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Qwen Code

@qwen-code/qwen-code is Alibaba's coding CLI built on top of Gemini CLI, tuned for the Qwen3-Coder family of models. agent-mux drives it via the qwen binary.

Install​

amux install qwen

Supported on macOS, Linux and Windows.

Authenticate​

Qwen Code speaks the OpenAI-compatible API. The quickest path is DashScope:

export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...
export OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1
export OPENAI_MODEL=qwen3-coder-plus

Alternatively, run qwen interactively and use the built-in OAuth flow.

Example​

import { createClient } from '@a5c-ai/agent-mux';

const client = createClient();
const run = client.run({
  agent: 'qwen',
  model: 'qwen3-coder-plus',
  prompt: 'Summarize the public API in src/index.ts',
});

for await (const ev of run.events()) {
  if (ev.type === 'text_delta') process.stdout.write(ev.delta);
}

Plugins​

Plugin support: no. Use MCP servers for extensibility.

MCP Servers​

amux mcp install qwen <mcp-server>
amux mcp list qwen

Registry: https://modelcontextprotocol.io

Notes​

  • Session files live under ~/.qwen/sessions (JSONL).
  • MCP servers are configured under mcpServers in ~/.qwen/settings.json.
  • Capabilities are set conservatively — thinking, JSON mode, and image input default to false pending upstream confirmation.