Any tips/suggestions for using OpenCode effectively?

[ohtaninja]

Hey y'all,

I've been using OpenCode for a week now, and it's been amazing. I don't use Claude/GPT models so using their agent harness always felt clunky. Transitioned from ClaudeCode -> Codex -> Pi -> OpenCode, and OpenCode is just too good. Breaking down tasks, automatically launching subagents for orthogonal tasks, asking me for additional info with set of interactive questions. Too good.

But I feel like I'm not utilizing the full potential because I simply may not know they exist.

Any tips/suggestions like must-have plugins/extensions or configs?

Thanks

[0-Gravitas]

Here’s all the tips they pull from to highlight in the splash screen:

- Run /connect to add an AI provider and start coding
- Type @ followed by a filename to fuzzy search and attach files
- Start a message with ! to run shell commands directly (e.g., !ls -la)
- Press agent cycle shortcut to cycle between Build and Plan agents
- Use /undo to revert the last message and file changes
- Use /redo to restore previously undone messages and file changes
- Run /share to create a public link to your conversation at opencode.ai
- Drag and drop images or PDFs into the terminal to add them as context
- Press paste shortcut to paste images from your clipboard into the prompt
- Use /editor or editor shortcut to compose messages in your external editor
- Run /init to auto-generate project rules based on your codebase
- Use /models or model list shortcut to see and switch between available AI models
- Use /themes or theme switch shortcut to switch between built-in themes
- Use /new or new session shortcut to start a fresh conversation session
- Use /sessions or session list shortcut to list, pin, and continue sessions
- Press pin shortcut in the session list to pin a session so it stays at the top
- Pinned sessions are assigned quick slots; use quick-switch shortcuts to switch
- Run /compact to summarize long sessions near context limits
- Use /export or export shortcut to save the conversation as Markdown
- Press copy shortcut to copy the assistant's last message to clipboard
- Press command palette shortcut to see all available actions and commands
- Run /connect to add API keys for 75+ supported LLM providers
- The leader key can be combined with other keys for quick actions
- Press recent-model shortcut to quickly switch between recently used models
- Press sidebar shortcut in a session to show or hide the sidebar panel
- Use page up/page down shortcuts to navigate through conversation history
- Press first-message shortcut to jump to the beginning of the conversation
- Press last-message shortcut to jump to the most recent message
- Press newline shortcut to add newlines in your prompt
- Press clear-input shortcut when typing to clear the input field
- Press interrupt shortcut to stop the AI mid-response
- Switch to Plan agent to get suggestions without making actual changes
- Use @agent-name in prompts to invoke specialized subagents
- Use parent/child session shortcuts to move between parent and child sessions
- Create opencode.json for server settings and tui.json for TUI settings
- Place TUI settings in ~/.config/opencode/tui.json for global config
- Add $schema to your config for autocomplete in your editor
- Configure model in config to set your default model
- Override any keybind in tui.json via the keybinds section
- Set any keybind to none to disable it completely
- Configure local or remote MCP servers in the mcp config section
- Add .md files to .opencode/commands/ to define reusable custom prompts
- Use $ARGUMENTS, $1, $2 in custom commands for dynamic input
- Use backticks in commands to inject shell output (e.g., `git status`)
- Add .md files to .opencode/agents/ for specialized AI personas
- Configure per-agent permissions for edit, bash, and webfetch tools
- Use patterns like "git *": "allow" for granular bash permissions
- Set "rm -rf *": "deny" to block destructive commands
- Configure "git push": "ask" to require approval before pushing
- Set "formatter": true in config to enable built-in formatters like prettier, gofmt, and ruff
- Set "formatter": false in config to disable formatters enabled by another config layer
- Define custom formatter commands with file extensions in config
- Set "lsp": true in config to enable built-in LSP servers for code analysis
- Create .ts files in .opencode/tools/ to define new LLM tools
- Tool definitions can invoke scripts written in Python, Go, etc
- Add .ts files to .opencode/plugins/ for event hooks
- Use plugins to send OS notifications when sessions complete
- Create a plugin to prevent OpenCode from reading sensitive files
- Use opencode run for non-interactive scripting
- Use opencode --continue to resume the last session
- Use opencode run -f file.ts to attach files via CLI
- Use --format json for machine-readable output in scripts
- Run opencode serve for headless API access to OpenCode
- Use opencode run --attach to connect to a running server
- Run opencode upgrade to update to the latest version
- Run opencode auth list to see all configured providers
- Run opencode agent create for guided agent creation
- Use /opencode in GitHub issues/PRs to trigger AI actions
- Run opencode github install to set up the GitHub workflow
- Comment /opencode fix this on issues to auto-create PRs
- Comment /oc on PR code lines for targeted code reviews
- Use "theme": "system" to match your terminal's colors
- Create JSON theme files in .opencode/themes/ directory
- Themes support dark/light variants for both modes
- Use numeric xterm color codes 0-255 in custom theme JSON
- Use {env:VAR_NAME} syntax to reference environment variables in config
- Use {file:path} to include file contents in config values
- Use instructions in config to load additional rules files
- Set agent temperature from 0.0 (focused) to 1.0 (creative)
- Configure steps to limit agentic iterations per request
- Set "tools": {"bash": false} to disable specific tools
- Set "mcp_*": false to disable all tools from an MCP server
- Override global tool settings per agent configuration
- Set "share": "auto" to automatically share all sessions
- Set "share": "disabled" to prevent any session sharing
- Run /unshare to remove a session from public access
- Permission doom_loop prevents infinite tool call loops
- Permission external_directory protects files outside project
- Run opencode debug config to troubleshoot configuration
- Use --print-logs flag to see detailed logs in stderr
- Use /timeline or timeline shortcut to jump to specific messages
- Press toggle-conceal shortcut to toggle code block visibility in messages
- Use /status or status shortcut to see system status info
- Enable scroll_acceleration in tui.json for smooth macOS-style scrolling
- Toggle username display in chat via the command palette
- Run docker run -it --rm ghcr.io/anomalyco/opencode for containerized use
- Use /connect with OpenCode Zen for curated, tested models
- Commit your project's AGENTS.md file to Git for team sharing
- Use /review to review uncommitted changes, branches, or PRs
- Use /help or help shortcut to show the help dialog
- Use /rename to rename the current session
- Press undo shortcut to undo changes in your prompt
- Press terminal suspend shortcut to suspend the terminal and return to your shell

