# oh-my-openagent

10 Hacker News commenters recommended oh-my-openagent and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Bundles async agents, model orchestration and subagent planning into the OpenCode coding agent. Critics say it burns more tokens and gives little measurable gain.

## Why people recommend it

- Orchestrates subagents with distinct roles (2 comments): "It does an incredible job at planning and executing by orchestrating subagents with different roles." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48293574)) "implements the OP article's oracle pattern across 11 roles" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49000381))
- Works well with Claude and GPT models (2 comments): "I've been pretty satisfied using oh-my-openagent (omo) on opencode with both opus-4.6 and gpt-5.4 lately." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47645188)) "I've been using opencode and oh-my-opencode with Claude's models" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47392384))
- Useful planning and plan mode (2 comments): "It does an incredible job at planning and executing by orchestrating subagents with different roles." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48293574)) "Try oh-my-openagent plan mode." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48048042))

## What people warn about

- Little performance gain, more tokens (3 comments): "When they realized it didn't lead to any significant gains in performance" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48017192)) "snake oil like Oh My OpenCode, it’s not huge differences" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46519479)) "mostly they burn more tokens" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49734546))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Warcraft III Peon Voice Notifications for Claude Code](https://hackerapproved.com/p/warcraft-iii-peon-voice-notifications-for-claude-code.md): 31 recommend
- [Codex plugin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/codex-plugin.md): 10 recommend
- [TDD Guard by Codeleash](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tdd-guard.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "oh-my-openagent", https://hackerapproved.com/p/oh-my-openagent/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).