opencode variants ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Opencode is changing on the daily right now, today I noticed the word pop up in Orange text in my opencode window. Looking into this they are exposing... Date: January 13, 2026 Opencode is changing on the daily right now, today I noticed the word low pop up in Orange text in my opencode window. Looking into this they are exposing variants <https://opencode.ai/docs/models/#variants> to the user. This allows you to change between fast or slow and thinking, the later taking more time to prepare before doing an action. Video: It looks like this toggle may have been here for awhile and I’m just now discovering it. Potentially because its a new feature of the free Zen provider. │ Variants Many models support multiple variants with different configurations. OpenCode ships with built-in default variants for popular providers. │  │ Built-in variants OpenCode ships with default variants for many providers: │  │ Anthropic: │  │ high - High thinking budget (default) max - Maximum thinking budget OpenAI: │  │ Varies by model but roughly: │  │ none - No reasoning minimal - Minimal reasoning effort low - Low reasoning effort medium - Medium reasoning effort high - High reasoning effort xhigh - Extra high reasoning effort Google: │  │ low - Lower effort/token budget high - Higher effort/token budget