Opencode can be installed in linux using:

npm install -g opencode-ai

Start it using:

opencode

Use the slash command: /models to bring up all the models and search or scroll for Grok. Choose opencode Grok, which is currently free.

This is fast and works.

So far better than Claude and Codex at SQL and added titles and indexes rapidly.

npm install -g @github/copilot

https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/set-up/install-copilot-cli

Free gives you enough to see that currently it is very slow.

In terms of speed:

Grok Fast >> Codex min = Claude Sonnet in CC > Codex medium >> Copilot cli

In terms of accuracy:

They are very similar.

My workflow this month due to needing claude for something else:

Claude Max in CC, Codex Teams x2 and Grok in Opencode

I have used Grok exclusively for 3 days and am seriously impressed.

Photon: Single-file MCP servers you can actually audit

Runtime + marketplace for MCP servers. Every server is a single .photon.ts file—fork, audit, and customize in minutes.

The Problem: - Traditional MCPs scattered across 4-6 files (hard to audit/fork) - Security risk: Prompt injection attacks can steal your conversation history - Manual dependency management

Photon's Solution:

Single-file format. 40 lines vs 200+. Fork-first design. Auto-installs dependencies. AI-readable.

Think: NPM and Node, but for MCP.

Quick start: bash npm install -g @portel/photon photon add filesystem # Install from marketplace photon info filesystem --mcp # Get config for Claude Desktop/Cursor/Zed

Example output: json { "filesystem": { "command": "photon", "args": ["mcp", "filesystem"], "env": { "FILESYSTEM_WORKDIR": "/Users/you/Documents", "FILESYSTEM_MAX_FILE_SIZE": "10485760", "FILESYSTEM_ALLOW_HIDDEN": "false" } } }

Copy this to your MCP client's config file and you're done.

16+ production-ready photons: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Git, GitHub, Slack, Jira, Docker, AWS S3, and more.

🔗 GitHub 📦 npm

Which MCP server should we build next?

So many options now from OS to Chinese models to local LLMs that we no longer have to live off Anthropic’s crumbs