pi-inspect

Introspection dashboard for the pi coding agent — see what's actually loaded into a session: tools, slash commands, skills, and the system prompt injected on init.

Installation

pi install npm:pi-inspect

Then use /inspect start | stop | restart | status | open | list | snapshot from inside pi.

Usage (inside a pi session)

| Command | What it does | | --- | --- | | /inspect | Open the dashboard for the current session in your browser (http://localhost:5462/?session=<id>) | | /inspect <sessionId> | Open dashboard pinned to a specific past session | | /inspect snapshot | Re-capture the current session snapshot now | | /inspect list | Print all captured session IDs in the terminal | | /inspect open web\|app | Open in browser or as a PWA window | | /inspect start / stop / restart / status | Manage the local server |

State is driven entirely through the ?session= URL param — share or refresh URLs to pin views. The in-page picker also writes to the URL.

Sharing a snapshot

Click Share in the topbar to copy a self-contained link of the current snapshot. The snapshot is deflate-raw compressed and base64url-encoded into the URL hash (#s=…) — no server, no upload, no account.

Recipients open the link on the hosted static dashboard at https://nikiforovall.blog/pi-inspect/ and see the exact same tools / commands / skills / system prompt. The page makes no network requests; everything is in the URL.

Heads up: the link includes the system prompt and cwd. Don't share secrets you wouldn't paste in chat.

What it captures

• Tools — name, description, parameter schema, source
• Slash commands — name, source
• System prompt — full text injected on init, split into system / user AGENTS.md / project AGENTS.md sections
• Session meta — cwd, model, sessionId, sessionName, captured timestamp

Snapshots live at ~/.pi/agent/inspect/snapshots/<sessionId>.json.

Port

5462 — override via PORT env var.