Pi Updates & Release Notes

New Features

• Program status reporting: terminals and agent dashboards that support OSC 7501 see whether Pi is working, blocked on a dialog or login, done, or failed. See Program status.
• Claude Haiku 5.5: anthropic/claude-haiku-5-5, with adaptive thinking up to xhigh/max effort.
• Adjust default tools with +name/-name: --tools entries like pi -t +codemode,-write change the default selection instead of replacing it. See Tools.
• GPT-6 Luna and image classification: OpenAI's GPT-6 Luna is available as a classifier model through the Decisions API, and codemode's models.classify() accepts images for classifiers that support them. See Use classifier models.
• Native llama.cpp decision models: Julia-1, Laya, Kev, lev, and OpenJev served by llama.cpp 0.6.0 or later run natively as classifiers through /v1/systemone. See Classification.

Added

• Added +name and -name entries to --tools, which change the default tool selection instead of replacing it, for example pi -t +codemode …

New Features

• Tool patterns and --no-mcp: --tools and --exclude-tools accept * patterns, for example --tools read,codemode,'mcp__radius__*' keeps only one MCP server's tools. --tools now keeps MCP tools unless an entry starts with mcp__, and --no-mcp turns off MCP for one run. See Tools and MCP tools.
• Codemode persists images: tools.read() on an image file now gives back an image block that image() can show. See Call tools.

Added

• Added * patterns to --tools and --exclude-tools, for example --tools read,codemode,'mcp__radius__*'
• Added --no-mcp to disable the built-in MCP support for one run

Fixed

• Fixed syntax highlighting losing colors after the first line of multiline strings and comments in fenced code blocks (#10143)
• Fixed codemode scripts not receiving images from read: tools.read() now resolves to an image block for image files, which image() shows (#10251) …

New Features

• Azure Foundry Chat Completions — The azure provider (renamed from azure-openai-responses) now also serves Foundry Chat Completions deployments, starting with azure/deepseek-v4-pro. See Azure OpenAI.
• Codemode images saved to files — image() also writes each image to a temp file and names the path in the result, so later turns can copy or move generated images. See Generate images.

Breaking Changes

• Renamed the Azure provider from azure-openai-responses to azure. Rename the provider key in auth.json (or run /login again), in models.json, and in settings.json (defaultProvider, enabledModels patterns, and modelThinkingLevels keys). Sessions that used the old provider fall back to another model when resumed, and their prompt cache is not reused. The AZURE_OPENAI_* environment variables are unchanged (#9714 by @jsanter27)

Added

• Added Azure Foundry Chat Completions deployments, starting with azure/deepseek-v4-pro (#9645, #9714 by @jsanter27)

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New Features

• Sampling by thinking level — samplingParamsByThinkingLevel in models.json sets sampling parameters such as temperature and top_p for each thinking level on OpenAI-compatible APIs. See Configure sampling by thinking level.

Added

• Added samplingParamsByThinkingLevel to models.json for per-thinking-level sampling parameter overrides on OpenAI-compatible APIs. See Configure sampling by thinking level (#9776 by @mrexodia)

New Features

• Nix flake — nix run github:earendil-works/pi/stable runs the latest release, and nix profile add github:earendil-works/pi/stable installs it. See Install pi.
• Project overrides for MCP servers — .pi/mcp.json and /mcp can enable, disable, or change the exposure of a user-level server for one project. See Configure servers.
• MCP Client ID Metadata Documents — oauth.clientRegistration: "cimd" lets authorization servers allow pi by its document URL instead of dynamic registration. See Authenticate with OAuth.
• Tool renderers for any tool — pi.registerToolRenderer() draws calls to tools that are not registered yet, such as MCP tools in resumed sessions. See Tool rendering.
• Cloudflare Clef classifiers — @cf/cloudflare/clef and @cf/cloudflare/clef-flash are usable from codemode scripts and extensions. See Use classifier models.

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New Features

• Fullscreen by default — The TUI now runs fullscreen. Set tuiMode to "regular" to keep the terminal's normal scrollback. See Terminal and display.
• Leaner codemode — About 40% fewer prompt tokens, and errors that tell the model how to recover. See Codemode.
• Image generation in codemode — Scripts call models.generateImages() with the session's credentials. See Generate images and Use image models.
• Radius in /login — Sign in with Radius and set up its MCP server in one step. See Radius.
• Anthropic copy code login — Sign in when the browser runs on another machine. See Authenticate interactively. …

New Features

• MCP servers stay out of the way: servers with the default codemode exposure are no longer listed in the codemode description and no longer block the first prompt. They appear in a short system prompt section, and scripts find their tools with searchTools() and describeNamespace(). See Control tool exposure.
• More MCP authentication options: oauth.clientName for servers that only accept known OAuth clients, and "auth": { "provider": "<provider>" } to authenticate HTTP servers with a provider's /login token. See Authenticate with OAuth.
• Anthropic workload identity federation from the Anthropic SDK environment variables. See Use an API key from the environment.
• /reload enables tools newly added to the defaultTools setting. See Tools.

