@nguyenquangthai/pi-omp-theme

An OMP-inspired visual theme and TUI presentation extension for Pi. It combines Titanium dark/light themes with a coordinated startup view, status line, editor, messages, and tool rendering.

Features

• Claude-style and OMP-style editor/status compositions.
• Responsive status segments for model, effort, path, Git, context, usage, cost, time, and session state.
• Compact startup header or optional welcome card.
• Boxed tool rendering, quiet-call batching, adaptive diffs, elapsed time, and completed-turn summaries.
• Optional message/tool compatibility patches with per-surface identity checks and native fallback.
• Titanium dark/light themes, Nerd Font/Unicode/ASCII modes, shimmer, syntax-highlight caching, and session accents.

Requirements

• Node.js 22.19 or newer.
• Pi 0.83.x or newer. Compatibility patches are probed against the live Pi runtime per surface; unrecognized identities fall back to Pi's native rendering.

Install

Use Pi's package manager so the extension and themes are registered correctly:

pi install npm:@nguyenquangthai/pi-omp-theme

Running npm install alone downloads the package but does not register it with Pi.

Verify installation

pi list
pi -p "/pi-omp-theme doctor"

pi list should include npm:@nguyenquangthai/pi-omp-theme. The doctor command reports the active preset, Pi compatibility identity, theme, surface fallbacks, and the host binding (operational.compatibility.hostBinding.status must read bound).

Install from a local checkout

npm ci && npm run build
pi install /path/to/pi-omp-theme

The compiled entry is dist/extensions/pi-omp-theme.ts on purpose. Pi loads extensions through jiti, which applies the host aliases (@earendil-works/* → the running Pi's own modules) while loading the .ts entry. A .js entry next to a checkout's node_modules/@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent can bind the extension to a second copy of Pi and make message/tool decoration silently miss the TUI. Pi 0.84.3+ runs its Node CLI/RPC entrypoints from a bundled runtime and exposes those host modules virtually; the package detects that loader path instead of comparing it with the modular package entry. If the doctor ever reports hostBinding.status: "foreign", the extension was loaded outside Pi's loader; reinstall with pi install npm:@nguyenquangthai/pi-omp-theme or rebuild the checkout.

The first launch after a rebuild transpiles the bundle once (a few seconds); jiti caches the result for later launches.

Update

pi update npm:@nguyenquangthai/pi-omp-theme
# Or update every installed Pi package:
pi update --extensions

Version-pinned installs such as npm:@nguyenquangthai/pi-omp-theme@1.0.3 remain pinned until explicitly changed.

Uninstall

pi remove npm:@nguyenquangthai/pi-omp-theme

Defaults

The shipped configuration uses the claude preset with a dock editor, a status row below the editor, compact startup presentation, boxed tools, completed-turn summaries, and the titanium theme. Core compatibility patches remain disabled unless explicitly enabled.

Presets

claude, omp, default, minimal, compact, full, ascii, and native.

Configuration

Use the piOmpTheme key in Pi's global or trusted project settings.json:

{
  "piOmpTheme": {
    "preset": "claude",
    "theme": {
      "autoApply": "titanium"
    },
    "compatibility": {
      "allowCorePatches": false
    }
  }
}

Presets coordinate status placement, editor style/frame, separator, and status layout. Keep those fields omitted when you want the preset's complete composition; for example, changing only preset to "omp" selects the rounded border layout. Explicit values still win, but /pi-omp-theme doctor warns when they contradict coordinated preset fields and produce a hybrid UI.

Precedence:

defaults < global settings < trusted project settings < environment < session override

Invalid values fall back safely and appear in /pi-omp-theme doctor.

Environment variables

Variable	Purpose
PI_OMP_THEME_DISABLED=1	Disable the extension.
PI_OMP_THEME_NERD_FONTS=1|0	Force Nerd Font or non-Nerd glyphs.
PI_OMP_THEME_EDITOR=native|compact|boxed|dock	Override editor style.
PI_OMP_THEME_STATUS=above|below|off	Override status placement/state.
PI_OMP_THEME_THEME=<name|off>	Select or disable automatic theme application.
PI_OMP_THEME_OSC11=1|0	Override terminal background synchronization.
PI_OMP_THEME_DEBUG=1	Enable bounded diagnostics.

CLI flags

--pi-omp-theme-core-patches
--pi-omp-theme-message-assistant
--pi-omp-theme-message-special-blocks
--pi-omp-theme-tools
--pi-omp-theme-readonly-tools
--pi-omp-theme-ascii

Commands

Command	Purpose
/pi-omp-theme	Show active preset and surface state.
/pi-omp-theme on|off	Toggle the extension for the current session.
/pi-omp-theme preset <name>	Apply a preset.
/pi-omp-theme placement above|below|border	Change status placement.
/pi-omp-theme editor <style> [frame]	Change editor presentation.
/pi-omp-theme startup off|compact|overlay	Change startup presentation.
/pi-omp-theme surface <name> on|off	Toggle a surface.
/pi-omp-theme set <path> <JSON>	Set a validated configuration leaf.
/pi-omp-theme persist global|project set <path> <JSON>	Persist a validated setting.
/pi-omp-theme reload	Reload configuration and affected surfaces.
/pi-omp-theme doctor	Show capability, conflict, fallback, and config diagnostics.

Privacy and security

Pi extensions execute with the user's system permissions. Review the source before installation.

The extension does not implement telemetry. The optional welcome presentation reads bounded local Pi metadata; its recent-session list can derive a short display title from the opening request in local session files. That data is rendered locally and is not transmitted by this package.

Development

npm ci
npm run typecheck
npm run depcruise
npm run build
npm run package:smoke
npm run check

npm run check is also enforced by the npm prepack hook.

Releases are published manually to avoid CI billing. The complete maintainer checklist is documented in the release guide.

License

MIT. Required notices from incorporated MIT-licensed sources are retained.