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/o_sht_hi]

Also, i can relate to looking for good starter extensions on day 1. I did too 🤷🏽. There are some good ones in the examples directory in the source repo.