[FEATURE]: Default starting directory to ~/Documents/OpenCode/Projects/Default Project with plugin home

Summary

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OpenCode currently starts in an arbitrary or user-specified directory. This issue requests changing the default starting directory to a structured path that supports plugin development and project organization from day one.

Problem

1. No sensible default workspace — User/Documents/OpenCode/Default Project is a generic placeholder; users always land in an empty directory with no project context
2. No home for custom plugins — file:// plugins have no conventional location; users scatter them across the filesystem
3. First-run experience friction — new users have no pre-structured workspace to orient themselves

Proposed Solution

Change the default starting directory to:

~/Documents/OpenCode/Projects/Default Project/

With a sibling plugins/ directory at the OpenCode/ level:

~/Documents/OpenCode/
├── Projects/
│   └── Default Project/   ← session workspace root
└── plugins/               ← custom plugin home
    ├── my-plugin/
    └── another-plugin/

Benefits:

• OpenCode/ isolates all OpenCode-related work under Documents
• Projects/ signals active work, not a scratch directory
• Default Project/ provides the same "start here" entry point
• plugins/ gives custom/coded plugins a clear, discoverable home

Related

• #42536 — "OPENCODE_INSTALL_DIR not respected" (adjacent: runtime dir vs workspace dir)
• #43173 — "folder picker search anchored to home dir" (related: directory navigation UX)

OS

Cross-platform (all clients).

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