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By theme — the product's score on each story themeBy theme

Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticnessevidence →

How well agents can access and operate the product

58.6/100

Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depthevidence →

How much of the product can run unattended

17.3/100

Autonomy agents — stories about autonomy agents in this arenaAutonomy agentsevidence →

Stories about autonomy agents in this arena

21.5/100

Code generation — quality of generated code — correctness, style, fit to the codebaseCode generationevidence →

Quality of generated code — correctness, style, fit to the codebase

43.6/100

Codebase understanding — how deeply the tool maps your repo — cross-file context, architecture awareness, historyCodebase understandingevidence →

How deeply the tool maps your repo — cross-file context, architecture awareness, history

31.1/100

Ecosystem — integrations, plugins, and third-party ecosystem storiesEcosystemevidence →

Integrations, plugins, and third-party ecosystem stories

31.0/100

Ide terminal integration — meeting you in the IDE and terminal — extensions, inline flows, contextIde terminal integrationevidence →

Meeting you in the IDE and terminal — extensions, inline flows, context

64.1/100

Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpennessevidence →

Open source, data portability, and self-hosting stories

45.2/100

Pricing limits — free-tier ceilings, usage caps, and rate limits before you have to payPricing limitsevidence →

Free-tier ceilings, usage caps, and rate limits before you have to pay

64.2/100

Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy postureevidence →

Data-handling and privacy stories

1.3/100

Review safety — keeping generated changes safe — diffs, approvals, guardrailsReview safetyevidence →

Keeping generated changes safe — diffs, approvals, guardrails

24.2/100

Story verdicts — every judged story with its evidenceStory verdicts

What’s free: 9 free · 1 paid · 1 enterprise · 38 not stated in evidence

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Sorted by importance (agentic first) (high → low) · 74/74 stories · click a row’s chevron for the rationale and evidence

Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the product G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3fullfree9/10X

Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their tools G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3full9/10C

Drive the product through a documented public API G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3full8/10T

Connect an agent via an official MCP server G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3n/a0/10

Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent) G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full9/10T

Operate the product with natural-language commands G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2fullfree9/10X

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automation G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full9/10T

Use an official CLI G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full9/10T

Build against official SDKs G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10T

Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the product G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full7/10X

Set up automations that run autonomously in the background G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial6/10X

Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docs G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial4/10T

Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examples G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial3/10T

Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agent G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial3/10C

Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policy G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Subscribe to events via webhooks G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Test against a sandbox environment without touching production data G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness1none0/10

Run a coding agent locally from my terminal C

Terminal workflow

developerIde terminal integration — meeting you in the IDE and terminal — extensions, inline flows, contextIde terminal integration3fullfree9/10T

Chat with the coding assistant directly inside my IDE for contextual help C

Ide integration

developerIde terminal integration — meeting you in the IDE and terminal — extensions, inline flows, contextIde terminal integration3fullfree8/10X

Describe a feature or bug in plain language and have the agent implement or fix it across multiple files C

Feature implementation

developerCode generation — quality of generated code — correctness, style, fit to the codebaseCode generation3fullfree8/10X

Self-host the core product G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness3fullfree8/10T

Turn a tracked issue into a complete pull request end-to-end C

Feature implementation

developerCode generation — quality of generated code — correctness, style, fit to the codebaseCode generation3full7/10C

Understand how a codebase fits together to find where to start making changes C

Codebase mapping

developerCodebase understanding — how deeply the tool maps your repo — cross-file context, architecture awareness, historyCodebase understanding3full7/10X

Have the agent map and explain an entire unfamiliar codebase without manually selecting context files C

Codebase mapping

developerCodebase understanding — how deeply the tool maps your repo — cross-file context, architecture awareness, historyCodebase understanding3partial6/10X

Have the agent stage changes, write commit messages, create branches, and open pull requests C

Pr review

developerReview safety — keeping generated changes safe — diffs, approvals, guardrailsReview safety3partial6/10C

Have the agent write tests, fix lint errors, resolve merge conflicts, and update dependencies for me C

