Model not found

[kcosr]

When I run this command from node using spawn I get the error, but it works find when I run it from the command line. My first thought is environment but I can't find any differences. I wanted to ask here since I'm not sure that it's a bug. Thanks!

[session 2642811c-3910-4d32-81d8-69c445157bfa] pi spawn {
  args: [
    '--mode',
    'json',
    '--session',
    '/srv/toolsd/prod/data/assistant/pi-sessions/2642811c-3910-4d32-81d8-69c445157bfa.jsonl',
    '--provider',
    'anthropic',
    '--model',
    'claude-opus-4-5',
    '--thinking',
    'off',
    '-p',
    'hi'
  ],
  spawnOptions: { detached: true }
}
[session 2642811c-3910-4d32-81d8-69c445157bfa] pi exited non-zero { code: 1, stderr: 'Model anthropic/claude-opus-4-5 not found' }

kevin@srv ai-assistant]$ pi --mode json --session /srv/toolsd/prod/data/assistant/pi-sessions/2642811c-3910-4d32-81d8-69c445157bfa.jsonl --provider anthropic --model claude-opus-4-5 --thinking off -p hi
{"type":"agent_start"}
{"type":"turn_start"}
...

[badlogic]

Did you set an env var for the Anthropic api key or previously log in via oauth? Does pi spawned like that have access to either than env var or ~/.pi/agent/oauth.json?

If not, then that explains it. If pi does have access, than that's a bug.

[kcosr]

No key, I'm logged in via oath. Same user, both have access ot ~/.pi/agent/ouath.json. Here's my env in both the direct and via node cases. If you are interested in looking into this further, I can provide access to a private repo and instructions to run. I don't want you chasing what might be my problem, though. Thanks.

[kevin@srv ai-assistant-panels]$ DATA_DIR=/srv/toolsd/prod/data/assistant npm run start -w @ai-assistant/agent-server

