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Guides to Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and the Claude and GPT APIs: setup, token savings and troubleshooting.
Kilo Code — custom API setup and model selection
2 min · · kilo code
Kilo Code lives inside VS Code and works with any compatible API. Setup is an address, a key, a model name.
OpenHands — connecting your own model through an API gateway
3 min · · openhands
OpenHands executes commands in an isolated container. The model underneath is your choice — address and key.
Goose — pointing it at your own API provider
3 min · · goose
Goose is an open-source agent with an extension system. The provider is yours to choose.
Claude Code, opencode, Aider, Cline — how harnesses differ
3 min · · harness
They all read your project and edit code. The differences are in how much they ask, how much they spend, and where they live.
The agent says "I have no access to your files" — what broke
3 min · · harness
The model answers "I cannot access your project" even though the agent is configured. Almost always it's tool calls, not the model.
Connecting opencode to an API gateway in five minutes
3 min · · opencode
opencode is an open-source terminal agent. It works with any compatible API — you just supply the address and key.
What an agent harness is, and how it differs from an IDE plugin
3 min · · harness
A model on its own cannot read files or run commands. The harness does that. Here is how it works.