Mario Zechner's minimal terminal coding harness: 4 base tools, full TypeScript extensions, skills & SDK embedding. MIT.
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Tired of commercial agent black boxes and rigid plan modes? Pi provides the purest terminal experience: 4 base tools, clean session branching, and full TypeScript extensions & SDK embedding. It is the cleanest open harness for developers who want full control.
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