Zerostate Io Omo Agent Config Opencode Model Discovery Cache Invalidation

OpenCode model discovery: cache invalidation + robust parsing

Problem

After adding/enabling a provider or plan (e.g. a Codex plan) in ~/.config/opencode/opencode.json, tools that consume opencode models --verbose may keep showing the old provider/model list.

Context / Trigger Conditions

• The tool caches results from opencode models --verbose (e.g. ~/.config/opencode/cache/models-cache.json).
• The UI/API indicates the model list was served from cache (cached: true).
• Newly added provider/models appear only after cache TTL expires or after a manual refresh.

Secondary trigger:

• A provider/model exists in opencode models --verbose, but parsing fails because the tool uses a too-strict header regex for lines like providerID/modelID (common misses: underscores/dots in provider IDs).

Solution

1. Invalidate model cache when the OpenCode provider config changes

• Compare mtime of ~/.config/opencode/opencode.json to the cache timestamp.
• If opencode.json is newer than the cache, treat cache as stale and refetch.

2. Use a more permissive model header regex

• Header lines in opencode models --verbose are emitted as providerID/modelID on their own line.
• Use a regex that supports common provider/model ID characters beyond [a-z0-9-] (at least allow _ and .).

Example pattern (case-insensitive):

const modelHeaderLineRe = /^[a-z0-9_.-]+\/[a-z0-9_.-]+[a-z0-9_.-:/]*$/i;

Verification

• Warm-cache behavior:

  • First load: cached: false
  • Second load: cached: true

• After touching/modifying opencode.json:

  • Next load should return cached: false and include the new provider in the providers list.

Example

• Add a new provider/plan in ~/.config/opencode/opencode.json.
• Start tool, see provider missing.
• With cache invalidation, provider appears immediately after config change (no waiting for TTL).

Notes

• Brace-count parsing of JSON blocks can be fragile if {/} appear inside JSON strings. Prefer a parser that can handle this if upstream ever emits braces inside string values.

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