Extension UI dialogs (select, confirm, input) now support a timeout option
that auto-dismisses with a live countdown display. Simpler alternative to
manually managing AbortSignal for timed dialogs.
Also adds ExtensionUIDialogOptions type export and updates RPC mode to
forward timeout to clients.
- ExtensionAPI: setModel(), getThinkingLevel(), setThinkingLevel() methods
- New preset.ts example with plan/implement presets for model/thinking/tools switching
- Export all UI components from pi-coding-agent for extension use
- docs/tui.md: Common Patterns section with copy-paste code for SelectList, BorderedLoader, SettingsList, setStatus, setWidget, setFooter
- docs/tui.md: Key Rules section for extension UI development
- docs/extensions.md: Exhaustive example links for all ExtensionAPI methods and events
- System prompt now references docs/tui.md for TUI development
Fixes#509, relates to #347
Adds sendUserMessage() to the extension API, allowing extensions to send
actual user messages (role: user) rather than custom messages. Unlike
sendMessage(), this always triggers a turn and behaves as if the user
typed the message.
- Add SendUserMessageHandler type and sendUserMessage() to ExtensionAPI
- Wire handler through loader, runner, and all modes
- Implement via prompt() with expandPromptTemplates: false
- Add send-user-message.ts example with /ask, /steer, /followup commands
- Document in extensions.md
fixes#483
Extensions can now replace the built-in footer with a custom component:
- setFooter(factory) replaces with custom component
- setFooter(undefined) restores built-in footer
Includes example extension demonstrating context usage display.
Closes#481
- Accept ExtensionFactory[] for inline extensions (merged with discovery)
- Mark preloadedExtensions as @internal (CLI implementation detail)
- Update sdk.md with inline extension example
- Update CHANGELOG
- Auto-migrate commands/ to prompts/ on startup
- Warn if hooks/ or tools/ directories contain custom extensions
- Show deprecation warnings in interactive mode with keypress to continue
- Update CHANGELOG and docs with full migration guide
Breaking changes:
- Settings: 'hooks' and 'customTools' arrays replaced with 'extensions'
- CLI: '--hook' and '--tool' flags replaced with '--extension' / '-e'
- API: HookMessage renamed to CustomMessage, role 'hookMessage' to 'custom'
- API: FileSlashCommand renamed to PromptTemplate
- API: discoverSlashCommands() renamed to discoverPromptTemplates()
- Directories: commands/ renamed to prompts/ for prompt templates
Migration:
- Session version bumped to 3 (auto-migrates v2 sessions)
- Old 'hookMessage' role entries converted to 'custom'
Structural changes:
- src/core/hooks/ and src/core/custom-tools/ merged into src/core/extensions/
- src/core/slash-commands.ts renamed to src/core/prompt-templates.ts
- examples/hooks/ and examples/custom-tools/ merged into examples/extensions/
- docs/hooks.md and docs/custom-tools.md merged into docs/extensions.md
New test coverage:
- test/extensions-runner.test.ts (10 tests)
- test/extensions-discovery.test.ts (26 tests)
- test/prompt-templates.test.ts
- event-bus.ts: await async handlers to catch errors properly
- agent-session.ts: clear _pendingNextTurnMessages on newSession/switchSession/branch
- sdk.ts: make eventBus first (required) param for discoverHooks/discoverCustomTools
- docs/sdk.md: document eventBus sharing pattern for hook/tool communication
* feat(coding-agent): add event bus for tool/hook communication
Adds pi.events API enabling custom tools and hooks to communicate via
pub/sub. Tools can emit events, hooks can listen. Shared EventBus instance
created per session in createAgentSession().