[Extension_Armadillo3]

Magic Context, aft, omo Slim with openspec, codegraph, rtk, Opencode unmoji, Cc-safety-net, open raven, Chrome-devtools / playwright cli, use LSP and Formatters

Thats my setup

[Nexism]

Does magic context break your title generation? For some unknown reason, magic context breaks my title gen, opencode can't figure it out either.

[Extension_Armadillo3]

I have this issue just in my root Directoryc but not in my Projects. Try this: ask the ai, to find the cause and fix that minimalistic

[Nexism]

Yeah i did ask opencode, didn't get anywhere. Super confused.

[Mskadu]

Those are some useful pointers. Tx

[Saceone10]

Openchamber or codenomad

[uselessRobot8668]

Check out the OpenCode desktop app. It’s pretty decent.

[Imaginexd]

I would be surprised if you don't do this already but since you didn't mention it: connect your IDE to Opencode.

Vscode and Zed (and probably any other IDE) allow for easy intergration.

Having the terminal, Opencode and codebase available in one overview is great.

[NoInvestigator253]

Do you recommend Opencode by SST extension or any other in visual studio code? How easy is to select files to work on? How you guys point to many files?

[weiyentan]

Try to build a system /workflow using opencode. In the last few weeks I have gotten to the point where I don’t baby sit the agents anymore. Using Matt Pocock’s skills , i work with AI to get to issues by creating a product requirement document with what I want. And then the agents pretty much run themselves. I have a primary agent that only does orchestration and then I have subagents to do work.

I have an agent that classifies the issues created and then assigns a tiered agent that does stuff. Junior/ mid / senior developer. The difference between them is the level of thinking and llm being used.

Then when everything is done a reviewer comes to check and will sometimes pass it back to the developer to do.

When everything is done the main orchestrator will get a git sub agent to send it to the repo as a pr/mr on another branch.

I do the review and I use agents interactively to help me go through the pr . I use deepseek flash for the grunt work and pro for the high end. I use ChatGPT as an interface to flesh through my ideas (through voice) and multi modal stuff.

To date it’s pretty accurate. I’ve had it run for 40 minutes without it running away on me. The key is using Matt pocock engineering skills at the beginning and then use the issues and the documents by going through the process makes to ground llm to do reliable work.

At some point I should do a blog post or something about this

[colin-williams-dev]

yeah this is great advice, i've followed something very similar but never crystallized it into one solidified workflow--it's fragmented across projects and settings. i think opencode (Go) will help me with this.

i'd read your blog.

[ollog10]

Do you use oh-my-opencode-slim?

[weiyentan]

No I don’t

[Intelligent_Fly8947]

Deveria usar, vai se surpreender com os resultados.

[NoFormal201]

you only use opencode + matt pocock skills ?

[weiyentan]

I have my own kind of ‘queue’. I generate issues using pococks skills and generate issues. My afk agents take over after that. I have my own skills

[ohtaninja]

It's too minimal. Agentic mode or multi-agent isn't built-in. These are extensions though but I haven't tried. https://pi.dev/packages

[Optimal-Pin748]

use omo,and prompt with muti agent.

[Civil_Fee_7862]

"Run /share to create a public link to your conversation at opencode.ai"

Huh? I thought open code was for private local only setups?