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pi-researcher

v0.0.1-alpha.0

Published

Pi package for web search, content retrieval and understanding

Downloads

15

Readme

pi-researcher

Minimal Pi package stub for research-oriented workflows.

Included resources

  • extensions/pi-researcher/index.ts - registers the /research command

Usage

Run Pi with this package installed, then use:

/research <topic>

Example:

/research compare Bun and Node.js runtime tradeoffs for CLI tools

The command sends a research-style prompt back into the session so Pi can investigate the topic and summarize findings.

Local development

Typecheck the package:

npm run check

Packaging

This package currently publishes these project files explicitly:

  • extensions/
  • README.md
  • LICENSE

Release helper:

npm run release:publish
npm run release:publish -- --execute

npm run release:publish runs npm run check first and defaults to an npm dry-run. Pass --execute to perform the real publish.

The publish script derives the npm dist-tag from package.json version:

  • stable versions like 1.2.3 -> latest
  • prereleases like 0.0.1-alpha.0 -> alpha
  • prereleases like 1.0.0-rc.2 -> rc