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New Features

• GPT-6.1 Sol — Available on OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, and OpenAI Codex, and now the default OpenAI Codex model. See Select a model.

Added

• Added GPT-6.1 Sol (gpt-6.1-sol) to the OpenAI, Azure OpenAI Responses, and OpenAI Codex providers.

Changed

• Changed the default OpenAI Codex model to GPT-6.1 Sol (gpt-6.1-sol).

Fixed

• Fixed /login with OpenAI failing in the bundled release with a missing openai-chatgpt.js module error.

New Features

• Codemode and MCP — Connect MCP servers and let models run JavaScript that calls tools in parallel. See MCP Servers and Enable codemode.
• System theme — Pi's colors now come from your terminal's own palette by default. See Use your terminal's colors.
• Sign in with ChatGPT — Use a ChatGPT subscription with the OpenAI provider through /login openai. See Authenticate interactively.
• Virtual models — Extensions can route each request to a different physical model. See Virtual Models.
• Classifier models — Run Jev classifiers from codemode scripts, or use any llama.cpp model as a classifier. See How codemode works and Classification.

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New Features

• Latest frontier models — Use Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6 Sol, and GPT-6 Luna through supported providers, including GitHub Copilot. See Choose a Model.
• Grok 4.7 by default for xAI — New xAI sessions now default to Grok 4.7. See Provider Authentication.

Added

• Added inherited Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6 Sol, and GPT-6 Luna support for GitHub Copilot.
• Added inherited GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna support for OpenAI API keys and OpenAI Codex subscriptions.
• Added inherited Claude Opus 5.5 support for Anthropic with adaptive thinking and a 1M context window.

Changed

• Changed the default xAI model to Grok 4.7.

Fixed

• Fixed split-turn compaction summaries being refused by Claude Fable 5.1 by clearly separating the conversation and using continuation-oriented instructions (#9908 by @davidbrai).
• Fixed missing or invalid --mode values being silently ignored instead of reporting an error and exiting with a nonzero status (#9045). …

New Features

• Canonical session context and extension boundaries — Edit model context without rewriting history and add actionable lifecycle hooks. See ContextEditEntry and extension events.
• Full-transcript context extensions — Use context_with_system for per-request system-message transformations. See context_with_system.
• Per-model image input limits — Configure cache-safe image resizing per model for attachments, read, and tool-result images. See Image Input Limits.

Breaking Changes

• Removed the inherited shouldStopAfterTurn agent option. Use finishTurn and return { action: "end" } instead. finishTurn runs before turn_end but applies the decision afterward, and it also receives error and aborted responses; migrate normal-response predicates by returning undefined for those hard exits. See the @earendil-works/pi-agent-core changelog for a complete before-and-after example. …

New Features

• Meta Muse provider — Sign in with Meta using /login meta or use META_API_KEY to access Muse Spark models. See Meta (Muse subscription).

Added

• Added Meta (Muse subscription) login via /login meta with automatic Model API key refresh, plus META_API_KEY support (#9096 by @xl0).

Changed

• Enabled Node's persistent compile cache before loading the bundled CLI runtime, reducing repeat launch time.

Fixed

• Fixed /bug descriptions dropping line breaks from pasted diagnostics.
• Fixed /bug hints appearing for user cancellations and retryable provider failures such as service unavailability.
• Fixed clipboard copy failing in containers and WSL without WSLg by restoring the OSC 52 fallback when no display is available, and added a verified Windows clipboard backend for WSL (#9688).
• Fixed inherited z.ai Prompt too long errors not being recognized as context overflow (#9805).
• Fixed inherited Cerebras models advertising unsupported strict tool schemas, which caused HTTP 400 errors when strict and non-strict tools were mixed (#9804 by @EdenGottlieb).

New Features

• Prompt cache warming — Keep valuable prompt caches alive during long tool runs and optionally while idle using cost-aware refreshes. See Cache Warming.
• Bug reporting — Report problems with /bug using redacted diagnostics, optional transcripts, or exported ZIP archives. See Reporting Bugs.
• Transcript-aware prompt and tool updates — Preserve instruction and tool changes across resume and branch navigation while retaining cached prefixes. See before_agent_start.
• Offline Radius model catalog — Select Radius models immediately, with cached and live catalogs overlaid when available. See Radius.
• Per-model compaction budgets — Configure reserved and recent-token budgets by model. See Per-model overrides.

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New Features

• GPT-6 Astra — Available through OpenAI API keys and OpenAI Codex subscriptions. See API Keys and OpenAI Codex.

Added

• Added GPT-6 Astra for OpenAI API keys and OpenAI Codex subscriptions.
• Added five-times-faster mouse wheel scrolling while holding Alt in fullscreen mode (#9166 by @xl0).

