Pi Models Extension

A quality-of-life extension for Pi that simplifies model browsing with a cascading menu interface.

Features

• Two-level cascading menu - Select a provider first, then browse its models
• Free models section - All free models from any provider grouped at the top
• Local model support - Shows locally configured models (Ollama, LM Studio, etc.)
• Quick switching - Select any model to instantly switch to it

Usage

Run /models in Pi to open the browser.

Level 1: Provider list          Level 2: Model list
┌─────────────────────┐         ┌─────────────────────────┐
│ 📦 Models           │         │ 📦 anthropic            │
│                     │   ──►   │                         │
│ 🆓 Free Models (5)  │         │ ● claude-sonnet-4       │
│ anthropropic (8)    │         │   claude-haiku-3        │
│ google (4)          │         │   claude-opus-4         │
│ openai (6)          │         │                         │
└─────────────────────┘         └─────────────────────────┘

• Enter - Select provider/model
• Esc - Go back (from level 2 to level 1) or close

Installation

Via pi install (recommended)

pi install npm:pi-models

This installs the package and adds it to your settings.json automatically. Run /reload in Pi to pick up changes.

Via settings.json

Add to ~/.pi/agent/settings.json:

{
  "packages": ["npm:pi-models"]
}

Then run /reload in Pi.

Via GitHub (manual)

cd ~/.pi/agent/extensions
git clone https://github.com/apmantza/pi-models.git

Or copy just the file:

cp pi-models.ts ~/.pi/agent/extensions/

Run /reload in Pi.

Requirements

• Pi v1.0+ with TypeScript extension support
• Models must have configured auth (API keys or local dummy keys like "ollama")