diff --git a/pkg/workflow/agent_validation.go b/pkg/workflow/agent_validation.go
index 8bea4b55db8..a4fb14dc302 100644
--- a/pkg/workflow/agent_validation.go
+++ b/pkg/workflow/agent_validation.go
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ func (c *Compiler) validateBareModeSupport(frontmatter map[string]any, engine Co
 
 	if !engine.GetCapabilities().BareMode {
 		agentValidationLog.Printf("Engine %s does not support bare mode, emitting warning", engine.GetID())
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, console.FormatWarningMessage(fmt.Sprintf("Engine '%s' does not support bare mode (engine.bare: true). Bare mode is only supported for the 'copilot' and 'claude' engines. The setting will be ignored.", engine.GetID())))
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, console.FormatWarningMessage(fmt.Sprintf("Engine '%s' does not support bare mode (engine.bare: true). Bare mode is only supported for the 'copilot', 'claude', and 'pi' engines. The setting will be ignored.", engine.GetID())))
 		c.IncrementWarningCount()
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/workflow/engine_config_test.go b/pkg/workflow/engine_config_test.go
index 00f11db396d..71ded5bebe8 100644
--- a/pkg/workflow/engine_config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/workflow/engine_config_test.go
@@ -1283,6 +1283,11 @@ func TestSupportsBareMode(t *testing.T) {
 			engine:   NewClaudeEngine(),
 			expected: true,
 		},
+		{
+			name:     "pi supports bare mode",
+			engine:   NewPiEngine(),
+			expected: true,
+		},
 		{
 			name:     "codex does not support bare mode",
 			engine:   NewCodexEngine(),
diff --git a/pkg/workflow/pi_engine.go b/pkg/workflow/pi_engine.go
index 2cbbb7e9cc7..9877ff08939 100644
--- a/pkg/workflow/pi_engine.go
+++ b/pkg/workflow/pi_engine.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ func NewPiEngine() *PiEngine {
 				MaxContinuations: false,
 				WebSearch:        false,
 				NativeAgentFile:  false,
+				BareMode:         true, // Pi is bare by default; bare mode is a no-op
 			},
 		},
 	}