Just want to say that I faced this very problem the last week, I discovered OpenCode agent and it works great, with DeepSeek and other models. Try it out guys.

Try https://swival.dev - Works perfectly with DeepSeek and Qwen.

Pi will blow your mind :)

No MCP.

No sub-agents. There's many ways to do this. Spawn Pi instances via tmux, or build your own with extensions, or install a package that does it your way.

No permission popups. Run in a container, or build your own confirmation flow with extensions inline with your environment and security requirements.

No plan mode. Write plans to files, or build it with extensions, or install a package.

No built-in to-dos. Use a TODO.md file, or build your own with extensions.

No background bash. Use tmux. Full observability, direct interaction.