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Pi uses local pi. Auth and models stay in Pi’s own directory (usually ~/.pi/). Open Settings → Provider management → CLI and confirm PI CLI shows Installed. The extension does not install it for you, and it does not change auth.json. In a system terminal, use pi /login or add a key from the Pi docs. CLI detection page

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Install

Alternative:
Docs: https://pi.dev/ After install, go back to the CLI page and click Detect again. If the command is not found, set PI_BIN / PI_PATH / PI_CLI_PATH, or add ~/.pi/bin to the system PATH.

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Capability differences

Compared with Claude Code:
  • No plan mode
  • MCP / Skills / some settings pages are centered on Claude Code
  • Stop ends the pi child process
  • Chat works, but there is no local history index yet. History does not list Pi sessions

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If detection fails

See Detect and install.

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Next steps