pi-session-id-footer

Show the current Pi session id in the footer.

Package details

extension

Install pi-session-id-footer from npm and Pi will load the resources declared by the package manifest.

$ pi install npm:pi-session-id-footer

Pi manifest JSON

{
  "extensions": [
    "./src/index.ts"
  ]
}

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A small pi extension that shows the current Pi session id in the footer.

This is useful when you want to fork or resume the session later without running /session first.

pi install npm:pi-session-id-footer

Reload an already-running Pi process:

/reload

The default footer keeps its normal layout and adds a short session id right-aligned on the folder/branch line:

~/dev/project (main)                                      sid 019fcc94-7f10-7545

The short id is a UUID prefix accepted by pi --session <id>.

Set PI_SESSION_ID_FOOTER_FORMAT before starting Pi:

Value	Display
`short`	First three UUID groups, for example `019fcc94-7f10-7545` (default)
`full`	Complete session UUID

Example:

PI_SESSION_ID_FOOTER_FORMAT=full pi

Unknown values fall back to short.

Ephemeral sessions show:

sid unsaved

The extension preserves Pi's normal footer content and status lines.
Status lines from other extensions, such as MCP server counts, remain below the model/context line.
It does not modify sessions.