, Qwen data mining model

    Text generation - Third-party

    DeepSeek

    Domain-specific

    Intent recognition

    Model recommendations by task

    Task Recommended model Model ID
    Code generation, refactoring, debugging Qwen-Coder qwen3-coder-plus
    Complex reasoning, multi-step analysis Qwen-Plus or Qwen-Max qwen3.5-plus

    Switch models

    To use a specific model, type /models to open the model selection panel. Search by name (e.g., glm or qwen3.5) for fuzzy matching.

    • If no results appear, the model is not supported.

    • If a drop-down list appears, select the model. For Model Studio, choose the one tagged Alibaba (China).

    Model search results

    The home page displays the new model name after switching.

    Updated model display

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