docs(usage): OpenCode Go limits need a Go API key

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Why

Usage → Limits shows no OpenCode Go row for people signed in through the OpenCode Console, and nothing tells them why. readOpenCodeGoUsageLimits only resolves an opencode-go API key from OpenCode's auth.json or OPENCODE_API_KEY. OpenCode 2 keeps a Console login in its own SQLite store, so the probe reports unsupported and the row is filtered out. The user guide promised limits for any local OpenCode.

This documents the working path the issue thread confirmed: set a Go API key as OPENCODE_API_KEY in the OpenCode instance's environment variables. Those variables reach the probe through mergeProviderInstanceEnvironment in OpenCodeDriver.

Refs #14983.

Scope

• docs/user/usage.md, OpenCode Go paragraph under Limits.
• Out of scope: reading OpenCode 2's credential database and the internal Console status endpoint. That is the maintainer call [Bug]: Usage → Limits never reports OpenCode Go for OpenCode 2 Console logins #14983 asks for, and this PR doesn't preclude it.

Verification

Traced OPENCODE_API_KEY from instance environment variables (OpenCodeDriver.ts, processEnv) into readOpenCodeGoUsageLimits. A second reporter on #14983 confirmed the Go windows appear after adding the variable and refreshing.

Claude Opus 5.5 via OpenCode.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 0249cb3

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a documentation-only clarification describing the OpenCode Go API-key requirement and refresh workflow. It does not alter product behavior, defaults, authentication handling, or deployment configuration.

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Walkthrough

The usage guide now explains that OpenCode Go limits require an API key. It directs users to set OPENCODE_API_KEY in the OpenCode instance’s environment variables and refresh provider status.

Changes

OpenCode Go limits guidance

Layer / File(s)	Summary
OpenCode Go limits instructions docs/user/usage.md	The guide states that Console sign-in alone does not report OpenCode Go limits. It instructs users to set OPENCODE_API_KEY in the OpenCode instance’s environment variables and refresh provider status.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~3 minutes

Change: Other

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 0249c

Users with an existing credential that lacks Go usage access may still see no limits after setting the environment key. Documenting how to update that credential is a narrow, low-risk follow-up.

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Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in docs/user/usage.md: The OpenCode Go limits instructions now specify that limits require an OpenCode Go API key, that Console sign-in alone does not report them, and that users should set OPENCODE_API_KEY in the OpenCode instance’s environment variables and refresh provider status. The prior wording transitioned directly from the remote-server limitation to the Cursor description.

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- Around line 104-106: Update the OpenCode Go instructions near the
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sed -n '1,150p' apps/server/src/provider/Layers/OpenCodeDriver.ts
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printf '%s\n' '--- OpenCodeDriver usage-limit caller ---'
sed -n '350,398p' apps/server/src/provider/Drivers/OpenCodeDriver.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- Console/auth references in relevant provider code ---'
rg -n -i 'console|opencode-go|auth\\.json|OPENCODE_API_KEY|readOpenCodeGoUsageLimits' apps/server/src/provider/Drivers/OpenCodeDriver.ts apps/server/src/provider/Layers/openCodeUsageLimits.ts apps/server/src/provider/Layers/OpenCodeProvider.test.ts apps/server/src/provider -g '*OpenCode*' -g '*openCode*'
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printf '%s\n' '--- Console/auth references in relevant provider code ---'
rg -n -i 'console|opencode-go|auth\.json|OPENCODE_API_KEY|readOpenCodeGoUsageLimits' apps/server/src/provider/Drivers/OpenCodeDriver.ts apps/server/src/provider/Layers/openCodeUsageLimits.ts apps/server/src/provider/Layers/OpenCodeProvider.test.ts apps/server/src/provider -g '*OpenCode*' -g '*openCode*'
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🌐 Web query:

OpenCode Console sign-in auth.json opencode-go type oauth auth file credential format OpenCode Go docs

💡 Result:

**OpenCode Go uses an API key, not OAuth.** The official Go setup says to use `/connect`, select **OpenCode Go**, sign in at `opencode.ai/auth`, copy the API key, and paste it into OpenCode. ([opencode.ai](https://opencode.ai/docs/providers))

OpenCode stores provider credentials in `~/.local/share/opencode/auth.json`. The Go docs don’t specify that file’s exact entry, but the `opencode-go` Go package defines credentials with `type: "api"` and a `key` field for API-key auth; `type: "oauth"` instead uses OAuth token fields such as `refresh`, `access`, and `expires`. ([dev.opencode.ai](https://dev.opencode.ai/docs/cli/))

So for an `opencode-go` entry, use the API-key form—not `"type": "oauth"`. The exact Go-specific JSON entry structure isn’t established in the linked Go docs; the supported sign-in path is `/connect`. ([opencode.ai](https://opencode.ai/docs/providers))

Citations:

- 1: https://opencode.ai/docs/providers
- 2: https://dev.opencode.ai/docs/cli/
- 3: https://opencode.ai/docs/providers

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Document auth.json precedence for OpenCode Go.

When a local OpenCode instance has an opencode-go API credential in auth.json, the limits check uses that key instead of OPENCODE_API_KEY. If the stored key lacks Go usage access, the endpoint’s 403 response leaves limits unavailable despite the environment variable. Explain that users must update the stored credential in this case.

Suggested fix

 **Environment variables**, then refresh provider status. Cursor reports
+An existing `opencode-go` API credential in OpenCode's `auth.json` takes precedence
+over this variable. Update that credential if it lacks Go usage access.

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	belong to the remote server. Limits need an OpenCode Go API key. A Console sign-in alone
	does not report them. Add your Go API key as `OPENCODE_API_KEY` in the OpenCode instance's
	**Environment variables**, then refresh provider status. Cursor reports
	belong to the remote server. Limits need an OpenCode Go API key. A Console sign-in alone
	does not report them. Add your Go API key as `OPENCODE_API_KEY` in the OpenCode instance's
	**Environment variables**, then refresh provider status. Cursor reports
	An existing `opencode-go` API credential in OpenCode's `auth.json` takes precedence
	over this variable. Update that credential if it lacks Go usage access.

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Review comment at @docs/user/usage.md around lines 104 - 106:
Update the OpenCode Go instructions near the OPENCODE_API_KEY guidance to
document that an existing opencode-go credential in auth.json takes precedence;
tell users to update that stored credential if it lacks Go usage access.

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