# Alibaba Cloud DashScope — Qwen

Connect a DashScope account to an MCP client for Qwen chat, text embeddings, and account-specific model discovery.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 249
- Author: nirholas
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/nirholas/three.ws/tree/HEAD/packages/alibaba-cloud-mcp
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/alibaba-cloud-dashscope-qwen

## What it does

The server uses your Alibaba Cloud account to reach DashScope. Its three tools let an agent chat with a Qwen model through `qwen_chat`, create embeddings with `qwen_embed`, or inspect available account models using `qwen_list_models`.

You need a DashScope API key and Node.js ≥ 20. Set `DASHSCOPE_MODEL_ID` or `DASHSCOPE_EMBED_MODEL_ID` to choose the default chat or embedding model. `DASHSCOPE_REGION=cn` selects the China endpoint; without `DASHSCOPE_API_KEY`, the server cannot make DashScope requests.

It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, and Zed. For a custom MCP host, the package exports `buildServer()`; its DashScope client can also be imported separately.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)
- Environment variables: `DASHSCOPE_API_KEY`, `DASHSCOPE_MODEL_ID`, `DASHSCOPE_EMBED_MODEL_ID`, `DASHSCOPE_BASE_URL`, `DASHSCOPE_REGION` — keys and tokens: ask the human for the values, never commit them or put them in shared files.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add --env DASHSCOPE_API_KEY=<DASHSCOPE_API_KEY> --env DASHSCOPE_MODEL_ID=<DASHSCOPE_MODEL_ID> --env DASHSCOPE_EMBED_MODEL_ID=<DASHSCOPE_EMBED_MODEL_ID> --env DASHSCOPE_BASE_URL=<DASHSCOPE_BASE_URL> --env DASHSCOPE_REGION=<DASHSCOPE_REGION> --transport stdio alibaba-cloud-mcp -- npx -y @three-ws/alibaba-cloud-mcp
```
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### Codex

**Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add alibaba-cloud-mcp --env DASHSCOPE_API_KEY=<DASHSCOPE_API_KEY> --env DASHSCOPE_MODEL_ID=<DASHSCOPE_MODEL_ID> --env DASHSCOPE_EMBED_MODEL_ID=<DASHSCOPE_EMBED_MODEL_ID> --env DASHSCOPE_BASE_URL=<DASHSCOPE_BASE_URL> --env DASHSCOPE_REGION=<DASHSCOPE_REGION> -- npx -y @three-ws/alibaba-cloud-mcp
```
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### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "alibaba-cloud-mcp": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@three-ws/alibaba-cloud-mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "DASHSCOPE_API_KEY": "<DASHSCOPE_API_KEY>",
                "DASHSCOPE_MODEL_ID": "<DASHSCOPE_MODEL_ID>",
                "DASHSCOPE_EMBED_MODEL_ID": "<DASHSCOPE_EMBED_MODEL_ID>",
                "DASHSCOPE_BASE_URL": "<DASHSCOPE_BASE_URL>",
                "DASHSCOPE_REGION": "<DASHSCOPE_REGION>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
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### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "alibaba-cloud-mcp": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@three-ws/alibaba-cloud-mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "DASHSCOPE_API_KEY": "<DASHSCOPE_API_KEY>",
                "DASHSCOPE_MODEL_ID": "<DASHSCOPE_MODEL_ID>",
                "DASHSCOPE_EMBED_MODEL_ID": "<DASHSCOPE_EMBED_MODEL_ID>",
                "DASHSCOPE_BASE_URL": "<DASHSCOPE_BASE_URL>",
                "DASHSCOPE_REGION": "<DASHSCOPE_REGION>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
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### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add -e DASHSCOPE_API_KEY=<DASHSCOPE_API_KEY> -e DASHSCOPE_MODEL_ID=<DASHSCOPE_MODEL_ID> -e DASHSCOPE_EMBED_MODEL_ID=<DASHSCOPE_EMBED_MODEL_ID> -e DASHSCOPE_BASE_URL=<DASHSCOPE_BASE_URL> -e DASHSCOPE_REGION=<DASHSCOPE_REGION> alibaba-cloud-mcp npx -y @three-ws/alibaba-cloud-mcp
```
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## When to use it
- send a prompt to a Qwen model from an MCP client
- create text embeddings through DashScope
- inspect models available to a DashScope account
- set a different default chat model with an environment variable

## Example prompts
- Ask Qwen to explain the failure in `auth.test.ts`.
- Create embeddings for the text in `docs/search.md`.
- List the models available in my DashScope account.

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