> @ai-assistant/[email protected] start
> node dist/agent-server/src/index.js

OpenAI is not fully configured (missing OPENAI_API_KEY, OPENAI_CHAT_MODEL); OpenAI-based chat providers will be disabled. CLI agents (Claude, Codex, Pi) will continue to work.
Agent server listening on http://0.0.0.0:3000 (WS path: /ws)
[warmup] Pre-initialized tools: 60 tools available
[ws] client connected { connectionId: '0avszbb2' }
[session unbound] [tts] OpenAI TTS backend selected but OpenAI client is not available; TTS will be disabled.
[session unbound] session started
[session 43fa9e56-f20f-4929-9199-0073dd6f66b1] runPiCliChat start {
  sessionId: '43fa9e56-f20f-4929-9199-0073dd6f66b1',
  resumeSession: false,
  provider: 'anthropic',
  model: 'claude-opus-4-5'
}
[session 43fa9e56-f20f-4929-9199-0073dd6f66b1] pi oauth preview {
  path: '/home/kevin/.pi/agent/oauth.json',
  preview: '{\n  "anthropic": {\n    "...'
}
[session 43fa9e56-f20f-4929-9199-0073dd6f66b1] pi spawn {
  args: [
    '--mode',
    'json',
    '--session',
    '/srv/toolsd/prod/data/assistant/pi-sessions/43fa9e56-f20f-4929-9199-0073dd6f66b1.jsonl',
    '--provider',
    'anthropic',
    '--model',
    'claude-opus-4-5',
    '--thinking',
    'off',
    '-p',
    '<context mode="brief" />\nhi'
  ],
  spawnOptions: { detached: true },
  env: {
    SHELL: '/bin/bash',
    npm_command: 'run-script',
    npm_config_userconfig: '/home/kevin/.npmrc',
    npm_config_cache: '/home/kevin/.npm',
    HISTCONTROL: 'ignoredups',
    HOSTNAME: 'srv',
    HISTSIZE: '1000',
    NODE: '/usr/bin/node-22',
    COLOR: '1',
    npm_config_local_prefix: '/home/kevin/git/ai-assistant-panels',
    npm_config_globalconfig: '/etc/npmrc',
    GPG_TTY: '/dev/pts/34',
    EDITOR: 'vi',
    PWD: '/home/kevin/git/ai-assistant-panels/packages/agent-server',
    LOGNAME: 'kevin',
    XDG_SESSION_TYPE: 'tty',
    npm_config_init_module: '/home/kevin/.npm-init.js',
    _: '/usr/bin/node',
    MOTD_SHOWN: 'pam',
    HOME: '/home/kevin',
    LANG: 'en_US.UTF-8',
    LS_COLORS: 'rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:mi=01;37;41:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=00:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.7z=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.alz=01;31:*.apk=01;31:*.arc=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.cab=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.crate=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.drpm=01;31:*.dwm=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.ear=01;31:*.egg=01;31:*.esd=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.lha=01;31:*.lrz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.lz4=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.lzo=01;31:*.pyz=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.sar=01;31:*.swm=01;31:*.t7z=01;31:*.tar=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.tzo=01;31:*.tzst=01;31:*.udeb=01;31:*.war=01;31:*.whl=01;31:*.wim=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.zst=01;31:*.avif=01;35:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.mjpg=01;35:*.mjpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.webm=01;35:*.webp=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.aac=01;36:*.au=01;36:*.flac=01;36:*.m4a=01;36:*.mid=01;36:*.midi=01;36:*.mka=01;36:*.mp3=01;36:*.mpc=01;36:*.ogg=01;36:*.ra=01;36:*.wav=01;36:*.oga=01;36:*.opus=01;36:*.spx=01;36:*.xspf=01;36:*~=00;90:*#=00;90:*.bak=00;90:*.crdownload=00;90:*.dpkg-dist=00;90:*.dpkg-new=00;90:*.dpkg-old=00;90:*.dpkg-tmp=00;90:*.old=00;90:*.orig=00;90:*.part=00;90:*.rej=00;90:*.rpmnew=00;90:*.rpmorig=00;90:*.rpmsave=00;90:*.swp=00;90:*.tmp=00;90:*.ucf-dist=00;90:*.ucf-new=00;90:*.ucf-old=00;90:',
    npm_package_version: '0.1.0',
    SSH_CONNECTION: '192.168.50.140 60414 192.168.50.50 22',
    INIT_CWD: '/home/kevin/git/ai-assistant-panels',
    npm_lifecycle_script: 'node dist/agent-server/src/index.js',
    npm_config_npm_version: '10.9.3',
    XDG_SESSION_CLASS: 'user',
    SELINUX_ROLE_REQUESTED: '',
    TERM: 'xterm-256color',
    npm_package_name: '@ai-assistant/agent-server',
    npm_config_prefix: '/usr/local',
    LESSOPEN: '||/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s',
    USER: 'kevin',
    SELINUX_USE_CURRENT_RANGE: '',
    npm_lifecycle_event: 'start',
    SHLVL: '1',
    XDG_SESSION_ID: '238',
    DATA_DIR: '/srv/toolsd/prod/data/assistant',
    npm_config_user_agent: 'npm/10.9.3 node/v22.19.0 linux x64 workspaces/true',
    npm_execpath: '/usr/lib/node_modules_22/npm/bin/npm-cli.js',
    XDG_RUNTIME_DIR: '/run/user/1000',
    SSH_CLIENT: '192.168.50.140 60414 22',
    DEBUGINFOD_URLS: 'https://debuginfod.rockylinux.org/ ',
    npm_package_json: '/home/kevin/git/ai-assistant-panels/packages/agent-server/package.json',
    BUN_INSTALL: '/home/kevin/.bun',
    DEBUGINFOD_IMA_CERT_PATH: '/etc/keys/ima:',
    npm_config_noproxy: '',
    PATH: '/home/kevin/git/ai-assistant-panels/packages/agent-server/node_modules/.bin:/home/kevin/git/ai-assistant-panels/packages/node_modules/.bin:/home/kevin/git/ai-assistant-panels/node_modules/.bin:/home/kevin/git/node_modules/.bin:/home/kevin/node_modules/.bin:/home/node_modules/.bin:/node_modules/.bin:/usr/lib/node_modules_22/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/run-script/lib/node-gyp-bin:/home/kevin/.cargo/bin:/home/kevin/.bun/bin:/home/kevin/.bun/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin',
    SELINUX_LEVEL_REQUESTED: '',
    npm_config_node_gyp: '/usr/lib/node_modules_22/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js',
    DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS: 'unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus',
    npm_config_python: '/usr/bin/python3',
    npm_config_global_prefix: '/usr/local',
    npm_config_update_notifier: '',
    MAIL: '/var/spool/mail/kevin',
    SSH_TTY: '/dev/pts/34',
    npm_node_execpath: '/usr/bin/node-22',
    OLDPWD: '/home/kevin'
  }
}
[session 43fa9e56-f20f-4929-9199-0073dd6f66b1] pi exited non-zero { code: 1, stderr: 'Model anthropic/claude-opus-4-5 not found' }
[session 43fa9e56-f20f-4929-9199-0073dd6f66b1] chat completions error Error: Pi CLI failed: Model anthropic/claude-opus-4-5 not found
    at runPiCliChat (/home/kevin/git/ai-assistant-panels/packages/agent-server/dist/agent-server/src/ws/piCliChat.js:397:19)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)
    at async runChatCompletionCore (/home/kevin/git/ai-assistant-panels/packages/agent-server/dist/agent-server/src/chatRunCore.js:425:55)
    at async handleTextInputWithChatCompletions (/home/kevin/git/ai-assistant-panels/packages/agent-server/dist/agent-server/src/ws/chatRunLifecycle.js:172:27)

