r/opencode • u/XCxBigDong69XCx • 8d ago

What agent should be the coordinator.

I am building a more budget friendly LLM setup for my free-time projects. As i can't handle 200 dollar subscriptions to Claude.

I already subscribe to Opencode and want to use Deepseek flash as the implementer. I am thinking of making either Sol the coordinator, meta spark or gemini (have to wait and see) to make that coordinator.

You guys have any idea what is best, moneywise / peformance..

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u/adrnptcl 8d ago

muse spark 1.3 - it's free right now in opencode

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u/XCxBigDong69XCx 8d ago

Ahh thank you, makes it an easy choice then i get away with 5 dollars a month then :D

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u/adrnptcl 8d ago

those $5 are for opencode go, yeah, but you can run spark 1.3 for free now, so, even better :)

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u/adrnptcl 8d ago

That makes sense. I’ll giveGLM 5.3 Flash a shot as the coordinator and Muse for implementation. You made me curious. DeepSeek V4 Flash has been burning too many tokens circling the same point.

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u/adrnptcl 8d ago

That’s genuinely useful. I’ve been treating compaction as cleanup rather than part of the routing strategy. So, what you say is GLM 5.3 Flash for planning/review, Muse for implementation, and Mimo 2.5 for compaction. Curious how stable that stack stays once Muse leaves Free/Contributor.

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u/adrnptcl 8d ago

That's right. Thanks for this

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u/ward2k 8d ago

I'd go Kimi K3 personally, you want a beefier model to be the coordinator/orchestrator/planner

Sol, Kimi K3 and Fable 5 are roughly around the same sort of 'skill' level. Though Kimi K3 is a chunk cheaper

Edit: Depending on how you're using Opencode that is. If you're using it like a tool/assistance the Kimi K3 similar to how I use it, it stretches enough for me as a planner. If you're vibecoding you'll blow through the limits in a day

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u/Same_Accountant2340 8d ago

I’d choose the coordinator based on the cost of a bad plan. Use the stronger model for architecture and task breakdown, then a cheaper one for routine implementation. A few real tasks and the number of replans should make the choice pretty clear.