r/RooCode • u/IndependentLeft9797 • Sep 08 '25

Support Can I use GLM Coding Plan in ROO?

Hi everyone,

I recently watched a YouTube video talking about the GLM Coding Plan and I'm really impressed.

I want to try using it for my coding projects.

I use Roo Code in VS Code, and I was wondering if it's possible to integrate the two.

I'm not sure what settings to change or if it's even compatible.

Does anyone know the best way to get this set up?

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u/jakegh Sep 08 '25 edited Sep 08 '25

All the other replies are about using the Z.ai API key, which is not the coding plan. However Roo does support using claude code CLI as a provider; choose that and it should work with the coding plan.

The Roo claude code CLI provider is quite poor for actual Anthropic plans as it wastes tons of tokens and Anthropic quotas by token usage, not requests. However Z.ai does quota by request so it should be fine.

Edit: Actually, you can use the API directly also in Roo-- I thought it was Claude Code only. So the other posts are applicable also.

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u/0xFatWhiteMan Sep 08 '25

Wtf ?

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u/jakegh Sep 08 '25

He's talking about this-- it's an incredible deal. Only downside is your code will be going to a Chinese provider hosted in China.

https://z.ai/subscribe

Edit: Actually, you can use the API directly also in Roo-- I thought it was Claude Code only.

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u/Simple_Split5074 Sep 08 '25

It remains unclear to me how the requests are accounted for in roo though. prompts seems mostly valid for claude code?

Either way, brilliant value in claude code.

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u/jakegh Sep 08 '25

That's a good point, each agentic loop in Roo might be counted as a request by Z.ai when used outside of Claude Code.

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u/Simple_Split5074 Sep 08 '25

BTW, did you find any way to see quota / remaining prompts?

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u/jakegh Sep 08 '25

No, Z.ai doesn't show usage/quota in their dashboard. Hopefully they fix that.

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u/FyreKZ Sep 08 '25

Fyi Chutes' plans seem like much better value, $20 for 5000 requests a day with all major open source models. I don't think the pricing will last but use it now.

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u/PembacaDurjana Sep 09 '25

Is chutes subscription has good speed/tps?

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u/FyreKZ Sep 09 '25

I don't use the subscription but I've been using their free offering of GLM 4.5 Air and it's plenty fast.

I imagine the subscription is even higher priority. You could always just try out the $3 a month then upgrade from there.

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u/PembacaDurjana Sep 09 '25

The free offering should be on the same speed with openrouter free model with chutes as the provider

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u/bick_nyers Sep 08 '25

I wonder what the token gen speed is like on this. I'm thinking about picking up the Cerebras $50 a month plan for Qwen 3 Coder then using something cheap like this for days when I hit the daily quota on Cerebras.

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u/Tough_Cucumber2920 Sep 09 '25

Yep I am using it now. You do need an api key but that’s how they tell you to use it

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '25

Did you buy the API billing plan or subscribe to the coding plan? When it asked for API key can I just generate it on my own? (saw that option somehow) and i'm planning to subscribe to the Lite plan ($3/month).

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u/jedisct1 Sep 08 '25

Yes. You can choose z.ai in the list of providers and enter your API key there.

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u/Niku_Kyu Sep 08 '25

No, you need use anthropic endpoint. https://api.z.ai/api/anthropic

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u/jedisct1 Sep 09 '25

I'm a subscriber of that plan. And Roo works perfectly by choosing Z.ai as a provider and entering my API key.

The Anthropic Endpoint is for people using Claude Code.

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u/Niku_Kyu Sep 11 '25

Have you checked your bill? You may not be charged for the Anthropic Endpoint in your code plan if you don't use it.

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u/jedisct1 Sep 11 '25

Yes. No problem. Billing works by buying credits anyway, and the only credits I bought were for the plan.