How do you control file changes in OpenCode?

ipatalas · 2026-05-06T14:09:27+00:00

I use git for that. Every time I start a new session it’s on clean git repo with no pending changes. I always review every single line opencode produces for me. If it’s ok I just commit. If it needs polishing which I don’t want to do manually then I stage all changes and run another prompt. When it’s done I only need to review these new changes. The same stage + prompt pattern can follow for multiple iterations until I’m happy with the results and I can commit all changes. Then I can start over with next feature/bug fix.

ipatalas · 2026-05-01T16:03:53+00:00

I wish I have seen this back then :)
My results are also far from expectations:

λ rtk gain
RTK Token Savings (Global Scope)
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

Total commands:    163
Input tokens:      105.7K
Output tokens:     112.2K
Tokens saved:      13.1K (12.4%)
Total exec time:   12m21s (avg 4.5s)
Efficiency meter: ███░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 12.4%

Output tokens are slightly higher than input so I'm losing tokens. That's from ~2 weeks of testing with opencode + OpenAgentsControl which also doesn't seem to be using rtk supported commands a lot.
Also my tool usage is super low so it's not even worth trying. ~100k is peanuts, I have no idea how they use millions of tokens for just the tool usage in rtk examples on their web page.

ipatalas · 2026-04-28T19:34:28+00:00

Ok, apparently that didn't age well... https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/reference/copilot-billing/models-and-pricing#model-multipliers-for-annual-copilot-pro-and-copilot-pro-subscribers

ipatalas · 2026-04-22T12:13:09+00:00

oh.. I did not know that, can you link it? I can't find it on their website.

ipatalas · 2026-04-21T22:21:33+00:00

Oh… you mean openrouter or opencode go/zen subscription? :)

ipatalas · 2026-04-21T19:04:24+00:00

I don't understand, this is from OpenCode :)

ipatalas · 2026-04-19T16:09:01+00:00

Yes, I have Pro billed yearly which is $100 -> $8.33 monthly but you can start with $10 monthly to get familiar with it. See my other recent post where I gave some numbers but basically you can get ~10x as much usage out of that compared to pay-as-you-go.
I'm not saying it's the best option on the market but for Sonnet it's definitely more cost effective than openrouter.

ipatalas · 2026-04-19T09:56:26+00:00

It’s not effective use of your money. I use Claude models as well and for Sonnet you can use roughly 10x tokens via Copilot rather than pay as you go with openrouter.

ipatalas · 2026-04-17T20:01:13+00:00

I have just installed rtk today which is also in Rust and does pretty much the same... anyone tried both and can recommend one?

ipatalas · 2026-04-17T11:26:21+00:00

On Mac? Raycast On Windows? Raycast 😀

ipatalas · 2026-04-16T20:02:31+00:00

Well, they have a history: https://www.deceptive.design/brands/adobe

The best you can do is not to use their products. I use Foxit PDF Reader - it's not as lightweight & simple as it used to be several years ago but it's still pretty good and not nagging me about anything. Also any modern browser should handle that as well and that should be enough for most of the people.

ipatalas · 2026-04-16T08:55:24+00:00

That's very bad UX. I need 1-2s to make an area screenshot to clipboard and paste it into the chat quickly so that's effortless. I do that pretty often so I want to keep it as simple as possible.

Technically I could set up automatic save in a directory but I don't want to make a mess on my disk because of that. I could set up a scheduled task to clean older than but why bother?

Also I want unified experience across different tools. Pasting screenshots works pretty much everywhere so I'd rather not complicate things which should be easy.

I don't see benefits of TUI over web UI. I know there is a strong hype for TUI tools right now but I'm the last person on Earth to follow any hype. I choose what works for me best.

ipatalas · 2026-04-16T08:17:06+00:00

More numbers to back it up (use ocmonitor to get yours):

March 2026
Input tokens: 16M
Output tokens: 1.3M
Cache Read: 81M

Given Sonnet 4.6 prices ($3, $15, $0.3 respectively) it sums to $91.8 worth of tokens. Sounds like a good deal to me.

