@henryqw/pi-herdr-rename

Give each conversation one short human title across Pi and Herdr. Use meaningful Git branch names too.

Why

• Created for: Replace generated labels like worktree-brave-meadow-4aa8 with human-readable display titles for every conversation.
• Advantage: Titles stay natural (≤4 words), map to semantic Git branch names, and reapply on resume without another model request.

Install

pi install npm:@henryqw/pi-task-models
pi install npm:@henryqw/pi-herdr-rename

With

@henryqw/pi-task-models is required for shared title-generation model profiles.

Use

Use /rename to generate a display title and semantic branch from up to three recent user/assistant rounds.

Trigger

The first real user prompt generates a title in the background after Pi expands skill and prompt-template shorthand. It does not delay the main reply. Extension-injected prompts, empty prompts, and image-only input are ignored.

Title and branch rules

Display titles are natural task phrases. They are preferably three or four words and always at most four words and 20 characters.

A semantic branch is a Git-safe branch name made from a task type and the display-title words. Model classification stays internal. For example, refactor: update task logic displays as Update task logic and maps to refactor/update-task-logic.

• In a linked worktree, a detached checkout or Herdr worktree/... branch is renamed.
• An existing non-generated branch stays.
• A generated workspace label such as worktree-brave-meadow-4aa8 becomes the display title automatically.
• /rename also replaces a custom workspace name.
• The enclosing Herdr tab updates only when this pane is the tab's only pane.
• Outside Herdr, only the Pi session name changes.

Model choice and resume

The shared pi-task-models config is at ~/.pi/agent/config/pi-task-models/config.json. It can explicitly override the local pi-herdr-rename/rename declaration, which defaults to fast.

The extension tries the assigned profile primary, then fallback, while honoring the configured thinking level. It never substitutes the current session model. A missing shared task-model config warns once at session start; run /task-models to configure rename routing. No viable route leaves titles unchanged.

Resuming a session created by this version reapplies the saved display title and semantic branch without another model request. Herdr and Git synchronization failures appear as warnings. Cancellation by a newer rename remains silent.

Older titles receive no migration.