Pi extension lets local Qwen 27B skip reasoning and answer now

pi-llama-skip-reasoning, an extension for the Pi.dev harness, uses llama.cpp's native mechanism to force a local model to stop reasoning and answer immediately, triggered by a command or shortcut. Its author warns against skipping reasoning for important problems, since that hurts quality.

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