Pi IDE Bridge

Pi IDE Bridge connects the Pi coding agent to VS Code. Pi pauses before touching your files, opens a native diff, and waits for you to approve or reject. It also feeds your current editor state into Pi automatically so the agent always knows what you are looking at.

What you get

• Change review — Pi shows every proposed file edit as a VS Code diff before anything is written to disk. You approve or reject.
• Auto-accept mode — press F8 to let Pi apply edits without pausing. Press F8 again to switch back to review mode.
• Editor context — Pi automatically knows which files you have open, which is active, where your cursor is, and what text you have selected.
• Diagnostics on demand — Pi can query VS Code's current errors and warnings via the get_ide_diagnostics tool, scoped to the active file, a specific file, or all open files.

Installation

Step 1 — Install the Pi extension

pi install npm:@m4riok/pi-ide-bridge

Restart your Pi session after installing.

Step 2 — Install the VS Code companion

In Pi, run:

/ide install

This installs the VS Code companion extension automatically. If that fails, see the manual install instructions below.

Manual VS Code install

Search for Pi IDE Bridge in the VS Code Extensions panel, or run:

ext install m4riok.pi-ide-bridge-vscode

Commands

Command	What it does
/ide or /ide status	Show VS Code connection status
/ide install	Install the VS Code companion extension
/ide context	Show the current editor context Pi is seeing
/ide diagnostics	Show diagnostics for the active file
/ide diagnostics all	Show diagnostics across all open files
/ide diagnostics file <path>	Show diagnostics for a specific file

Keyboard shortcuts

Key	Action
F8	Toggle between review mode and auto-accept mode