Opencode Background Agents — Design skill for Claude Code

opencode-background-agents

**Retired — OpenCode V1 only.** No OpenCode V2 port is planned. Use [OCX 2.0.15](https://github.com/kdcokenny/ocx/releases/tag/v2.0.15) with OpenCode V1 for the legacy installation instructions below. Existing published packages, tags, and registry artifacts remain available.

Use OpenCode V2’s native background subagents and result delivery. This plugin’s `delegate` / `delegation_read` API, research archive layout, and compaction hooks are not being ported. These are workflow alternatives, not complete replacements for every custom feature. See the [official V2 migration guide](https://opencode.ai/v2/docs/migrate-v1) and [V2 terminal settings](https://opencode.ai/v2/docs/cli/config).

Keep working while research runs in the background. Your work survives context compaction.

A plugin for [OpenCode](https://github.com/sst/opencode) that enables async background delegation. Fire off research tasks, continue brainstorming or coding, and retrieve results when you need them.

Why This Exists

Context windows fill up. When that happens, compaction kicks in and your AI loses track of research it just did. You end up re-explaining, re-researching, starting over.

Background agents solve this:

• Keep working - Delegate research and continue your conversation. Brainstorm, code review, discuss architecture - you're not blocked waiting.
• Survive compaction - Results are saved to disk as markdown. When context gets tight, the AI knows exactly where to retrieve past research.
• Fire and forget - Use the "waiter model": you don't follow the waiter to the kitchen. A notification arrives when your order is ready.

Installation

ocx add kdco/background-agents --from https://registry.kdco.dev

If you don't have OCX installed, install it from the [OCX repository](https://github.com/kdcokenny/ocx).

**Optional:** Install `kdco-workspace` for the full experience—it bundles background agents with specialist agents, plan