Crush

Crush is a powerful AI coding agent for the terminal (CLI + TUI). It supports multiple models to handle code generation, debugging, file operations, and more — all inside your command line.

Step 1: Installing Crush

Select the appropriate installation method based on your system:

Homebrew (Recommended for macOS)
NPM (Cross-Platform)
Arch Linux
Nix

brew install charmbracelet/tap/crush

npm install -g @charmland/crush

yay -S crush-bin

nix run github:numtide/nix-ai-tools#crush

Step 2: Configuring the GLM Model

1. Obtain Your Z.AI API Key

Get your API Key from Personal Coding Plan > Plan Overview (Individual Plan) or Team Coding Plan > My Plan (Team Plan).

2. Launch Crush and Select Model

Run the crush command to start the application:

crush

In the model selection interface, choose the model you want to use.

3. Enter your Z.AI API key

Enter the API Key obtained from Z.AI at the prompt.

Step 3: Modify Crush Configuration

1. Locate the Configuration File

Depending on your OS, the configuration file can be found at:

~/.config/crush/crush.json

%USERPROFILE%\.config\crush\crush.json

2. Switch to the GLM Coding Plan Endpoint

Open the crush.json file and configure it as follows, making sure to replace with your API KEY:

{
  "providers": {
    "zai": {
      "id": "zai",
      "name": "ZAI Provider",
      "base_url": "https://api.z.ai/api/coding/paas/v4",
      "api_key": "your_api_key"
    }
  }
}

Step 4: Complete Configuration and Pick model

Press ctrl+p, choose “Switch Model” After configuration, restart the Crush app and you’re ready to go.

Coding Plan MCP Servers

Refer to the Vision MCP Server , Search MCP Server and Web Reader MCP Server documentation; once configured, you can use them in Crush.

GLM Coding Plan

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Step 1: Installing Crush

Step 2: Configuring the GLM Model

1. Obtain Your Z.AI API Key

2. Launch Crush and Select Model

3. Enter your Z.AI API key

Step 3: Modify Crush Configuration

1. Locate the Configuration File

2. Switch to the GLM Coding Plan Endpoint

Step 4: Complete Configuration and Pick model

Coding Plan MCP Servers

​Step 1: Installing Crush

​Step 2: Configuring the GLM Model

​1. Obtain Your Z.AI API Key

​2. Launch Crush and Select Model

​3. Enter your Z.AI API key

​Step 3: Modify Crush Configuration

​1. Locate the Configuration File

​2. Switch to the GLM Coding Plan Endpoint

​Step 4: Complete Configuration and Pick model

​Coding Plan MCP Servers

Step 1: Installing Crush

Step 2: Configuring the GLM Model

1. Obtain Your Z.AI API Key

2. Launch Crush and Select Model

3. Enter your Z.AI API key

Step 3: Modify Crush Configuration

1. Locate the Configuration File

2. Switch to the GLM Coding Plan Endpoint

Step 4: Complete Configuration and Pick model

Coding Plan MCP Servers