pi-stash

A pi extension that temporarily stashes the current editor draft with a keyboard shortcut. Inspired by Claude Code.

Install

pi install npm:pi-stash

Or from GitHub:

pi install git:github.com/maxpetretta/pi-stash

Usage

Press Alt+S while typing a prompt to stash the current editor contents into:

.pi/stash.md

When you do that, pi-stash:

1. saves the current draft
2. clears the editor
3. waits for your next prompt submission
4. automatically restores the stashed draft into the editor right after that prompt is sent

If the editor is empty, pressing Alt+S again will immediately restore the pending stashed prompt instead.

This is useful when you want to quickly shelve one prompt, send another one first, and then continue where you left off.

Configuring the shortcut

pi-stash reads its shortcut from ~/.pi/agent/keybindings.json at startup. If pi-stash.shortcut is not set, it defaults to Alt+S.

Note: pi-stash.shortcut is a custom extension-owned key that pi-stash reads itself at startup. It is not a built-in pi action id.

Example:

{
  "pi-stash.shortcut": ["ctrl+s"],
  "app.session.toggleSort": ["alt+s"]
}

You can also use a single string instead of an array:

{
  "pi-stash.shortcut": "ctrl+s"
}

If you remap pi-stash to Ctrl+S, also rebind pi's built-in session sort toggle off of Ctrl+S to avoid the shortcut conflict warning. After editing keybindings.json, run /reload in pi.

Development

This package uses Bun for local development.

bun install
bun run lint
bun run typecheck
bun run test

License

MIT