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…harness usage draws from extra usage and is billed per token, not against Claude plan limits." https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/blob/v0.86.1/packages/c... Is that not the case anymore?

comment by lucaspottersky · 2026-10-29 · in The Agent SDK

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Chord, distributed objects and hot reload for pi-durable

story by RebelPotato · 2026-10-26 · 0 comments

…a surname not a first name, and a mistaken extrapolation on my part) https://github.com/davidbrai https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/10895 The lack of professionalism or seriousness was mainly in a private email chain with Armin.…

comment by verdverm · 2026-10-25 · in Five Qwen3.8-27B models match Fable 5 Using GVS5H Harness

…security too, sandboxes are one part of posture, but not the only one You can decide for yourself: https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/10895 Anthropic, OpenAi, and OpenCode all support this feature, we have non-developers to…

comment by verdverm · 2026-10-25 · in Five Qwen3.8-27B models match Fable 5 Using GVS5H Harness

…me have the same project worked on side by side by different models, each in its own git worktree. https://github.com/earendil-works/pi https://github.com/herdrdev/herdr

comment by rektlessness · 2026-10-23 · in Kimi K3.1 Pro and K3.1 Pro Highspeed

…horizon. I'm generally disappointed with the Pi team and their dismissal of a major security gap https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/10895

comment by verdverm · 2026-10-18 · in OpenCode has a security breach last that impacted 1.4% of console users

…on the eventual result of this issue. They are also working on a service like this called Radius. https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/10895 https://radius.earendil.com/

comment by verdverm · 2026-10-18 · in OpenCode Hacked: User credentials leaked

…but it is not going well... see this and please consider sharing your perspectives or support there https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/10895

comment by verdverm · 2026-10-18 · in OpenCode Hacked: User credentials leaked

…issue. I'm trying to get all the harnesses to have better security posture against loss of control. https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/10895 Here is my successful persuasion with OpenCode (spans a few issues/pull requests)…

comment by verdverm · 2026-10-16 · in AI Safety Is Not a Corporate Plot

…[2] and Pi [3]. [1] https://github.com/openai/codex [2] https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode [3] https://github.com/earendil-works/pi

comment by armcat · 2026-10-16 · in Ask HN: Has anyone decompiled Claude Code yet?

…The Pi dev who's handling my request there is just not getting it. https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/10895

comment by verdverm · 2026-10-16 · in "We're not going to make rules that say you can't use tools for X"

…regression I was able to work through with the OC team. This issue links to the OpenCode ones too. https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/10895 The Pi dev does not seem to grasp the issue after several back and forths. I do really…

comment by verdverm · 2026-10-14 · in OpenCode 2.0

…for similar security reasons. If any HNers would like to add their thoughts, please do so here https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/10895

comment by verdverm · 2026-10-14 · in OpenCode 2.0

…of the security issue, I have written more details in a feature request for the Pi harness. https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/10895#issuecomme...

comment by verdverm · 2026-10-14 · in Everything New in OpenCode 2.0

…https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code https://github.com/mistralai/mistral-vibe https://github.com/earendil-works/pi https://claude.com/de/resources/articles/claude-code-mods

comment by schleck8 · 2026-10-12 · in AI is a tool and using it well takes skill

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Pi v1.0.0

story by bjornroberg · 2026-10-01 · 2 comments

…in the latest release If you are a Pi user it may be better to just ask your agent to explain https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/pull/10040

comment by mi_lk · 2026-09-30 · in You said no MCP

…For example, Sandbox: ` https://github.com/earendil-works/gondolin ` The sandbox extension is at https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/tree/main/packages/codi... And the extension at ` https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/tree/main/packages/…

comment by Vax- · 2026-09-21 · in AX – Google’s Open Agentic Orchestrator

…--tools tool1, tool2, tool3 -e ./your-sandboxing-extension Pretty neat, huh? Sources: https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/555

comment by imtringued · 2026-09-17 · in HarnessTax: How Much Does the Harness Matter for Coding Agents?

…it I've felt no need to switch harnesses anymore. Or choose Oh My PI [2] for batteries included [1] https://github.com/earendil-works/pi [2] https://github.com/can1357/oh-my-pi

comment by ryanscio · 2026-09-02 · in Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber

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Show HN: Cogram Studio – CAD and BIM workspace for humans and agents

story by alexvboe · 2026-08-30 · 0 comments

…can just dive into the code and ask your favorite agent about it https://github.com/smol-env/smol https://github.com/earendil-works/pi

comment by tosh · 2026-08-27 · in Harness Engineering

I think in the age of AI slop contribution spam, pi has a notably good way to manage contributions. https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING....

comment by Zambyte · 2026-08-24 · in Ask HN: What's the best-managed open source repo you've seen on GitHub?

…the harness can be harnesses like pi [0] and smol [1]are on the more minimal end of things [0] https://github.com/earendil-works/pi [1] https://github.com/smol-env/smol

comment by tosh · 2026-08-23 · in What Is a Harness?

