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 "generated": "2026-10-20",
 "id": "fitchmultz-pi-posthorse--long-coding-task-without-context-loss",
 "repo": "fitchmultz/pi-posthorse",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/fitchmultz/pi-posthorse",
 "repo_slug": "fitchmultz-pi-posthorse",
 "title": "Keep a long Pi coding task going across fresh windows",
 "page_title": "How to keep a long Pi coding task going across fresh windows with Pi Posthorse",
 "summary": "Run a long Pi task that rolls into fresh context windows using saved notes instead of summaries.",
 "who": "A developer using the Pi coding agent on a multi-step task that runs past one context window and needs to keep going without re-explaining the work.",
 "problem": "Long sessions fill the context window, and a model-written summary can drop details the next steps depend on.",
 "outcome": "The task continues in a fresh context window with its state restored from notes and live checks, and the session history stays recoverable.",
 "steps": [
  "Confirm your Node version with `node --version`; it must be 24.12.0 or later. (inferred, check the README)",
  "Update an older Pi installation before you install Posthorse.",
  "Run `pi install npm:pi-posthorse`.",
  "Run `pi`, then restart Pi after installation.",
  "Give Pi your task and ask it to save task state in a note before starting a fresh context window with the next steps."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using the pi-posthorse repo (fitchmultz/pi-posthorse), set up Posthorse for the project at <project-path>, then give Pi a multi-step coding task and ask it to save task state in notes before rolling over. Expected output: a task note saved under .pi/notes/ in the project and a fresh context window started. Verify by running `pi list` and confirming pi-posthorse appears as an installed source.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "15 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "Only one Posthorse copy should be loaded, and automatic rollover needs at least 10,000 tokens after compaction.reserveTokens, so smaller models may fall back to Pi's own compaction.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "typescript",
 "requirements": [
  "Node 24.12.0 or later",
  "Pi 1.0.0 or later (official Pi or the fitchmultz/pi fork)",
  "A terminal where you can run pi commands",
  "A decision on whether notes under .pi/notes/ should be added to .gitignore"
 ],
 "risk": "sensitive",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [
  {
   "tag": "credentials",
   "notice": "Notes are plaintext files under .pi/notes/, so keep secrets out of them and add that folder to .gitignore if the notes must stay private."
  }
 ],
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 "score": 1.0,
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