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rcli opencode <model> opens a coding session already pointed at a model, so nobody
has to hand-write an opencode provider config or paste an API key into one.

rcli opencode gemini-3.6-flash        # served upstream
rcli opencode qwen3-0.6b              # served from this machine
rcli opencode                         # plain passthrough, opencode's own config

How it works

The harness never learns which kind of model it got. It is handed one
OpenAI-compatible base URL and talks to that exactly as it would to any provider.
A local model gets a server this process starts and stops; an upstream one gets the
provider's own URL. That is the same trick Ollama uses, and it is why opencode needs
no plugin from us.

Config goes through OPENCODE_CONFIG_CONTENT, which opencode reads as inline JSON.
Writing to the user's project or to ~/.config/opencode/opencode.json would outlive
the session and change how opencode behaves when they run it themselves.

Upstream credentials come from RCLI_UPSTREAM_KEY, falling back to GEMINI_API_KEY,
and the endpoint from RCLI_UPSTREAM_URL. The default is Google's OpenAI-compatible
surface, which is what we can reach today; anything that speaks OpenAI drops in by
changing one variable, including a RunAnywhere-hosted model later.

The server

RAC_BUILD_SERVER is now on, which brings in the SDK's existing OpenAI-compatible
server rather than adding another one. Enabling it needed care: cpp-httplib links
OpenSSL, zlib, brotli and zstd whenever it can find them, and on a machine with
Homebrew it always can. That would have put four Homebrew dylibs into a binary that
currently depends on nothing outside the system, and scripts/package.sh would have
rejected it. All four are off. The server only ever listens on loopback for a harness
on the same machine, so none of them were wanted. otool -L on the result still
shows nothing outside /usr/lib and /System.

What was verified

Upstream, with real opencode and real Gemini:

