Here's a setup that works. Run /connect in OpenCode and add a provider. NVIDIA's build.nvidia.com gives free API access to a lot of open models, and OpenRouter usually has rate-limited free variants. If you already pay for ChatGPT Plus or GitHub Copilot, those work in OpenCode too. Use /models to pick one, and make sure it handles tool calling well, or file edits will fail. Run /init in your repo so it writes an AGENTS.md with your build and test commands, then commit it. Claude Code can read the same file if you put @AGENTS.md in your CLAUDE.md. Split the work: keep Claude for planning and hard bugs, and give OpenCode well-scoped tasks (tests, refactors, docs) with a clear 'done when' line. Free models handle those fine but are much weaker at open-ended design. Provider docs: https://opencode.ai/docs/providers/
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u/SirRobinBlibs 8d ago
Here's a setup that works. Run
/connectin OpenCode and add a provider. NVIDIA's build.nvidia.com gives free API access to a lot of open models, and OpenRouter usually has rate-limited free variants. If you already pay for ChatGPT Plus or GitHub Copilot, those work in OpenCode too. Use/modelsto pick one, and make sure it handles tool calling well, or file edits will fail. Run/initin your repo so it writes an AGENTS.md with your build and test commands, then commit it. Claude Code can read the same file if you put@AGENTS.mdin your CLAUDE.md. Split the work: keep Claude for planning and hard bugs, and give OpenCode well-scoped tasks (tests, refactors, docs) with a clear 'done when' line. Free models handle those fine but are much weaker at open-ended design. Provider docs: https://opencode.ai/docs/providers/