@siddr/pi-tool-display

Compact built-in tool rendering overrides for pi

Package details

extension

Install @siddr/pi-tool-display from npm and Pi will load the resources declared by the package manifest.

$ pi install npm:@siddr/pi-tool-display

Pi manifest JSON

{
  "extensions": [
    "./index.ts"
  ]
}

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Overrides pi's built-in rendering for read, write, edit, bash, grep, find, and ls with a more compact TUI layout.

User message rendering is intentionally unchanged.

pi install npm:@siddr/pi-tool-display

ln -s /Users/sid/src/pi-extensions/tool-display ~/.pi/agent/extensions/tool-display

Then run /reload in pi.

read: collapsed shows loaded N lines; expanded shows syntax-highlighted text. Image reads keep their attachment display.
write: collapsed shows up to 10 dimmed lines from the written content; expanded shows the full dimmed content.
bash: shows a more OpenCode-style running/failed preview, with non-error output dimmed, collapsed output capped at 10 lines, and expanded showing the full visible output.
edit: always shows a richer remote-style diff with diff stats and tinted change rows, and supports pi's current edits[] call shape.
grep, find, ls: collapsed shows counts only; expanded shows the full output.
Limit/truncation notices are preserved in collapsed and expanded views.

This extension only changes tool display. It does not change tool behavior.
The overridden tools still delegate execution to pi's built-in implementations.
It restores the existing active tool list after registering overrides, so it does not turn on extra built-in tools like grep, find, or ls by itself.