[servicememeai]

User experience

• local-bridge agent and agent chat start Pi by default in chat-only mode.
• Pi is pinned to google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite, the documented Google Gemini API free tier; users are not asked to pick a model.
• local-bridge agent code invokes OpenCode only for programming, pinned to a known opencode/deepseek-v4.1-flash-free catalog entry.
• Each launches independently in the same private workspace or the same explicitly user-selected --dir, without automatic handoff or remote shell.

Explicit constraints

• First-use Pi still requires the user's own Google AI Studio free-tier key and one-time official Pi /login google; no credentials are read or stored by Local Bridge.
• No silent fallback to paid/random models, including when a free candidate disappears.
• Availability is region/quota dependent; a paid Google project may incur charges; free-tier conversations may be used to improve Google products.
• Default Pi --no-tools; OpenCode --agent plan and user confirmations for shell/edit operations.
• Original read-only MCP/CloudFile tools unchanged.
• Existing advanced --model override remains opt-in, with price warning; users never need it for setup.

Testing

• Rust unit test checks exact pinned Pi launch args, model filtering and existing permission gates.
• GitHub Actions cross-platform formatting/Clippy/tests/build on Windows/macOS/Linux.
• Real model requests are not in CI: provider authentication and quotas require personal setup.