Configuring thinking-effort switching after hooking the GOAT plan up to opencode

The previous post on the goat setup missed one piece: models like deepseek-v4-flash couldn't pick a thinking depth in /models. Digging in, it turned out the GOAT plan does support it — the problem was that the hand-written models in the custom provider were missing a reasoning capability declaration, so opencode's variant generation logic stopped them at the door. In the end I added reasoning:true to every model under goat and goat-zdr, and testing showed no side effects.

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Paseo Solarized Light theme plugin: low contrast and easy on the eyes, installed from GitHub with a single command

I built a Solarized Light eye-friendly theme plugin for Paseo, implemented with the official addTheme plugin API — no need to modify any Paseo files, and nothing is lost on upgrade. Since Paseo 0.7.0, plugins can be installed straight from GitHub with a single command.

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Wiring the CommandCode goat plan into opencode: two-step setup + a zdr custom request header

I bought CommandCode's goat plan and wanted to use it as my main plan in opencode. The whole integration takes just two steps: first /connect to save the API key, then declare the provider in opencode.json. The goat plan requires an x-cmd-zdr: 1 header on every request, and testing confirmed you can add that in the config too.

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OpenCode Go plan usage estimate: see all models on one page

OpenCode Go's monthly quota is spread across several tables, and the official "5-hour quota" chart doesn't list all the models either. So I built a chart page that automatically scrapes the official pricing table, calculates the monthly available request count for each model using the same methodology as the official one, and plots it — hover for details.

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Integrating OpenViking to unify OpenCode and Hermes memory

I hand OpenCode all kinds of tasks piecemeal throughout the day, and at night I want to say one sentence and have it wrap up with a review and summary. But before, OpenCode's memory and Hermes's memory were each stored separately, with no way to unify them. I installed OpenViking with uv, hit two pitfalls (httpx[socks], the mcp 2.0 breaking upgrade), and finally linked up OpenCode's and Hermes's memory to get fully automatic archiving and review.

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Paseo, the killer tool that connects multiple coding agents

Paseo is genuinely great — lately I've been using it with OpenCode every day to write code and articles.

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Fixing coreaudiod eating up to 45G of memory

The coreaudiod process was using 45G of memory. Digging into it, the leak came from a Claude Code hook playing sound effects. Fixed it by uninstalling PeonPing and switching to Ghostty's native terminal sound effects instead.

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From Lobster to Hermes

Hermes has these advantages over Lobster: model errors get output to the console. The gateway has logs you can check, and crucially, I know where to look. The docs are thorough — no Chinese translation, sure, but they're complete; you can find clear documentation for any issue or command. Each agent has its own separate profile config and gateway, so combinations are more flexible, and the backend can be local or remote. It runs on Docker, so it's use-and-go, with automatic directory mounting. It comes with factory settings that are beginner-friendly — you can get it running smoothly without much configuration. Its built-in security mechanisms are just enough to run basic functionality; unlike Lobster, where you can't use it unless you crank permissions to the max, and maxing them out is unsafe. The difference in how much users have to understand just to get started is night and day. Memory operations are fast, and actions show up in the chat. You can clearly see exactly what she has remembered.

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Getting Claude Code to talk: this sound-effect plugin turned my coding sessions into a game

Honestly, writing code with Claude Code is already a blast, but there's one pain point that's been nagging me — I have to keep my eyes glued to the terminal at all times.

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OpenClaw Browser configuration guide

OpenClaw Browser supports three modes: openclaw-managed (standalone instance), remote (remote CDP), existing-session (takes over the user's Chrome); grant the agent tool permissions via alsoAllow: [browser]

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