# Bad Influence story: Developer moves from Claude Code to the open-source Pi harness

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-07 22:11. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/a1ab4d46-3411-43dc-b3a1-45d27647c68e

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Latest update (11-07 22:11): Developer says they are leaving Claude Code for the open-source Pi harness

Overview: A longtime Claude Code user says they are retiring Claude Code as their main coding harness and moving their development setup to Pi, an open-source harness. The author cites frustrations with multi-tab IDE support, features and stability, and system prompt changes. The author also says Claude Code's default Bash tool description is almost 3,000 tokens.

The author says Anthropic announced AGENTS.md support for Claude Code a day after the decision, which came too late to keep them on Claude Code.

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1. 11-07 22:11 · Hacker News · AI (150+ points) · [Developer says they are leaving Claude Code for the open-source Pi harness](https://badinfluence.news/items/wnzrv8b0gztsl73p4onev2aci)
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