Start and monitor tasks

Use Chat when you need to start work from your phone, check whether an existing task is progressing, or give OpenCode its next instruction.

Before you start

• Select the intended project in Workspace.
• Confirm the session title at the top of Chat.
• Choose the agent and model above the composer.
• Keep approval prompts enabled when working in an unfamiliar repository.

Send a task

1. Write the outcome you want in Ask anything.
2. Add constraints that OpenCode should preserve.
3. Say how the result should be checked.
4. Tap send.

A useful prompt is specific without dictating every implementation detail:

Fix the empty state on the account page. Reuse the existing button component, do not change the API, and run the related tests.

You may also attach files with +, dictate into the draft with the microphone, or select a server-provided slash command after typing /.

Follow the work

The Session tab shows the conversation, running status, todos, and anything waiting for you. Tool activity and reasoning appear as compact supporting details beneath assistant messages.

The Files Changed tab shows the current diff. Expand a file to inspect additions and deletions before treating the task as complete.

If the composer is empty while the task is running, its main action becomes Stop. Use it to abort a task that is going in the wrong direction.

What good completion looks like

• The assistant explains what changed.
• Files Changed matches the requested scope.
• Relevant validation passed or any failure is clearly reported.
• No permission or question is still waiting for you.

Next: Review approvals and changes or inspect session usage.