Qwen — Alibaba Cloud AI Assistant

Call Alibaba's Qwen (通义千问) model for Chinese business analysis, industry research, and general questions.

When to use this skill

Use Qwen when:

• You need a second opinion on Chinese industry data (餐饮、零售、制造等)
• Researching Chinese market norms, regulations, or business practices
• Validating business logic against Chinese real-world context
• Getting Chinese-language analysis or writing assistance
• Cross-checking numbers/benchmarks against Qwen's training data

How to call the script

Script path:

~/.claude/skills/qwen/scripts/ask_qwen.sh

Minimal invocation:

QWEN_API_KEY=sk-xxxx ~/.claude/skills/qwen/scripts/ask_qwen.sh "你的问题"

With system instruction and file context:

QWEN_API_KEY=sk-xxxx ~/.claude/skills/qwen/scripts/ask_qwen.sh "分析这份数据" \
  --system "你是中国餐饮行业专家" \
  --file /path/to/data.txt

With model override:

QWEN_API_KEY=sk-xxxx ~/.claude/skills/qwen/scripts/ask_qwen.sh "问题" --model qwen-plus

The script prints on success:

output_path=<path to markdown file>

Read the file at output_path to get Qwen's response.

Environment variables

Set these in the environment or prefix the command:

• QWEN_API_KEY — Required. Your Dashscope API key (sk-xxxx)
• QWEN_API_URL — Optional. Defaults to https://dashscope.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1

Available models

• qwen-max — Most capable, best for complex analysis (default)
• qwen-plus — Balanced speed/quality
• qwen-turbo — Fastest, good for simple questions
• qwen-long — Long context (up to 1M tokens)

Options

• --file <path> — Attach file content as context (repeatable)
• --system <text> — System instruction / persona
• --model <name> — Override model
• --max-tokens <n> — Max output tokens (default: 8192)
• -o, --output <path> — Custom output file path