diff --git a/dot_config/private_fish/config.fish.tmpl b/dot_config/private_fish/config.fish.tmpl
index cde37aa6a5b7dcdda68e91e0484b736c4ce77cf0..c4a5ddf0c28aa0fbda8db8e7020d231ea848ff4f 100644
--- a/dot_config/private_fish/config.fish.tmpl
+++ b/dot_config/private_fish/config.fish.tmpl
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ set -x NODE_PATH "$XDG_DATA_HOME/npm-packages/lib/node_modules"
 set -x CARGO_HOME "$XDG_DATA_HOME"/cargo
 set -x ASDF_DATA_DIR "$XDG_DATA_HOME/asdf"
 
+
+# pi coding agent
+set -x PI_CODING_AGENT_DIR "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pi"
+
 # Ruby crap
 rbenv init - | source
 set -x --prepend PATH "$HOME/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/bin"