Pi Coding Agent
VS Code extension that integrates the pi coding agent CLI into the integrated terminal.
Requirements
pi must be installed and available in your PATH.
Commands
Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P) and search for Pi:
| Command Palette Title |
Description |
| Pi: Run Pi Coding Agent |
Open an interactive pi session |
| Pi: Run Pi Coding Agent with Current File |
Open pi and pass the active file (or workspace root) as @filepath context |
| Pi: Run Pi Coding Agent (Print Mode) |
Prompt for a message and run pi -p "message" |
| Pi: Continue Most Recent Pi Session |
Run pi -c to resume the last session |
| Pi: Browse Pi Sessions |
Run pi -r to browse and select a past session |
The right-click context menu in the Explorer and editor also exposes "Run Pi Coding Agent with Current File".
A status bar button ($(terminal) Pi) in the bottom-left launches the agent directly.
Each Pi command opens a fresh terminal.
Settings
Configure via File > Preferences > Settings (search "Pi Coding Agent"):
| Setting |
Type |
Default |
Description |
piCodingAgent.defaultArgs |
string |
"" |
Extra CLI flags added to every pi invocation, e.g. --model openai/gpt-4o |
piCodingAgent.showStatusBar |
boolean |
true |
Show or hide the status bar button |
Example settings.json
{
"piCodingAgent.defaultArgs": "--model anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5 --thinking low",
"piCodingAgent.showStatusBar": true
}
Building from source
npm install
npm run compile
Packaging
npm run package
# Produces: pi-coding-agent-0.1.0.vsix
Install locally:
code --install-extension pi-coding-agent-0.1.0.vsix
