Ask HN: Which model do you use with Pi coding agent?

Posted by theaniketmaurya on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @09:23AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I use Pi coding agent with OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol but have been finding that GPT-5.6 is slower than Claude Code. Do you use any other model like one of the hosted OSS ones?

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Re:Ask HN: Which model do you use with Pi coding agent? by slipwalker on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @01:06PM (#48995103)

GLM 5.x coding plan from z.ai, and opencode go plan.

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Re:Ask HN: Which model do you use with Pi coding agent? by freddiehdxd on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @01:43PM (#48995609)

GPT-5 / GPT-5.5 Claude Opus / Sonnet Gemini Kimi K2 DeepSeek Grok

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Re:Ask HN: Which model do you use with Pi coding agent? by theaniketmaurya on Saturday July 25, 2026 @07:49AM (#49046796)

Do you pay for the API with Opus? since i think we can't use subscriptions with non claude code agents

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Re:Ask HN: Which model do you use with Pi coding agent? by softwaredoug on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @02:11PM (#48995961)

I think GPT 5.6 Luna works great honestly for most boring coding tests. And saves money.

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