diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 084214bf..339975cb 100755
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "django-stubs>=5.0.4",   # for: vscode type hints on models and common django APIs
     ### API clients
     "requests>=2.32.3",      # for: fetching title, static files, headers (TODO: replace with httpx?)
-    "httpx>=0.28.1",         # for: streaming the admin-only OpenCode proxy
     "sonic-client>=1.0.0",
     ### Parsers
     "dateparser>=1.2.0",     # for: parsing pocket/pinboard/etc. RSS/bookmark import dates
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ dependencies = [
     ### Binary/Package Management
     "abxbus==2.5.56",                 # direct imports only; version constrained by abx-dl -> abx-plugins
     "abxpkg==1.12.117",                # direct imports only; version constrained by abx-dl -> abx-plugins
-    "abx-plugins==1.12.227",           # direct imports only; version constrained by abx-dl
+    "abx-plugins[opencode]==1.12.227", # optional AI runtime clients are owned by the plugin
     "abx-dl==1.12.264",       # shared ArchiveBox downloader package
     ### UUID7 backport for Python <3.14
     "uuid7>=0.1.0; python_version < '3.14'",  # provides the uuid_extensions module on Python 3.13
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index d83d7026..fad737f6 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ supported-markers = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-exclude-newer = "2026-08-29T22:51:51.983072377Z"
+exclude-newer = "2026-08-29T22:57:32.674293Z"
 exclude-newer-span = "P5D"
 
 [options.exclude-newer-package]
-abxbus = { timestamp = "2026-09-03T22:51:50.983085661Z", span = "PT1S" }
+abxbus = { timestamp = "2026-09-03T22:57:31.674343Z", span = "PT1S" }
 abx-plugins = "2100-01-01T00:00:00Z"
 abx-dl = "2100-01-01T00:00:00Z"
 abxpkg = "2100-01-01T00:00:00Z"
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "rich", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "rich-click", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
 ]
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/fd/48/d8c1a751169814fdccf2012d5337abce702d31828797051e8b7262c2d20c/abx_dl-1.12.264.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c4e23367673ba2cb415865e77b2e4992b3afe21df082204d2a3cad0a20a55767", size = 86799 }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/fd/48/d8c1a751169814fdccf2012d5337abce702d31828797051e8b7262c2d20c/abx_dl-1.12.264.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c4e23367673ba2cb415865e77b2e4992b3afe21df082204d2a3cad0a20a55767", size = 86799, upload-time = "2026-09-03T22:49:00.403Z" }
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e0/b8/317fc6d8b93dc86d9bf300d97701490eb0be197424c95406b52d93548818/abx_dl-1.12.264-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5b38f675f98f9648e5a742729a652e57815bc1d54e0b1a4d5f9d84e67f03858b", size = 92071 },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e0/b8/317fc6d8b93dc86d9bf300d97701490eb0be197424c95406b52d93548818/abx_dl-1.12.264-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5b38f675f98f9648e5a742729a652e57815bc1d54e0b1a4d5f9d84e67f03858b", size = 92071, upload-time = "2026-09-03T22:48:59.014Z" },
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/1a/0b/f6ad4272b15beccdec036caed70f3e288853e6f707805dd324bb1d07448e/abx_plugins-1.12.227-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:427bef9961c7e1ed38a256fdea7eea01d9799aae180f2bf832dcb471c12985f5", size = 422585, upload-time = "2026-09-03T22:34:54.348Z" },
 ]
 
+[package.optional-dependencies]
+opencode = [
+    { name = "httpx", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
+    { name = "requests", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "abxbus"
 version = "2.5.56"
@@ -124,7 +130,7 @@ version = "0.9.35rc427"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "abx-dl", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
-    { name = "abx-plugins", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
+    { name = "abx-plugins", extra = ["opencode"], marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "abxbus", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "abxpkg", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "atomicwrites", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
@@ -141,7 +147,6 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "django-object-actions", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "django-signal-webhooks", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "django-stubs", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
-    { name = "httpx", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "ipython", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "platformdirs", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "psutil", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
@@ -220,7 +225,7 @@ dev = [
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
     { name = "abx-dl", specifier = "==1.12.264" },
-    { name = "abx-plugins", specifier = "==1.12.227" },
+    { name = "abx-plugins", extras = ["opencode"], specifier = "==1.12.227" },
     { name = "abxbus", specifier = "==2.5.56" },
     { name = "abxpkg", specifier = "==1.12.117" },
     { name = "archivebox", extras = ["sonic", "ldap", "debug"], marker = "extra == 'all'" },
@@ -242,7 +247,6 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "django-signal-webhooks", specifier = ">=0.3.0" },
     { name = "django-stubs", specifier = ">=5.0.4" },
     { name = "djdt-flamegraph", marker = "extra == 'debug'", specifier = ">=0.2.13" },
-    { name = "httpx", specifier = ">=0.28.1" },
     { name = "ipdb", marker = "extra == 'debug'", specifier = ">=0.13.13" },
     { name = "ipython", specifier = ">=8.27.0" },
     { name = "platformdirs", specifier = ">=4.3.6" },