docs(coding-agent): improve README structure and update session/compaction docs

- README-NEW.md: add Quick Start, Interactive Mode, Sessions sections
- session.md: add Message Types section, complete SessionManager API, fix source links to GitHub URLs
- compaction.md: rename hooks to extensions, fix source links to GitHub URLs
- keybindings.md: new file documenting all keyboard shortcuts
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@ -26,11 +26,147 @@ Sessions have a version field in the header:
Existing sessions are automatically migrated to the current version (v3) when loaded.
## Type Definitions
## Source Files
- [`src/core/session-manager.ts`](../src/core/session-manager.ts) - Session entry types
- [`packages/agent-core/src/types.ts`](../../agent-core/src/types.ts) - `AgentMessage`
- [`packages/ai/src/types.ts`](../../ai/src/types.ts) - `UserMessage`, `AssistantMessage`, `ToolResultMessage`, `Usage`, `ToolCall`, `ImageContent`, `TextContent`
Source on GitHub ([pi-mono](https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono)):
- [`packages/coding-agent/src/core/session-manager.ts`](https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/blob/main/packages/coding-agent/src/core/session-manager.ts) - Session entry types and SessionManager
- [`packages/coding-agent/src/core/messages.ts`](https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/blob/main/packages/coding-agent/src/core/messages.ts) - Extended message types (BashExecutionMessage, CustomMessage, etc.)
- [`packages/ai/src/types.ts`](https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/blob/main/packages/ai/src/types.ts) - Base message types (UserMessage, AssistantMessage, ToolResultMessage)
- [`packages/agent/src/types.ts`](https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/blob/main/packages/agent/src/types.ts) - AgentMessage union type
For TypeScript definitions in your project, inspect `node_modules/@mariozechner/pi-coding-agent/dist/` and `node_modules/@mariozechner/pi-ai/dist/`.
## Message Types
Session entries contain `AgentMessage` objects. Understanding these types is essential for parsing sessions and writing extensions.
### Content Blocks
Messages contain arrays of typed content blocks:
```typescript
interface TextContent {
type: "text";
text: string;
}
interface ImageContent {
type: "image";
data: string; // base64 encoded
mimeType: string; // e.g., "image/jpeg", "image/png"
}
interface ThinkingContent {
type: "thinking";
thinking: string;
}
interface ToolCall {
type: "toolCall";
id: string;
name: string;
arguments: Record<string, any>;
}
```
### Base Message Types (from pi-ai)
```typescript
interface UserMessage {
role: "user";
content: string | (TextContent | ImageContent)[];
timestamp: number; // Unix ms
}
interface AssistantMessage {
role: "assistant";
content: (TextContent | ThinkingContent | ToolCall)[];
api: string;
provider: string;
model: string;
usage: Usage;
stopReason: "stop" | "length" | "toolUse" | "error" | "aborted";
errorMessage?: string;
timestamp: number;
}
interface ToolResultMessage {
role: "toolResult";
toolCallId: string;
toolName: string;
content: (TextContent | ImageContent)[];
details?: any; // Tool-specific metadata
isError: boolean;
timestamp: number;
}
interface Usage {
input: number;
output: number;
cacheRead: number;
cacheWrite: number;
totalTokens: number;
cost: {
input: number;
output: number;
cacheRead: number;
cacheWrite: number;
total: number;
};
}
```
### Extended Message Types (from pi-coding-agent)
```typescript
interface BashExecutionMessage {
role: "bashExecution";
command: string;
output: string;
exitCode: number | undefined;
cancelled: boolean;
truncated: boolean;
fullOutputPath?: string;
excludeFromContext?: boolean; // true for !! prefix commands
timestamp: number;
}
interface CustomMessage {
role: "custom";
customType: string; // Extension identifier
content: string | (TextContent | ImageContent)[];
display: boolean; // Show in TUI
details?: any; // Extension-specific metadata
timestamp: number;
}
interface BranchSummaryMessage {
role: "branchSummary";
summary: string;
fromId: string; // Entry we branched from
timestamp: number;
}
interface CompactionSummaryMessage {
role: "compactionSummary";
summary: string;
tokensBefore: number;
timestamp: number;
}
```
### AgentMessage Union
```typescript
type AgentMessage =
| UserMessage
| AssistantMessage
| ToolResultMessage
| BashExecutionMessage
| CustomMessage
| BranchSummaryMessage
| CompactionSummaryMessage;
```
## Entry Base
@ -96,8 +232,8 @@ Created when context is compacted. Stores a summary of earlier messages.
