pi-readseek

pi-readseek adds ReadSeek's anchored file operations, structural search, symbol navigation, and PDF tools to Pi. Built-ins remain available unless replacedTools maps read, edit, write, or grep to a ReadSeek-backed implementation.

Install

pi install npm:pi-readseek

The package depends on @jarkkojs/readseek, which supplies the native binary on supported platforms.

Tools

Tool	Purpose
readSeek_read	Read anchored text by range, symbol, or map; read images and PDFs
readSeek_edit	Apply hash-verified edits to an existing text file
readSeek_write	Create or replace a complete text file and return anchors
readSeek_grep	Search text or regex and return edit-ready anchors
readSeek_search	Search AST patterns
readSeek_def	Find symbol definitions
readSeek_refs	Find identifier usages, optionally scoped to a cursor binding
readSeek_hover	Identify the token and enclosing symbol at a cursor
readSeek_rename	Rename a cursor symbol; set apply: false to preview the plan
readSeek_check	Report parser errors and missing syntax
readSeek_view	View or narrow a structural PDF index

The extension also tells Pi to get fresh anchors before editing and to run a syntax check after source edits.

Settings

Add a readseek object to ~/.pi/agent/settings.json (global) or .pi/settings.json (project). Project settings override matching global values. Defaults:

{
  "readseek": {
    "replacedTools": [],
    "imageMode": "auto",
    "syntaxValidation": "warn",
    "timeoutMs": 120000,
    "grep": {
      "maxLines": 2000,
      "maxBytes": 51200
    },
    "display": {
      "read": "compact",
      "grep": "compact",
      "edit": "expanded",
      "write": "expanded"
    }
  }
}

• replacedTools: any of "read", "edit", "write", and "grep".
• imageMode: "auto" uses Pi's native image input when available, "on" always runs local analysis, and "off" skips images while still reading PDF text. Standalone images require image; values are all, ocr, caption, and objects. In "auto", none returns a prepared standalone image without local analysis. Local analysis uses Qwen3-VL-2B-Instruct.
• syntaxValidation: "warn" (write and warn), "block" (abort), or "off". Validation triggers only when an edit increases parser error or missing-node counts.
• timeoutMs: native command timeout in milliseconds.
• grep.maxLines and grep.maxBytes: output limits; larger values are clamped to the defaults.
• display: initial "compact" or "expanded" state for read, grep, edit, and write results.

Development

npm install
npm test
npm run typecheck

License

pi-readseek is Apache-2.0; see LICENSE. @jarkkojs/readseek is licensed separately under Apache-2.0 AND LGPL-2.1-or-later.