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# cli

The coding agent app shell, installation, and distribution.

In:
- CLI arguments and startup.
- settings.json loading, merging, saving, project and global scopes.
- pi install, update, remove; npm, pnpm, and git package handling.
- Self-update and install method detection.
- Standalone binary, nix, npm shrinkwrap, dependency vulnerabilities.
- Crash handling and process exit, overall memory use and startup time.

Examples: #6600, #7756, #10202, #10519, #10288, #10168, #9972, #10272, #7772.

Usually not worth opening: pi.dev package catalog listing problems (not this repo).