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Pi

A terminal-based coding agent

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Pi is a terminal-based coding agent built around a minimal core. Users can extend it with TypeScript extensions, skills, prompt templates, and themes, then bundle these as packages and distribute them through npm or git. The tool ships with defaults but omits features such as sub-agents and plan mode, leaving those to be built or installed as packages.

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    Covers 1 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

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