# qwencloud-ops-auth

Configures authentication for QwenCloud APIs, checks credentials, and resolves 401 errors. Useful when setting up DASHSCOPE_API_KEY or fixing access issues.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1600 installs · ★ 44
- Author: QwenCloud
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/QwenCloud/qwencloud-ai/tree/HEAD/skills/ops/qwencloud-ops-auth/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/qwencloud-ops-auth

## What it does

This skill configures environment variables and endpoints for QwenCloud APIs. It separates keys across three distinct plans: Pay-as-you-go with `sk-` prefixes, Token Plan, and Coding Plan with `sk-sp-` prefixes. Repo scripts rely strictly on standard `sk-` keys. Sending a Coding Plan key to a standard endpoint causes a `401 invalid_api_key` failure.

Verifying Pay-as-you-go access requires `curl` on your system. Cursor auto-loads the skill, whereas Claude Code requires reading `SKILL.md` before the first run. The skill never prints secrets in plaintext and only outputs validation status. When credentials are missing, it adds a `.env` template with `DASHSCOPE_API_KEY=sk-your-key-here` instead of asking you to paste keys into the chat.

Priority order is strict. `QWEN_API_KEY` overrides `DASHSCOPE_API_KEY`, and system environment variables take precedence over `.env` files. Optional variables like `QWEN_TMP_OSS_BUCKET` let you wire a custom OSS bucket for uploads.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add QwenCloud/qwencloud-ai --skill qwencloud-ops-auth -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/qwencloud-ops-auth/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/qwencloud-ops-auth/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add QwenCloud/qwencloud-ai --skill qwencloud-ops-auth -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/qwencloud-ops-auth/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add QwenCloud/qwencloud-ai --skill qwencloud-ops-auth -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/qwencloud-ops-auth/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install QwenCloud/qwencloud-ai qwencloud-ops-auth
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/qwencloud-ops-auth/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add QwenCloud/qwencloud-ai --skill qwencloud-ops-auth -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/QwenCloud/qwencloud-ai --path skills/ops/qwencloud-ops-auth
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/qwencloud-ops-auth/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add QwenCloud/qwencloud-ai --skill qwencloud-ops-auth -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/QwenCloud/qwencloud-ai/tree/HEAD/skills/ops/qwencloud-ops-auth/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- resolve 401 invalid_api_key errors caused by mismatched plan keys
- generate a .env template with DASHSCOPE_API_KEY placeholders
- route requests to Token Plan or Coding Plan endpoints
- configure custom OSS bucket settings via QWEN_TMP_OSS_BUCKET

## Example prompts
- Help me set up my QwenCloud credentials in .env
- Why am I getting a 401 invalid_api_key error with QwenCloud?
- Run qwencloud-ops-auth to verify my API configuration

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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```text
---
name: qwencloud-ops-auth
description: "Configure authentication (API keys, endpoints). TRIGGER when: setting up QWEN_API_KEY, troubleshooting 401/auth errors, when another skill reports missing credentials, or user explicitly invokes this skill by name (e.g. use qwencloud-ops-auth). DO NOT TRIGGER when: non-auth Qwen tasks, general API usage questions."
compatibility: "Requires curl for PAYG verification. Cursor: auto-loaded. Claude Code: read this skill's SKILL.md before first use."
---

# QwenCloud Authentication Setup

Configure and verify authentication for QwenCloud APIs.
This skill is part of **qwencloud/qwencloud-ai**.

## Skill directory

Use this skill's internal files for learning. Load references only when the user needs console or documentation links.

| Location | Purpose |
|----------|---------|
| `references/tokenplan.md` | Token Plan vs Coding Plan vs PAYG; CDN model catalog, endpoint mapping, pricing, User-Agent |
| `references/codingplan.md` | Coding Plan vs standard key: model list, endpoint mapping, error codes, cost risks |
| `references/custom-oss.md` | Custom OSS bucket setup for production file uploads (replaces 48h temp storage) |
| `references/sources.md` | Console URLs, auth guide (manual lookup only) |

## Security

**NEVER output any API key, OSS credential in plaintext.**
This applies equally to `DASHSCOPE_API_KEY` and custom OSS AccessKey pairs. Any check or detection of credentials in this skill must be **non-plaintext**: report only status (e.g. "set" / "not set", "valid" / "invalid", HTTP status code), never the key value.

## API Key Handling (MANDATORY)

When the API key is not configured or a script reports missing credentials:

1. **NEVER ask the user to provide their API key directly.** Do not prompt "please paste your API key" or similar. Do not request the key value in any form.
2. **Help create a `.env` file** with a placeholder, then instruct the user to fill in their own key:
   - Run: `echo 'DASHSCOPE_API_KEY=sk-your-key-here' >> .env`
   - Tell the user: "Please replace `sk-your-key-here` with your actual API key from the [QwenCloud Console](https://home.qwencloud.com/api-keys)."
3. **Or** explain how to configure the environment variable: `export DASHSCOPE_API_KEY='sk-...'` + provide the console URL.
4. **Only** write the actual key value into `.env` if the user **explicitly insists** on having the agent do it for them.

## Credential Priority Chain

Credentials are loaded in the following order (first match wins):

1. **Environment variable** — `DASHSCOPE_API_KEY` (or `QWEN_API_KEY` alias)
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