Qwen Code

import { Aside } from ‘@astrojs/starlight/components’;

Auth: Alibaba Cloud plan, OpenRouter, Fireworks, or self-hosted key. The free OAuth tier was discontinued in April 2026. Cost: per-token. Output: JSON envelope (response field).

If you're following old Qwen Code docs from before April 2026, the free OAuth path no longer works. You will need to point it at a paid provider.

Install

See https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code for current setup. Configure your provider of choice per their docs.

Config entry

{
  "id": "qwen",
  "enabled": false,
  "command": "qwen",
  "args": ["-p", "{prompt}", "--output-format", "json"],
  "prompt_via": "arg",
  "model": null,
  "result_path": "response",
  "timeout": 300,
  "paid": true
}

Notes

• result_path: "response" extracts the answer text from Qwen’s JSON envelope. Adjust if your provider wraps it differently.
• paid: true triggers the checkpoint-1 warning.