Picadillo

picadillo noun \ˌpē-kə-ˈdē-(ˌ)yō\

1. A ground meat dish cooked with tomatoes and seasonings, sometimes with potatoes, olives, or raisins; served on its own or as a filling.

2. (tech slang) A mix of pi coding agent extensions, skills, and commands combined into one cohesive workflow; modular, interoperable, and—depending on the build—

   • occasionally containing undocumented features
   • prone to “seasonal” bugs
   • held together by optimism and duct taped tokens

Etymology: From Spanish picar (“to mince, to chop”), from Vulgar Latin piccare (“to pierce”). Folk etymology proposes a secondary meaning: “to repeatedly poke reality until it tastes better.”

Install

pi install https://github.com/normful/picadillo

Configure what you don't want with pi config. It will modify ~/.pi/agent/settings.json

Dependencies

• uv — Required runtime dependency for running Python scripts

Skills

run-in-tmux

Run commands in a new tmux session with split panes. Useful for dev environments, parallel processes, and persistent background tasks.

mulch

Usage examples showing how to use mulch to record and retrieve structured project learnings.

Extensions

parrot

Opens the last AI response in an external text editor (respects $VISUAL or $EDITOR), then sends your edited content back to the chat. Useful for editing AI responses before re-sending, copying output to a full-featured editor, or iterating with custom edits.

Usage: /parrot or Alt+R

gastown

Hooks to automatically run gt prime and gt mail from gastown

mulch

Hooks to automatically run mulch for recording and retrieving structured project learnings.

overstory

Hooks to automatically run overstory prime and overstory mail check from overstory, along with logging tool start/end, session end events, and integration with mulch for learning.

Parrot Extension Demo

Uninstall

pi remove https://github.com/normful/picadillo