Delegate a code review from Claude Code to Pi, then steer and follow up

brian ton — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:09:05 +0000

I maintain pi-durabletask-mcp, an MCP bridge built on howznguyen/pi-delegate-mcp and Pi Durable. It lets Claude Code or Codex delegate a review to Pi in a separate context, then redirect the work or continue the conversation.

Install and connect

Requires Node.js 22.19+ and an installed, configured global Pi.

npm install -g pi-durabletask-mcp
claude mcp add --scope user pi -- pi-durabletask-mcp

Start a new Claude Code session and ask:

Use Pi to review authentication for missing permission checks. Don't edit files. Set durable: true.

While it runs:

Focus on tenant isolation; skip style issues.

The agent uses steer. After completion, ask:

Suggest a regression test for the most serious finding.

That uses follow_up with the existing session context. Results are collected with wait(until: "settled").

Recovery and handoff

Tasks default to memory and read-only tools. Explicit durable: true enables SQLite restart recovery. Tools with unknown outcomes aren't blindly replayed; check external state before retrying.

handoff saves a note for another window. Continuing requires retained durable history and release by any live owner; the note itself doesn't transfer ownership.

Model calls use your own provider credentials and quota.

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Delegate a code review from Claude Code to Pi, then steer and follow up

Install and connect

Recovery and handoff