pi-echo-output-styles

Command-driven persona/tone switching (concise/explanatory/learning + custom project styles)

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Package details

extension

Install pi-echo-output-styles from npm and Pi will load the resources declared by the package manifest.

npm report

$ pi install npm:pi-echo-output-styles

Package: pi-echo-output-styles
Version: 0.1.0
Published: Aug 13, 2026
Downloads: 131/mo · 131/wk
Author: hegdesumanth.dev
License: unknown
Types: extension
Size: 7.1 KB
Dependencies: 1 dependency · 1 peer

Pi manifest JSON

{
  "extensions": [
    "."
  ]
}

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README

pi-echo-output-styles

Command-driven persona/tone switching, using before_agent_start's systemPrompt override.

Design note

This package appends the active style's text to ctx.getSystemPrompt() rather than replacing it outright — a full replacement risks silently discarding the tool-usage guidance baked into Pi's default prompt, which this module has no way to reconstruct. Appending a persona/tone overlay is a smaller, safer claim than "alternate system prompt," and is what's actually built here.

Usage

/output-style              # list available styles, active one marked
/output-style concise      # switch (persisted per-project in .pi/echo/output-style.json)
/output-style default      # reset to Pi's unmodified prompt

Ships three built-in styles (styles/*.md in this package): concise, explanatory, learning. Project-local styles go in .pi/echo/styles/*.md (nearest ancestor, same resolution pi-echo-core uses for permissions/state); a project-local file with the same name as a built-in overrides it.