OpenCode on DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or GLM-5.3 instead of a native seat

Run OpenCode on DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or GLM-5.3 instead of a native seat. Budget-conscious coders choosing a cheap model + open harness.

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what to steal

Point your harness at a cheaper model endpoint and test it on your own tasks.

Our takeaway from the source, not a quote.

Drawn from this card's sourced fields. Amber = older model named by the source. Rose = cut or replaced.

vanja-opencode-deepseek-glm.toml

# Run OpenCode on DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or GLM-5.3 instead of a native seat
# source: https://vanja.io/deepseek-glm/

[rig]
who     = "Budget-conscious coders choosing a cheap model + open harness"
author  = "Vanja Petreski"
date    = "2026-09-16"

harness = ["OpenCode", "Claude Code", "Codex"]
models  = ["DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (deepseek-flash)", "DeepSeek V4-Pro-0813", "GLM-5.3", "GLM-5.3-Flash"]

[keep]
  - OpenCode /connect to DeepSeek or Z.ai
  - opencode.json model: opencode-go/deepseek-v4.1-flash
  - Claude Code via DeepSeek Anthropic endpoint (all aliases → deepseek-flash)
  - Claude Code via GLM Coding Plan (Haiku → glm-5.3-flash, Sonnet/Opus → glm-5.3)
  - /init writes AGENTS.md
[cut]
  - deepseek-coder model name
  - DeepSeek V4 Pro as coding default

thing	status	why (per source)
deepseek-coder model name	dropped	Folded into V4 family; no Coder SKU
DeepSeek V4 Pro as coding default	avoided	~4x Flash cost, no vision; Flash is the official coding default

Source: https://vanja.io/deepseek-glm/ · checked 2026-10-14

Laptop as control room, home PC as the engine

steal → Run agents on an always-on box behind one model gateway; reach it with zero open ports.

Claude CodeCodexPi Any model behind 9Rout

by Nadim Tuhin

~/rigs/stefancrncic-t3-three-machin….toml𝕏 · 2026-10-13

Five harnesses, three machines, one orchestrator

steal → Install several harnesses on worker machines and drive them from one place.

Claude CodeCodexCursor

by Stefan (@stefancrncic)

~/rigs/paulund-herdr-cli.toml2026-10-05

Three desktop apps out, one terminal multiplexer in

steal → Use one session view for all CLIs instead of one app per harness.

CodexClaude CodeOpenCode Codex / Claude Code /

by Paulund