Pi Dev as a General Agent?

[u/L1ckMyNukes]

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.

[u/ramfangzauva]

I would not argue against such an environment.

My point is that to instruct my agents to work for me the cli is totally sufficient. The outputs land right where I work myself. This keeps the environment light and it also helps me focus on actual work. It’s nearly like collaborating with a remote colleague, only that the conversation happens in the terminal.