The previous README described an app that no longer exists:
- Listed "Claude Code / Codex CLI / Gemini CLI" as the supported runtimes
— all three were removed from the app months ago; pi-mono replaced
them as the sole agent runtime (commit 4de9cd0 + 60178ce).
- Advertised `packages/adapter-utils` + three adapter packages under
`packages/` — that directory was deleted.
- Carried a "PLEASE USE A CODING PLAN" warning that predated OAuth
subscription support; five subscription providers (Claude Pro, ChatGPT
Codex, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity) are now first-class.
- Made no mention of the 26-provider catalog, the AI CEO vs
AI Co-Founder execution modes, the encrypted credential vault, the
thread runtime, or any of the architecture that has become the app.
- Promised "I will add support for Ollama and Github Copilot" — Copilot
has shipped for months.
New README covers what the app actually is today:
- Pi-mono as the one runtime, linked as a direct npm dependency.
- 26 providers in total: 5 OAuth subscriptions + 18 API-key providers
+ 3 cloud providers — counts verified against the on-disk catalog
files (connector-definitions-data-{oauth,apikey,cloud}.ts).
- Two execution modes (AI CEO, AI Co-Founder), per-company, with the
specific approval types listed for Co-Founder mode's review gates.
- Encrypted credential storage (SecretVault-backed SQLite) instead of
plaintext env files or pi's default ~/.pi/agent/auth.json.
- Real agent-to-agent messaging layered on pi's AgentMessage stream
via the thread runtime.
- Architecture tree updated: `packages/` gone, main-process subtrees
(agent-runtime / credentials / api-server / orchestration / worker /
thread-integration / database) named explicitly.
- First-run flow that accurately describes what onboarding does —
including the real Node-in-PATH probe (commit ab731e6) agents need
for HTTP callbacks.
- Tech stack row for pi-mono packages added.
Kept intact: screenshots, download/build/verify/packaging commands,
licence. Badges updated to match the cross-platform targets currently
shipping.
Deleted: the "Supported AI Runtimes" table (obsolete), the coding-plan
token warning (obsolete), the future-plans line (Copilot already
shipped, Ollama not on the roadmap).
Language pass: Jobs-style tightening of the "What it does" paragraph
and section openers; subtitle changed from "Launch autonomous AI
companies..." to "Run an AI company from your desktop." — shorter,
more direct, stops selling and starts describing.
ZacharyZhang-NY
