pi-toolbox

A toolbox of small quality-of-life extensions for the pi coding agent.

Features

Copy all editor text to clipboard

Press the hotkey (default Alt+C) to copy the entire contents of the input editor to the system clipboard — no mouse selection needed.

pi's built-in Ctrl+C clears the editor and Ctrl+X copies the last assistant message, but there was no single-key way to copy what you are currently typing. This extension fills that gap.

Installation

Published on npm as @yuanwentao/pi-toolbox. Install it with pi:

pi install npm:@yuanwentao/pi-toolbox

This adds it to ~/.pi/agent/settings.json so it loads in every session.

Try without installing — load it just for the current run:

pi -e npm:@yuanwentao/pi-toolbox

From git (tracks a branch, no npm publish needed):

pi install git:github.com/15wtyuan/pi-toolbox

From a local checkout (for development):

pi -e ./src/index.ts

After editing settings.json by hand, run /reload in pi to pick up the change.

Configuration

The hotkey is remapped in pi's standard ~/.pi/agent/keybindings.json, using the keybinding id pi-toolbox.copyEditor. A single string or an array of strings (to bind multiple keys) is accepted:

{
  "pi-toolbox.copyEditor": "ctrl+shift+c"
}

or, to bind several keys at once:

{
  "pi-toolbox.copyEditor": ["alt+c", "ctrl+shift+c"]
}

Run /reload in pi after editing.

Why keybindings.json? Pi's own shortcuts live there, so it's the natural place. Note that pi's registerShortcut() binds a concrete key sequence (like alt+c), not a keybinding id, and there is no extension API to register a custom id into pi's native keybinding table. So this extension reads your keybindings.json and binds the key you configured there — the id is ours, the file is pi's. Like pi's built-in keybindings, only the global ~/.pi/agent/keybindings.json is read (not a project-local one).

Key id format

Keys use the modifier+key format, e.g. alt+c, ctrl+shift+c, ctrl+alt+k. See pi's keybindings docs for the full grammar. Avoid reusing keys that pi already binds (e.g. ctrl+c, ctrl+x, ctrl+d). The default alt+c is free — pi binds other alt+ combos but not alt+c.

Development

npm install        # install type dependencies
npm run typecheck  # tsc --noEmit

TypeScript is loaded directly by pi via jiti, so there is no build step — just edit src/index.ts and /reload.