u/cikibik

Built oh-my-kilocode-slim — a KiloCode plugin that routes each coding task to whichever model does it best/cheapest.

The problem: I was burning tokens running Opus for "find the auth file" and Haiku for "design a system migration." One model per session is wasteful.

The setup — 7 specialist agents:

Chief — orchestrator. Talks to you, plans, delegates

Explorer — fast codebase recon (cheap model, e.g. Haiku/GPT-4-mini)

Librarian — live docs/library research (web-fetching)

Oracle — architecture review, complex debugging (Opus-tier, used sparingly)

Designer — UI/UX work

Fixer — bounded code edits (Sonnet-class, high volume)

Council — multi-LLM synthesis for hard decisions

What it actually does:

You talk to Chief, Chief dispatches background tasks

Each agent runs in its own tmux/Zellij pane — parallel by default

Custom preset: you pick which model backs each agent

Cost optimization comes from routing: research→mini, review→opus, edit→sonnet

Strong type-safety (Zod schemas), Bun + TypeScript, ESM

Real numbers from my week:

Same refactor task, before: 1 Opus session, ~$4.20, 18 min With plugin: 1 Opus (oracle review) + 3 Sonnet (fixer edits) + 2 Haiku (explore) = ~$1.10, 11 min

Install:

bunx @emngny/oh-my-kilocode-slim@latest install

Repo: github.com/emngny/oh-my-kilocode-slim

License: MIT, v2.2.0, active development

Curious: anyone else experimenting with per-task model routing? What's your split?

Hey everyone!

As a fan of the Opencode.ai ecosystem, I felt the need for a more integrated experience inside VS Code. So, I spent the last few weeks building Opencode Sidebar Chat.

It’s a lightweight, brutalist-inspired extension that brings your favorite AI models directly into your sidebar.

Key Features:

• 🚀 Multi-Provider Support: Easily switch between different AI models.
• 🔒 Granular Permissions: You control exactly which files the AI can read or modify.
• 🌑 Minimalist Aesthetic: Designed to match the Opencode brand identity.

I just published version 0.1.1 to the Marketplace. I'd love for the community to try it out and let me know what features you'd like to see next!

Marketplace Link: Opencode Sidebar Chat

GitHub (Open Source): https://github.com/emngny/opencode_sidebar

Let me know what you think! 🚀