pi-forcefeed

Force-feed complete files into pi conversation context without using the built-in read tool's truncation.

Use this when you intentionally want to put one or more whole files into the model context and are willing to own the provider/model context-window risk.

Install

pi install npm:@alasano/pi-forcefeed

Commands

Command	Description
/forcefeed <path...>	Inject one or more complete files into context
/forcefeed @<path...>	Same command, with Pi's built-in @ path completion

Examples:

/forcefeed README.md
/forcefeed @README.md @examples/harness/README.md
/forcefeed ./docs/notes.md /absolute/path/to/file.ts

Behavior

• Accepts relative paths from the current Pi working directory.
• Accepts absolute paths.
• Accepts an optional leading @ per path.
• Accepts quoted paths with spaces.
• Reads files as UTF-8 text.
• Sends one custom message containing all successfully read files.
• Renders one compact [forcefeed] line per file in the UI.
• Does not impose a file-size limit; provider/model context limits still apply.

The model receives start/end markers around every file:

<<<PI_FORCEFEED_FILE_CONTENT_START path/to/file>>>
...
<<<PI_FORCEFEED_FILE_CONTENT_END path/to/file>>>

If one file fails, pi-forcefeed still injects the files it could read and shows an error notification for the failed paths.

Autocomplete

• @ paths use Pi's built-in file autocomplete.
• Bare command arguments also provide simple path completion for /forcefeed <path>.
• Multi-path bare completion preserves earlier paths while completing the current path token.

Requirements

• Pi with extension support.
• Node.js 22 or newer.

Limitations

pi-forcefeed bypasses Pi's read truncation, not model/provider context limits. Very large files or many files can still make a request too large, slow, or expensive.