Using GLM 4.6 with claude code

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I like the GLM 4.6 (especially for its price and its usage limits). However, I really like Claude code compared to other CLI tools. You can easily configure Claude code to use GLM 4.6 (see z.ai coding plan and z.ai docs).

You can save the following settings in ~/.claude/settings-glm.json

{
  "env": {
    "ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN": "your-z.ai-token-here",
    "ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL": "https://api.z.ai/api/anthropic"
  }
}

and then configure the sidekick.nvim as follows

{
  "folke/sidekick.nvim",
  opts = {
    cli = {
      tools = {
        glm = { cmd = { "claude", "--settings", os.getenv("HOME") .. "/.claude/settings-glm.json" } },
      },
    },
    -- your other opts ...
  },
  keys = {
    {
      "<leader>ac",
      function()
        require("sidekick.cli").toggle({ name = "glm", focus = true })
      end,
      desc = "Sidekick Toggle GLM",
    },
    {
      "<leader>aC",
      function()
        require("sidekick.cli").toggle({ name = "claude", focus = true })
      end,
      desc = "Sidekick Toggle Claude",
    },
  },
}

In this way:

• <leader> + a + c: start Claude code with GLM models (a bit dumber but higher usage limits)
• <leader> + a + C: start Claude code with Anthropic models (smarter models but with lower usage limits).