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GLM 5

GLM-5 is Z.ai's flagship open-source foundation model engineered for complex systems design and long-context reasoning, with strong tool use at a budget price.

Context 202.8K·Max out 16.4K

Quickstart

import { streamText } from 'ai';
import { createOpenAICompatible } from '@ai-sdk/openai-compatible';

const blackbox = createOpenAICompatible({
  name: 'blackbox',
  apiKey: process.env.BLACKBOX_API_KEY!,
  baseURL: 'https://api.blackbox.ai/v1',
});

const result = streamText({
  model: blackbox('blackboxai/z-ai/glm-5'),
  prompt: 'Why is the sky blue?',
});

for await (const chunk of result.textStream) {
  process.stdout.write(chunk);
}

Specs & pricing

Input $/M
$0.60
Output $/M
$2.08
Context window
202.8K
Max output
16.4K
Supported parameters
tool-usereasoning

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