opencode-workaholic

Enforces minimum task duration. Prevents AI from ending tasks prematurely before a time limit expires. Useful for forcing continuous work and preventing premature convergence.

(c) 2026 Roderick Qiu.

Why?

Sometimes AI finishes tasks too quickly, declaring "done" before thoroughly exploring all options or completing all necessary work. This plugin enforces a minimum work duration by:

• Blocking the AI from ending until the timer expires
• Injecting system prompts that reinforce the workaholic mindset
• Encouraging the AI to propose new tasks when todos are complete

Features

• ⏱️ Minimum duration enforcement - AI cannot end until timer expires
• 🚫 Sleep blocking - Prevents time-wasting via sleep commands
• 🔄 Persistent timer - Survives across messages
• 📊 Status checking - Always knows remaining time
• 💪 Strong behavioral prompts - Reinforces workaholic mindset
• 🔐 Checkout system - AI must call checkout to officially end (only works at timer = 0)
• 🎲 Random prompt rotation - 6 different prompt styles prevent AI from adapting

Usage

Start Workaholic Mode

/workaholic [Your requirements, for xxx minutes]

Or use the tool directly:

Use workaholic.start with minutes=30

Check Status

Call workaholic.status to see remaining time

End Task (Checkout)

Call workaholic.checkout to officially end the task
- Only works when timer = 0
- If time remains, checkout will be rejected

How It Works

1. Timer starts when you invoke /workaholic in OpenCode
2. Every response - AI automatically checks remaining time via system prompt injection
3. Sleep forbidden - Any attempt to use sleep throws an error
4. End detection - If AI says "done", a warning is appended forcing continuation
5. Checkout required - AI must call workaholic.checkout to officially end
6. Only ends when - Timer shows 0 remaining seconds AND checkout is called

Custom Tools

| Tool | Description | | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | | workaholic.start | Start timer with duration in minutes (supports decimals: 2.5, 3.5) | | workaholic.status | Check remaining time | | workaholic.checkout | End task - only succeeds when timer = 0 | | workaholic.stop | Stop workaholic mode early |

Installation

Prerequisites

• OpenCode with plugin support

Install Plugin

Use Bunx

bunx opencode-workaholic@latest install

Manual Installation

# Clone or copy the plugin to your plugins directory
# Then add to your OpenCode config

Edit ~/.config/opencode/opencode.json:

{
  "plugins": ["opencode-workaholic"]
}

Or use local path:

{
  "plugins": ["file:///<path-to>/opencode-workaholic"]
}

Build

cd opencode-workaholic
bun install
mise run build

Development

• mise run build - Build the plugin
• mise run test - Run tests
• mise run lint - Lint code
• mise run lint:fix - Fix linting issues
• mise run format - Format code with Prettier

License

MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

• OpenCode - The platform that makes this possible
• opencode-plugin-template - The plugin framework that makes this easier