The Alibaba provider for the AI SDK contains language model, embedding model, and video model support for Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, including the Qwen model series with advanced reasoning capabilities.
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Setup
npm i ai @ai-sdk/alibaba
Skill for Coding Agents
If you use coding agents such as Claude Code or Cursor, we highly recommend adding the AI SDK skill to your repository:
npx skills add vercel/ai
Usage
import { alibaba } from '@ai-sdk/alibaba';
import { generateText } from 'ai';
const { text } = await generateText({
model: alibaba('qwen-plus'),
prompt: 'Write a vegetarian lasagna recipe for 4 people.',
});