diff --git a/src/backend/drivers/ai-chat/providers/alibaba/AlibabaProvider.test.ts b/src/backend/drivers/ai-chat/providers/alibaba/AlibabaProvider.test.ts
index b84897e56..8bbf97e3f 100644
--- a/src/backend/drivers/ai-chat/providers/alibaba/AlibabaProvider.test.ts
+++ b/src/backend/drivers/ai-chat/providers/alibaba/AlibabaProvider.test.ts
@@ -809,6 +809,11 @@ describe('Alibaba official catalog', () => {
         expect(models.some((model) => model.id === 'qwen-image-fixture')).toBe(
             false,
         );
+        const fixture = models.find(
+            (model) => model.id === 'qwen-catalog-fixture',
+        )!;
+        expect(fixture.puterId).toBe('alibaba:qwen/qwen-catalog-fixture');
+        expect(modelLookupNames(models)).toContain('qwen-catalog-fixture');
         const plus = models.find((model) => model.id === 'qwen-plus')!;
         const original = ALIBABA_MODELS.find(
             (model) => model.id === 'qwen-plus',
@@ -909,6 +914,115 @@ describe('Alibaba official catalog', () => {
         expect(model.costs).toEqual({ tokens: 1_000_000 });
     });
 
+    it.each([
+        ['qwen3.9-plus-2027-01-01', 'alibaba:qwen/qwen3.9-plus-2027-01-01'],
+        ['kimi/kimi-k3', 'alibaba:kimi/kimi-k3'],
+        [
+            'deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017',
+            'alibaba:deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017',
+        ],
+        ['glm-5.3-prime', 'alibaba:zhipu/glm-5.3-prime'],
+        ['decision-model-preview', 'alibaba:qwen/decision-model-preview'],
+    ])(
+        'gives uncurated model %s a puterId in the alibaba:<vendor>/<id> form',
+        (id, puterId) => {
+            const model = mapAlibabaCatalogModel({
+                model: id,
+                capabilities: ['TG'],
+            })!;
+            expect(model.puterId).toBe(puterId);
+        },
+    );
+
+    it('skips a vendor-prefixed spelling of a curated model', () => {
+        const model = mapAlibabaCatalogModel({
+            model: 'zhipu/glm-5.2',
+            capabilities: ['TG', 'Reasoning'],
+            inference_metadata: {
+                request_modality: ['Text'],
+                response_modality: ['Text'],
+            },
+        });
+        expect(model).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it.each([
+        [
+            'ASR',
+            {
+                capabilities: ['ASR'],
+                inference_metadata: {
+                    request_modality: ['Audio'],
+                    response_modality: ['Text'],
+                },
+            },
+        ],
+        [
+            'rerank',
+            {
+                capabilities: ['TR'],
+                inference_metadata: {
+                    request_modality: ['Text'],
+                    response_modality: ['Text'],
+                },
+            },
+        ],
+        [
+            'image generation',
+            {
+                capabilities: ['IG'],
+                inference_metadata: {
+                    request_modality: ['Text'],
+                    response_modality: ['Text', 'Image'],
+                },
+            },
+        ],
+        [
+            'realtime omni',
+            {
+                capabilities: ['Realtime-Omni'],
+                inference_metadata: {
+                    request_modality: ['Text', 'Image', 'Audio', 'Video'],
+                    response_modality: ['Text', 'Audio'],
+                },
+            },
+        ],
+        [
+            'TTS',
+            {
+                capabilities: ['TTS'],
+                inference_metadata: {
+                    request_modality: ['Audio'],
+                    response_modality: ['Text'],
+                },
+            },
+        ],
+    ])('rejects %s models that cannot serve chat completions', (_kind, raw) => {
+        expect(
+            mapAlibabaCatalogModel({
+                model: 'non-chat-fixture',
+                ...(raw as AlibabaApiModel),
+            }),
+        ).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('admits a vision model', () => {
+        const model = mapAlibabaCatalogModel({
+            model: 'vision-fixture',
+            capabilities: ['VU'],
+            inference_metadata: {
+                request_modality: ['Text', 'Image'],
+                response_modality: ['Text'],
+            },
+        })!;
+        expect(model.modalities?.input).toEqual(['text', 'image']);
+    });
+
+    it('does not admit an uncurated entry without capability or modality data', () => {
+        expect(mapAlibabaCatalogModel({ model: 'mystery-model' })).toBeNull();
+        expect(mapAlibabaCatalogModel({ model: 'qwen-plus' })).not.toBeNull();
+    });
+
     it('refuses inference with unverified catalog prices', async () => {
         seedPages();
         const { provider } = makeProvider();
diff --git a/src/backend/drivers/ai-chat/providers/alibaba/catalog.ts b/src/backend/drivers/ai-chat/providers/alibaba/catalog.ts
index 063a8071c..85bf187ff 100644
--- a/src/backend/drivers/ai-chat/providers/alibaba/catalog.ts
+++ b/src/backend/drivers/ai-chat/providers/alibaba/catalog.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,23 @@ const positiveLimit = (value: unknown): number | undefined =>
         ? value
         : undefined;
 
+const chatCapabilities = ['TG', 'Reasoning', 'VU'];
+
+const curatedPuterIds = new Set(ALIBABA_MODELS.map((model) => model.puterId));
+
+const inferPuterId = (id: string): string => {
+    if (id.includes('/')) return `alibaba:${id}`;
+    const family = id.split('-')[0];
+    const sibling = ALIBABA_MODELS.find(
+        (model) => model.puterId && model.id.split('-')[0] === family,
+    );
+    // Unprefixed feed ids are Model Studio's own family unless a curated
+    // sibling points at a third-party org.
+    const org =
+        sibling?.puterId?.slice('alibaba:'.length).split('/')[0] ?? 'qwen';
+    return `alibaba:${org}/${id}`;
+};
+
 export const mapAlibabaCatalogModel = (
     raw: AlibabaApiModel,
     previous?: IChatModel,
@@ -90,16 +107,25 @@ export const mapAlibabaCatalogModel = (
     const id = raw.model.trim();
     const existing =
         previous ?? ALIBABA_MODELS.find((model) => model.id === id);
+    const input = raw.inference_metadata?.request_modality;
     const output = raw.inference_metadata?.response_modality;
-    if (output && !output.includes('Text')) return null;
     if (
-        !output &&
-        !existing &&
-        !raw.capabilities?.some((capability) =>
-            ['TG', 'Reasoning', 'VU'].includes(capability),
+        raw.capabilities &&
+        !raw.capabilities.some((capability) =>
+            chatCapabilities.includes(capability),
         )
     )
         return null;
+    if (input && !input.includes('Text')) return null;
+    if (output && !output.includes('Text')) return null;
+    if (!raw.capabilities && !input && !output && !existing) return null;
+    let puterId = existing?.puterId;
+    if (!puterId) {
+        puterId = inferPuterId(id);
+        // A feed entry spelling a curated model differently would duplicate
+        // the curated entry's puterId and list the model twice.
+        if (curatedPuterIds.has(puterId)) return null;
+    }
     const catalogPricing: AlibabaCatalogTier[] = (raw.prices ?? []).map(
         (tier) => {
             // Abbreviated ranges do not specify whether k means 1000 or 1024 tokens.
@@ -149,6 +175,7 @@ export const mapAlibabaCatalogModel = (
     return {
         ...existing,
         id,
+        puterId,
         name: raw.name ?? existing?.name ?? id,
         description: raw.description ?? existing?.description,
         aliases: existing?.aliases,