Discussion on code agents

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Hello,

I’m opening this new post to discuss the different agents for developing external integrations and I’ll take the opportunity to respond to @pierre-gilles’s post :wink: :

How would DeepSeek V4 Flash compare to Claude Opus in enhanced mode, considering that the limit of DeepSeek V4 Flash with opencode is visibly higher than with Claude Opus in enhanced mode?

Claude code is also easier to use as it’s directly in web mode, even if opencode allows it, but you need some knowledge to make it accessible from anywhere and secure it.

The goal would be to develop and/or maintain external integrations at a lower cost :slight_smile:

I understand that $20 per month isn’t much for everything Claude allows regarding external integrations, but it’s still a small budget to create/maintain external integrations for which we don’t make money. :sweat_smile:
And the limits are melting away, even more so after August 19th when the Claude promotion ends

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There are three things when you develop:

  • the LLM model and clearly, frontier models are above the others. DeepSeek v4 or Kimi K3 are getting close
  • the system prompt and the harness around it (Claude Code or OpenCode)
  • The context (AGENTS.md and your skills)

I recommend using Claude Code with Opus/Fable or Codex with GPT 5.6 Sol for analysis and planning (which you can save in a markdown file). But you can use cheaper models for implementation.

There are subscriptions like Devin that allow you to test multiple models.
Or OpenRouter/OrcaRouter which are proxies to all models (but you pay per use).