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add --dir flag to opencode run --attach #7376
Description
opencode attach has a --dir flag to specify the working directory when attaching to a remote server:
opencode attach <url>
Options:
--dir directory to run in [string]
However, opencode run --attach does not expose this flag:
opencode run [message..]
Options:
--attach attach to a running opencode server (e.g., http://localhost:4096) [string]
# no --dir option
Use Case
I'm building opencode-pilot, a service that polls external sources (Linear, GitHub, etc.) and spawns OpenCode sessions for new issues. When a user runs OpenCode Desktop connected to a global server (worktree="/"), I want spawned sessions to:
- Appear in the Desktop UI (requires
--attach) - Run in the correct project directory (requires
--dir)
Currently I can only achieve one or the other:
# Sessions appear in Desktop, but run in wrong directory (home)
cd ~/projects/my-app && opencode run --attach http://localhost:4096 "fix bug"
# Working directory: /Users/me (wrong!)
# Sessions run in correct directory, but don't appear in Desktop
cd ~/projects/my-app && opencode run "fix bug"
# Working directory: /Users/me/projects/my-app (correct, but isolated)Proposed Solution
Add --dir flag to opencode run that gets passed through when --attach is used:
opencode run --attach http://localhost:4096 --dir /path/to/project "fix bug"The server middleware already supports this via x-opencode-directory header or ?directory= query param, so this should be straightforward to wire up.
Related
- feat(cli): add --cwd flag to web and serve commands #7011 - adds
--cwdtoopencode serve/web - [BUG]: Session switching doesn't change working directory context #6697 - session switching doesn't change working directory context
- fix(tui): pass attach directory to sdk client #6715 - pass attach directory to sdk client (merged)
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[-]feat(cli): add --dir flag to `opencode run --attach`[/-][+]add --dir flag to `opencode run --attach`[/+]github-actions commentedon Jan 8, 2026
This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:
--cwdtoopencode serve/webFeel free to ignore if none of these address your specific case.
feat: use --dir flag when attaching to remote server
feat: use --dir flag when attaching to remote server
ekweible commentedon Jan 23, 2026
Hey @athal7 I noticed you closed #7378, was that because this issue was fixed elsewhere?
athal7 commentedon Jan 23, 2026
@ekweible i didn't have a chance to continue to test and it seemed there have been quite a lot of structural changes upstream with workspaces. Didn't want to waste reviewer time if it was possibly stale