ModelScope (Moda)

What is ModelScope?

ModelScope is a new-generation open-source model-as-a-service (MaaS) sharing platform, dedicated to providing flexible, easy-to-use, low-cost one-stop model service solutions, making model applications easier!

Through API-Inference service capabilities, the platform standardizes open-source models into callable API interfaces, allowing developers to quickly and lightly integrate model capabilities into various AI applications, supporting innovative scenarios such as tool calling and prototype development.

Core Advantages

• ✅ Free quota: Daily provides 2,000 free API calls(Billing rules)
• ✅ Rich model library: Covers 1000+ open-source models in NLP, CV, speech, multimodal, etc.
• ✅ Ready to use: No deployment required, quickly call via RESTful API

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Cherry Studio integration process

Step 1: Get a ModelScope API token

1. Log in to the platform

   • Access ModelScope official website → Click the top right corner Log in → Choose authentication method
2. Create access token

   • Go to Account Settings → Access Token
   • Click New Token → Fill in description → Copy the generated token(See example on the page below)

   🔑 Important reminder: Token leakage will affect account security!

Step 2: Configure Cherry Studio

• After opening Cherry Studio → Settings → Model Services → ModelScope
• Switch between API key Paste the copied token in the field
• Click Save Authorization completed

Step 3: Call the model API

1. Find models that support API

   • Access ModelScope Model Hub
   • Filter criteria:Check API-Inference(or identify the API icon

   The range of models covered by API-Inference is mainly determined based on the level of attention the model receives in the ModelScope community (referring to data such as likes and downloads). Therefore, after the release of next-generation open-source models with stronger capabilities and higher attention, the list of supported models will continue to evolve.

2. Get the model ID

   • Go to the target model details page → copy Model ID(format such as damo/nlp_structbert_sentiment-classification_chinese-base)
3. Fill in Cherry Studio

   • On the model services configuration page Model ID Enter the ID in the field → Select the task type → Complete configuration

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Billing and quota rules

Important note

• 🎫 Free quota: Each user 2,000 API calls per day(*subject to the latest rules on the official website)
• 🔁 Quota reset: Automatically resets daily at UTC+8 00:00,no cross-day accumulation or carryover supported
• 💡 Over-limit handling:

  • After reaching the daily limit, the API will return 429 error
  • Solution: Switch to a backup account / Use another platform / Optimize call frequency

Check remaining quota

• Log in to ModelScope → Click the top right corner username → API usage

⚠️ Note: The inference API-Inference has a free quota of 2,000 calls per day. For more calling needs, consider using cloud services such as Alibaba Cloud BaiLian.

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Get help and submit feedback

If you encounter any questions, bugs, or have suggestions for feature improvements during configuration or use, please refer to Feedback and Suggestions for the official channels provided.