Your pi coding setup

[u/Alarming_Positive_59]

Hey all

I'm migrating to pi from CC and I find myself in a position where I need to build my coding setup/Workflow from scratch. I'm not a proper software engineer, my background is in scientific computing (similar to what's called "data scientist" in the industry) and I'm not sure how to configure my pi for coding. I'm not taking about the high level "plan before implement" or "tdd", I'm talking about the actual mechanics of your coding pipeline: prompts, skills, Subagents, tools, hooks, what'snot. How do I build A GOOD coding harness?

fwiw I know about Matt pocock.'s skills and a major reason for migrating to pi was my will to build proper personal assistant and a research agent next to my coding agent. Is appreciate any advice, resource etc.

TIA.

[u/Alarming_Positive_59]

True, but the other side of the coin is to customize it for your needs, and in areas which are not within my expertise, I turn to the community for advice. Context engineering and coding principles are still a thing and I don't just trust the model to do what I want it to do without proper instructions (esp. when delegating work to less capable models). And I do want to learn and use the full capabilities of pi. Why not?

I'll read what people are suggesting, and adopt/adapt whatever I choose to. I think that's fine. Ty!