LakeDrops Drupal Consulting, Development and Hosting: Why I Use OpenCode as My AI Harness

Why I Use OpenCode as My AI Harness Jürgen Haas Wed 5 Aug 2026 - 18:30 This article explains why I use OpenCode as the stable local harness around replaceable remote AI models. The core distinction is simple: my agents, permissions, skills, and workflow should remain mine, while model providers such as Anthropic , OpenAI , OpenRouter , or Z.ai stay external and swappable. I also describe why one-time configuration matters in practice: the same setup can be reused in the OpenCode terminal, CodeNomad , IntelliJ IDEA , PhpStorm , Zed , and Buzz through ACP .