pi-session-yank

Pi extension that copies assistant/user message text or fenced code blocks from the current session branch to the clipboard

Package details

extension

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

$ pi install npm:pi-session-yank

Pi manifest JSON

{
  "extensions": [
    "./extensions"
  ]
}

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A Pi extension that copies assistant or user message content from the current session branch directly to your clipboard.

It avoids terminal selection issues caused by soft wrapping in the Pi TUI.

Adds one command:

/yank <assistant|user> <raw|code> [N|all]

Examples:

/yank assistant raw
/yank assistant raw 3
/yank assistant code all
/yank user raw all

assistant|user selects which role to copy from
raw|code selects whether to copy plain text or fenced code blocks
[N|all] selects how many messages to scan
- omitted = 1
- N = last N matching messages
- all = all matching messages in the current branch

Important detail:

So:

/yank assistant code 3

means: copy all fenced code blocks from the last 3 assistant messages.

From npm:

pi install npm:pi-session-yank

From a local checkout during development:

pi -e ./extensions/yank.ts

Then reload Pi inside the app:

/reload

The extension tries the system clipboard first, with OSC 52 terminal clipboard support as a fallback when available.

On Linux-family systems it tries these transports as available:

Run checks:

npm install
npm run check