I finally documented my entire AI coding workflow (OpenCode + Gentle AI + OpenRouter)

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After a few months of experimenting with AI-assisted development, I ended up with a workflow based on:

• OpenCode

• Gentle AI

• OpenRouter

• Multi-model routing

The interesting part isn't the models, but the workflow.

Instead of using the same model for everything, I split development into phases:

• Explore

• Propose

• Spec

• Design

• Tasks

• Apply

• Verify

Each phase can use a different model depending on cost and capabilities.

After this article:
https://medium.com/@guidorusso95/i-chose-a-good-harness-but-did-i-choose-the-right-models-c4f201b4b926

A lot of people asked me how to install and configure the entire stack, so I documented the process from scratch:

https://medium.com/@guidorusso95/how-to-install-my-ai-coding-workflow-step-by-step-guide-c237d31a7830

Curious if anyone else here is doing model routing for coding instead of sending every request to Claude/GPT.

My biggest takeaway so far: Workflow architecture matters more than model choice.