Lean setups & pruning Model routing & cost

Left Claude Code for Pi: smaller prompt, any model

Switch from Claude Code to Pi for model switching and a smaller prompt. Developer who moved harnesses.

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what to steal

If you switch models often, a model-agnostic minimal harness pays off.

Our takeaway from the source, not a quote.

Drawn from this card's sourced fields. Amber = older model named by the source. Rose = cut or replaced.

metaist-claude-code-to-pi.toml

# Switch from Claude Code to Pi for model switching and a smaller prompt
# source: https://metaist.com/blog/2026/01/pi-coding-agent.html

[rig]
who     = "Developer who moved harnesses"
author  = "Metaist"
date    = "2026-01-20"

harness = ["Pi"]
models  = []

[keep]
  - 4 tools
[cut]
  - Claude Code

thing	status	why (per source)
Claude Code	replaced	Wanted model switching and smaller prompt/cost

Source: https://metaist.com/blog/2026/01/pi-coding-agent.html · checked 2026-10-14

Laptop as control room, home PC as the engine

steal → Run agents on an always-on box behind one model gateway; reach it with zero open ports.

Claude CodeCodexPi Any model behind 9Rout

by Nadim Tuhin

~/rigs/vish-hermes-coordinator.toml2026-07

Hermes coordinates, Cursor builds, local models for sensitive work

steal → Use a persistent agent as the coordinator and delegate code to your IDE agent.

Hermes AgentCursorPi OpenRouterQwen and Gemma local v OpenClaw

by Vishwanath Subramanian

~/rigs/armin-pi-self-made-skills.toml2026-01-31

Let the agent write its own skills instead of installing MCPs

steal → Ask your agent to write a small skill for the job before reaching for an MCP.

Pi MCP

by Armin Ronacher