pi-next 🚀

Next-generation enhancements for pi coding agent.

Agent orchestration dashboard, semantic compaction, streaming tools, inspector pane, live diffs, and package search — all in one pi package.

pi install npm:@salahnecibi/pi-next

Restart pi, and you're ready. Run /pi-next-status to verify.

Components

| Priority | Component | Description | Access | |----------|-----------|-------------|--------| | 🔴 P0 | Orchestration Dashboard | Real-time TUI dashboard showing subagent status, tool calls, duration | Auto-widget + /dashboard | | 🔴 P0 | Semantic Compaction 2.0 | Structured compaction preserving decisions, files, errors, action items | Auto (hooks) + /compact-status | | 🟡 P1 | Streaming Tool Protocol | stream_bash tool with real-time output to LLM + TUI | Tool: stream_bash | | 🟡 P1 | Inspector Pane | Context usage, tool timeline, cost breakdown | Ctrl+I or /inspector | | 🟢 P2 | Live Diff Viewer | Unified diffs on write/edit tool calls | Auto + /diff | | 🟢 P2 | pi Search | Discover pi packages from npm | /pi-search <query> + pi-search CLI |

Commands

/pi-next-status              — Show all components and load state
/pi-next-toggle <name>       — Enable/disable a component
/dashboard                   — Open agent orchestration dashboard
/inspector                   — Toggle inspector (or Ctrl+I)
/compact-status              — Show compaction statistics
/compact-pin <entry-id>      — Pin entry to survive compaction
/diff [file]                 — Show recent file diffs
/pi-search <query>           — Search npm for pi packages
/pi-info <package>            — Show package details

Keyboard

| Key | Action | |-----|--------| | Ctrl+I | Toggle inspector pane |

How It Works

Orchestration Dashboard (P0)

When you launch subagents via pi-subagents, the dashboard widget appears above the editor showing:

╭─ pi-next Orchestration Dashboard ─────────────────────────╮
│ ● Active Agents:                                           │
│   ▶ reviewer             12s      3 tools [tool: read]     │
│   ▶ worker               45s      8 tools                   │
│ ──────────────────────────────────────────────────          │
│   ✓ scout               2 tools, 1 turn                    │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

No setup needed — it hooks into tool_call and tool_execution_* events automatically.

Semantic Compaction 2.0 (P0)

When pi compacts context (auto or manual), this extension intercepts the session_before_compact event and produces a structured summary that preserves:

• Decisions made — extracted from text patterns ("we decided X", "approved Y")
• Files changed — tracked from edit/write tool calls
• Errors encountered — extracted error messages
• Action items — remaining todo items

Use /compact-pin <entry-id> to mark specific entries as permanent (survive compaction).

Streaming Tools (P1)

The stream_bash tool wraps bash execution with real-time streaming:

• Output pipes to both the LLM and the TUI simultaneously
• Progress updates every ~3 chunks so the LLM can react mid-execution
• Respects abort signals (cancel with Escape)
• 50KB auto-truncation with tail preservation

Use instead of bash for: test suites, builds, installs, long-running scripts.

Inspector Pane (P1)

Press Ctrl+I or run /inspector to see:

╭─ pi-next Inspector ───────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Model: deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash                          │
│ Context: 45,231 tokens                                     │
│   system: 8,120 tok                                        │
│   tools: 2,340 tok                                         │
│ ──────────────────────────────────────────────────          │
│ Recent tools (23 total):                                    │
│   ✓ read  path: src/index.ts                                │
│   ✓ bash  npm test -- --watch                                │ 12s
│   ✗ write path: dist/output.json                              │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

Diff Viewer (P2)

Every edit and write tool call snapshots the file before modification. After the tool completes, it computes a unified diff and shows key added/removed lines in notifications.

pi Search (P2)

Search npm for pi packages without leaving pi:

/pi-search web            # Find web-related pi packages
/pi-search pdf --limit 5  # Top 5 PDF packages
/pi-info @dotdotgod/pi    # Show package details

Also available as a standalone CLI: pi-search <query>

Architecture

pi-next/
├── package.json                     # npm + pi package manifest
├── README.md                        # This file
├── LICENSE                          # MIT
├── bin/
│   └── pi-search.mjs                # Standalone CLI for package search
├── src/
│   ├── index.ts                     # Main entry: orchestrates all components
│   ├── orchestration-dashboard.ts   # P0: Agent orchestration TUI widget
│   ├── semantic-compaction.ts       # P0: Structured compaction hooks
│   ├── streaming-tools.ts           # P1: stream_bash tool
│   ├── inspector-pane.ts            # P1: Context/tool/cost inspector
│   ├── diff-viewer.ts              # P2: Live diff on file edits
│   └── pi-search.ts                # P2: Package search commands
└── skills/
    └── pi-next/
        └── SKILL.md                 # Skill: teaches LLM how to use pi-next

Development

# Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/pi-packages/pi-next.git
cd pi-next
npm install

# Test locally with pi
pi -e ./src/index.ts

# Publish new version
npm version patch
npm publish

Requirements

• pi >= 0.80.0
• Node.js >= 18 (for fetch)

License

MIT