pi-subagents
Ranked 6 of 8 coding agent plugins by recommenders
Subagent extension for the pi coding agent, recommended for quick setup and as a starting plugin; one critic reports hung agents.
Subagent extension for the pi coding agent, recommended for quick setup and as a starting plugin; one critic reports hung agents.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 89%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Easy to install and set up
“quite convenient abstractions that can be setup quickly”
Comment from 31 May 2026 in “Backpressure is all you need” “Need subagents? Install pi-subagents.”
Comment from 2 Oct 2026 in “Pi 1.0” Recommended among community packages
“If you really want some plugins to start with pi-subagents and the rpiv collection are what I'd recommend.”
Comment from 1 Oct 2026 in “Pi 1.0” “Or you use any of the packages people provide, like this one”
Comment from 1 Feb 2026 in “What I learned building an opinionated and minimal coding agent”
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What people said
6 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Need subagents? Install pi-subagents.”
“If you really want some plugins to start with pi-subagents and the rpiv collection are what I'd recommend.”
“Works really well and you can customise the models and efforts you want to use with local AGENTS.md.”
“ended up with hung agents sticking around forever”
“quite convenient abstractions that can be setup quickly”
“Or you use any of the packages people provide, like this one”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.