…and config combined. Quick Edit: Since github is back up, heres the comment I was referencing: https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/534#issuecomment...

comment by Systemerror7A69 · 2026-08-17 · in Pi coding agent: config folder is out of place on Linux

…[1]. GitHub are you okay? Edit: Known issue: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49330597 [1] https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/

comment by bArray · 2026-08-17 · in Pi coding agent: config folder is out of place on Linux

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Pi coding agent: config folder is out of place on Linux

story by joooscha · 2026-08-17 · 21 comments

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Show HN: Always responsive UI for a coding agent

story by polyglotfacto · 2026-08-16 · 0 comments

Please, could you point me to any documentation about this pre-ingestion? I’ve looked here: https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/blob/main/packages/codi...

comment by solarengineer · 2026-08-15 · in Qwen 3.8 27B

…with a special system & user prompt. This then fills out a template with relevant information. See: https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/blob/main/packages/codi...

comment by randomblock1 · 2026-08-13 · in How Compaction Works in Pi

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Pi's AgentHarness: From an In-Process Loop to a Durable Runtime

story by acmerfight · 2026-08-11 · 0 comments

…agree, this works, undervalued! look at minimal agents that protect the context window: - pi (https://github.com/earendil-works/pi) - smol (https://github.com/smol-env/smol) some thoughts on the other tips (for coding): 1) stronger models…

comment by tosh · 2026-08-08 · in Managing AI Coding Costs at Scale

I love Pi . I have been building an agent using its agent harness https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/tree/main/packages/agen... . I love the simplicity .

comment by manoji · 2026-08-05 · in Pi's Minimalism Is Its Advantage

It was introduced in late 2025: https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/92

comment by rahimnathwani · 2026-08-05 · in Pi's Minimalism Is Its Advantage

…agent with even more minimal and extensible, the underlying agent harness is also worth looking: https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/tree/main/packages/agen...

comment by Yiling-J · 2026-08-05 · in Pi's Minimalism Is Its Advantage

…2. https://github.com/imputnet/helium 3. https://github.com/OpenCut-app/OpenCut 4. https://github.com/earendil-works/pi 5. https://github.com/can1357/oh-my-pi

comment by theturtletalks · 2026-07-14 · in The zero-cost fallacy: open-source software in the agentic era

pi sends 1k (or less) -> https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/blob/main/packages/codi... My $20 sub using gpt 5.6 sol thinking-off lasts for hours using pi.

comment by drtournier · 2026-07-12 · in Claude Code sends 33k tokens before reading the prompt; OpenCode sends 7k

And pi agent is even less. The entire agent system prompt can be seen here: https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/blob/main/packages%2Fco...

comment by bel8 · 2026-07-12 · in Claude Code sends 33k tokens before reading the prompt; OpenCode sends 7k

…promotional but I am working on a "Brain" ( https://github.com/gitsense/pi-brains ) for the Pi ( https://github.com/earendil-works/pi ) coding agent and I can actually see this being quite useful to quickly tell if you did make an agent…

comment by sdesol · 2026-07-12 · in Show HN: Mindwalk – Replay coding-agent sessions on a 3D map of your codebase

…is a tool, not a free wheeling agent.) And I see that tonight pi has had their regular devs ship ( https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/tags ) new releases with modified thinking levels for GPT-5.6 while roboomp is discussing this back and…

comment by kzrdude · 2026-07-10 · in Opinionated and easy Pi.dev configuration

The default system prompt is so lean: https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/blob/main/packages/codi...

comment by prettyblocks · 2026-07-09 · in I Built a Telegram Client for Pi

…its really easy to extend pi building plugins or modifying the source (yay, open source) peace 1. https://github.com/earendil-works/pi 2. https://pi.dev/

comment by tough · 2026-07-08 · in I Built a Telegram Client for Pi

…another layer, but it should be a routing layer. I am finalizing my pi-brains extension for Pi ( https://github.com/earendil-works/pi ) which does this: https://github.com/gitsense/pi-brains Right now "humans" need to define the routing…

comment by sdesol · 2026-07-03 · in Memorizing session transcripts isn't useful

…is part of my CLI tool. https://github.com/gitsense/gsc-cli I am currently looking at making pi ( https://github.com/earendil-works/pi ) support AI code provenance, but for now if you want a more structured way to capture what you have…

comment by sdesol · 2026-06-17 · in AI demands more engineering discipline. Not less

…to see that a issue bypassed it. Take for instance this issue from 5 hours ago as an example: https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/4970 It does not follow the template, it's made by a user who is also active in the openclaw repo and…

comment by the_mitsuhiko · 2026-05-25 · in Building Pi with Pi

…issues 1.7k PRs 158k stars https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode ----- Pi 31 issues 4 PRs 47k stars https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono Their secret? A very rigorous contribution policy. Essentially, issues and PRs are autoclosed, and…

comment by ixxie · 2026-05-11 · in PS3 Emulator Devs Politely Ask That People Stop Flooding It with AI PRs

I'm using Pi: https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/tree/main/packages/codin...

comment by deevus · 2026-05-07 · in DeepSeek V4 Pro at 75% off until 31 May

…of submissions don't follow those guidelines which helps determine their quality threshold. https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.m...

comment by mellosouls · 2026-05-04 · in DeepClaude – Claude Code agent loop with DeepSeek V4 Pro

They have a pretty decent explanation. https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.m...

comment by skeledrew · 2026-05-04 · in DeepClaude – Claude Code agent loop with DeepSeek V4 Pro

Their process is outlined here: https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.m... > Maintainers review auto-closed issues daily and reopen worthwhile ones. Issues that do not meet the quality bar below will not be reopened or…

comment by mikeocool · 2026-05-04 · in DeepClaude – Claude Code agent loop with DeepSeek V4 Pro