pi-session-id-footer

A small pi extension that shows the current Pi session id in the footer.

This is useful when you want to fork or resume the session later without running /session first.

Install

pi install npm:pi-session-id-footer

Reload an already-running Pi process:

/reload

The default footer keeps its normal layout and adds a short session id right-aligned on the folder/branch line:

~/dev/project (main)                                      sid 019fcc94-7f10-7545

The short id is a UUID prefix accepted by pi --session <id>.

Configuration

Set PI_SESSION_ID_FOOTER_FORMAT before starting Pi:

| Value | Display | |---|---| | short | First three UUID groups, for example 019fcc94-7f10-7545 (default) | | full | Complete session UUID |

Example:

PI_SESSION_ID_FOOTER_FORMAT=full pi

Unknown values fall back to short.

Ephemeral sessions show:

sid unsaved

Notes

• The extension preserves Pi's normal footer content and status lines.
• Status lines from other extensions, such as MCP server counts, remain below the model/context line.
• It does not modify sessions.