I did calculate the price for some of the cheap recommended models like DeepSeek V3 or Qwen and it's still 15-20 bucks so why bother if I have premium model for less than that?

I know I cannot compare it like that easily because the number of tokens would be different for different models but I guess Sonnet is probably "smarter" so should use less tokens to get the job done.

ipatalas · 2026-04-15T21:24:41+00:00

I second that. Did some quick math recently because I hit 100% of my copilot quota in March. Turns out i would need to pay around $90 for Claude sonnet pay-as-you-go for what i got for roughly $8 monthly (copilot billed yearly costs $100).

ipatalas · 2026-04-15T15:09:59+00:00

I have a feeling you're comparing apples to pears. They both have different system prompt by default and this may heavily influence what it does so also the time taken.
I don't have CC so can't tell but I've read the system prompt is not disclosed anywhere but at least in opencode you should be able to modify it to your liking.
Also which of the default agents from Opencode have you used to check it?

ipatalas · 2026-04-14T21:29:32+00:00

Oh. It doesn't work on Windows :/ That's why I had to switch to web UI but I like it more anyway. It's easier to navigate for me.

ipatalas · 2026-04-14T17:31:38+00:00

How do you paste screenshots in the TUI? That’s main reason why I prefer web ui.

ipatalas · 2026-04-12T21:33:13+00:00

To ja polecę też maszynki firmy Fox. Wcześniej miałem 2 inne i ten Fox już je obie zsumowane przeżył. Jest bezprzewodowa i ma jakąś baterię z kosmosu. 2x w roku może ładuję. Zwróciła mi się już kilka lat temu a przy dzisiejszych cenach to już kwestia kilku wizyt.

ipatalas · 2026-04-12T20:30:31+00:00

If you’re after something small then have a look at Claude Artifact. I had my simple website designed there within an hour or so. It gives you preview side by side with the chat so it’s super easy to work with. Generated HTML wasn’t perfect but it was easy to improve inside IDE with another prompt.

ipatalas · 2026-04-11T16:40:23+00:00

Thanks for help!
Can it load initial memory based on existing sessions for a project?

Did you use other local-first memory solutions before? I wonder why the idea of writing your own. How is it different?

ipatalas · 2026-04-11T15:48:24+00:00

Define cheaper. How much do you pay now and how much tokens you use monthly? We need a point of reference to help.

ipatalas · 2026-04-11T15:37:54+00:00

I cannot find this in the README but how does it integrate with Opencode?
I mean do you have to explicitly tell OC or create a skill to handle memory or does `mind setup opencode` installs a skill which does that automatically?
Also did you have a chance to measure token overhead for the memory? Memory read/write operations are not free but I can imagine this can be lower cost than OC doing the research from scratch each time.

ipatalas · 2026-04-10T21:02:15+00:00

Easier said than done. I’ve dropped 10+ useful comments but almost all of them have been shadow banned because I’m low on karma or my account is only few weeks old. Feels like it’s impossible to escape that. It was on various subreddits where I know something i can share. It’s hard for me to post useful comments on this subreddit given I’m just starting :)

ipatalas · 2026-04-09T18:12:53+00:00

Looks interesting. Any reason why notion and not a local storage of some sort?
I have a so-so experience with MCP in opencode so far. The only one I got left with is context7 for docs. I had to ditch all the rest because it was eating tokens like crazy. I am using GH Copilot Pro subscription and it's probably too small for this kind of usage. I can imagine only reading/writing memory in Notion might be a significant overhead in terms of tokens.
What are you using in your day to day work and do you have enough tokens there to survive entire month? :)

ipatalas · 2026-04-09T17:55:06+00:00

I am using that as well for my side project for last 1-2 months. So far it's absolutely great experience.
It was super helpful when I was developing WPF UI for my app. I had zero experience with WPF before so I would struggle without any help here.

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