pi-session-title

Session-title extension for pi-compatible runtimes, including oh-my-pi.

It generates a concise session title from the first real prompt and persists it through the host extension API.

Installation

npm (recommended)

npm install pi-session-title

Manual

git clone https://github.com/djdembeck/pi-session-title.git ~/.omp/agent/extensions/pi-session-title
cd ~/.omp/agent/extensions/pi-session-title
npm install
npm run build

How it works

The extension registers two event handlers:

• input — fires in interactive sessions for user-originated input
• before_agent_start — fires for all prompts before the agent loop. The extension only uses it as a fallback when input never fires (e.g., non-interactive/print mode).

For the first prompt-like input in a session it will:

1. Skip extension-originated input and command-style input (/, !, $)
2. Skip work when the session already has a name
3. Load a prompt template if present
4. Use the current session model to generate a title from the first prompt
5. Call setSessionName(title, "auto") — auto-generated titles yield to user-renames (/rename)

In oh-my-pi interactive mode, this timing matters: input handlers run before the built-in first-message auto-title check, so setting the name there prevents omp from generating a competing default title.

Configuration

The extension is configured with environment variables.

Variable	Default	Description
PI_TITLE_ENABLED	true	Enable or disable title generation
PI_TITLE_TEMPLATE	unset	Custom template path, relative to cwd or absolute
PI_TITLE_MAX_INPUT	2000	Maximum characters from the first prompt sent to the model
PI_TITLE_MAX_TOKENS	30	Maximum tokens requested for the generated title

Example:

export PI_TITLE_ENABLED=true
export PI_TITLE_MAX_INPUT=1000
export PI_TITLE_MAX_TOKENS=20

Template variables

Available template variables:

• {{firstMessage}}
• {{cwd}}
• {{timestamp}}

Template discovery

Templates are resolved in this order:

1. PI_TITLE_TEMPLATE
2. .pi/prompts/title.md
3. .omp/prompts/title.md
4. ~/.pi/agent/prompts/title.md
5. ~/.omp/agent/prompts/title.md
6. Built-in default template

Example project template:

Generate a short title (max 6 words) for a coding session.

User request: {{firstMessage}}
Project: {{cwd}}

Respond with ONLY the title.

Compatibility

This package is typed against @mariozechner/pi-coding-agent. At runtime it needs a host that exposes getSessionName() / setSessionName() on the extension API. For title generation via the model, the function attempts to load @oh-my-pi/pi-ai first and falls back to @mariozechner/pi-ai if that import is unavailable. Title generation is only skipped (without error) when neither module is resolvable. The extension resolves API keys and request headers through both getApiKeyAndHeaders (pi-mono) and getApiKey (oh-my-pi) on the model registry, so it works across both runtime variants.

Development

npm install
npm run typecheck
npm run build
npm test

License

MIT