pi-pledit

Permission modes for Pi — inspired by Claude Code's plan/execute workflow.

Cycle between Plan, Accept Edits, and Default modes to control how aggressively the agent modifies your codebase.

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✨ Features

• ∥∥ Plan Mode — Read-only. The model analyzes your code and produces a structured implementation plan saved to .pi/plans/.
• ⏵⏵ Accept Edits — Auto-approves file edits and safe filesystem commands. Fast execution without interruption.
• Default — Prompts before every file edit or shell command. Full manual control.
• Persistent — Mode survives session resume, reload, and restarts.
• Approval workflow — After a plan completes, a dialog lets you choose: auto-execute, manual review, or keep planning.

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📦 Installation

As a Pi Package (recommended)

pi install npm:pi-pledit

Or via GitHub:

pi install git:github.com/jaroslawjanas/pi-pledit

Or add to your Pi settings.json:

{
  "packages": ["npm:pi-pledit"]
}

Manual (single file)

Copy index.ts to ~/.pi/agent/extensions/plan-edits-mode.ts.

Project-local

Copy index.ts to .pi/extensions/plan-edits-mode.ts in your project.

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🚀 Usage

Press your configured shortcut to cycle modes:

Current	Press shortcut →	Next
Default	→	Accept Edits
Accept Edits	→	Plan
Plan	→	Default

Default shortcut: F6

The current mode appears in the status bar:

• (blank) — Default mode
• ∥∥ plan mode — Plan mode
• ⏵⏵ accept edits — Accept edits mode

After a plan completes

When you finish a plan, a dialog appears:

The plan is ready to execute. Would you like to proceed?

  1. Auto-accept edits
  2. Manually approve edits
  3. Provide further feedback

Choice	Result
Auto-accept edits	Switches to Accept Edits mode and executes the plan
Manually approve edits	Switches to Default mode and asks before each change
Provide further feedback	Stays in Plan mode; type your feedback and continue

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⚙️ Configuration

Custom Shortcut

Create .pi/pledit.json in your project (or ~/.pi/agent/pledit.json globally):

{ "shortcut": "shift+tab" }

Precedence: project config > global config > default (F6).

After editing, run /reload in Pi to apply.

Rebinding Pi's Thinking Level Cycle

If you set your pleedit shortcut to shift+tab, Pi's built-in thinking-level cycle (app.thinking.cycle) will be displaced. Move it to another key in ~/.pi/agent/keybindings.json:

{
  "app.thinking.cycle": ["alt+e"]
}

Customizing Bash Command Safety

You can override which bash commands are allowed in each mode via .pi/pledit.json:

{
  "shortcut": "f6",
  "readonlyBash": [
    "git status", "git log", "ls ", "find ", "grep ", "cat ", "echo ", "pwd "
  ],
  "safeBash": [
    "mkdir ", "touch ", "mv ", "cp ", "npm run ", "cargo test"
  ],
  "unsafePatterns": [
    "rm -rf", "sudo", "docker system prune"
  ]
}

Key	Purpose
readonlyBash	Commands allowed in all modes without prompting (Plan, Default, Accept Edits).
safeBash	Commands auto-approved only in Accept Edits mode. Prompted in Default mode. Blocked in Plan mode.
unsafePatterns	Substrings that block or prompt everywhere — overrides both lists above.

Important: These lists replace the built-in defaults entirely, they do not extend them. If you provide safeBash: ["cargo test"], you must also include mkdir, touch, etc. if you want them.

Default unsafePatterns: rm -rf, sudo, chmod 777, docker system prune.

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🛡️ Modes in Detail

Plan Mode (∥∥ plan mode)

• Blocked: write, edit
• Allowed bash (read-only): git status, git diff, git log, git branch, git stash list, git show, ls, find, grep, rg, cat, head, tail, echo, pwd, which, wc
• Blocked bash: everything else (mkdir, touch, mv, npm run, etc.)
• Allowed tools: read, glob, grep, find, ls — all read-only tools
• The model is instructed to produce a structured plan as its final response
• Plans are saved to .pi/plans/plan-YYYY-MM-DDTHH-mm-ss.md with YAML frontmatter

Accept Edits Mode (⏵⏵ accept edits)

• Auto-approved: write, edit
• Auto-approved bash (safe): mkdir, touch, mv, cp, rm, rmdir, sed, npm test, npm run *, yarn *, pnpm *
• Also auto-approved: all read-only bash commands listed above
• Prompted: anything not in the safe or read-only lists, or matching an unsafePatterns substring (e.g. sudo, rm -rf)

Default Mode

• Prompted: Every write, edit, and non-readonly bash call
• Allowed silently: Read-only bash commands (same list as Plan mode)
• Full manual control over destructive changes

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📝 Plan Files

When a plan completes, the model's last text response is saved to:

.pi/plans/plan-2026-05-03T21-45-00.md

With YAML frontmatter:

---
created: "2026-05-03T21:45:00.000Z"
mode: "plan"
session: "/path/to/session.jsonl"
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# Plan

[Model-generated structured plan...]

These files are ephemeral working notes — useful for review, not committed.

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📄 License

MIT