GLM Coding Plan - Complete Review & Comparison

# Step 1: Get your GLM API key from Zhipu AI dashboard
# Step 2: Open Cursor Settings (Cmd/Ctrl + ,)
# Step 3: Navigate to "Models" or "AI Settings"
# Step 4: Add custom model configuration

{
  "models": [
    {
      "name": "GLM-4-Plus",
      "provider": "openai",
      "apiKey": "your-glm-api-key-here",
      "baseURL": "https://open.bigmodel.cn/api/paas/v4",
      "model": "glm-4-plus"
    }
  ]
}

# Step 5: Select "GLM-4-Plus" from the model dropdown in Cursor
# Step 6: Start coding with GLM-powered assistance!

# Add GLM as a channel in New API dashboard

1. Login to your New API instance
2. Navigate to "Channels" (渠道)
3. Click "Add Channel" (添加渠道)
4. Configure:
   - Type: OpenAI
   - Name: Zhipu GLM
   - Base URL: https://open.bigmodel.cn/api/paas/v4
   - API Key: your-glm-api-key
   - Models: glm-4-plus, glm-4-air, glm-4-flash

5. Save and test connection
6. Now you can access GLM models through New API's unified endpoint

# Example usage via New API:
curl https://your-new-api-instance.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_NEW_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "glm-4-plus",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Write a Python function"}]
  }'

# Edit your Continue config file (~/.continue/config.json)

{
  "models": [
    {
      "title": "GLM-4-Plus",
      "provider": "openai",
      "model": "glm-4-plus",
      "apiKey": "your-glm-api-key",
      "apiBase": "https://open.bigmodel.cn/api/paas/v4"
    }
  ],
  "tabAutocompleteModel": {
    "title": "GLM-4-Air (Fast)",
    "provider": "openai",
    "model": "glm-4-air",
    "apiKey": "your-glm-api-key",
    "apiBase": "https://open.bigmodel.cn/api/paas/v4"
  }
}

# Reload VS Code and select GLM-4-Plus from Continue's model dropdown