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PiLot Studio Wiki
Everything PiLot Studio does, from the first install to MCP tool exposure and extension architecture. Written against PiLot Studio 3.0.0 and PI 1.4.
14 articles · Last reviewed October 25, 2026
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New to PiLot Studio?
Two articles take you from a clean VS Code install to a working agent session.
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What is PiLot Studio?
PiLot Studio is the Pi coding agent GUI for VS Code: chat, sessions, providers, MCP, packages, skills, and voice dictation in one sidebar.
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Install and first run
Install the Pi CLI and PiLot Studio, open the sidebar, connect a provider, and send your first prompt in VS Code.
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The workspace, chat, sessions, and the tools you use every day.
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The PiLot Studio workspace
Understand the header, sidebar tabs, composer, context badges, and status line, including every keyboard tab shortcut.
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Chat, context, and editor actions
Use @mentions, attachments, slash commands, code-block actions, chat search, forks, exports, and Mermaid diagrams.
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Sessions and history
Browse, rename, fork, delete, and export PiLot Studio sessions, and choose where PI stores them on disk.
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Voice, Git, and diagnostics
Use local voice dictation, draft commit messages from staged changes, and capture diagnostics when something goes wrong.
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Providers, MCP servers, packages, skills, tools, and prompts.
Configuration
Providers, models, and thinking
Connect Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, OpenRouter, Ollama, or an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, then choose models and thinking levels.
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MCP servers and codemode
Manage global and project MCP servers, choose tool exposure, sign in to OAuth servers, and tune codemode.
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Packages, skills, tools, and prompts
Install PI packages from npm, manage skills and extensions, choose tool presets, and inspect or replace the system prompt.
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Settings, commands, shortcuts, and fixes for common problems.
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Settings reference
Every PiLot Studio setting and PI configuration file, with defaults, precedence, and which settings the 3.0.0 runtime applies.
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Commands and keyboard shortcuts
All PiLot Studio commands, default keybindings, editor and Explorer menus, slash commands, and sidebar tab numbers.
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Troubleshooting
Fix missing PI, provider, MCP, voice, session, update, and native-addon problems, and collect useful diagnostics.
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How the extension is built, and how to work on it locally.
Development
Architecture
How the VS Code extension host, PI SDK, Svelte webview, message bridge, trust gate, and configuration files fit together.
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Build and test
Set up the PiLot Studio repository, run the build and verification suites, package the extension, and understand CI.
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Install PiLot Studio
PiLot Studio is free and open source (Apache-2.0). Install it from the VS Code Marketplace or Open VSX, then follow the first-run guide.