Pi Recent Models

A Pi coding agent extension that shows the five most recently used models, newest first, above Pi’s complete built-in model selector list.

Behavior

• Tracks model changes from /model, Ctrl+L, Ctrl+P cycling, and session restore.
• Keeps one global history shared by every project and session.
• Persists at ~/.pi/agent/recent-models.json (or the active Pi agent directory).
• Prepends up to five available recent models to the selector, with the current model always first.
• Labels the two colored sections Recent Models and All Models, with a blank line between them.
• Intentionally leaves recent models in the complete list below, so every recent entry is duplicated.
• Preserves the built-in selector’s search, all/scoped toggle, model refresh, authentication filtering, highlighting, and keyboard behavior.

Pi’s model command is /model (singular), and Ctrl+L opens the same selector.

Requirements

• Pi 0.84.2 or newer
• Node.js 22.6 or newer for the test command
• TUI mode for the interactive model selector

Install

pi install npm:@janvitos/pi-recent-models

Start a new Pi process after installation, or run /reload in an existing session.

Install from GitHub

pi install git:github.com/janvitos/pi-recent-models

Local development install

git clone https://github.com/janvitos/pi-recent-models.git ~/src/pi-recent-models
ln -s ~/src/pi-recent-models ~/.pi/agent/extensions/pi-recent-models

For a quick test without installing:

pi -e ~/src/pi-recent-models/index.ts

Do not load multiple copies simultaneously.

Compatibility note

Pi does not currently expose a public extension hook for reordering the built-in model selector. This extension narrowly wraps the sortModels() method on Pi’s exported ModelSelectorComponent, calls Pi’s original sorter first, and then prepends the recent duplicates. It fails clearly during extension loading if a future Pi release removes that method.

Development

npm test
npm pack --dry-run

License

MIT