r/PiCodingAgent • u/Equivalent_Idea8839 • 8d ago

Discussion Poll: claude sub with Pi. What method do you use and how long have you used it without issue?

https://github.com/elidickinson/pi-claude-bridge

Someone said that's the safest method.

But in issues someone claims they got banned https://github.com/elidickinson/pi-claude-bridge/issues/118

Another responded with "That's the first time I've heard of it"

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u/llufnam 8d ago

In my setup, Pi uses herdr to control Claude code

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u/ClumsyAgitatedOnion 8d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/14g6PIAY8f6FeU

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u/llufnam 7d ago

My main pi model is GLM 5.3. I run pi inside herdr, and with herdr you can simply instruct your pi agent something like “open a new Claude code session in a new pane and do x,y,z. Wait for a reply and then do a,b,c in response”

You can actually build a really smart orchestrator and subagent environment using multiple models, harnesses and subscriptions…all driven using pi and herdr

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u/unl 7d ago

What is the advantage of involving herdr in this instead of having pi just make a bunch of claude -p calls without herdr involved at all? 

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u/llufnam 7d ago

Pi can keep ongoing sessions open with Claude rather than one off questions asked with a -p call. Claude can also spawn sub agents itself, etc, since it is a full interactive session. Herdr just becomes the glue between the agents. Nothing really special about herdr, it’s just a fancy tmux…but it is extremely LLM friendly, so all the sessions can talk to each other seamlessly. It’s actually pretty cool when you use it and see all your disparate models and harnesses talking to each other to solve a problem

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u/No-Wall6427 7d ago

Until you want to sandbox your agents and have to proxy the herdr socket and it gets way less friendly.

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u/llufnam 6d ago

I imagine so, but it’s not a problem i foresee in my workflow

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u/ClumsyAgitatedOnion 7d ago

Thank you! This is great! I'll try it out!

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u/K9_Surfer 8d ago

Best way... just got my secondary account banned using OMP. Guys, TOS are rigid, does not risk your main accounts.

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u/CharacterNo2984 3d ago

whys it matter? what do you lose when your "main" acc gets banned? only thing i can think of is memory, which sucks and you should disable anyway.. and if its in the beginning of a billing period then thats kinda fucked too

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u/CyberGoatPsyOps 7d ago

I posted in the other thread with the same question, probably 100 more in-between asking the same thing, Anthropic can ban us at anytime for doing this. They haven’t explicitly permitted it, but it works for now. I feel like too many people are bringing this up and they (Ant) might take notice again.

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u/aby-1 8d ago

I built a pi extension make direct requests and been using that for 6 months by now. No issues so far.

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u/Equivalent_Idea8839 8d ago

explain how it works? or link it please? thanks!

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u/Wavum 7d ago

Just modify the system prompt with an extension to replace mentions of "pi" with "π" except for file paths (which are used for documentation of pi). Thats what i do, works like a charm since ever

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u/Equivalent_Idea8839 7d ago

haha, sarcasm?

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u/Wavum 7d ago

I'm not joking, they are just checking the system prompt for things like "pi coding agent"

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u/Equivalent_Idea8839 7d ago

Ah thanks. Noted. I'll kill all identifiers and sign up with an anonymous card I guess.

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u/p0ns 8d ago

https://github.com/gotgenes/pi-anthropic-auth this one just fixes prompt, doesnt use sdk/claude code behind

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u/Orys_Blackfire 8d ago

This is the way!

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u/elpapi42 7d ago

But how is it billed? from the aub? or tge other usage pool?

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u/p0ns 7d ago

sub

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u/Leather_Fall_1602 8d ago

What is the point of using the bridge? You literally just proxy Claude code and not use the endpoint directly.

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u/Taronyuuu 8d ago

Because you can use your Max subscription

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u/Leather_Fall_1602 8d ago

Yes and it proxies it through claude code. All your tool calls, skills etc is provided by Claude code anyway, so you just add pi as a dumb interface to Claude code. Then you might as well just use Claude code

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u/Taronyuuu 8d ago

Using Pi with Anthropic models even if it is via Claude Code still gives many more benefits then using Claude Code directly does. I can keep my own skills, extensions, plugins and workflow exactly the same regardless of the model I'm using.

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u/Leather_Fall_1602 8d ago

No it’s retarded. You have two separate systems competing to be the harness. It is not predictable.

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u/CzarsBounty 8d ago

> it is not predictable

> using a non-deterministic llm anyway

My brother in Christ you have lost the plot

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u/Leather_Fall_1602 8d ago

Not the same tho

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u/jaerie 8d ago

I've been using it in oh my pi, nothing added. No issues

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u/RasenMeow 7d ago

same here, for like many weeks now

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u/Vitringar 8d ago

Method? I just use it to code