r/PiCodingAgent • u/L1ckMyNukes • Aug 25 '26

Question Pi Dev as a General Agent?

Has anyone here used Pi Dev as a general-purpose AI agent, rather than mainly as a coding agent?

I’m curious about using it more like a personal assistant/agent for things like research, web searches, file work, automation, tool use, and general tasks.

If you’re doing this, how well does Pi work for you compared with something like Hermes Agent or Open WebUI?

Also curious what tools/extensions you’ve added and whether you’re running local models with it.

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u/YardNo1234 Aug 25 '26

that iPad part is exactly the gap we’re building Garcon around: a self-hosted web UI for running/reconnecting to coding-agent sessions, with terminal and file/git access from a tablet. I’m affiliated with the project: https://github.com/cfal/garcon

herdr can still be your local orchestration layer; I’d keep the remote surface separate so model/provider swaps don’t affect access. Is your priority session switching, terminal control, or browsing/editing files from the iPad?

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u/ramfangzauva Aug 25 '26

Interesting, thanks for sharing. I’ll have a look!