quiet-tools

A pi extension that makes collapsed built-in tool rows much quieter in the TUI.

When enabled, each collapsed tool row renders as one invocation line plus a separate (Ctrl+O to expand) hint line. Tool output is hidden until expanded. Expanding with Ctrl+O still shows pi's full rendered output.

quiet-tools only changes the visual renderer. It does not truncate, summarize, or rewrite the actual tool results sent to the model.

Covered tools

• bash
• read
• grep
• find
• ls
• edit
• write

For every covered tool, the collapsed invocation is truncated to a single visual line so long paths, commands, diffs, or file contents do not fill the TUI. Expanding restores pi's normal renderer.

Commands

/quiet-tools status
/quiet-tools off
/quiet-tools on
/quiet-tools toggle

The extension starts enabled by default. Disabling is temporary for the current extension runtime/session; after /reload, /new, /resume, or /fork, it starts enabled again.

Install

Standalone npm package

pi install npm:@diegopetrucci/pi-quiet-tools

Collection package

pi install npm:@diegopetrucci/pi-extensions

GitHub package

pi install git:github.com/diegopetrucci/pi-extensions

Then reload pi:

/reload

Notes

• This extension overrides pi's built-in tool definitions so it can customize only their TUI renderers.
• It reuses pi's built-in implementations and preserves shellPath, shellCommandPrefix, and image autoresize settings when they are available from settings files.
• If another extension also overrides built-in tool execution, pi's extension load order determines which override wins.
• It affects assistant-invoked tool rows. User !/!! bash commands are rendered by a separate pi component and keep pi's default preview behavior.
• Pi renders image attachments outside tool result renderers, so inline image display for image reads is still controlled by pi's image settings.