@telepath-computer/pi-dynamic-context

Keeps a pi session's context live. Vanilla pi reads SYSTEM.md, APPEND_SYSTEM.md, and context files (AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md) once at startup; this extension re-reads them before every agent turn, so mid-session edits take effect without /reload — and renders template variables in your prompt files.

pi install npm:@telepath-computer/pi-dynamic-context

Surface

• Template variables in SYSTEM.md/APPEND_SYSTEM.md: {{DATE}}, {{TIME}}, {{TZ}}, {{AGENT_DIR}}, {{CWD}} — re-rendered each turn, always in the host time zone (no configuration, by design). Unknown {{VARS}} warn once and stay verbatim.
• Context files are re-read from disk each turn; edited content replaces stale content. Discovery doesn't re-run — new files still need /reload.
• /dynamic-context — reports each variable's current value and each watched file's status.

Implementation constraint: exact-content substitution via before_agent_start — it never pattern-matches pi's prompt layout, and leaves pieces alone that another extension rewrote.

SPEC.md is the authority on behavior.