I Got Pi Working Inside Tidewave

I got Pi working inside Tidewave. Not the terminal version where Pi talks to Tidewave’s MCP server — the version where Pi runs as a Tidewave External Agent, inside Tidewave’s own UI, with access to the shared browser window. It works. It’s been working well since the fixes. What Pi is Pi is a minimal terminal coding agent by Mario Zechner. It’s intentionally stripped down — no built-in MCP, no sub-agents, no plan mode, no permission popups. The philosophy is that all of those are extension concerns, not core features. You build or install the parts you need. ...

April 14, 2026 · 7 min · 1406 words · Benjamin Houy