sub-pi-skill

Route /skill: commands and skill file reads to the sub-pi tool when the skill frontmatter opts in.

Part of pi-extensions.

Behavior

• Reads skill frontmatter and checks metadata.pi.subProcess.
• Requires the sub-pi extension to be loaded (tool name: sub-pi).
• If subProcess: true, blocks in-session skill expansion and invokes the sub-pi tool using subProcessContext.
• subProcessContext accepts fork (default) or fresh (mapped to sub-pi fork: true / fork: false).
• If subProcess is false or omitted, keeps the skill in-session and applies model/thinkingLevel overrides to the current session.
• Optional overrides: metadata.pi.model, metadata.pi.thinkingLevel.

Example frontmatter:

---
name: code-review
description: ...
metadata:
  pi:
    subProcess: true
    subProcessContext: fresh
    model: openai-codex/gpt-5.2
    thinkingLevel: xhigh
---

Install with pi

pi install npm:@richardgill/pi-sub-pi
pi install npm:@richardgill/pi-sub-pi-skill

or locally

pi install ~/code/pi-extensions/main/extensions/sub-pi
pi install ~/code/pi-extensions/main/extensions/sub-pi-skill

Configure

You can override individual settings in sub-pi-skill.jsonc.

The default location is ~/.pi/agent/sub-pi-skill.jsonc, or $PI_EXTENSION_CONFIG_DIR/sub-pi-skill.jsonc when set.

{
  "toolName": "sub-pi"
}

Options

• toolName (default "sub-pi") — the registered tool name to invoke. Match this to name from the sub-pi extension if you've customised it there.