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A couple other major open source harnesses: - https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/ - https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode

comment by dbmikus · 2026-04-25 · in What's missing in the 'agentic' story: a well-defined user agent role

https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/tree/main/packages/codin...

comment by vorticalbox · 2026-04-21 · in Show HN: Ctx – a /resume that works across Claude Code and Codex

…or Open Code [0]. I am curious what providers/models are you using in place of Claude's model? [0] https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono

comment by fouc · 2026-04-21 · in Changes in the system prompt between Claude Opus 4.6 and 4.7

…one has explicit Termux support, but its AGENTS.md works just fine with Claude Code for example - https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/blob/main/packages/codin... ), and say you want an android app. It problem solves for a bit, then spits…

comment by xstas1 · 2026-04-17 · in Android CLI: Build Android apps 3x faster using any agent

…even think his shitty attitude was worthy of an apology, that HE confused me with someone else. https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/discussions/1475#discuss... And another other thing I fixed with no attribution, just landed it himself…

comment by Daviey · 2026-04-09 · in Reallocating $100/Month Claude Code Spend to Zed and OpenRouter

…[2] is also very well written. I should've given original links instead of noisy HN threads. [1] https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/blob/main/packages/codin... [2] https://mariozechner.at/posts/2025-11-30-pi-coding-agent/ pi-conding-agent…

comment by ontouchstart · 2026-04-08 · in I've sold out

…Mario and his not-so-new clique. Create a private repo in GitHub first, then do a bare Git clone of https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono.git (ideally do it before the original repo gets moved to Earendil's GitHub org). git clone --bare…

comment by orojackson · 2026-04-08 · in I've sold out

How does this compare to the pi-mono coding agent? https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/tree/main/packages/codin...

comment by vibe42 · 2026-04-01 · in Darce – AI coding agent for your terminal, any model, 14 kB

Oh, you should have a look at Pi then. https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/tree/main/packages/codin...

comment by davidkunz · 2026-04-01 · in Claude Code Unpacked : A visual guide

https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/blob/main/AGENTS.md

comment by 16bitvoid · 2026-04-01 · in Claude Code Unpacked : A visual guide

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Pi: Another AI agent toolkit, but this one is interesting

story by modinfo · 2026-03-30 · 1 comment

Why not set your own evals and something like pi-mono for that? https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/ You'll define exactly what good looks like.

comment by alexhans · 2026-03-27 · in Schedule tasks on the web

…I do find myself reaching for Pi more consistently as I've gotten more confident with my setup. [1] https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/tree/main/packages/codin...

comment by mmcclure · 2026-03-21 · in OpenCode – Open source AI coding agent

> Sorry, what is pi https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/tree/main/packages/codin... > how are you using it with ChatGPT for agentic coding? OpenAI has publically blessed people using their subscriptions with different harnesses, like…

comment by joshstrange · 2026-03-19 · in Anthropic takes legal action against OpenCode

…for distributing Python builds (both of which were eventually transferred to Astral). [0]: https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono [1]: https://github.com/astral-sh/rye [2]: https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone

comment by fortuitous-frog · 2026-03-19 · in Astral to Join OpenAI

…your coding harness to be predictable, then use something open source, like Pi: https://pi.dev/ https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/tree/main/packages/codin... But if you want to use it with Claude models you will have to pay per token…

comment by rahimnathwani · 2026-03-14 · in Please do not A/B test my workflow

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Slack bot coding agent built on pi (mom)

story by rmhsilva · 2026-03-04 · 0 comments

For those that don't know, Pi is the minimal agent harness powering Open Claw too https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono

comment by pol_avec · 2026-03-03 · in I Brought an AI to a Hacking Contest (and Won)

…I consider our pause on contributions similar to pi's open source vacation, we'll figure it out. https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/blob/main/packages/codin...

comment by steveruizok · 2026-02-27 · in Move tests to closed source repo

…may never be that without making it complicated for the masses. OSS will always win here. [1] https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono

comment by gck1 · 2026-02-26 · in How will OpenAI compete?

…which enables searching and calling out tools from MCPs without overhead. Works like a charm. [1] https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/ [2] https://github.com/nicobailon/pi-mcp-adapter

comment by miroljub · 2026-02-26 · in Making MCP cheaper via CLI

…according to rules, I've created a PR but can't submit because of Pi's OSS vacation BS... https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/compare/main...k3a:pi-mo... I am quite happy with my patched forks for now

comment by neop1x · 2026-02-25 · in Pi – A minimal terminal coding harness

…pi also says that there is a `/skill` command, but then it is missing in the following table: https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/tree/main/packages/codin... The `/skill` command also doesn't seem registered when I use pi. What is going…

comment by mr_mitm · 2026-02-25 · in Pi – A minimal terminal coding harness

too bad I cannot star this.. https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/tree/main/packages/codin...

comment by indigodaddy · 2026-02-25 · in Pi – A minimal terminal coding harness

…is an intuitive extension architecture that makes integrating these type of things feel native. https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/tree/main/packages/codin...

