pi-ali-code

A pi extension that adds Alibaba Model Studio Coding Plan models as a provider.

What is the Coding Plan?

Alibaba's Model Studio offers a Coding Plan — a dedicated tier with its own API key (sk-sp-*) and endpoint that provides access to multiple model families at reduced or zero cost:

• Qwen — Qwen 3.5 Plus, Qwen3 Max, Qwen3 Coder Next/Plus
• GLM — GLM-5, GLM-4.7
• Kimi — Kimi K2.5
• MiniMax — MiniMax M2.5

Problem

The Coding Plan uses a dedicated endpoint (coding-intl.dashscope.aliyuncs.com) and API key format (sk-sp-*) that differs from the standard DashScope API. Additionally, the DashScope API has compatibility issues with pi's default OpenAI API handling:

• Tool arguments must be JSON objects, not stringified JSON
• The developer role is not supported (must use system instead)

Installation

Option 1: NPM Package (Recommended)

npm install -g pi-ali-code

Add to ~/.pi/agent/settings.json:

{
  "packages": [
    "npm:[email protected]"
  ]
}

Option 2: Local Installation

git clone https://github.com/ricardo-nth/pi-ali-code.git ~/.pi/agent/extensions/ali-code

Add to ~/.pi/agent/settings.json:

{
  "packages": [
    "./extensions/ali-code"
  ]
}

Configuration

1. Get a Coding Plan API Key

1. Go to Alibaba Model Studio
2. Subscribe to the Coding Plan
3. Copy your dedicated API key (starts with sk-sp-)

2. Set the Environment Variable

export DASHSCOPE_CODING_API_KEY="sk-sp-your-key-here"

Add this to your shell profile (~/.zshrc, ~/.bashrc, etc.) to persist it.

3. Restart pi

The models will appear in the model picker with a [Coding] suffix.

Available Models

| Model | ID | Reasoning | Vision | |---|---|---|---| | Qwen 3.5 Plus | qwen3.5-plus | No | Yes | | Qwen3 Max | qwen3-max-2026-01-23 | Yes | Yes | | Qwen3 Coder Next | qwen3-coder-next | No | No | | Qwen3 Coder Plus | qwen3-coder-plus | No | No | | GLM-5 | glm-5 | Yes | No | | GLM-4.7 | glm-4.7 | Yes | Yes | | Kimi K2.5 | kimi-k2.5 | Yes | No | | MiniMax M2.5 | MiniMax-M2.5 | Yes | No |

Related

• pi-qwen-fix — Fixes for the standard alibaba-qwen provider in pi

License

MIT