September 18, 2026
OpenCode Will Let You Check on a Long Task Without Interrupting It: /btw Asks for Status
The next version of OpenCode will add /btw: on September 18, 2026, the team described quick questions without stopping the current session. The author uses it to get status updates on long tasks.
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In the next version of OpenCode, we added /btw — a feature people have been waiting for. It lets you ask a quick question without interrupting the current session. I use it to get status updates on long tasks.
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Before the built-in version, the idea was described in OpenCode PR #18917 on March 24, 2026: `/btw ask`, `/btw todo`, and `/btw status` were intended to run in a child background session and return results to the parent. The PR was closed after design review on March 31, so it does not confirm a stable release.
Now OpenCode is preparing this capability as part of the next version. For OpenCode v2, the installation command is `curl -fsSL https://opencode.ai/v2/install | bash`.
Before the built-in version, the community plugin `opencode-btw` works with OpenCode v1.3.13+: its files are copied to `~/.config/opencode/commands/` and `~/.config/opencode/plugins/`, and the SDK is installed with `npm install @opencode-ai/plugin`. The plugin uses a child session, but it does not run in parallel while the main session is processing a task.
The next version of OpenCode will show whether `/btw` becomes a built-in part of long sessions.
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