pi-codemode AGENTS.md

Repository instructions for pi-codemode that require test-driven development, or TDD: write a failing test first, make the smallest change that passes it, then refactor. They identify the QuickJS JavaScript executor as the current main product path.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when changing the executor, type generation, command quoting, configuration merging, bridge behavior, or the QuickJS MVP path.
Why use it?
They keep new behavior and bug fixes covered by focused tests and prevent broad changes before their expected behavior is checked.

Instructions file for CodexOpenCode

Install

Getting it into your agent

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agentmods
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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/boozedog/pi-codemode

Made for: Codex, OpenCode.

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AGENTS.md · 80 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 80 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

pi-codemode Agent Instructions

Development approach: TDD first

All new behavior must be developed test-first.

  1. Write or update a focused failing test that describes the desired behavior.
  2. Run the relevant test command and confirm it fails for the expected reason.
  3. Implement the smallest change that can make the test pass.
  4. Run the test again and confirm it passes.
  5. Refactor only after tests are green.
  6. Repeat in small slices.

Do not add broad implementation before there is a failing test covering the behavior.

Test expectations

  • Prefer small unit tests for executor, type generation, command quoting, config merging, and bridge behavior.
  • Add integration tests for cross-component workflows only after the involved units are covered.
  • For bug fixes, first add a regression test that fails on the current code.
  • Tests should assert observable behavior, not implementation details, unless the detail is a security/resource-safety requirement.

Current MVP priority

The main MVP path is the QuickJS executor:

  • QuickJS is the default executor target.
  • Deno is optional/future and should stay behind the executor interface.
  • Do not add a Node VM executor for MVP.
  • Generated code should only access explicit globals: codemode, $, shell, print, and π.
  • Host tool calls must support async success, async failure, concurrency, timeout/cancellation, and clean runtime/context disposal.

Required QuickJS executor test slices

Before expanding executor features, keep these behaviors covered by tests:

  • returns primitive and object values
  • captures print / console output
  • injects π string constants
  • awaits one async host tool call
  • resolves many concurrent host tool calls via Promise.all
  • propagates rejected host calls to the guest promise
  • supports nested MCP-style namespaces, e.g. mcp.github.search_issues(...)
  • times out runaway code
  • does not expose Node or host globals such as process, require, filesystem, environment, network, or subprocess APIs
  • releases QuickJS runtime/context memory cleanly after execution

Read the full file on GitHub · 80 lines

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pi-codemode AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository boozedog/pi-codemode (24 stars, last pushed 19d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 762 tokens to every session, about $0.0038 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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