feat(clients): auto-configure Pi - #1414
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Adds a Pi configurator so "Configure All Detected Clients" covers Pi the way
it already covers Cursor, Codex and Claude Code.
Pi differs from every other JSON client here in two ways that both had to be
handled rather than assumed:
1. Pi ships no MCP client. As of 0.84.x there is no `mcp` subcommand, no
`--mcp-config` equivalent and no `mcp.json` reader anywhere in the
distributed package -- its README states "No MCP. Build CLI tools with
READMEs, or build an extension that adds MCP support." Writing the config
file alone would therefore look successful and do nothing, so the
installation steps name the extension explicitly (`pi install
npm:pi-mcp-adapter`) and say the restart is required.
2. The file Pi MCP extensions read is the tool-agnostic shared
`~/.config/mcp/mcp.json`, not a Pi-owned path. That makes the inherited
`IsInstalled` ("does the config path's parent directory exist") wrong in
both directions: a Cursor or Claude Code user has a `~/.config/mcp` tree
without ever installing Pi (over-report), and a Pi user who has not yet
configured any MCP server has no `~/.config/mcp` at all (under-report --
and that is precisely the machine this configurator exists to fix).
Presence is therefore keyed on Pi's own agent directory, honouring
`PI_CODING_AGENT_DIR`, which nothing else writes.
Tests cover both halves: presence follows the agent directory, and a shared
config tree with no Pi install beside it does not read as "detected". Both
skip (Pass) on a host where the two rules cannot be distinguished, so they
cannot pass vacuously in CI.
Docs: capability matrix row, the terminal-client list, and the per-client
toggle section.
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughAdds Pi as a terminal client with a configurator for ChangesPi MCP configuration
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Change: Feature Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to Pi configuration is mergeable with a bounded testing gap: the new test may miss a future false-positive installation result. Make that test deterministic to protect the intended behavior. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Pi setup can change a configuration file used by more than one client. The normal setup path checks for Pi, but other configuration actions can act on the shared file without that check. Existing write protections limit the risk, while shared-file removal and failure recovery warrant design review. Retained concerns
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TestProjects/UnityMCPTests/Assets/Tests/EditMode/Clients/IsInstalledTests.cs (1)
59-80: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winThe claim is supported as a material test coverage gap. The test does not create a shared-directory-only fixture, and both relevant tests can pass without exercising the regression.
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- Around line 59-80: Update
PiConfigurator_SharedMcpConfigTreeAlone_IsNotInstalled to use an isolated
fixture with the shared MCP config directory present and Pi’s agent directory
absent, rather than relying on the host machine and skipping when those
conditions are not met. Assert that PiConfigurator.IsInstalled is false for that
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Hi, thanks for the PR! I heard Pi is a great tool from my friend, and I would like this to get merged. One thing I want to ask: will you be willing to update this config when Pi gets a major update, like Pi 1.0? |
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Why
Pi (pi.dev) is a terminal coding agent that people already run alongside Unity. It can use this
server today, but only by hand-writing a config file — it never appears in Configure All Detected
Clients, so the setup that works for Cursor, Codex and Claude Code has to be done manually every
time and silently does nothing if you get it slightly wrong.
What
Adds
PiConfigurator(aJsonFileMcpConfigurator, soMcpClientRegistryauto-discovers it — noregistration needed), plus docs and tests.
Two things about Pi that had to be handled, not assumed
1. Pi ships no MCP client. As of 0.84.x there is no
mcpsubcommand, no--mcp-configequivalent, and no
mcp.jsonreader anywhere in the distributed package; its README says"No MCP. Build CLI tools with READMEs, or build an extension that adds MCP support."
So writing the config file is necessary but not sufficient — on Pi it is a silent no-op until an
MCP extension is installed. The installation steps therefore name the extension explicitly
(
pi install npm:pi-mcp-adapter) and state that a restart is required (extensions load at startup).This is the "configured, enabled, and silently providing nothing" failure mode I would rather have
the window prevent than reproduce.
2. The config path is shared, so presence cannot be inferred from it. Pi MCP extensions read the
tool-agnostic
~/.config/mcp/mcp.json, not a Pi-owned path. The inheritedIsInstalled— "does the parent directory of the config path exist" — is therefore wrong in bothdirections:
~/.config/mcptree without ever installingPi, so Pi would be offered on machines that don't have it;
~/.config/mcpatall — which is exactly the machine this configurator exists to fix.
Presence is keyed on Pi's own agent directory instead, honouring
PI_CODING_AGENT_DIRso arelocated install is detected rather than hardcoding
~/.pi.Tests
TestProjects/UnityMCPTests/Assets/Tests/EditMode/Clients/IsInstalledTests.cs:PiConfigurator_PresenceIsAgentDirBased— detection follows the agent directory (including theenv override).
PiConfigurator_SharedMcpConfigTreeAlone_IsNotInstalled— the over-report case: a shared configtree with no Pi install beside it must not read as "detected".
Both
Assert.Passon a host where the two rules cannot be distinguished (Pi genuinely installed, orno shared tree present), so neither can pass vacuously in CI.
Docs
Capability matrix row, the terminal-client list, and the per-client toggle section in
website/docs/getting-started/clients.md.Checklist
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