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Deep Agents and OpenCode are now available in the AI SDK Harness

Vercel just unified 5 coding-agent runtimes under one SDK. Switch between Claude Code, Deep Agents, and OpenCode without rewriting a line.

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Why it matters

Vercel's AI SDK Harness is reducing developer friction by abstracting away coding-agent runtime differences—letting teams experiment with multiple agent providers (Claude, Deep Agents, OpenCode) through a single interface. This matters for AI application builders choosing between fragmented agent ecosystems.

The key facts

5 to know
  1. Vercel AI SDK Harness now supports 5 coding-agent runtimes: Claude Code, Codex, Deep Agents, OpenCode, Pi

  2. Deep Agents adapter includes file/shell tools, multi-turn sessions, attach/resume, tool approvals

  3. OpenCode adapter boots real server inside Vercel Sandbox, streams session events, supports model/provider/reasoning selection

  4. Published June 25, 2026

  5. Full backward compatibility—switch runtimes without changing application code

Go to the source

Vercel Blogvercel.com

Publisher excerpt: The lets you run established coding-agent runtimes through one unified interface, so you can switch runtimes without changing your application code. Today we're adding two new adapters, Deep Agents and OpenCode, both running inside a Vercel Sandbox.AI SDK Harness adapts LangChain's runtime, with…
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