comment by ramoz · 2026-02-24 · in Pi – A minimal terminal coding harness

Would 1000% prefer to use Pi ( https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono ) for building anything relating to AI agents. It's already battle-tested in super popular applications (like OpenClaw for example and many others), has 100s of extensions,…

comment by saberience · 2026-02-24 · in Build your own custom AI CLI with Pydantic AI

…here. For me it reads very clear and succinct. Can I rewrite it with fewer words? Yes: > [Pi]( https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/tree/main ) is a minimal coding agent developed by Mario Zechner (libGDX's dev). I tried every ai coding…

comment by raincole · 2026-02-24 · in The Engine Behind the Hype

…thus wins in this attention economy people think they are competing in. The actual engine is here: https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono An interesting idea to have a bit more control over what your 'agent' is doing and keep it simple. Some…

comment by grey-area · 2026-02-24 · in The Engine Behind the Hype

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pi: Compaction and Branch Summarization

story by tosh · 2026-02-23 · 0 comments

…on X. It's built on top of the pi coding agent (same one used by openclaw). It uses pi-web-ui ( https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/tree/main/packages%2Fweb... ). What surprised me was that it works with oauth tokens from consumer AI…

comment by rahimnathwani · 2026-02-20 · in Pi for Excel: AI sidebar add-in for Excel

…modifying platform is a very lo-fi version of this, is a self extending platform, which is amazing. https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/1/31/pi/ The suggestion to have APIs for your product to remain relevant…

comment by jauntywundrkind · 2026-02-19 · in When interfaces become disposable

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Show HN: Rakenne – Markdown-defined agentic workflows for structured documents

story by rnc000 · 2026-02-16 · 0 comments

…repos are a joy to read, are 1/100th the size of OpenClaw, and have 95% of the functionality. [0]: https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono

comment by fny · 2026-02-15 · in I’m joining OpenAI

Building on OpenClaw is a mistake. The real advantage is https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono

comment by nojito · 2026-02-15 · in Kimi Claw

I think pi-mono ( https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono ) is pretty close. The extensibility is wonderful and a much better fit for how I work compared to Claude Code.

comment by jprokay13 · 2026-02-14 · in Building a TUI is easy now

…Just noticed the article's author is using a fork of Pi. [1]: https://shittycodingagent.ai/ [2]: https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/tree/main/packages/codin... [3]: https://github.com/nicobailon

comment by HumanOstrich · 2026-02-12 · in Improving 15 LLMs at Coding in One Afternoon. Only the Harness Changed

I've found immense value in this, am already doing it with Pi( https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono ) and it's very easy to replicate

comment by mikodin · 2026-02-11 · in Ex-GitHub CEO launches a new developer platform for AI agents

I cannot recommend Pi enough: https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/tree/main/packages/codin... I'm working with it for about 2 weeks now and absolutely love it. I can't think of going back to Claude Code CLI, Codex or similar tools. Here's…

comment by ebenes · 2026-02-10 · in What I learned building an opinionated and minimal coding agent

…│ Models │ │ Tools │ └────────────┘ └────────────┘ Here's an example of a harness with less code: https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/blob/fdcd9ab783104285764...

comment by rahimnathwani · 2026-02-09 · in Eight more months of agents

…is probably an order of magnitudes more complex, such as IntelliJ stuff as an example. Tools like https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono implement most of the functionality Claude Code has, even adding loads of stuff Claude doesn't have and…

comment by elAhmo · 2026-02-06 · in Claude Opus 4.6

Some projects (like the pi coding agent) use a gated approach for first-time contributors: https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.m... Here is what it looks like in practice: https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/issues/12…

comment by mrshu · 2026-02-03 · in GitHub discusses giving maintainers control to disable PRs

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Show HN: Pi-Tmux

story by athrowaway3z · 2026-02-02 · 0 comments

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mom: Master of Mischief

story by tosh · 2026-02-01 · 0 comments

…if that's what you mean. But the pi-ai package serves the same purpose as Vercel's AI SDK. https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/tree/main/packages/ai

comment by badlogic · 2026-02-01 · in What I learned building an opinionated and minimal coding agent

…everyone, but I can see how powerful it can be. --- [1] https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/1/31/pi/ [2] https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/tree/main/packages/codin... [3] https://github.com/mitsuhiko/agent-stuff/blob/main/pi-extens... [4]…

comment by mustaphah · 2026-02-01 · in What I learned building an opinionated and minimal coding agent

…think is the future for ai agents. I only wish the author changed his stance on vendor extensions: https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/discussions/254

comment by zby · 2026-02-01 · in What I learned building an opinionated and minimal coding agent

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Pi Monorepo: Tools for building AI agents and managing LLM deployments

story by pretext · 2026-01-30 · 0 comments

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Pi Coding Agent

story by ttobi · 2026-01-16 · 0 comments

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Pi-Mono Coding Agent

story by tin7in · 2026-01-15 · 0 comments

…pi, which does not flicker and is VERY hackable and is the SOTA for going back to previous turns: https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/blob/main/packages/codin...

comment by manmal · 2026-01-15 · in Claude Cowork exfiltrates files