I've only used CC and Pi and the point of pi is to use extensions. Luckily you can write them yourself pretty easily.

I cannot get behind CC is the best harness. Once u switched to pi I knew I was never going back and occasionally I need to use CC for my subscription and find it unpleasant. CC is just this incoherent hodge podge of functionality that seems to have no vision. Subjective, of course.

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closetheloopdev 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I switch harnesses regularly depending on the model providers, and I only use skills which are universally usable in any model and harness combination. I don't want to get tied to a particular model or harness, and skills provide me the freedom to do so.

I can include any custom programs I need in a skill, and the SKILL.md file is just a doc of how to use those. It helps me save tokens and ensures determinism with repeated workflows since redoing a task is just calling a skill's program.

I also load only skills that are necessary for a project. I don't want to pollute the context window with unneeded skills.

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galaxyLogic 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Luckily you can write them yourself pretty easily.

According to the article you can ask Pi to write ssuch extensions, so you don't have to, right?

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jpardoe 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I switched to Pi and it was great but I had to switch back to Claude Code purely for the subscription. Even with all the token efficiency I built into Pi it just wasn't nearly as good value as an Anthropic subscription. All open models ended up being more expensive so I switched to using an OpenAI subscription, which was better, but the OpenAI subscription is way less generous AND their models are behind. It became hard to justify.

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p2detar 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I use both but I’m fairly new to Pi. For now things that I notably miss in Pi are plan mode and subtasks. I was also a bit surprised that it doesn't have default permission mode (deny all) like CC. It’d make sense when using an open router model. But I haven’t used extensions that much yet, so who knows what features I’m overlooking. I don’t see myself dropping CC for now though.

	▲	dlkmp 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Isn't plan mode just a "make a plan first, don't change anything yet" addendum to your prompt? Haven't tried Pi, but given it's famous extensibility, that should not be too hard to build.
	▲	B4uler5 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		If you really want a “plan mode” you can ask Pi to add it. This is the strength of Pi. It isn’t opinionated far past excellent execution. Anything extra you can add yourself. You just ask whatever model you’re using to query the documentation included in the pi application and then its away.

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tyre 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

How much does pi cost you when you’re using 5.5 via API?

I feel like the max CC plans are incredible value.

	▲	flaburgan 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Why would you use it via the API? I personally don't use Pi but Zed, but Claude is plugged using ACP on my Pro plan. I would never pay the API prices that's way too expensive.