anomalyco / anomalyco/opencode

[FEATURE]: System prompt mode switcher (Default/Light)

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Problem

The current system prompts are heavy and optimized for frontier models.
This causes issues with:

  • Smaller local models hitting context limits
  • Token waste for simple tasks
  • Users who want minimal prompting for specific workflows
  • Outdated instructions that don't match current model capabilities (some prompts unchanged for 7+ months)
  • Conflicts between default prompts and user's AGENTS.md instructions
  • Overspecification that degrades reasoning in high-capability models #10927
Proposal

Add a system prompt mode setting with initial options:

  • Default: current per-model prompts (anthropic.txt, gemini.txt, etc.) — no changes
  • Light: minimal prompt with only essential info: tools, basic safety rules, environment

The current proposal covers several things at once:

  • Non-breaking: Default behavior unchanged
  • Extensible: Opens path for future custom mode where users provide their own prompt
  • Addresses multiple issues without requiring prompt rewrites
Configuration
  • Via settings menu (Ctrl+P → Settings)
  • Via opencode.json:
{
   "prompt": {
     "mode": "light"
   }
 }
Related issues
  • #7101
  • #10927
  • #11995
  • #13605
  • #14398

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