pi-studio

Experimental extension for pi that opens a local browser workspace with editor and response panes for interacting with pi: annotating model responses/files, running edited prompts, requesting critiques, browsing history, and rendering previews.

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What it does

• Opens a two-pane browser workspace: Editor (left) + Response/Thinking/Editor Preview (right)
• Runs editor text directly, or asks for structured critique (auto/writing/code focus)
• Browses response history (Prev/Next) and loads either:
  • response text
  • critique notes/full critique
  • assistant thinking (when available)
  • the prompt that generated a selected response
• Supports an annotation workflow for [an: ...] markers:
  • inserts/removes the annotated-reply header
  • shows/hides annotation markers in preview
  • strips markers before send (optional)
  • saves .annotated.md
• Renders Markdown/LaTeX/code previews (math + Mermaid), theme-synced with pi
• Exports right-pane preview as PDF (pandoc + LaTeX)
• Shows model/session/context usage in the footer, plus a compact-context action

Commands

| Command | Description | |---|---| | /studio | Open with last assistant response (fallback: blank) | | /studio <path> | Open with file preloaded | | /studio --last | Force last response | | /studio --blank | Force blank editor | | /studio --status | Show studio server status | | /studio --stop | Stop studio server | | /studio --help | Show help |

Install

# npm
pi install npm:pi-studio

# GitHub
pi install https://github.com/omaclaren/pi-studio

Run once without installing:

pi -e https://github.com/omaclaren/pi-studio

Notes

• Local-only server (127.0.0.1) with rotating tokenized URLs.
• Studio is designed as a complement to terminal pi, not a replacement.
• Editor/code font uses a best-effort terminal-monospace match when the current terminal config exposes it; set PI_STUDIO_FONT_MONO to force a specific CSS font-family stack.
• Full preview/PDF quality depends on pandoc (and xelatex for PDF):
  • brew install pandoc
  • install TeX Live/MacTeX for PDF export

License

MIT