docs: add breakdown configuration guide

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+# Magic Context - Breakdown & Configuration
+
+## Installation
+
+### Proper Install - Global Scope (recommended)
+
+```bash
+opencode plugin @cortexkit/opencode-magic-context --global
+```
+
+This:
+1. Runs `npm install --ignore-scripts` into the opencode cache
+2. Adds the plugin to `opencode.jsonc` `plugin[]` list
+3. Registers server and tui targets
+
+### Package Cache Locations
+
+| Location | Purpose |
+|----------|---------|
+| `~/.cache/opencode/packages/@cortexkit/` | Proper install by `opencode plugin` |
+| `~/.cache/opencode/node_modules/@cortexkit/` | Manual `npm install` (not canonical) |
+| `~/.npm/_npx/` | Cached from npx (not persistent) |
+
+### Backend Data
+
+| Location | Contents |
+|----------|----------|
+| `~/.local/share/cortexkit/magic-context/` | SQLite DB, model limits, ONNX model, RPC sockets |
+| `~/.local/share/opencode/opencode.db` | OpenCode conversation database |
+
+### Verify
+
+```bash
+grep 'magic-context' ~/.config/opencode/opencode.jsonc
+ls ~/.cache/opencode/packages/@cortexkit/
+ls ~/.local/share/cortexkit/magic-context/
+```
+
+---
+
+## Plugin Schema
+
+### opencode.jsonc Entry
+
+```jsonc
+{
+  "plugin": [
+    "@cortexkit/opencode-magic-context"
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+No `@latest` tag - `opencode plugin` resolves and strips it on install.
+
+### Agent Model Binding
+
+All agents reference `"model": "opencode/big-pickle"` (160K context).
+
+Available `opencode/` model IDs:
+- `big-pickle` - 160,000 context
+- `deepseek-v4-flash` - 1,000,000 context
+- `deepseek-v4-flash-free` - 200,000 context
+- `deepseek-v4-pro` - 1,000,000 context
+- `claude-sonnet-4` - 1,000,000 context
+- `claude-opus-4-7` - 1,000,000 context
+- `gpt-5.4` - 922,000 context
+- `gemini-3.5-flash` - 1,048,576 context
+
+### Compaction Settings
+
+```jsonc
+{
+  "compaction": {
+    "auto": false,
+    "prune": false,
+    "reserved": 20000
+  }
+}
+```
+
+When Magic Context is active, compaction is managed by the plugin, not OpenCode's native engine.
+
+---
+
+## Backend Architecture
+
+### Data Directory: `~/.local/share/cortexkit/magic-context/` (~96 MB)
+
+| File | Purpose |
+|------|---------|
+| `context.db` (+SHM, +WAL) | SQLite - session state, compacted history |
+| `model-context-limits-opencode.json` | Per-model context limits (2,400+ entries) |
+| `models/Xenova/all-MiniLM-L6-v2/` | ONNX embedding model |
+| `rpc/` | RPC communication ports |
+| `last_announced_version` | Version announcement tracker |
+
+### Model Context Limits
+
+The `model-context-limits-opencode.json` caches context window limits populated from OpenCode's `config.providers()` SDK endpoint. Magic Context reads the live resolved config (never reads `models.json` directly) to avoid torn-read issues.
+
+```jsonc
+{
+  "opencode/big-pickle": 160000,
+  "opencode/deepseek-v4-flash": 1000000,
+  // ... 2400+ entries
+}
+```
+
+### Context Resolution Flow
+
+```
+Plugin startup -> warm apiCache from last-known-good file
+OpenCode SDK -> config.providers() -> merged models
+  (live + compiled-in + auth-plugin caps)
+Magic Context -> consumes merged result
+Result bounded to [20k, 3M] range
+```
+
+### Process Architecture
+
+```
+OpenCode (main process)
+  +-- MCP servers (git, mempalace, hf-mcp, etc.)
+  +-- Magic Context (child process)
+        +-- SQLite (context.db)
+        +-- ONNX model (all-MiniLM-L6-v2)
+        +-- RPC socket
+```
+
+---
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+### "Model not found: opencode/small-pickle. Did you mean: big-pickle?"
+
+**Cause:** OpenCode's runtime tries to resolve `opencode/small-pickle` which doesn't exist in the model catalog. Appears during context compaction cycles.
+
+**Solution:** Harmless - no functional impact. `big-pickle` (160K context) is the correct model already configured for all agents. This is an upstream model alias issue - cannot fix via config. Ignore or report to OpenCode.
+
+### Duplicate Plugin Entries
+
+**Solution:** Check both config files:
+
+```bash
+grep 'magic-context' ~/.config/opencode/opencode.jsonc
+
+# Check if local scope files exist and what's in them:
+cat ~/.opencode/opencode.json 2>/dev/null
+cat ~/.opencode/tui.json 2>/dev/null
+```
+
+**To remove only the plugin entry (not the whole file)** — if the local files contain other settings beyond the plugin entry, edit the file and remove just `"@cortexkit/opencode-magic-context"` from the `"plugin"` array. If the file contains only the plugin entry or no other useful config, delete the entire file:
+
+```bash
+# Safe deletion check — only if file consists solely of the plugin entry:
+if [ -f ~/.opencode/opencode.json ] && [ "$(jq '.plugin | length' ~/.opencode/opencode.json 2>/dev/null)" = "1" ]; then
+  rm ~/.opencode/opencode.json
+  echo "Removed (only plugin entry)"
+fi
+```
+
+Keep plugin in only one scope.
+
+### Package Missing (Plugin Registered But Not Installed)
+
+**Symptom:** Plugin listed in config but OpenCode shows loading errors.
+
+**Solution:** Install manually to cache:
+
+```bash
+cd ~/.cache/opencode && npm install @cortexkit/opencode-magic-context --ignore-scripts
+```
+
+Or re-install with `opencode plugin @cortexkit/opencode-magic-context --global`.
+
+---
+
+## FAQ
+
+### Q: Why does Magic Context use its own SQLite database?
+
+The plugin needs persistent session state for context management that survives OpenCode restarts. It cannot rely on OpenCode's in-memory state. The database at `context.db` stores compacted history, configuration overrides, and session bookkeeping.
+
+### Q: Where does the ONNX model come from?
+
+`all-MiniLM-L6-v2` is a sentence-transformer embedding model downloaded from Hugging Face (Xenova/onnx conversion). It's used by Magic Context's sidebar for semantic compression features.
+
+### Q: Does Magic Context read `~/.cache/opencode/models.json`?
+
+No. Magic Context explicitly does NOT read `models.json` due to torn-read issues. It consumes the merged, live-resolved model config from OpenCode's `config.providers()` API endpoint, which already combines the live cache, compiled-in snapshot, opencode.json overrides, and auth-plugin caps.
+
+### Q: What happens if both local and global scope have the plugin?
+
+OpenCode loads both entries, potentially causing duplicate initialization. Remove one scope (preferably the local `~/.opencode/` files) to keep only the global scope.
+
+### Q: Is the opencode/small-pickle error breaking anything?
+
+No. It's a console warning during compaction with zero functional impact. The model routing still works correctly with the configured `opencode/big-pickle`.