qianwen-ops-auth

qianwen-ops-auth is an authentication configuration skill for the QianWen (Qwen) AI APIs, part of the QianWen-AI/qianwen-ai skill collection. It solves the problem of getting credentials and endpoints set up correctly and diagnosing auth failures: it triggers when setting up the API key, troubleshooting 401/auth errors, when another skill reports missing credentials, or when invoked by name. It configures and verifies authentication using curl for a status check.

The skill documents a credential priority chain (environment variable first, then a .env file in the working directory or repo root) and the relevant environment variables, including DASHSCOPE_API_KEY (with QIANWEN_API_KEY as an alias), an optional base-URL override, and optional custom Aliyun OSS variables for production file uploads that replace the default 48-hour temporary storage. It distinguishes standard keys from Token Plan team keys and points to references for the token plan, custom OSS setup, console sources, and agent compatibility. Its handling of secrets is deliberately conservative and security-conscious: it never outputs any API key or OSS credential in plaintext, reports only status such as set/not-set or valid/invalid, never asks the user to paste their key, and instead helps create a .env file with a placeholder for the user to fill in, adding it to .gitignore and recommending least-privilege RAM users.

Target users are developers integrating QianWen/Qwen text and image models who need to configure authentication and optional production storage. Because it uses standard credential-setup patterns, OS-appropriate environment variables, and masked, non-exfiltrating handling of secrets, its behavior is benign despite touching credentials.