pi.dev self-help on extensions

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 17:04:02 +1000

Notably, when you install a pi.dev extension, the harness never actually reads or tries to present the README.md documentation associated with the extensions installed. Often, the new ecosystem of harness extensions coming forward are not just only extensible, but may also require some aspect of configuration up-front.

https://pi.dev/packages

$ pi --version
0.85.1

The pi.dev system prompt already advertises skills with their locations and descriptions. However, this rule is not applied for extensions. Therefore pi.dev agent treats extensions like opaque blobs of code, without any help documentation.

ECC research plugin

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:21:35 +1000

https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC

The Basic Premise:

plan -> test -> implement -> review -> verify -> remember -> improve

Your agent can write code, but ECC gives it a coordinated engineering system and toolbox: it plans before it builds, verifies changes with tests, reviews its own work from a fresh context, remembers what matters, and turns repeated wins into reusable skills and workflows.

I am not a fan of this harness extension for a variety of reasons:

Extensions on Max Collier

pi.dev self-help on extensions

ECC research plugin