answer

Interactive Q&A extraction for pi assistant responses.

answer adds an /answer command that turns questions from the last assistant response into an interactive answer form, then submits the compiled answers back to the agent.

It demonstrates the prompt-generator pattern with custom TUI:

1. /answer gets the last assistant message.
2. A spinner is shown while questions are extracted as structured JSON.
3. A custom TUI lets you navigate questions and write answers.
4. When done, the compiled answers are submitted as a new user message.

Install

pi install npm:@pithos-kit/answer

Inside a pithos container this extension may be preinstalled — /answer then works with no install step.

Pithos .pithos config

pi:
  extensions:
    "@pithos-kit/answer": "npm:0.3.0"

For local development from this repository:

pi install ./pithos.answer
pi install ./pithos.answer -l   # project-local

Temporary test run:

pi -e ./pithos.answer

Usage

After an assistant response that contains questions, run:

/answer
/answer --help

Use --help or -h to show usage without extracting questions or calling a model.

Keys in the TUI:

• Tab: go to next question
• Shift+Tab: go to previous question
• Up / Down: focus and navigate options when a question has them
• Space / Enter: select the focused option (single or multiple, depending on the question)
• Long free-text answers wrap across multiple lines
• Shift+Enter / Alt+Enter: insert a newline in the free-text answer
• Left / Right: move within the free-text answer
• Enter: save and go next when options are not focused; on the last question, submit if complete
• Ctrl+S: submit when all questions are answered or have selected options
• Esc: cancel

Notes

This package imports pi runtime packages as peer dependencies:

• @earendil-works/pi-ai
• @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent
• @earendil-works/pi-tui
• typebox

Do not bundle those dependencies; pi provides them at runtime.