Maintenance automation

developerCode generation — quality of generated code — correctness, style, fit to the codebaseCode generation3partial6/10X

Add a project instructions file to set coding standards and conventions the agent follows C

Context management

developerCodebase understanding — how deeply the tool maps your repo — cross-file context, architecture awareness, historyCodebase understanding3partial5/10C

Connect the agent to workflow tools like Jira, Slack, and Google Drive to extend its context C

Tool integration

developerEcosystem — integrations, plugins, and third-party ecosystem storiesEcosystem3partial5/10C

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on events G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth3partial5/10C

Delegate longer-running coding tasks to run in the background in an isolated cloud environment C

Background execution

developerAutonomy agents — stories about autonomy agents in this arenaAutonomy agents3partial5/10C

Reproduce issues, narrow down root causes, and verify fixes C

Issue diagnosis

developerCodebase understanding — how deeply the tool maps your repo — cross-file context, architecture awareness, historyCodebase understanding3partial5/10X

Get automatic code review with contextual feedback on every pull request C

Pr review

developerReview safety — keeping generated changes safe — diffs, approvals, guardrailsReview safety3partial4/10C

Inspect diffs and run checks to catch problems before merging C

Pr review

developerReview safety — keeping generated changes safe — diffs, approvals, guardrailsReview safety3partial4/10C

Export all of my data in open formats and leave G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness3none0/10

Prevent my data from being used to train AI models G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture3none0/10

Receive inline code completions and next-edit suggestions as I type C

Code completion

developerCode generation — quality of generated code — correctness, style, fit to the codebaseCode generation3none0/10

Choose which underlying AI model powers my session from multiple providers C

Model choice

developerPricing limits — free-tier ceilings, usage caps, and rate limits before you have to payPricing limits2full9/10X

Authenticate with an API key instead of an account login G

Authentication

developerPricing limits — free-tier ceilings, usage caps, and rate limits before you have to payPricing limits2full8/10C

Control which external tools and integrations the agent is allowed to access C

Safe execution

engineering-leadReview safety — keeping generated changes safe — diffs, approvals, guardrailsReview safety2full8/10C

Manage multiple agent-driven coding sessions from one unified workspace C

Session management

engineering-leadIde terminal integration — meeting you in the IDE and terminal — extensions, inline flows, contextIde terminal integration2full8/10X

Run the agent non-interactively in scripts for workflow automation C

Terminal workflow

developerIde terminal integration — meeting you in the IDE and terminal — extensions, inline flows, contextIde terminal integration2full8/10C

Sign in with my existing product subscription plan to use the coding agent C

Authentication

developerPricing limits — free-tier ceilings, usage caps, and rate limits before you have to payPricing limits2fullpaid8/10X

Debug issues and troubleshoot using natural-language queries C

Debugging

developerCode generation — quality of generated code — correctness, style, fit to the codebaseCode generation2full7/10X

Read the product's source under an open license G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness2fullfree7/10X

Authenticate through an enterprise identity or cloud platform for compliance and scalability G

Authentication

engineering-leadPricing limits — free-tier ceilings, usage caps, and rate limits before you have to payPricing limits2partialenterprise6/10C

Do everything through the API that I can do in the UI G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness2partial6/10T

Have a cloud agent build, test, and demo a feature end-to-end for my review C

Background execution

ai-native userAutonomy agents — stories about autonomy agents in this arenaAutonomy agents2partial6/10C

Launch fleets of autonomous agents that work in parallel on different tasks for hours or days C

Parallel agents

ai-native userAutonomy agents — stories about autonomy agents in this arenaAutonomy agents2partial6/10X

Start a task on one device and continue it later from another device or browser C

Cross device continuity

developerIde terminal integration — meeting you in the IDE and terminal — extensions, inline flows, contextIde terminal integration2partial6/10X

Review diffs visually and run multiple sessions side by side in a desktop app C

Session management

developerIde terminal integration — meeting you in the IDE and terminal — extensions, inline flows, contextIde terminal integration2partialfree5/10C

Kick off agent tasks directly from GitHub, GitLab, Linear, or Slack C

Tool integration

developerEcosystem — integrations, plugins, and third-party ecosystem storiesEcosystem2partial4/10C

