ZAI()

GLM models direct from Z.AI, with your own API key. Costs go direct to the vendor at their rates — no markup, nothing on your Axon balance.

export default defineProfile({
    providers: [ZAI()],
})

Serves z-ai/*.

Credentials

Set the environment variable, or pass key on the declaration:

ZAI_API_KEY=...

providers: [ZAI({ key: process.env.MY_OWN_VAR })]

Unlike OpenRouter() and Codex(), direct providers are not vaulted yet: the credential comes from the agent's environment. A deployed agent needs it set as a runtime secret, or should use a vaulted route instead.

Declaring this provider without the variable set is not an error. The failure comes when something tries to use it, and names the variable you need.

Options

ZAI(options?: ProviderOptions)

Model ids

Bare GLM slugs:

export default defineAgent({ model: "zai:glm-5.3" })

Note the canonical vendor prefix is z-ai while the provider name is zai — the translation is automatic.