> "yeah, this is the model/harness that I now run on my machine and don't mess with it"

* me raises hand.-

Their list of allowed tools is extensive so just use whatever you want within that list

Think z code gives a token bonus though

I think my inexperience using Claude Code or Codex makes a difference but what would you expect to be different here as opposed to using pi or opencode? Pi is my main driver so switching between all these models is a no brainer. No matter what the model is, my harness stays the same: same workflow, same skills, etc.

I use my own harness: https://github.com/computerex/z

Have been using it as my primary harness for personal work for I'd say 6 months. I recommend everyone create their own harness at least to learn. There are a lot of practical benefits.

Both can be true though. I had the max coding plan since january and I kept using with Pi since then, even though it wasn’t as good as opus until glm 5.3. It definitely can be a daily driver if you don’t want to use Anthropic or OpenAI. It’s going to be even better with native vision now available. And i’m not messing with my setup either.

You can use OpenRouter directly in Claude Code as well, it's quite nice!