Darren Hinde

Building AI agents with OpenCode 💻 | OpenAgents creator (plan-approve-execute-test-review) || YouTube: DarrenBuildsAI | Real frameworks, zero hype

[Darren Hinde @DarrenBuildsAI]

Building an AI agent framework after 14y shipping software taught me:

Most AI agent tutorials show 5-line examples.
Reality? Production agents need:

✅ Plan-approve-execute workflows (humans stay in control)
✅ Automatic testing + code review before deployment
✅ Multi-language support (don't rebuild for each stack)
✅ Real error handling (not glossed over in tutorials)

This is what OpenAgents does.

I'm building it in public on YouTube + open-source.

https://t.co/7udLLkl2OW
https://t.co/f1viG8VkMN

[Darren Hinde @DarrenBuildsAI]

Things are changing so fast and one thing I have noticed is personality and capability is being weighed more than ever before.

You need the right people and mindset around you to adapt quickly and learn from each other.

Credentials open the door but no longer seal the deal.

Work on communication and how to show case how you are constantly learning to stay head of the curve.

Be willing to adapt and you will thrive.

[Darren Hinde @DarrenBuildsAI]

AI music has come such a far way in the last year.
We are moving into an era where you can create content easier than before.

I am using this to curate my music, with words that appeal to me. The effect is amazing.

[Darren Hinde @DarrenBuildsAI]

This is big, this actually makes zen GO viable for companies to use now.

[OpenCode @opencode]

we’ve signed Zero Data Retention agreements with all providers for Go

all models now follow a zero-retention policy

your data is not used for training

[Darren Hinde @DarrenBuildsAI]

Will definitely be giving this a go!

[dax @thdxr]

james has achieved distributed opencode

agents can run on your laptop, on a remote server, in a cloud sandbox provider

shut your laptop and things keep running

open it back up and all the data syncs

delete the sandbox nothing is lost

[Darren Hinde @DarrenBuildsAI]

Surprised it took this long.
We saw what happened with OpenClaw.

We live in a time where models will constantly change.
Finding the ecosystem that serves your purpose is more important than being relevant on one model.

[dax @thdxr]

opencode 1.3.0 will no longer autoload the claude max plugin

we did our best to convince anthropic to support developer choice but they sent lawyers

it's your right to access services however you wish but it is also their right to block whoever they want

we can't maintain an official plugin so it's been removed from github and marked deprecated on npm

appreciate our partners at openai, github and gitlab who are going the other direction and supporting developer freedom

[OpenCode @opencode]

NVIDIA's new open source model is now free on OpenCode Zen

Nemotron 3 Super is a mid sized model that is
- fast
- fully open source
- 1M context

[PlanetScale @PlanetScale]

We're excited to announce @DrizzleORM is joining PlanetScale!

https://t.co/gkWiIxL296

[Darren Hinde @DarrenBuildsAI]

@pepehaider I would primarily use it for specific tasks for subagents and can be used as an orchestration agent for simpler tasks.

[Darren Hinde @DarrenBuildsAI]

A great model to build with. Definitely give it a shot while it’s free.

[dax @thdxr]

GLM5 is free in opencode for this week

[Darren Hinde @DarrenBuildsAI]

I am starting to realise how big the gap is between the people who know how to code with AI and those who don’t.

Most people are just using vibe coding like method of coding which is why I can understand the frustration due to this approach.

[Darren Hinde @DarrenBuildsAI]

It’s easy when times get busy to “skip” on the things that keep you going. Don’t sacrifice your health, as “you don’t have time.” By skipping it actually reduces your overall energy n actually decreases your available time.

Stay healthy and work hard in blocks!

[Darren Hinde @DarrenBuildsAI]

Been working on understanding different teams requirements and I am noticing many people want to use the same standards but different tools.

For the next release we will be moving to a beta version of managing agent systems between tools for teams.

[dax @thdxr]

we've improved our traffic routing for kimi k2.5 (paid version) on zen so it should now be absurdly fast

might hit rate limits here as we scale up but this feels like something different

[Darren Hinde @DarrenBuildsAI]

Huge update, we are rolling out support for ClaudeCode, Cursor and Windsurf for OpenAgentsControl.

More information how this all works to come in a bit!

[Darren Hinde @DarrenBuildsAI]

Personally I haven’t used openspec but the fundamental issue I have with a lot of planning tools like this and spec kit is the AI over engineers tasks & projects and is very verbose. Which too me is too much context.

I will definitely look into this for some insights as i still got a lot of room to improve on the task management.

others also want spec kit so will look at making task management configurable so everyone can use which tool they prefer.

[Darren Hinde @DarrenBuildsAI]

Simple features like this make the experience so much smoother.

[dax @thdxr]

opencode's minimal mode will be radically simple

we already have a full tui so don't need to get fancy - instead it'll feel like ai is just driving your shell

this avoids the glitches you see in agents stuck in the awkward middle

we started by refreshing opencode run

[Darren Hinde @DarrenBuildsAI]

Been super impressed with Kimi 2.5 but not just for coding. The way it can handle multiple tool calls at once has really opened a lot of possibilities.

[OpenCode @opencode]

adding another free model - arcee trinity large

this is the first american open-source model we're offering

it's a solid base model so we're expecting future iterations to be quite competitive

[Darren Hinde @DarrenBuildsAI]

We entering an era where anyone can prompt and build anything. The leverage comes from knowing how to effectively build the right thing with the right reasons.
Don’t off load all your thinking to ai but allow it to do the grunt work for you.

[Darren Hinde @DarrenBuildsAI]

@ThePrimeagen @grok Drunk dial?
Sounds like a drunk dial to an ex.