```
Optional fields:
- `details`: Compaction-implementation specific data (e.g., file operations for default implementation, or custom data for extension implementations)
- `fromHook`: `true` if generated by an extension, `false`/`undefined` if pi-generated
- `details`: Implementation-specific data (e.g., `{ readFiles: string[], modifiedFiles: string[] }` for default, or custom data for extensions)
- `fromHook`: `true` if generated by an extension, `false`/`undefined` if pi-generated (legacy field name)
### BranchSummaryEntry
@ -108,8 +244,8 @@ Created when switching branches via `/tree` with an LLM generated summary of the
```
Optional fields:
- `details`: File tracking data (`{ readFiles: string[], modifiedFiles: string[] }`) for default implementation, arbitrary for custom implementation
- `fromHook`: `true` if generated by an extension
- `details`: File tracking data (`{ readFiles: string[], modifiedFiles: string[] }`) for default, or custom data for extensions
- `fromHook`: `true` if generated by an extension, `false`/`undefined` if pi-generated (legacy field name)
### CustomEntry
@ -224,15 +360,25 @@ for (const line of lines) {
## SessionManager API
Key methods for working with sessions programmatically:
Key methods for working with sessions programmatically.
### Creation
### Static Creation Methods
- `SessionManager.create(cwd, sessionDir?)` - New session
- `SessionManager.open(path, sessionDir?)` - Open existing
- `SessionManager.open(path, sessionDir?)` - Open existing session file
- `SessionManager.continueRecent(cwd, sessionDir?)` - Continue most recent or create new
- `SessionManager.inMemory(cwd?)` - No file persistence
- `SessionManager.forkFrom(sourcePath, targetCwd, sessionDir?)` - Fork session from another project
### Appending (all return entry ID)
### Static Listing Methods
- `SessionManager.list(cwd, sessionDir?, onProgress?)` - List sessions for a directory
- `SessionManager.listAll(onProgress?)` - List all sessions across all projects
### Instance Methods - Session Management
- `newSession(options?)` - Start a new session (options: `{ parentSession?: string }`)
- `setSessionFile(path)` - Switch to a different session file
- `createBranchedSession(leafId)` - Extract branch to new session file
### Instance Methods - Appending (all return entry ID)
- `appendMessage(message)` - Add message
- `appendThinkingLevelChange(level)` - Record thinking change
- `appendModelChange(provider, modelId)` - Record model change
@ -242,7 +388,7 @@ Key methods for working with sessions programmatically:
- `appendCustomMessageEntry(customType, content, display, details?)` - Extension message (in context)
- `appendLabelChange(targetId, label)` - Set/clear label
### Tree Navigation
### Instance Methods - Tree Navigation
- `getLeafId()` - Current position
- `getLeafEntry()` - Get current leaf entry
- `getEntry(id)` - Get entry by ID
@ -254,8 +400,13 @@ Key methods for working with sessions programmatically:
- `resetLeaf()` - Reset leaf to null (before any entries)
- `branchWithSummary(entryId, summary, details?, fromHook?)` - Branch with context summary
### Context
- `buildSessionContext()` - Get messages for LLM
### Instance Methods - Context & Info
- `buildSessionContext()` - Get messages, thinkingLevel, and model for LLM
- `getEntries()` - All entries (excluding header)
- `getHeader()` - Session metadata
- `getHeader()` - Session header metadata
- `getSessionName()` - Get display name from latest session_info entry
- `getCwd()` - Working directory
- `getSessionDir()` - Session storage directory
- `getSessionId()` - Session UUID
- `getSessionFile()` - Session file path (undefined for in-memory)
- `isPersisted()` - Whether session is saved to disk