How to Build Production-Ready Agentic Systems with Z.AI GLM-5 Using Thinking Mode, Tool Calling, Streaming, and Multi-Turn Workflows
In this tutorial, we explore the full capabilities of Z.AI’s GLM-5 model and build a complete understanding of how to use it for real-world, agentic applications. We start from the fundamentals by setting up the environment using the Z.AI SDK and its OpenAI-compatible interface, and then progressively move on to advanced features such as streaming responses, thinking mode for deeper reasoning, and multi-turn conversations. As we continue, we integrate function calling, structured outputs, and eventually construct a fully functional multi-tool agent powered by GLM-5. Also, we understand each capability in isolation, and also how Z.AI’s ecosystem enables us to build scalable, production-ready AI systems. Copy Code Copied Use a different Browser !pip install -q zai-sdk openai rich import os import json import time from datetime import datetime from typing import Optional import getpass API_KEY = os.environ.get("ZAI_API_KEY") if not API_KEY: API_KEY = getpass...