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Riley Brown
AI Agents Just Changed Forever: GLM 5.2, Codex Skills, Claude & Cursor
⏱ 22 min video · 3 min read30 Jun 2026Worth watching
TL;DR
Riley Brown covers four major AI agent news items from mid-June 2026: the release of GLM-5.2 (a cheap, high-performing open-source model from Z.ai), Codex's new screen-record-to-skill feature, SpaceX's $60B acquisition of Cursor, and Claude's design mode and artifact updates. The video also includes a step-by-step guide to adding GLM-5.2 inside Cursor via OpenRouter.
Key points
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GLM-5.2 by Z.ai is a new open-source model that Riley claims passes the real-world vibe check, is roughly 5-6x cheaper than GPT-5.5, and performs comparably to Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5 in practical tests.
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You can add GLM-5.2 to Cursor in 3-5 minutes using OpenRouter: enable custom API key in Cursor settings, override the base URL with OpenRouter's endpoint, then add z-ai/glm-5.2 as a custom model.
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Codex introduced a 'record and replay' feature that lets you screen-record up to 30 minutes of a workflow, which Codex then converts into a reusable slash-command skill for computer use tasks.
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SpaceX acquired Cursor for $60 billion, giving Cursor access to near-unlimited compute, capital, and Twitter/X distribution — Riley expects Cursor to close the gap on Codex and Claude Code and potentially become a general-purpose AI super app.
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Claude added direct canvas editing and cross-tool export (to Lovable, Vercel, Replit, etc.) in design mode, and Claude Code can now generate shareable artifact mini-apps with unique links.
Actionable insights
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Add GLM-5.2 to Cursor via OpenRouter by overriding the OpenAI base URL with OpenRouter's endpoint and adding z-ai/glm-5.2 as a custom model — takes under 5 minutes and gives you a frontier-quality model at a fraction of the cost.
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Use Codex's record-and-replay feature to teach the agent browser-based workflows by screen recording them, then invoke the saved skill with a slash command — no manual prompting required each time.
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Watch the Cursor acquisition closely: with SpaceX's compute and capital behind it, Cursor's $20/month and $200/month plans may become significantly better value and could evolve into a general agent super app beyond coding.
Notable quotes
“I literally wasn't smart enough to even come up with an idea for a thing that Fable wasn't truly capable of.”
“Normally, when a new open model comes out, usually there are benchmarks released — they don't actually tell the whole story. But this was not one of those times.”
“I've been saying we've been in the super app era for 100 days, Logan. Choose your challenger.”
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Watch if you want the live Cursor setup walkthrough or to see the Codex record-and-replay demo in action — all the key facts and steps are captured here, so you can skip the video if you just need the information.
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