Perform bulk operations across many items at once G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth2partial4/10C

Opt out of telemetry and usage tracking G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2disputed2/10D

Choose where my data is stored (region/residency) G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2none0/10

Configure a reproducible cloud environment with the dependencies and setup steps my repository needs C

Background execution

developerAutonomy agents — stories about autonomy agents in this arenaAutonomy agents2none0/10

Control data retention and deletion G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2none0/10

Have the agent operate inside a sandbox when interacting with code, tools, and network resources C

Safe execution

engineering-leadReview safety — keeping generated changes safe — diffs, approvals, guardrailsReview safety2none0/10

Include multiple project directories in a single session for broader context C

Context management

developerCodebase understanding — how deeply the tool maps your repo — cross-file context, architecture awareness, historyCodebase understanding2none0/10

Set up always-on agents that run on schedules or triggers to maintain and fix my software autonomously C

Scheduled automation

ai-native userAutonomy agents — stories about autonomy agents in this arenaAutonomy agents2none0/10

Generate a working app from a sketch, image, or PDF design C

Multimodal generation

ai-native userCode generation — quality of generated code — correctness, style, fit to the codebaseCode generation2noneuntestednone yet

Get contextual explanations and automatic fixes for security vulnerabilities C

Security checks

developerReview safety — keeping generated changes safe — diffs, approvals, guardrailsReview safety2noneuntestednone yet

Have the agent build and recall memory automatically across sessions C

Context management

developerCodebase understanding — how deeply the tool maps your repo — cross-file context, architecture awareness, historyCodebase understanding2noneuntestednone yet

Schedule recurring jobs or workflows G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth2noneuntestednone yet

Equip the agent with custom skills to perform specialized tasks C

Marketplace

developerEcosystem — integrations, plugins, and third-party ecosystem storiesEcosystem1full8/10X

Sign in with a personal account to get free-tier access without managing API keys G

Authentication

developerPricing limits — free-tier ceilings, usage caps, and rate limits before you have to payPricing limits1fullfree7/10X

Integrate third-party partner-built agent apps into my workflows C

Marketplace

engineering-leadEcosystem — integrations, plugins, and third-party ecosystem storiesEcosystem1partial5/10C

Run several task attempts in parallel and compare results before choosing one C

Parallel agents

developerAutonomy agents — stories about autonomy agents in this arenaAutonomy agents1partial4/10X

Let the tool automatically pick the best model for each task C

Model choice

developerPricing limits — free-tier ceilings, usage caps, and rate limits before you have to payPricing limits1none0/10

Opt out of having my code and prompts used for AI model training C

Data governance

engineering-leadReview safety — keeping generated changes safe — diffs, approvals, guardrailsReview safety1none0/10

Version, review, and roll back my automations G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth1none0/10

View interactive diffs and share selected code as context from within my JetBrains IDE C

Ide integration

developerIde terminal integration — meeting you in the IDE and terminal — extensions, inline flows, contextIde terminal integration1none0/10

Create a shared workspace from my docs and repos as a common source of truth for the team C

Team knowledge

engineering-leadEcosystem — integrations, plugins, and third-party ecosystem storiesEcosystem1noneuntestednone yet

Debug a live running web application directly from my coding assistant C

Debugging

developerCode generation — quality of generated code — correctness, style, fit to the codebaseCode generation1n/auntestednone yet

See license and public-code matching references for AI-suggested code C

Security checks

engineering-leadReview safety — keeping generated changes safe — diffs, approvals, guardrailsReview safety1noneuntestednone yet

Opportunities — the stories that would move this product's scores, from its own judged verdictsOpportunitiestop 8 of 46 stories with headroom

What would move OpenCode’s scores — derived from its own judged verdicts, biggest headroom first. Each line quotes what the judge found missing; shipping it (or evidencing it publicly) is the fix.

