glance.sh extension for pi

Pi extension that lets your agent request screenshots from you via glance.sh.

What it does

Maintains a persistent background session on glance.sh. Paste an image anytime — the agent receives it instantly.

• Background listener — starts when pi launches, reconnects automatically, refreshes sessions before they expire.
• glance tool — the LLM calls it when it needs to see something visual. Surfaces the session URL and waits for the next paste.
• /glance command — type it to see the current session URL.
• Multiple images — paste as many images as you want. Each one is injected into the conversation as Screenshot: <url>.

Install

Recommended (npm package):

pi install npm:@modemdev/glance-pi

If you are working from a local checkout instead:

# from this directory (agent-plugins/pi)
pi install .

# from the main repo root
pi install ./agent-plugins/pi

Then restart pi or run /reload.

Verify

Run:

/glance

You should see a session URL like https://glance.sh/s/<id>.

Update / remove

pi update
pi remove npm:@modemdev/glance-pi

For a local path install, remove that path from your pi settings (or run pi remove with the same path you installed).

Publishing (maintainers)

Releases are automated via GitHub Actions.

Prerequisite: configure NPM_TOKEN in the glance-agent-plugins repository with publish access to @modemdev/glance-pi.

1. Bump version in pi/package.json.
2. Commit and push to main.
3. Create and push a matching tag:

git tag pi-v0.1.0
git push origin pi-v0.1.0

The Release pi package workflow validates the tag/version match and publishes with npm provenance. You can also run the workflow manually in dry-run mode from Actions.

Manual install (legacy)

If you prefer manual file management, symlink or copy glance.ts into your pi extensions directory:

mkdir -p ~/.pi/agent/extensions
ln -s "$(pwd)/glance.ts" ~/.pi/agent/extensions/glance.ts
# or:
cp glance.ts ~/.pi/agent/extensions/glance.ts

How it works

pi starts
  └─▶ create session on glance.sh
  └─▶ connect SSE (background, auto-reconnect)

user pastes image at /s/<id>
  └─▶ SSE emits "image" event
  └─▶ extension injects "Screenshot: <url>" into conversation

session expires (~10 min)
  └─▶ extension creates new session, reconnects

The glance tool reuses the existing background session — it just surfaces the URL and waits for the next image rather than creating a new session each time.

Requirements

• pi coding agent
• Node.js with global fetch (Node 18+)

Configuration

No API keys required — sessions are anonymous and ephemeral (10-minute TTL).

The extension connects to https://glance.sh by default. The SSE connection is held for ~5 minutes per cycle, with automatic reconnection.