--- title: Pi: The Minimal Agent for REAL Devs | daily.dev description: Pi (pi.dev / shittycodingagent.ai) is a minimal, open-source, model-agnostic CLI coding agent built by Mario Zechner (creator of libGDX) as a reaction to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/pi-the-minimal-agent-for-real-devs-tgi0irx6b twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Pi: The Minimal Agent for REAL Devs | daily.dev og:description: Pi (pi.dev / shittycodingagent.ai) is a minimal, open-source, model-agnostic CLI coding agent built by Mario Zechner (creator of libGDX) as a reaction to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/pi-the-minimal-agent-for-real-devs-tgi0irx6b og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/TGI0IrX6b.png og:image:alt: Pi: The Minimal Agent for REAL Devs og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Pi: The Minimal Agent for REAL Devs **[DevOps Toolbox](https://daily.dev/sources/devopstoolbox)** · 13 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Pi (pi.dev / shittycodingagent.ai) is a minimal, open-source, model-agnostic CLI coding agent built by Mario Zechner (creator of libGDX) as a reaction to bloated tools like Claude Code and OpenCode. Its philosophy is radical minimalism: no MCP, no sub-agents, no plan mode, no permission pop-ups — just a lean loop on top of your chosen model. Key features include nonlinear session branching (/tree), session gists, inline bash commands, prompt templates as slash commands, and an extensible package system. The author walks through installation, provider setup (including local Ollama), context management tips, and practical usage patterns, concluding that Pi's appeal lies in what it deliberately omits rather than what it includes. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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