Cloud providers

International cloud providers with Anthropic-compatible APIs supported by Clother.

Clother ships built-in support for nine international cloud providers. Each one gets its own launcher command. Set the required API key once with clother config <provider> and switch between providers instantly.

Quick reference

Launcher	Provider	Default model	API key env var
clother-native	Anthropic	Your subscription	—
clother-zai	Z.AI	glm-5	ZAI_API_KEY
clother-minimax	MiniMax	MiniMax-M2.5	MINIMAX_API_KEY
clother-kimi	Kimi K2	kimi-k2.5	KIMI_API_KEY
clother-moonshot	Moonshot AI	kimi-k2.5	MOONSHOT_API_KEY
clother-deepseek	DeepSeek	deepseek-chat	DEEPSEEK_API_KEY
clother-mimo	Xiaomi MiMo	mimo-v2-flash	MIMO_API_KEY
clother-alibaba	Alibaba (Singapore)	qwen3.5-plus	ALIBABA_API_KEY
clother-alibaba-us	Alibaba (US)	qwen3.5-plus	ALIBABA_API_KEY

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Provider details

Anthropic (native)

Uses your Claude Pro, Max, or Team subscription directly. No API key is required — Clother passes authentication through the Claude CLI’s own login session.

clother-native

This is the only provider with auth_mode: none. It calls the Anthropic API at https://api.anthropic.com using the Claude CLI’s built-in credentials.

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Z.AI

Z.AI

Get your API key at z.ai

Field	Value
Launcher	clother-zai
Default model	glm-5
API key env var	ZAI_API_KEY
Base URL	https://api.z.ai/api/anthropic

clother config zai      # set ZAI_API_KEY
clother-zai             # launch with default model (glm-5)
clother-zai --model glm-4.7

Available models

Model ID	Description
glm-5	GLM-5 (default)
glm-4.7	GLM-4.7

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MiniMax

MiniMax

Get your API key at minimax.io

Field	Value
Launcher	clother-minimax
Default model	MiniMax-M2.5
API key env var	MINIMAX_API_KEY
Base URL	https://api.minimax.io/anthropic

clother config minimax
clother-minimax
clother-minimax --model MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed

Available models

Model ID	Description
MiniMax-M2.5	MiniMax M2.5 (default)
MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed	MiniMax M2.5 Highspeed
MiniMax-M2.1	MiniMax M2.1
MiniMax-M2.1-highspeed	MiniMax M2.1 Highspeed
MiniMax-M2	MiniMax M2

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Kimi K2

Kimi

Get your API key at kimi.com

Field	Value
Launcher	clother-kimi
Default model	kimi-k2.5
API key env var	KIMI_API_KEY
Base URL	https://api.kimi.com/coding/

clother config kimi
clother-kimi

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Moonshot AI

Moonshot AI

Get your API key at moonshot.ai

Field	Value
Launcher	clother-moonshot
Default model	kimi-k2.5
API key env var	MOONSHOT_API_KEY
Base URL	https://api.moonshot.ai/anthropic

clother config moonshot
clother-moonshot

Moonshot AI and Kimi both serve kimi-k2.5 but use different API keys and base URLs.

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DeepSeek

DeepSeek

Get your API key at platform.deepseek.com

Field	Value
Launcher	clother-deepseek
Default model	deepseek-chat
API key env var	DEEPSEEK_API_KEY
Base URL	https://api.deepseek.com/anthropic

clother config deepseek
clother-deepseek

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Xiaomi MiMo

Xiaomi MiMo

Get your API key at platform.xiaomimimo.com

Field	Value
Launcher	clother-mimo
Default model	mimo-v2-flash
API key env var	MIMO_API_KEY
Base URL	https://api.xiaomimimo.com/anthropic

clother config mimo
clother-mimo

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Alibaba Coding Plan

Alibaba offers two international regions with the same API key and the same set of available models.

Alibaba Model Studio

Get your API key at modelstudio.console.alibabacloud.com

Singapore

Field	Value
Launcher	clother-alibaba
Default model	qwen3.5-plus
API key env var	ALIBABA_API_KEY
Base URL	https://coding-intl.dashscope.aliyuncs.com/apps/anthropic

clother config alibaba
clother-alibaba

US

Field	Value
Launcher	clother-alibaba-us
Default model	qwen3.5-plus
API key env var	ALIBABA_API_KEY
Base URL	https://coding-us.dashscope.aliyuncs.com/apps/anthropic

clother config alibaba-us
clother-alibaba-us

Available models (shared across all Alibaba variants)

Model ID	Description
qwen3.5-plus	Qwen 3.5 Plus (default)
kimi-k2.5	Kimi K2.5
glm-5	GLM-5
MiniMax-M2.5	MiniMax M2.5
qwen3-coder-next	Qwen3 Coder Next
qwen3-coder-plus	Qwen3 Coder Plus
qwen3-max-2026-01-23	Qwen3 Max
glm-4.7	GLM-4.7

# Switch models at runtime
clother-alibaba --model kimi-k2.5
clother-alibaba-us --model glm-5

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Changing the default model

Pass --model for a one-time override, or run clother config <provider> to change the permanent default:

# One-time override
clother-zai --model glm-4.7

# Permanent change
clother config zai

# Inspect the resolved model
clother info zai