GLM 5.2 in Claude Code is Blowing My Mind

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I switched Claude Code over to GLM 5.2 and ran it all day. It's a 756 billion parameter open source model you can route straight into the Claude Code harness for about five times cheaper than Opus, and for most of my knowledge work it held up fine.

In this one I show you what it can build, where it beats Opus and where it doesn't, and exactly how to set it up so you can switch between models per project.

Here's the config I use. Drop this into your .claude/settings.local.json and swap in your own Z.ai key:

"env": {
"ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL": "https://api.z.ai/api/anthropic",
"ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN": "your-z-ai-api-key-here",
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "",
"API_TIMEOUT_MS": "3000000",
"ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_OPUS_MODEL": "glm-5.2",
"ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_SONNET_MODEL": "glm-5.2",
"ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_HAIKU_MODEL": "glm-5.2",
"ANTHROPIC_SMALL_FAST_MODEL": "glm-5.2",
"CLAUDE_CODE_SUBAGENT_MODEL": "glm-5.2"
}

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:56 What GLM 5.2 Can Do
2:40 When You Actually Need Opus
3:39 Creative One-Shot Builds
5:21 Storm Research With GLM
7:36 Why Open Source Matters
8:21 Benchmarks And Pricing
9:19 Renting vs Owning Your Model
10:33 How To Set It Up
14:48 Final Thoughts

Видео GLM 5.2 in Claude Code is Blowing My Mind канала Nate Herk | AI Automation