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[FEATURE]: Disable LSP for external directories #7227

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@guillemus

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Describe the enhancement you want to request

Problem:

When agents (primary or subagents) explore external directories—such as cloned repos for reading documentation—OpenCode spawns LSP servers for those directories. This causes:

  • Long startup times (30+ seconds for large TypeScript monorepos or Java/JDTLS projects)
  • Wasted CPU/memory for LSP that provides no value
  • No benefit—when exploring external code for context, diagnostics aren't used

Use case:

Clone a library's repo to let the LLM search its docs/source. Only need file reading—LSP is unnecessary and harmful due to startup overhead.

Proposed solution:

{
  "lsp": {
    "external_directories": false
  }
}

Current workarounds (insufficient):

  • "lsp": false — Disables LSP entirely, including main project
  • Per-LSP "disabled": true — Too broad, affects all directories

Related issues (not duplicates):

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  1. rekram1-node commented on Jan 7, 2026

    @rekram1-node
    Contributor

    Ah interesting...

  2. thdxr commented on Mar 25, 2026

    @thdxr
    Member

    To stay organized issues are automatically closed after 90 days of no activity. If the issue is still relevant please open a new one.

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