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---
title: "SDK"
description: "Embed OpenCode directly in your application."
---
We're working on a general-purpose SDK for embedding OpenCode directly inside
your application. The regular SDK is coming soon.
An Effect-native version is available now for applications built with Effect.
Its current documentation is below. For other applications, run OpenCode as a
server and use the [TypeScript client](/build/client) in the meantime.
## Effect
`@opencode-ai/sdk-next` hosts OpenCode in-process. Unlike the
[network client](/build/client), it assembles the OpenCode server and routes API
calls through its HTTP router in memory. It opens no HTTP listener and adds no
network hop between the client and server.
<Warning>
The V2 SDK is beta and currently private to the OpenCode workspace. It is not
published for external installation yet, and its package name and API may
change before release.
</Warning>
## Create a host
`OpenCode.create()` creates a scoped host. Closing its Effect Scope releases
the router, location services, fibers, and scoped plugin registrations.
```ts
import {
AbsolutePath,
Location,
OpenCode,
} from "@opencode-ai/sdk-next"
import { Effect } from "effect"
const program = Effect.scoped(
Effect.gen(function* () {
const opencode = yield* OpenCode.create()
const session = yield* opencode.sessions.create({
location: Location.Ref.make({
directory: AbsolutePath.make("/workspace"),
}),
})
return yield* opencode.sessions.get({ sessionID: session.id })
}),
)
const session = await Effect.runPromise(program)
```
The embedded host uses the same routes, middleware, codecs, errors, and schema
values as `@opencode-ai/client/effect`. It exposes the full generated client and
adds the convenience aliases `sessions` and `events` for the session and event
groups.
## Use as a service
Use `OpenCode.layer` when the host should be provided through Effect dependency
injection:
```ts
import { OpenCode } from "@opencode-ai/sdk-next"
import { Effect } from "effect"
const program = Effect.gen(function* () {
const opencode = yield* OpenCode.Service
return yield* opencode.sessions.active()
})
const active = await Effect.runPromise(
program.pipe(Effect.provide(OpenCode.layer)),
)
```
## Register plugins
Call `opencode.plugin(...)` to register an embedded V2 plugin. Embedded plugins
use the same discovery and location-scoped activation path as configured
plugins. The SDK also exports `Tool` for plugin-defined tools. See the
[Plugins guide](/build/plugins) for the plugin shape and available hooks.