[kevin@srv ai-assistant-panels]$ env
SHELL=/bin/bash
HISTCONTROL=ignoredups
HISTSIZE=1000
HOSTNAME=srv
GPG_TTY=/dev/pts/34
PWD=/home/kevin/git/ai-assistant-panels
LOGNAME=kevin
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=tty
MOTD_SHOWN=pam
HOME=/home/kevin
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LS_COLORS=rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:mi=01;37;41:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=00:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.7z=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.alz=01;31:*.apk=01;31:*.arc=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.cab=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.crate=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.drpm=01;31:*.dwm=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.ear=01;31:*.egg=01;31:*.esd=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.lha=01;31:*.lrz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.lz4=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.lzo=01;31:*.pyz=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.sar=01;31:*.swm=01;31:*.t7z=01;31:*.tar=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.tzo=01;31:*.tzst=01;31:*.udeb=01;31:*.war=01;31:*.whl=01;31:*.wim=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.zst=01;31:*.avif=01;35:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.mjpg=01;35:*.mjpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.webm=01;35:*.webp=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.aac=01;36:*.au=01;36:*.flac=01;36:*.m4a=01;36:*.mid=01;36:*.midi=01;36:*.mka=01;36:*.mp3=01;36:*.mpc=01;36:*.ogg=01;36:*.ra=01;36:*.wav=01;36:*.oga=01;36:*.opus=01;36:*.spx=01;36:*.xspf=01;36:*~=00;90:*#=00;90:*.bak=00;90:*.crdownload=00;90:*.dpkg-dist=00;90:*.dpkg-new=00;90:*.dpkg-old=00;90:*.dpkg-tmp=00;90:*.old=00;90:*.orig=00;90:*.part=00;90:*.rej=00;90:*.rpmnew=00;90:*.rpmorig=00;90:*.rpmsave=00;90:*.swp=00;90:*.tmp=00;90:*.ucf-dist=00;90:*.ucf-new=00;90:*.ucf-old=00;90:
SSH_CONNECTION=192.168.50.140 60414 192.168.50.50 22
XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
SELINUX_ROLE_REQUESTED=
TERM=xterm-256color
LESSOPEN=||/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s
USER=kevin
SELINUX_USE_CURRENT_RANGE=
SHLVL=1
XDG_SESSION_ID=238
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
SSH_CLIENT=192.168.50.140 60414 22
DEBUGINFOD_URLS=https://debuginfod.rockylinux.org/ 
BUN_INSTALL=/home/kevin/.bun
DEBUGINFOD_IMA_CERT_PATH=/etc/keys/ima:
PATH=/home/kevin/.cargo/bin:/home/kevin/.bun/bin:/home/kevin/.bun/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin
SELINUX_LEVEL_REQUESTED=
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/kevin
SSH_TTY=/dev/pts/34
OLDPWD=/home/kevin
_=/usr/bin/env
[kevin@srv ai-assistant-panels]$ pi spawn --mode json --session /tmp/pi.jsonl --provider anthropic --model claude-opus-4-5 --thinking off -p hi
{"type":"agent_start"}
{"type":"turn_start"}
...

[badlogic]

If you can give me easy to fllow instructions and access to the priv repo, I'd be happy to take a look. Maybe I can then also fix the color issues in xterm.js :)

[kcosr]

The issue turned out to be npm env vars being added. I haven't looked more closely (on the road) but unsetting them solves the problem.

https://github.com/kcosr/pi-npm-auth

Regarding the colors, I mentioned on X that I found it wasn't due to my app or xterm.js at all. I was seeing no colors testing with native terminals on MacOS, Ubuntu, Rocky and Windows. So it seems like your terminal was the special one showing colors. 😀 Your update a week or two ago fixed the colors for me on all platforms.

[badlogic]

Tried to reproduce this but no luck on my end. Ran the reproduction repo both directly and via npm, also tested in a workspace setup. Everything works fine.

Dug through the codebase looking for anything that reads npm_* variables. Nothing. Pi does not inspect npm environment at all, so the mechanism remains a mystery.

Best guess is something specific to your setup (maybe a local pi installation somewhere that gets picked up, or some npm/node version quirk). The workaround you found works, so I'd stick with that.

If you ever figure out what was actually happening, let me know. Closing the issue for now since we can't reproduce or identify the cause.