pi-polish

Claude Code-style output for pi: tool calls fold into short summaries and edits show as colored diffs

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Package details

extension

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

npm repohome report
$ pi install npm:pi-polish
Package
pi-polish
Version
0.1.10
Published
Nov 3, 2026
Downloads
2,423/mo · 1,455/wk
Author
pringled
License
MIT
Types
extension
Size
45 KB
Dependencies
4 dependencies · 2 peers
Pi manifest JSON
{
  "image": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Pringled/pi-extensions/main/assets/images/pi-polish-dark.gif",
  "extensions": [
    "./extensions/tools.ts",
    "./extensions/chrome.ts"
  ]
}

Security note

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README

pi-polish

Makes Pi's output look like Claude Code's: tool calls fold into short summary lines, and edits show as colored diffs.

pi install npm:pi-polish

Features

  • Shell commands, file reads, searches and MCP tool calls in a row fold into one line that updates while they run (Running 2 shell commands… · 5s, with the command and its latest output line below) and then sums them up (Ran 3 shell commands, read 2 files or Called 2 MCP tools). Click a row to see its commands and their full output, and click again to fold it; ctrl+o does this for every row.
  • Edits and new files show as diffs with syntax highlighting and the changed words marked, in colors that follow your Pi theme, dark or light.
  • Reads, searches, shell commands and MCP calls show a pulsing dot in your theme's accent color while they run, then turn into a quiet grey row once done, with a red dot if one failed. Edits and writes keep a green dot with their diff.
  • An orange status line shows what Pi is doing, how long it has been at it and how many tokens it has written. When Pi finishes, a dim line says how long it worked and when it was done.
  • Tools from other extensions keep their own look, but without Pi's colored box: they sit under the same status dot as the other rows.
  • ❯ marks your messages and ● marks Pi's replies.
  • A short instruction to the model to change files with Pi's edit and write tools instead of shell commands like sed -i, so you see the changes as diffs.

Compatibility

pi-polish only changes how tools are drawn; the tools themselves run exactly as before. The chat styling (the markers and the status line) reaches into Pi's internal UI, so a new Pi release can break that part of the look until pi-polish is updated. Your sessions are never affected. Tested with Pi 1.4.

License

MIT