Best Pi use cases for agent setup & config
3 real setups where the source names Pi for agent setup and config, most-discussed first. Each one credits the person who did it and links the source.
Pi appears in 3 of the 42 agent setup & config use cases on agentsetups, and in 5 use cases overall.
Most-discussed: Expensive models think, cheap models implement by Duy /zuey/; Extend Pi with council, voice and TTS extensions by Melvin Vivas; Compact tool output in Pi with a plugin by Mason.
Quick start (from Expensive models think, cheap models implement by Duy /zuey/):
- Use expensive models for brainstorming, analysis, architecture, design and planning.
- If they need to inspect a repo, connect them via CloudHarness MCP.
- Throw the plan to Pi/OMP and let cheap models implement.
Last updated · based on 336 use cases on agentsetups, each credited to its author.
All 3 Pi agent setup & config use cases
- Expensive models think, cheap models implement
GPT models plan via CloudHarness MCP; Pi/OMP implement with DeepSeek V4.1 Flash/GLM-5.3 via OpenCode Go for ~$10/mo.
- Use expensive models for brainstorming, analysis, architecture, design and planning.
- If they need to inspect a repo, connect them via CloudHarness MCP.
- Throw the plan to Pi/OMP and let cheap models implement.
Pi, OMP (oh-my-pi), OpenCode · Agent setup & config · by Duy /zuey/ (X post, 22 Sep 2026) · source
- Extend Pi with council, voice and TTS extensions
Community Pi extensions: /council asks several models in parallel, local voice input, Turkish TTS.
- Install Pi Agent Council and use /council to compare advice from several models side by side.
- Install pi-voice (pi install npm:@earendil-works/pi-voice) for local speech-to-text.
- Optionally add a TTS extension that reads only text inside <tts> tags.
Pi · Agent setup & config · by Melvin Vivas (X post, 1 Oct 2026) · source
- Compact tool output in Pi with a plugin
Moving daily work to Pi, a developer built his first plugin to compact tool output, borrowing the Codex App’s design.
- Write a Pi plugin that compacts tool output (modelled on how the Codex App does it).
- Install it into your daily Pi setup.
Pi · Agent setup & config · by Mason (X post, 2 Sep 2026) · source
Questions people ask
What is Pi used for in agent setup and config?
Real examples from the sources: Expensive models think, cheap models implement (by Duy /zuey/); Extend Pi with council, voice and TTS extensions (by Melvin Vivas); Compact tool output in Pi with a plugin (by Mason).
How do I set up Pi for agent setup and config?
Copy a setup that already worked. Expensive models think, cheap models implement by Duy /zuey/: 1) Use expensive models for brainstorming, analysis, architecture, design and planning. 2) If they need to inspect a repo, connect them via CloudHarness MCP. 3) Throw the plan to Pi/OMP and let cheap models implement. The use-case page has the full prompt to paste into Pi.