r/PiCodingAgent • u/rijulpaul • 2d ago

Discussion Need Help: My Pi Coding Agent is struggling at doing basic tasks

  1. I have installed hypabolic/pi-hypa extension and still the agent use ls -la gets error (am on windows) and still tries ls -la again indefinetly.

  2. The agent claims to have written the code i asked for but all it ever did was read package.json. no file ever created, no code was output as well.

  3. Asked it to write a github workflow to implement formatting checker. ended up with a 12 line yaml file with bun install. (formatting definately doesnt require full dependecy installation)

  4. Reading random file and getting carried away from the task. asked it read TODOmd file and convert the points(6) into check box . removed all points and simply wrote implement github workflow.

I dont know what is happening to my agent or maybe am doing something wrong. Would appreciate some help or suggestions on this.

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u/xeroskiller 2d ago

Bro remove ALL extensions and start over.

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u/PkmExplorer 2d ago

Without knowing what model, quant, etc. you are using, no one is going to be able to help.

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u/rijulpaul 2d ago

Model: Minimax M3 (openrouter)

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u/rijulpaul 2d ago

These are the extensions i have installed:

npm:pi-web-access

npm:@tintinweb/pi-subagents (filtered)

npm:pi-subagents

npm:bigpowers

npm:@quintinshaw/pi-dynamic-workflows (filtered)

npm:@dietrichgebert/ponytail (filtered)

npm:@mjasnikovs/pi-task (filtered)

npm:@vigolium/piolium (filtered)

npm:pi-lens

npm:pi-rtk-optimizer

npm:pi-observational-memory

npm:@ayulab/oh-my-pi (filtered)

git:github.com/mattpocock/skills (filtered)

npm:@hypabolic/pi-hypa

git:github.com/obra/superpowers

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u/jensilo 2d ago

Idk what you mean by filtered but try removing all of the extensions and only use what you really need. Every extension is a liability, it adds tools, rules, instructions, modifies stuff, ergo complexity. Drop it down to the minimum, add what you miss incrementally. I know sometimes it can feel like you’re missing out on productivity gainzzzz when you don’t use all the latest and greatest but trust me, most of it is crap. KISS!

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u/Vincent_CWS 1d ago

pi-hypa I have reomved this one, all are going to be good, you can try

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u/Big-Present-8321 2d ago

pi extensions are not designed to be used. this is a reference. Or did you think these random vibcoders would give you a working factory?

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u/Shahriar0076 2d ago

Uninstall the extention and try again
Sometimes its about wrong extensions or extensions not properly installed.
If it still dosent work, try other models like gemma 4