pi-favorites-commands

Star and reorder your favorite slash commands in pi. Favorites appear at the top of the / autocomplete dropdown with a ★ glyph, in the order you choose.

/favorites manager	/ dropdown

Why

Pi has a lot of slash commands once you install a few extensions, themes, skills, and prompt templates. The autocomplete dropdown sorts them alphabetically, which means /code and /session-diff — the two you actually use ten times a day — live a long scroll away from /c.

This extension lets you star the commands you use most and reorder them however you like. Stars are persisted to disk and survive /reload and pi restarts.

Features

• ⭐ Star any slash command — built-ins (/settings, /compact, …), extension commands, prompt templates, and skill commands all work.
• 🔝 Favorites surface first when you type /, in your custom order, each prefixed with a yellow ★ so they're easy to spot.
• ↕️ Manual reorder with ⇧↑ / ⇧↓ inside the manager — no alphabetical lock-in.
• 🔎 Live filter — type to search the picker by command name or description.
• 💾 Persistent — saved to ~/.pi/agent/data/slash-favorites.json as a plain JSON array. Edit it by hand if you want.
• 🪶 Zero runtime deps — pure TypeScript, uses only @mariozechner/pi-coding-agent and @mariozechner/pi-tui (peer-provided by pi itself).

Install

pi install npm:pi-favorites-commands

Reload pi (/reload) or start a fresh session. The autocomplete provider is installed automatically.

Usage

Manage stars

/favorites

Opens a centered overlay with every slash command in your session (built-ins + extension + prompt template + skill commands that pi itself reports).

Key	Action
↑ / ↓	Move cursor
space	Toggle ★ on current command
⇧↑ / ⇧↓	Move the selected favorite up / down within the ★ section
Any text	Filter commands by name or description
backspace	Edit filter
⏎ / esc	Save & close

Newly-starred commands are appended to the end of your favorites list so you can decide where they belong. The numeric rank shown next to each ★ is the position you'll see them in when typing /.

Use the favorites

Just type /. Your starred commands are at the top of the dropdown, in your order, each prefixed with a yellow ★. Unstarred commands follow alphabetically.

Storage

Favorites live at:

~/.pi/agent/data/slash-favorites.json

It's a plain JSON array of command names in display order. Example:

[
  "code",
  "jira",
  "session-diff",
  "copy-response"
]

You can edit it by hand or sync it across machines via dotfiles.

How it works

Pi exposes hooks for extensions to replace the editor component. This extension installs a CustomEditor subclass that pins its autocomplete provider to a small wrapper around pi's built-in CombinedAutocompleteProvider. The wrapper:

1. Sorts the command list so favorites come first (in user order), then the rest alphabetically.
2. Decorates each suggestion's label with ★ for starred entries so the glyph appears next to the command in the dropdown — without affecting what actually gets inserted when you press ⏎.

Pi's core re-installs the default autocomplete provider on several internal events (theme changes, reload, etc.). The custom editor shadows setAutocompleteProvider with an instance method that re-runs our sort on every external call, so favorites stay pinned at the top even after those events.

Caveats

• Pi's built-in slash command list is mirrored locally inside the extension (it isn't exported from the public API). If pi adds a new built-in, file an issue and I'll bump the mirror.
• Wrapping the autocomplete provider means per-command argument autocomplete hooks (getArgumentCompletions) are bypassed. Direct typing of /some-cmd <arg> still works — only the dropdown suggestions for arguments are affected.

Requirements

• pi (@mariozechner/pi-coding-agent)
• Node ≥ 20

License

MIT — see LICENSE.