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Volcengine (Doubao)

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:

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

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

Verify the model is available

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.

  • 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.