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Saturday, October 3UTC

  1. New
    EarendilPi 1.0.1MCP

    Pi 1.0.1 scopes MCP servers per project and adds metadata-document sign-in

    The stable release lets a project override a user-level MCP server's enabled state and tool exposure, and adds Client ID Metadata Document registration for compatible OAuth servers. It also bounds Codemode output and repairs resumed MCP rendering and sign-in collisions. These are later runtime changes, not a repeat of Pi 1.0 or a provider pricing cut.

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Thursday, October 1UTC

  1. New
    EarendilPi 1.0Agents

    Pi 1.0 ships leaner Codemode, image-model calls and hardened MCP sign-in

    The MIT-licensed stable release adds image generation inside Codemode scripts and tightens MCP OAuth handling. The publisher reports a leaner tool prompt; this is not an independent cost benchmark. MCP itself existed before 1.0, while the terminal now defaults to fullscreen.

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  2. New
    EarendilPi DurableAgents

    Pi Durable experiments with agents that resume after crashes

    Earendil released a separate experimental harness with persistent conversations, task checkpoints and concurrent forks. Interrupted tools rerun only when declared safe; other interruptions are reported to the model. Persistent storage is required for recovery, and the framework does not replace Pi's terminal coding agent.

    Earendil2 sources

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