@ifdog/pi-statuswrap

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One extension status per footer line for the pi coding agent.

Problem

pi's built-in footer joins all extension statuses into a single line and truncates it to the terminal width. When several extensions emit a status at once (e.g. a ralph loop, a caveman indicator, ponytail mode, a subagents fleet), the combined line overflows and the statuses that sort later alphabetically are silently dropped — you never see them.

Root cause lives in FooterComponent.render() (core footer.js):

const statusLine = sortedStatuses.join(" ");
lines.push(truncateToWidth(statusLine, width, "…"));  // one line, tail cut off

Fix

This extension gives each extension status its own footer line instead of cramming them onto one truncated line. The built-in footer lines (cwd / git / tokens / context / model) are left completely untouched.

It patches FooterComponent.prototype.render: call the original to produce the built-in lines, then replace the single status line with one line per extension (each clipped to width with … if a single status is wider than the terminal).

No setFooter, no footer replacement, no config, no npm runtime dependencies.

Install

pi install npm:@ifdog/pi-statuswrap

Or add manually to ~/.pi/agent/settings.json:

{
  "packages": ["npm:@ifdog/pi-statuswrap"]
}

Then /reload in pi.

Behavior

• Each extension status occupies its own line, sorted alphabetically by status key (same order the core footer uses).
• A single status wider than the terminal is clipped with ….
• No statuses → footer is unchanged (the usual two lines).
• Built-in lines are produced by the real core code — zero duplication, survives pi updates that change token formatting etc.

Caveats

This extension monkey-patches the exported FooterComponent.prototype.render. It depends on three internal details of pi:

1. FooterComponent is exported from @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent.
2. The instance field holding the footer data provider is named footerData.
3. The status line is the last element of render()'s returned lines.

If any of these change, the patch falls back to the original (single-line truncated) output via a try/catch rather than crashing. Drop this extension once pi folds statuses onto multiple lines natively.

Tested against pi @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent 0.80.x.

License

MIT