$ rcli opencode gemini-3.6-flash run "write a python fizzbuzz" | cat
using gemini-3.6-flash from https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/openai
```python
for i in range(1, 101):
    if i % 15 == 0: print("FizzBuzz")
    ...

Local, by calling the server rather than reading its config:

GET  /v1/models        -> {"data":[{"id":"qwen3-0.6b",...}],"object":"list"}
POST /chat/completions -> 200, correct SSE chunks
                       -> "Sure! How can I assist you today?"

The port is closed again once the tool exits.

Open gaps

opencode run prints nothing when stdout is a terminal. Piped it answers every
time; under a pty it produces zero bytes, reproducibly. The wiring is identical in
both cases, so this is opencode's own behaviour rather than ours, but it is what a
person sees when they try this by hand. | cat works, and the interactive TUI is
unaffected. Cause not yet found.

The local server only serves LlamaCpp models. It builds its handle with
rac_llm_create(path), which routes on the path rather than asking the registry what
framework a model belongs to, so an MLX directory lands on llama.cpp and fails to
load. The command says so rather than starting a server that errors on every request.
The real fix is teaching the SDK's server to take a model id and go through the
lifecycle.

Reasoning tags reach the harness. The server does not split reasoning from the
answer the way rcli's own chat path does, so a qwen3 response arrives with its
<think> block inline. Noise in every response for a coding tool.

A 0.6B model is too small to drive a coding agent whatever the plumbing does. The
local path needs a much larger GGUF before it is worth using.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added the rcli opencode command with model selection and forwarded arguments.
    • Supports local and remote model configurations through an OpenAI-compatible server.
    • Uses existing OpenCode configuration when no model is specified.
    • Automatically manages temporary local model sessions and preserves tool exit statuses.
    • Added account commands for login, logout, and viewing account details.
    • Credentials are securely stored locally, with authorization and token refresh support.
    • Improved compatibility across Windows and POSIX environments.

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Walkthrough

The PR adds account authentication and credential management commands. It also adds an opencode CLI command with direct, local LlamaCpp, and authenticated remote model routing. CMake configures the RAC server, HTTP options, and Windows socket support.

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Account authentication and OpenCode harness

Layer / File(s) Summary
Account API and credential persistence
src/account/console.h, src/account/console.cpp, src/account/credentials.h, src/account/credentials.cpp
The account API supports authorization, polling, token refresh, and identity lookup. Credentials are stored in the profile directory and can be loaded, saved, or cleared.
Account command execution
src/cli/cmd_account.cpp, src/cli/commands.h, src/cli/app.cpp
The CLI adds login, logout, and whoami. Login polls authorization and saves credentials. Identity lookup can refresh an expired access token.
Harness execution and model routing
src/harness/harness.h, src/harness/harness.cpp, src/cli/cmd_harness.cpp
rcli::harness::Launch executes tools directly or configures OpenCode with local LlamaCpp or authenticated remote endpoints. It forwards arguments, returns the tool status, and stops temporary local servers.
CLI registration and platform build wiring
CMakeLists.txt, cmake/RunAnywhereSDK.cmake, src/cli/app.cpp
The build includes account and harness sources, links rac_server and Windows ws2_32, enables the SDK HTTP server, and registers the account and opencode commands.

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~90 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 64525

This PR adds local and upstream model sessions, but the current implementation still allows a remote-supplied URL to reach a shell command and can expose or transmit authentication tokens unsafely; additional login and CLI failure paths can also misbehave. These are high-impact security and correctness risks, so the PR is not ready to merge until they are addressed.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant CLI
  participant AccountAPI
  participant CredentialStore
  participant Launch
  participant RACServer
  participant OpenCode
  CLI->>AccountAPI: Authorize or refresh account
  AccountAPI-->>CLI: Return grant or identity
  CLI->>CredentialStore: Save credentials
  CLI->>Launch: Launch OpenCode with model and arguments
  Launch->>RACServer: Start temporary local server when required
  Launch->>OpenCode: Provide inline configuration and invoke tool
  OpenCode->>RACServer: Send model requests
  RACServer-->>OpenCode: Return model responses
  OpenCode-->>Launch: Return exit status
  Launch-->>CLI: Return exit status
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In `@src/cli/cmd_harness.cpp`:
- Around line 20-24: Update the opencode CLI argument grammar around the model
and args options so an omitted model leaves “run” and subsequent arguments
available for passthrough to OpenCode, rather than consuming “run” as the model;
use a named model option or an explicit separator-based passthrough design, and
add coverage for both invocation forms.

In `@src/harness/harness.cpp`:
- Around line 221-231: Update Launch around the OPENCODE_CONFIG_CONTENT setup
and Spawn call to save whether the variable was previously present and its
original value, then restore that value after Spawn returns or unset it if it
was absent. Preserve the existing platform-specific environment-setting behavior
and perform restoration before continuing to rac_server_stop.
- Around line 138-143: The child-waiting logic around waitpid must handle
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waitpid failures, and only call WIFEXITED and WEXITSTATUS after a successful
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244-249: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Handle environment setter failures.

If _putenv_s or setenv fails, report the error, restore the previous OPENCODE_CONFIG_CONTENT, stop the local server, and return a nonzero status. Restore the previous value after Spawn also.

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In `@src/harness/harness.cpp` around lines 244 - 249, Update the environment setup
around OpencodeConfig to check failures from _putenv_s and setenv; on failure,
report the error, restore the prior OPENCODE_CONFIG_CONTENT value, stop the
local server, and return a nonzero status. Also restore the previous environment
value after Spawn completes, preserving the existing platform-specific handling.
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src/harness/harness.cpp (2)

244-256: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Restore OPENCODE_CONFIG_CONTENT after Spawn.

Launch overwrites the process environment and leaves the generated configuration installed. If a caller invokes Launch again with an empty model, the pass-through path inherits the stale generated configuration instead of the user's existing OpenCode configuration. Save the previous presence and value, then restore or unset the variable after Spawn returns and before rac_server_stop. (man7.org)

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In `@src/harness/harness.cpp` around lines 244 - 256, Update Launch around the
OPENCODE_CONFIG_CONTENT setup to save whether the variable existed and its prior
value before overwriting it, then restore that value or unset the variable
immediately after Spawn returns and before rac_server_stop. Use the existing
