pi-edit-last

Restore the latest user message on the current Pi session branch to the editor, so you can edit and send it again.

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Install

Requires Pi and Node.js 22.19 or later. Tested with @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent 1.1.0.

pi install npm:pi-edit-last

Run /reload in an existing Pi session, or restart Pi. You can also install from GitHub:

pi install git:github.com/tong233/pi-edit-last

If you previously installed ~/.pi/agent/extensions/edit-last.ts, move that file outside the extensions directory before installing this package to avoid duplicate commands and shortcuts. Keep a backup if you want to revert.

Use

Run /last or press Ctrl+Shift+E. Edit the restored text and press Enter when you are ready to send it. The extension does not send restored text automatically.

It uses Pi's session tree navigation, like selecting the latest user message in /tree. The active branch moves to the parent of that message. The original message and subsequent history remain available in /tree.

• Searches only the current branch; preserves multiline text and whitespace.
• Runs only in interactive TUI mode, while the agent is idle and no messages are queued.
• Protects existing drafts and drafts typed during navigation.
• Leaves messages containing images untouched; use /tree for those.
• Handles cancelled navigation and session changes without overwriting the editor.

Session navigation does not undo file changes, commands, or other side effects. Use Git or another appropriate tool to undo those separately. Keyboard shortcuts may conflict with terminal settings or other extensions.

When the latest user message is also the current leaf, the extension adds an internal edit-last-anchor entry before navigating. This entry is excluded from model context and avoids Pi's no-op navigation to the current leaf.

Notifications, command descriptions, and shortcut descriptions use English.

Update or remove

pi update npm:pi-edit-last
pi remove npm:pi-edit-last

Develop

npm ci
npm run check
npm test
pi -e ./extensions/edit-last.ts

Tests include safeguards and integration with Pi's actual resource loader, session tree, and shortcut command dispatch. They make no model requests. Pi loads the TypeScript source directly; no build step or bundled host runtime is needed.

Distribution

This is both an npm package and a Pi package. The pi.extensions manifest declares the entry point; the pi-package keyword makes it eligible for discovery at pi.dev/packages. Gallery indexing is managed by Pi and may not be immediate.

See CONTRIBUTING.md for first publication and subsequent automated releases.

License

MIT