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The Volcengine provider gives access to Doubao models and third-party models hosted on Volcano Engine, with separate endpoints for general and coding workloads.

Detail Value
Providers volcengine (general) + volcengine-plan (coding)
Auth VOLCANO_ENGINE_API_KEY
API OpenAI-compatible

Getting started

Set the API key

Run interactive onboarding:

```bash
genesis onboard --auth-choice volcengine-api-key
```

This registers both the general (`volcengine`) and coding (`volcengine-plan`) providers from a single API key.

Set a default model

```json5
{
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      model: { primary: "volcengine-plan/ark-code-latest" },
    },
  },
}
```

Verify the model is available

```bash
genesis models list --provider volcengine
genesis models list --provider volcengine-plan
```
For non-interactive setup (CI, scripting), pass the key directly: 
genesis onboard --non-interactive \
  --mode local \
  --auth-choice volcengine-api-key \
  --volcengine-api-key "$VOLCANO_ENGINE_API_KEY"

Providers and endpoints

Provider Endpoint Use case
volcengine ark.cn-beijing.volces.com/api/v3 General models
volcengine-plan ark.cn-beijing.volces.com/api/coding/v3 Coding models
Both providers are configured from a single API key. Setup registers both automatically.

Built-in catalog

General (volcengine)

| Model ref                                    | Name                            | Input       | Context |
| -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ----------- | ------- |
| `volcengine/doubao-seed-1-8-251228`          | Doubao Seed 1.8                 | text, image | 256,000 |
| `volcengine/doubao-seed-code-preview-251028` | doubao-seed-code-preview-251028 | text, image | 256,000 |
| `volcengine/kimi-k2-5-260127`                | Kimi K2.5                       | text, image | 256,000 |
| `volcengine/glm-4-7-251222`                  | GLM 4.7                         | text, image | 200,000 |
| `volcengine/deepseek-v3-2-251201`            | DeepSeek V3.2                   | text, image | 128,000 |

Coding (volcengine-plan)

| Model ref                                         | Name                     | Input | Context |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ----- | ------- |
| `volcengine-plan/ark-code-latest`                 | Ark Coding Plan          | text  | 256,000 |
| `volcengine-plan/doubao-seed-code`                | Doubao Seed Code         | text  | 256,000 |
| `volcengine-plan/glm-4.7`                         | GLM 4.7 Coding           | text  | 200,000 |
| `volcengine-plan/kimi-k2-thinking`                | Kimi K2 Thinking         | text  | 256,000 |
| `volcengine-plan/kimi-k2.5`                       | Kimi K2.5 Coding         | text  | 256,000 |
| `volcengine-plan/doubao-seed-code-preview-251028` | Doubao Seed Code Preview | text  | 256,000 |

Advanced configuration

Default model after onboarding

`genesis onboard --auth-choice volcengine-api-key` currently sets
`volcengine-plan/ark-code-latest` as the default model while also registering
the general `volcengine` catalog.

Model picker fallback behavior

During onboarding/configure model selection, the Volcengine auth choice prefers
both `volcengine/*` and `volcengine-plan/*` rows. If those models are not
loaded yet, Genesis falls back to the unfiltered catalog instead of showing an
empty provider-scoped picker.

Environment variables for daemon processes

If the Gateway runs as a daemon (launchd/systemd), make sure
`VOLCANO_ENGINE_API_KEY` is available to that process (for example, in
`~/.genesis/.env` or via `env.shellEnv`).
When running Genesis as a background service, environment variables set in your interactive shell are not automatically inherited. See the daemon note above.

Related

  • Model selection Choosing providers, model refs, and failover behavior.

  • Configuration Full config reference for agents, models, and providers.

  • Troubleshooting Common issues and debugging steps.

  • FAQ Frequently asked questions about Genesis setup.