edb-compact-tools

Pi extension that replaces large built-in tool-call blocks with compact outlined rows.

Behavior

• Overrides read, bash, grep, find, ls, edit, and write renderers.
• Adds a generic compact blanket renderer for every other tool, without hardcoding individual tool names.
• Delegates execution to Pi's built-in tools, so tool behavior is unchanged.
• Collapsed by default: one compact summary row.
• Expanded with Pi's normal tool expand keybinding, usually ctrl+o.
• Uses renderShell: "self", so collapsed rows have no filled background; expanded output uses Pi's subtle tool-state background colors.
• Collapsed tools render as one compact full-outline block with two lines: the call line, then the status/summary line. The whole outline turns green on success, red on failure, and yellow while running. Expanding shows the available output inside the same outline.
• Adds a muted separator before each tool block.
• Styles user messages as compact outlined cards with an accent border and a random red emoji marker.
• Styles assistant text messages as compact outlined cards with muted borders.
• Uses an outline color per tool:
  • bash -> bashMode
  • read -> toolTitle (or purple when reading skill files)
  • grep -> success
  • find -> accent
  • ls -> warning
  • edit -> toolDiffAdded
  • write -> accent
• Detects skill files (paths containing .agents/skills/ or .pi/agent/skills/) and renders them with a purple outline

Local development

Run Pi with the extension directly:

pi -e ./packages/edb-compact-tools/src/index.ts

Or install as a Pi package after publishing:

pi install npm:@agnishc/edb-compact-tools

Notes

edit expansion shows the unified diff from Pi's normal edit result. write expansion shows the normal write result text, not a synthetic full-file diff.