Starter kits

New to pi? These are opinionated, purpose-based bundles — each is a handful of packages that work well together, with one copyable install command. Pick the kit that matches what you want to do, or browse the whole catalogue.

🚀 Starter essentials

The day-one set — the most-installed packages, what a new pi user adds first.

$ pi install npm:pi-mcp-adapter && pi install npm:pi-subagents && pi install npm:pi-web-access && pi install npm:pi-lens && pi install npm:pi-powerline-footer
extension

pi-mcp-adapter

MCP (Model Context Protocol) adapter for pi — connect any MCP server's tools to your agent.

🤖⚡🔑📁 +5
nicobailon ★ 1.6k ↓ 1.6M
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pi-subagents

Delegate tasks to subagents with chains, parallel execution, artifacts and TUI controls. The de-facto standard for multi-agent workflows in pi.

🤖📡⚡🔑 +6
nicobailon ★ 4.5 ★ 4.2k ↓ 870.7k
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pi-web-access

Web search, URL fetching, GitHub repo cloning, PDF extraction and YouTube video understanding for pi.

🤖⚡🔑📁 +3
nicobailon ★ 1.8k ↓ 1.3M
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pi-lens

Real-time code feedback for pi — LSP, linters, formatters, type-checking and structural analysis surfaced directly to the agent.

🤖📡⚡🔑 +6
apmantza ★ 523 ↓ 93.5k
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pi-powerline-footer

Powerline-style status bar for pi — model, tokens, cost, git branch and more in a configurable footer.

🤖⚡🔑📁 +5
nicobailon ★ 474 ↓ 44.3k

🧠 Memory & context

Persistent memory and semantic recall so the agent remembers across sessions.

$ pi install npm:context-mode && pi install npm:pi-hermes-memory && pi install npm:@remnic/plugin-pi && pi install npm:pi-memory
toolextension

context-mode

MCP plugin that saves 98% of your context window. Works with Claude Code, Gemini CLI, VS Code Copilot, OpenCode, and Codex CLI. Sandboxed code execution, FTS5 knowledge base, and intent-driven search.

🤖⚡🔑📁 +4
mksglu ★ 33.8k ↓ 149.4k
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pi-hermes-memory

Persistent memory, session search and secret scanning for pi. Token-aware and policy-driven.

🤖⚡🔑📁 +3
chandra447 ★ 526 ↓ 28.0k
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@remnic/plugin-pi

Remnic memory extension for pi — shared memory that follows you across AI coding agents.

🤖⚡🔑📁 +2
joshuaswarren ★ 232 ↓ 16.1k
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pi-memory

Memory for pi with qmd-powered semantic search across daily logs and long-term notes.

🤖⚡🔑📁 +5
jayzeng ★ 213 ↓ 70.6k

🎨 Themes & UI polish

Make the terminal look good and surface useful status while you work.

$ pi install npm:glimpseui && pi install npm:pi-powerline-footer && pi install npm:pi-tidy-footer && pi install npm:@yevhen.b/pi-macos-theme-sync
extensiontool

glimpseui

Native micro-UI for scripts and agents — cross-platform WebView windows with bidirectional messaging.

⚡📁
hazat ★ 986 ↓ 86.1k
extension

pi-powerline-footer

Powerline-style status bar for pi — model, tokens, cost, git branch and more in a configurable footer.

🤖⚡🔑📁 +5
nicobailon ★ 474 ↓ 44.3k
themeextension

pi-tidy-footer

Tidy and better footer for Pi — native layout, layered with new features: live display of multi-currency token cost and account balance with color warnings; extension sorting, wrapping, and label tweaks; git file status; and tool activity indicators.

🔑📁🌐▤
eriiic7z ↓ 121

🛡 Safety & guardrails

Block or rewrite dangerous tool calls before they reach your system.

$ pi install npm:@yevhen.b/pi-preflight && pi install npm:@a5c-ai/babysitter-pi && pi install npm:cc-safety-net
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@yevhen.b/pi-preflight

Tool-call approvals and policy rules for Pi.

🤖🔑📁⇄ +2
yevhen.bobrov ★ 19 ↓ 17
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@a5c-ai/babysitter-pi

Orchestrate complex, multi-step workflows with event-sourced state management, hook-based extensibility, and human-in-the-loop approval — pi

🤖📡⚡📁
tmuskal ★ 5 ↓ 1.4k
toolextension

cc-safety-net

A coding agent CLI hook - block destructive git and filesystem commands before execution

🤖⚡📁⇄ +1
GitHub Actions ↓ 142.8k

⚡ More power

Plan mode, autonomous loops and multi-agent workflows for advanced sessions.

$ pi install npm:pi-dynamic-workflows && pi install npm:@kky42/pi-subagents && pi install npm:pi-executor
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pi-dynamic-workflows

Claude-Code-style dynamic workflow orchestration for Pi.

🔀🔧▤
miclivs ★ 1.2k ↓ 2.8k
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@kky42/pi-subagents

Claude Code-style subagents for pi.

🤖📁🔧▤
kky42 ★ 94 ↓ 59
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pi-executor

Pi extension to run executor

🤖⚡📁⇄ +3
dinai ★ 104 ↓ 45
🧩 Built a kit-worthy package? If your extension, theme or skill belongs in a starter kit, publish it — we curate these kits from the approved catalogue.