Autonomous research agent with web search, source analysis, and report synthesis.
Built on Pi agent core. Available as CLI, programmatic API, and MCP server.
Features:
- 4 built-in tools: web_search, read_url, save_note, synthesize_report
- CLI with TUI and print modes
- Programmatic API via ResearchAgent class
- MCP server with 3 tools: research, quick_search, read_url
- Skills system for custom research behavior
- Automatic .env file loading for API keys
- Configurable max turns, output formats (markdown/JSON/bullet)
- Automatic report saving to research-output/
- Add APPROVED_CONTRIBUTORS file with existing contributors
- Add pr-gate.yml workflow to close PRs from unapproved contributors
- Add approve-contributor.yml workflow to approve via lgtm on issues
- Add CONTRIBUTING.md with guidelines
- Update README.md to point to CONTRIBUTING.md
- Import photon-node from ESM entry point (photon_rs_bg.js) instead of CJS
entry, allowing Bun to embed WASM in compiled binaries
- Add photon.d.ts for TypeScript support of ESM entry
- Add scripts/build-binaries.sh for local binary builds
- Simplify GitHub workflow to use the build script
- Add binaries/ to gitignore
mise auto-detects single-directory archives and extracts with strip_components=1.
Using a 'pi/' wrapper directory ensures the internal structure is preserved.
Reverts the code workaround (theme dir fallback) in favor of fixing the tarball.
Build outputs to dist/modes/interactive/theme/*.json but workflow
expected dist/theme/*.json. The copy-binary-assets script creates
dist/theme/ but CI never invokes it.
Fixes v0.18.0 release failure:
https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/actions/runs/20082833642
- Add build:binary script for Bun compilation
- Add paths.ts for cross-platform asset resolution (npm/bun/tsx)
- Add GitHub Actions workflow for automated binary releases
- Update README with installation options
Based on #89 by @steipete
Emil