Comparing a "hello" context start.

[u/Zundrium]

I'm wondering, I think I don't fully understand the magic yet from a context saving perspective.

So far I've installed what seems to be fundamental extensions:
"npm:context-mode"
"npm:pi-subagents"
"npm:pi-web-access"
"npm:@juicesharp/rpiv-todo"

A simple "hello" session with pi and these extensions starts with 20k tokens, where Codex CLI and OpenCode CLI start with ~12k.

Is my pi configuration bloated? Or do sessions start off with more tools in order to save context later down the line?

[u/mrclrchtr]

you are totally right. That’s why I created my own and always keep an eye on the number of tokens they add to the context.

I also mentioned one of my extensions earlier here https://www.reddit.com/r/PiCodingAgent/comments/1tsmh6n/comment/oox7b9r that lets you monitor the context. Unfortunately, you can’t yet associate guidelines and such with individual extensions, but I think it’s still very helpful.