pi-sambanova

A reusable pi package that adds SambaNova as an OpenAI-compatible model provider.

Features

• Adds the sambanova provider
• Uses SambaCloud's OpenAI-compatible base URL: https://api.sambanova.ai/v1
• Adds a bundled SambaNova model/pricing list by default
• Includes per-model pricing for pi usage/cost display
• Supports /login sambanova by prompting for a SambaNova API key
• Supports SAMBANOVA_API_KEY as an environment variable
• Adds /sambanova-models to fetch live model IDs from SambaNova's /v1/models endpoint and refresh the provider in the current session

Requirements

• pi with extension/package support
• A SambaNova API key from the SambaCloud portal

Install

From npm

After this package is published:

pi install npm:@zackify/pi-sambanova

Then reload pi:

/reload

Manual install

Copy the extension into your global pi extensions directory:

mkdir -p ~/.pi/agent/extensions/pi-sambanova
cp index.ts ~/.pi/agent/extensions/pi-sambanova/index.ts

Or install it only for one project:

mkdir -p .pi/extensions/pi-sambanova
cp index.ts .pi/extensions/pi-sambanova/index.ts

Then reload pi.

Login

Run:

/login sambanova

Paste your SambaNova API key when prompted. The extension opens the SambaCloud API page for convenience.

Alternatively, set an environment variable before starting pi:

export SAMBANOVA_API_KEY="your-key"
pi

Usage

After installing and logging in, select the model in pi:

/model

Choose any bundled SambaNova model, for example:

sambanova/MiniMax-M2.7

Bundled models:

| Model | Input / 1M tokens | Output / 1M tokens | | --- | ---: | ---: | | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B | $0.70 | $1.40 | | DeepSeek-V3.1-cb | $0.15 | $0.75 | | DeepSeek-V3.1 | $3.00 | $4.50 | | DeepSeek-V3.2 | $3.00 | $4.50 | | gemma-3-12b-it | $0.20 | $0.35 | | gpt-oss-120b | $0.22 | $0.59 | | Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct | $0.63 | $1.80 | | Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | $0.60 | $1.20 | | MiniMax-M2.5 | $0.30 | $1.20 | | MiniMax-M2.7 | $0.60 | $2.40 |

To refresh live SambaNova model IDs and show known pricing:

/sambanova-models

Models without known pricing are still added, but show zero/unknown cost until pricing is added to the extension.

Notes

SambaNova is registered with pi's openai-completions API mode. The extension disables newer OpenAI-only request fields that many OpenAI-compatible providers reject, such as developer role and reasoning_effort.

Releasing

This repository includes a GitHub Actions workflow that publishes to npm when a GitHub release is created.

1. Add an NPM_TOKEN repository secret.
2. Create a GitHub release named like v1.2.3 or 1.2.3.
3. The workflow sets package.json to that version and runs npm publish --provenance --access public.

Files

• index.ts — extension source
• package.json — pi package metadata for @zackify/pi-sambanova, including the pi-package keyword
• .github/workflows/publish.yml — npm publish workflow