Windows and POSIX environment APIs consistently, preserving the prior
environment for subsequent Launch calls.

161-166: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Handle waitpid failures before decoding status.

Line 162 ignores the return value. If waitpid returns -1 for EINTR, status is undefined. Lines 163-164 can then report a false success and stop the local RAC server while OpenCode is still running. Retry EINTR, return an error for other failures, and decode status only after a successful wait. (pubs.opengroup.org)

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in the child-process status flow to retry when it fails with EINTR, return an
error for other failures, and only evaluate WIFEXITED/WEXITSTATUS after a
successful wait. Keep the existing exit-status return behavior for successfully
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In `@src/harness/harness.cpp`:
- Around line 244-249: Update the environment setup around OpencodeConfig to
check failures from _putenv_s and setenv; on failure, report the error, restore
the prior OPENCODE_CONFIG_CONTENT value, stop the local server, and return a
nonzero status. Also restore the previous environment value after Spawn
completes, preserving the existing platform-specific handling.

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In `@src/harness/harness.cpp`:
- Around line 244-256: Update Launch around the OPENCODE_CONFIG_CONTENT setup to
save whether the variable existed and its prior value before overwriting it,
then restore that value or unset the variable immediately after Spawn returns
and before rac_server_stop. Use the existing Windows and POSIX environment APIs
consistently, preserving the prior environment for subsequent Launch calls.
- Around line 161-166: Update the waitpid handling in the child-process status
flow to retry when it fails with EINTR, return an error for other failures, and
only evaluate WIFEXITED/WEXITSTATUS after a successful wait. Keep the existing
exit-status return behavior for successfully reaped children.

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src/account/console.cpp (1)

30-66: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Consolidate the C++ JSON encoding and parsing. src/account/console.cpp and src/account/credentials.cpp duplicate Quote and Field, but their parsers differ and mishandle valid \r, \t, \b, \f, and \uXXXX escapes. Quote also emits invalid JSON for control characters other than newline. Add one shared C++ JSON reader/writer and use object-member parsing in both files.

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In `@src/account/console.cpp` around lines 30 - 66, Consolidate the duplicated
Quote and Field implementations into one shared C++ JSON reader/writer, then
update both src/account/console.cpp lines 30-66 and src/account/credentials.cpp
lines 34-74 to use it with object-member parsing; ensure encoding escapes all
JSON control characters and decoding handles \r, \t, \b, \f, and \uXXXX
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In `@src/account/console.cpp`:
- Around line 139-141: Replace the uncaught std::stoi/std::stol conversions in
the authorization parsing and the additional numeric-response sites with a safe
numeric helper using std::from_chars or equivalent fallback handling. Ensure
malformed, oversized, or out-of-range response values return the existing
defaults, while preserving the current interval minimum behavior.
- Around line 46-52: Update the number-parsing logic in console.cpp to include
the cctype header and pass document[at] to std::isdigit after converting it to
unsigned char, while preserving the existing digit-or-minus loop behavior.

In `@src/account/credentials.cpp`:
- Around line 83-93: Update ProfileDirectory so it never falls back to the
relative ".rcli" path when HomeDirectory is empty; use a deterministic
getpwuid-derived home directory instead, or fail clearly instructing the user to
set RCLI_PROFILE_DIR, while preserving the override-directory behavior.
- Around line 78-81: Update DefaultConsoleUrl to validate RCLI_CONSOLE_URL
before returning it: require https:// for non-loopback hosts, while permitting
http:// only for loopback hosts. Preserve the existing localhost:8080 default
and reject or otherwise prevent unsafe non-loopback HTTP origins from being used
for token delivery.
- Around line 118-152: Update Save to create the credentials file with
owner-only permissions before writing, and ensure the profile directory is
restricted to owner-only access (0700). On non-Windows platforms, use the
appropriate low-level file creation/opening path and required headers instead of
relying on std::ofstream’s default mode; preserve existing error reporting and
return failure if file creation, writing, closing, or permission changes fail.

In `@src/cli/cmd_account.cpp`:
- Around line 145-149: Update the token persistence block after assigning the
refreshed credentials to capture the result of account::Save instead of
discarding its error; when saving fails, print the returned error as a warning
while preserving the existing successful-save behavior.
- Around line 27-40: Update OpenBrowser to validate that the URL uses an allowed
scheme before launching it, then execute the platform-specific browser opener
directly with an argument vector rather than constructing a shell command or
calling std::system. Preserve the existing platform behavior and failure status
while ensuring the untrusted URL is passed as a single argument without shell
interpretation.
- Around line 71-75: Update the authorization deadline setup in the account
login polling flow to apply a default expiration window when
authorization.expires_in is zero or missing, ensuring at least one approval poll
occurs. Preserve the existing configured expiration behavior when expires_in is
positive and keep the surrounding Grant polling logic unchanged.
- Line 7: Update the hostname setup in cmd_account.cpp by guarding the unistd.h
include for non-Windows builds and adding a _WIN32 implementation that obtains
the hostname through Winsock gethostname or another Windows hostname API.
Preserve the existing _WIN32 browser branch and keep the POSIX behavior
unchanged.

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In `@src/account/console.cpp`:
- Around line 30-66: Consolidate the duplicated Quote and Field implementations
into one shared C++ JSON reader/writer, then update both src/account/console.cpp
lines 30-66 and src/account/credentials.cpp lines 34-74 to use it with
object-member parsing; ensure encoding escapes all JSON control characters and
decoding handles \r, \t, \b, \f, and \uXXXX correctly. Both sites require direct
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std::string DefaultConsoleUrl() {
const std::string configured = Env("RCLI_CONSOLE_URL");
return configured.empty() ? "http://localhost:8080" : configured;
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Reject non-HTTPS console URLs, or warn about them.

RCLI_CONSOLE_URL sets the origin that receives the bearer token and the refresh token in src/account/console.cpp. No scheme check exists. If an operator points it at an http:// host other than loopback, both tokens travel in clear text. Allow http:// only for loopback hosts and require https:// otherwise.

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In `@src/account/credentials.cpp` around lines 78 - 81, Update DefaultConsoleUrl
to validate RCLI_CONSOLE_URL before returning it: require https:// for
non-loopback hosts, while permitting http:// only for loopback hosts. Preserve
the existing localhost:8080 default and reject or otherwise prevent unsafe
non-loopback HTTP origins from being used for token delivery.

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