Fixed

• Fixed configurable save keybindings in the model and thinking selectors (#9149 by @rwachtler).
• Fixed SDK import failures caused by unintentionally publishing internal experimental code and dependencies in 0.85.0. The experimental client and experimental/plugin subpaths and server/client commands are now source-only through pi-test.sh; the supported local SDK and stdio RPC API are unchanged (#9132).
• Fixed mouse hover changing selection and recentering autocomplete and settings lists, causing clicks to target a different item.
• Fixed long prompt-cache requests for GPT-5.6+ Responses models to use prompt_cache_options.ttl: "30m" instead of prompt_cache_retention: "24h".

New Features

• Persistent Claude thinking effort — Supported Anthropic transports preserve per-turn effort and recover safely from signed-thinking mismatches. See Model Configuration.
• Fullscreen transcript controls — Jump to the latest message from a scrolled transcript and use the embedded working indicator. See TUI Fullscreen Viewport.
• Restorable in-memory sessions — Resume externally stored session entries through the SDK. See Session Management.

Added

• Added SessionManager.inMemory() support for restoring externally managed session entries (#8980 by @y-nk).
• Added inherited OpenAI-compatible vllmPriority and supportsMaxOutputTokens model settings for vLLM scheduler priority and OpenAI Responses output-token limits (#9004 by @AppleDannyClegg, #8941 by @scturtle). …

New Features

• Terminal capability overrides — Override detected terminal hyperlink, image, and truecolor support. See Capability Overrides.
• Extension UI prompt events — Integrations can distinguish active agent work from time spent waiting for ctx.ui prompts. See Extension UI prompt events.
• RPC queue clearing — Retrieve and clear queued steering and follow-up messages with clear_queue. See RPC clear_queue.
• Fullscreen selection copy controls — Disable automatic selection copying in fullscreen mode and use Ctrl+X to copy the active selection. See UI & Display.
• DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (experimental) — Use the vision-capable model through the built-in DeepSeek provider. See API Keys.

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New Features

• PowerShell tool — Use optional native PowerShell command execution on Windows. See PowerShell Tool.
• Safer managed updates — Stage, verify, and atomically activate updates for installer-managed installations. See Install and Manage.
• Model and thinking controls — Select thinking levels with /thinking, search defaults, keep selections session-scoped, and persist them explicitly with Ctrl+S. See Models and Thinking.

Breaking Changes

• Renamed the inherited GoogleThinkingLevel type to GoogleApiThinkingLevel and added ResolvedGoogleThinkingLevel for normalized adapter levels.

Added

• Added an optional powershell tool for Windows, configurable through defaultTools and the SDK. See PowerShell Tool.
• Added a /thinking selector and searchable default choices to the model and thinking selectors; Ctrl+S saves the selected model as the global default. See Models and Thinking. …

New Features

• Fullscreen transcript search — Search and navigate matches in fullscreen mode. See TUI Fullscreen Viewport.
• Configurable default tools — Choose startup built-in tools globally or per project. See Tools.
• Configurable fullscreen exit output — Print the transcript or only a resume hint on exit. See Interactive Mode.

Added

• Added fullscreen transcript search with Ctrl+Shift+F, incremental match highlighting, configurable search match theme colors, and next/previous navigation with Enter/Ctrl+G and Shift+Enter/Ctrl+Shift+G.
• Added experimental strict JSON-schema constrained sampling for the default read, bash, edit, and write tools under PI_EXPERIMENTAL=1.
• Added a fullscreen exit output setting to choose between printing the final transcript and only a session resume hint.
• Added the defaultTools setting for configuring the initial built-in tool selection globally or per project.
• Added --use-theme <name[/name]> to choose an initial per-run interactive theme without changing saved settings (#7722 by @rwachtler).…

New Features

• Qwen Token Plan Individual — Use the built-in provider for models documented for Individual subscriptions. See API Keys.
• Authentication readiness checks — Use pi auth check to verify provider or model credentials, optionally emitting the resolved credential.
• Improved fullscreen interaction — Select words and paragraphs with multiple clicks and configure half-page transcript scrolling. See TUI Fullscreen Viewport.
• Terminating blocked tool calls — Extension tool_call handlers can stop all-terminating batches without another model call. See Tool Events.

Added

• Added Qwen Token Plan Individual as a built-in provider with its documented subscription model catalog and the shared international QWEN_TOKEN_PLAN_API_KEY. See API Keys (#7659 by @arasovic).
• Added pi auth check provider/model auth preflight with optional credential output (#7152). …

New Features

• Fullscreen TUI mode — Switch between regular and fullscreen modes at runtime, with a sticky editor and footer, independently scrollable transcript, and draggable scrollbars. See UI & Display.
• Mermaid and LaTeX rendering — Render Mermaid diagrams and terminal-friendly Unicode math in interactive transcripts. See Markdown settings and TUI Markdown.
• Per-directory context overrides — Use AGENTS.override.md to replace context files for a specific directory. See Context Files.
• Advanced custom model sampling — Configure arbitrary OpenAI-compatible samplingParams and opt-in vLLM thinking_token_budget values. See Sampling Parameters.
• Baseten provider — Use built-in Baseten authentication and model support. See API Keys.

Breaking Changes …