I’ve been hacking on Picot, a desktop app for using Pi coding agents.

https://github.com/shixin-guo/picot

When I first built it, it was mostly just a nicer way to chat with an agent inside a project. Useful, but still pretty rough.

Over the last month I’ve been adding the things I kept wishing existed while actually using it:

• a Skills page, so I can browse/install/enable skills from the app
• a cleaner settings page for models and providers
• thinking-level controls
• Terminal panel
• a Git panel for checking workspace changes
• better file support, including file icons, previews, resizable panels, and files mentions by @
• better session history, titles, and remembered state
• a clearer live status indicator so I can tell when the agent is still working
• general UI cleanup so it feels less like a prototype

The main difference from a month ago is that Picot no longer feels like just “chat with an agent.” It’s starting to feel more like a small desktop workspace for agent-heavy coding: sessions, files, Git, skills, settings, and status all in one place.

I still use the terminal a lot, so I’m not trying to replace it completely. But when I have multiple projects or long-running agent sessions, having a visual place to keep track of everything has been surprisingly nice.

I'm building Picot, a desktop GUI for @Pi's coding agent. Now I want to bring pi extensions into the UI natively. https://github.com/shixin-guo/picot

What extensions do you use / wish existed? Drop them below and I'll prioritize integrations

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I built Picot, a native desktop app that gives the Pi coding agent a full visual interface. Everything runs 100% locally — no cloud, no account. https://github.com/shixin-guo/picot

Honestly, every time I opened our org there'd be 3-4 records for the same person. Reps don't bother searching and just create new ones, imports add more whenever an email format is slightly off… and Salesforce's built-in duplicate rules only block new ones — the pile that's already sitting in there? Ignored.

My old fix was: export CSV → endless VLOOKUP → merge them one by one. Miserable.

So I wrote a Chrome extension (Clean Salesforce) that runs right inside the page:

• Scans Contacts / Leads / Accounts with fuzzy matching — catches "Jon" vs "John" at the same company, not just exact email matches
• Finds cross-object dupes too — same person existing as both a Contact and a Lead
• Shows a side-by-side comparison so you pick which field wins, then merge in one click
• Runs through the Salesforce API — nothing leaves your browser

it's free: [https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/clean-salesforce/ehpjdgnlljnfjligllbcopdjkbkoefib?authuser=0&hl=en\]

Mainly curious how it handles big orgs (50k+ records) — would love feedback if anyone gives it a try.

the way Pi Studio is going feels almost too good — a local desktop GUI for your coding agent, multi-project, multi-agent, zero terminal, bundles its own pi runtime.

https://github.com/shixin-guo/pi-studio/releases/tag/v0.1.28

https://github.com/shixin-guo/pi-studio

new update, two things:

Usage/Cost dashboard — charts of spend + token usage over time (7d/30d/90d), broken down by model, project, and session. no more guessing what a session burned.

Manage extensions from the UI — browse, search, one-click install/uninstall right in Settings. no more hand-editing config.