  1. Code generation — quality of generated code — correctness, style, fit to the codebaseReceive inline code completions and next-edit suggestions as I type

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    OpenCode is presented as an agent-driven terminal/desktop/IDE-extension tool that responds to explicit prompts, runs agents, and edits files via chat-like sessions — there is no mention of inline ghost-text completions or next-edit suggestions as the developer types.

  2. Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesExport all of my data in open formats and leave

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    No evidence describes an explicit data-export feature or open-format portability guarantee for OpenCode; while it is open-source and stores config/sessions locally, there's no documented 'export all my data and leave' capability, and community threads even note telemetry sent to OpenCode's own servers with no way to disable it (opencode-comm-2), undercutting a clean data-portability story.

  3. Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrevent my data from being used to train AI models

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    The evidence pack contains no documentation of any setting, policy, or opt-out mechanism for preventing user data/code from being used to train AI models (OpenCode's docs focus on providers, agents, permissions, IDE integration, etc., none addressing training-data usage).

  4. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productSubscribe to events via webhooks

    nonemoves agent-readyimpact 30

    Evidence shows OpenCode has a headless server (`opencode serve`) exposing an OpenAPI/HTTP endpoint and an SDK for programmatic control, but there is no mention anywhere of webhook subscriptions or event-push notifications that clients could register for.

  5. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productRely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policy

    nonemoves API qualityimpact 30

    OpenCode does expose programmatic surfaces (the JS/TS SDK, `opencode serve` HTTP server, and an OpenAPI spec at openapi.json), so an API-versioning/deprecation-policy axis is applicable.

  6. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productIssue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agent

    partialq3/10moves agent-readyimpact 21

    Missing: explicit scoped API-key/credential issuance for agents, credential expiry/rotation, per-agent key scoping documentation, independent verification of this capability.

  7. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productExplore an interactive API reference with runnable examples

    partialq3/10moves API qualityimpact 21

    Missing: dedicated interactive API explorer page, runnable code examples, independent confirmation of such a UI existing.

  8. Autonomy agents — stories about autonomy agents in this arenaSet up always-on agents that run on schedules or triggers to maintain and fix my software autonomously

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 20

    Missing: scheduled/cron-based agent runs, event-driven triggers beyond manual mentions, autonomous 'always-on' background maintenance capability.

Showing the top 8 of 46 — every none/partial verdict in the story verdicts table is headroom.

Think a verdict is wrong? Every verdicts-table row has a Flag link — see the methodology.

Coverage map — which docs area, API section, or community source covers which judged storiesCoverage map6 surfaces · 50 covered stories

Where the cited evidence behind each covered verdict came from — the same citations the verdicts table shows, no extra judging.

docs46 stories

Hacker News25 stories

Claims vs evidence — vendor claims reconciled against independent verdictsClaims vs evidence

12 of 18 testable claims verified · 1 contradictedintegrity 56/100

25 distinct capability claims found in OpenCode’s own claimed-docs/GitHub materials, reconciled against our judge’s independent verdicts.

12

Verified

5

Unverified

1

Contradicted

32

Undersold

Verified (16)
Unverified (5)
Contradicted (1)
Undersold (32)
Claims outside our story set (6)

Real capability claims found in OpenCode’s own materials, but no story in this arena’s taxonomy covers them yet — that’s feedback on the taxonomy, not a mark against the product.

  • Offers a curated 'Zen' list of tested and verified models from the OpenCode team

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  • Tab key lets you switch between primary agents mid-session

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  • Plan agent can analyze code and review suggestions without making any code changes

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  • Can share a link to any session for reference or debugging

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  • Desktop app supports tabs across macOS, Windows, and Linux

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  • Keyboard shortcut opens OpenCode in a split terminal view within the editor

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Business model

open-sourceusage-based

The agent itself is free open source and works with your own provider API keys; optional OpenCode Zen sells curated model access at per-token prices.

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Score trend

How this product’s scores have moved as evidence and verdicts are re-derived — a point per change, not per day.

PA Score48 (Sep 4 '26)47 (Sep 16 '26)
Agent-ready61 (Sep 4 '26)62 (Sep 16 '26)

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Agent surface uptime openapi.json 100% (30d, checked every 6h since Sep 8 '26)