GLM Coding Plan cheatsheet

Look up, do not study. Default region: global (api.z.ai). China hosts live in the Chinese handbook under docs/zh/products/glm-coding/.

Last verified: 2026-08-19.

Endpoints

Source: Quick Start, Tool Integration.

Protocol	Base URL
Anthropic Messages	https://api.z.ai/api/anthropic
OpenAI Chat Completions	https://api.z.ai/api/coding/paas/v4
OpenAI Responses	https://api.z.ai/api/v1
General API (not the plan)	https://api.z.ai/api/paas/v4

Wrong host → plan quota does not apply.

Individual credits

Source: Overview.

Plan	5-hour credits	Weekly credits
Lite	2,000	10,000
Pro	12,000	60,000
Max	28,000	140,000

• 5-hour credits reset 5 hours after consumption.
• Weekly credits reset every 7 days from subscribe time.
• Model credits = (input × input multiplier + cached input × cached multiplier + output × output multiplier) / 10,000
• MCP credits = calls × output multiplier
• Off-peak model usage is 50% of the standard credit rate. Peak: Monday–Friday 14:00–18:00 Singapore Time (UTC+8).

Product	Input	Cached input	Output
GLM-5.3	6.9	1.7	24
GLM-5-Turbo	5.7	1.5	21
GLM-4.7	4.6	1.2	16
GLM-4.6V (Vision MCP)	1.2	0.3	2.7
Web Search / Web Reader / Zread MCP	—	—	1.2

Estimated weekly tokens on GLM-5.3 at 90.9% cache hit: Lite 43–87M; Pro 263–526M; Max 613–1226M.

Overview list price quote: “Starting at just 18 USD per month”. Current SKUs: z.ai/subscribe.

Supported tools (global)

Source: tool/others, 2026-08-19.

Coding Agent: ZCode, Claude Code, Claude for IDE, Codex, OpenCode, Pi, Cursor, Cline, TRAE, Qoder, Droid, Kilo Code, Roo Code, Crush, Goose, Eigent.

General-purpose (best-effort): OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, SillyTavern.

This list is not identical to the China allow-list (China has Lingma / CodeBuddy / Cherry Studio / MonkeyCode; global has Codex / Pi / Eigent / SillyTavern).

Helper auto-load only: Claude Code, OpenCode, Crush, Factory Droid.

Coding Tool Helper

Package: @z_ai/coding-helper. Node.js >= v18.0.0. Bins: coding-helper, chelper.

npx @z_ai/coding-helper
npm install -g @z_ai/coding-helper
coding-helper
coding-helper init
coding-helper lang show
coding-helper lang set en_US
coding-helper auth
coding-helper auth glm_coding_plan_global <token>
coding-helper auth revoke
coding-helper auth reload claude
coding-helper doctor
coding-helper --help
coding-helper --version

China auth flag is glm_coding_plan_china (do not use it on a global key).

Claude Code

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
claude --version
claude
claude update
curl -O "https://cdn.bigmodel.cn/install/claude_code_zai_env.sh" && bash ./claude_code_zai_env.sh

The curl installer is macOS / Linux only on the China twin page; the global Claude page publishes the same script URL.

settings.json env from tool/claude: ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN, ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://api.z.ai/api/anthropic, API_TIMEOUT_MS=3000000.

Cursor

Item	Global official text
Eligibility	Cursor Pro and higher
Protocol	OpenAI
Base URL	https://api.z.ai/api/coding/paas/v4 (not /api/paas/v4)
Model name	Uppercase; examples GLM-4.7, GLM-4.5-air

Glossary index

Term	Hook
GLM Coding Plan	Subscription, not a chat product
Supported tools	Off-list calls do not use plan quota
Coding endpoint	Not the general /api/paas/v4
Credits	5-hour + weekly caps
Best-effort / secondary scheduling	OpenClaw-class tools
Team Plan key	Not interchangeable
Coding Tool Helper	Loader, not an agent

High-quality sources

Last verified: 2026-08-19.

Source	Why
docs.z.ai/devpack/overview	Models, credits, price quote
docs.z.ai/devpack/quick-start	Subscribe + keys
docs.z.ai/devpack/tool/others	Allow-list + endpoints
docs.z.ai/devpack/tool/claude	Claude Code env
docs.z.ai/devpack/tool/cursor	Cursor custom model
docs.z.ai/devpack/extension/coding-tool-helper	Helper commands
docs.z.ai/devpack/usage-policy	Account rules
docs.z.ai/llms.txt	Full docs index
npm @z_ai/coding-helper	Package name + bins
China overview	CN credits + designated tools
z.ai/subscribe	Live SKUs

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