- EventBus interface with emit() and on() methods
- on() returns unsubscribe function
- Threaded through hook and tool loaders
- Documented in hooks.md and custom-tools.md
* fix(coding-agent): wrap event handlers to catch errors
* docs: note async handler error handling for event bus
* feat(coding-agent): add sendMessage to tools, nextTurn delivery mode
- Custom tools now have pi.sendMessage() for direct agent notifications
- New deliverAs: 'nextTurn' queues messages for next user prompt
- Fix: hooks and tools now share the same eventBus (was isolated before)
* fix(coding-agent): nextTurn delivery should always queue, even when streaming
- before_agent_start handlers can return systemPromptAppend to dynamically
append text to the system prompt for that turn
- Multiple hooks' systemPromptAppend strings are concatenated
- Multiple hooks' messages are now all injected (not just first)
- Tool registry now contains ALL built-in tools (read, bash, edit, write,
grep, find, ls) regardless of --tools flag
- --tools only sets initially active tools, hooks can enable any via
setActiveTools()
- System prompt automatically rebuilds when tools change, updating tool
descriptions and guidelines
- Add pirate.ts example hook demonstrating systemPromptAppend
- Update hooks.md with systemPromptAppend documentation
1. Merge setWidget and setWidgetComponent into single overloaded method
- Accepts either string[] or component factory function
- Uses single Map<string, Component> internally
- String arrays wrapped in Container with Text components
2. Use KeyId type for registerShortcut instead of plain string
- Import Key from @mariozechner/pi-tui
- Update plan-mode example to use Key.shift('p')
- Type-safe shortcut registration
3. Fix tool API docs
- Both built-in and custom tools can be enabled/disabled
- Removed incorrect 'custom tools always active' statement
4. Use matchesKey instead of matchShortcut (already done in rebase)
- New ctx.ui.setWidgetComponent(key, factory) method
- Allows custom Component to render as widget without taking focus
- Unlike custom(), widget components render inline above editor
- Components are disposed when cleared or replaced
- Falls back to no-op in RPC/print modes
- Limit total widget lines to 10 to prevent viewport overflow/flicker
- Show '... (widget truncated)' when limit exceeded
- Document that multiple hooks stack widgets vertically
- Add caution about keeping widgets small
- New text_delta hook event fires for each chunk of streaming text
- Enables real-time monitoring of agent output
- Plan-mode hook now updates todo progress as [DONE:id] tags stream in
- Each todo item has unique ID for reliable tracking
- ctx.ui.setWidget(key, lines) for multi-line displays above editor
- Widgets appear below 'Working...' indicator, above editor
- Supports ANSI styling including strikethrough
- Added theme.strikethrough() method
- Plan-mode hook now shows todo list with checkboxes
- Completed items show checked box and strikethrough text
Hook API additions:
- pi.getTools() / pi.setTools(toolNames) - dynamically enable/disable tools
- pi.registerFlag(name, options) / pi.getFlag(name) - register custom CLI flags
- pi.registerShortcut(shortcut, options) - register keyboard shortcuts
Plan mode hook (examples/hooks/plan-mode.ts):
- /plan command or Shift+P shortcut to toggle
- --plan CLI flag to start in plan mode
- Read-only tools: read, bash, grep, find, ls
- Bash restricted to non-destructive commands (blocks rm, mv, git commit, etc.)
- Interactive prompt after each response: execute, stay, or refine
- Shows plan indicator in footer when active
- State persists across sessions
- Add pi.getTools() and pi.setTools(toolNames) to HookAPI
- Hooks can now enable/disable tools dynamically
- Changes take effect on next agent turn
New example hook: plan-mode.ts
- Claude Code-style read-only exploration mode
- /plan command toggles plan mode on/off
- Plan mode tools: read, bash, grep, find, ls
- Edit/write tools disabled in plan mode
- Injects context telling agent about restrictions
- After each response, prompts to execute/stay/refine
- State persists across sessions
- Hook commands now execute immediately during streaming (they manage their own LLM interaction via pi.sendMessage())
- File-based slash commands are expanded and queued via steer/followUp during streaming
- prompt() accepts new streamingBehavior option ('steer' or 'followUp') for explicit queueing during streaming
- steer() and followUp() now expand file-based slash commands and error on hook commands
- RPC prompt command accepts optional streamingBehavior field
- Updated docs: rpc.md, sdk.md, CHANGELOG.md
fixes#420
- Fix settings-selector descriptions to explain one-at-a-time vs all
- Update README.md message queuing section, settings example, and table
- Update hooks.md: hasPendingMessages, sendMessage options, triggerTurn example
- Add Theme/ThemeColor export and hasPendingMessages rename to CHANGELOG
- /todos command displays all todos on current branch with custom UI
- Update hooks.md to clarify components must not be wrapped in Box/Container
- Cross-reference tool and hook in example READMEs
Move line count from header to footer to avoid changing the first line
during streaming, which was triggering full screen re-renders in the
TUI's differential rendering logic.
CustomToolContext now has:
- isIdle() - check if agent is streaming
- hasQueuedMessages() - check if user has queued messages
- abort() - abort current operation (fire-and-forget)
Changed abort() signature from Promise<void> to void in both
HookContext and CustomToolContext. The abort is fire-and-forget:
it calls session.abort() without awaiting, so the abort signal
is set immediately while waitForIdle() runs in the background.
Fixes#388
HookContext (all events):
- isIdle() - read-only state check
- hasQueuedMessages() - read-only state check
- abort() - fire-and-forget, does not wait
HookCommandContext (slash commands only):
- waitForIdle() - waits for agent to finish
- newSession(options?) - create new session
- branch(entryId) - branch from entry
- navigateTree(targetId, options?) - navigate session tree
Session control methods moved from HookAPI (pi.*) to HookCommandContext (ctx.*)
because they can deadlock when called from event handlers that run inside
the agent loop (tool_call, tool_result, context events).
HookAPI additions:
- pi.newSession(options?) - create new session with optional setup callback
- pi.branch(entryId) - branch from a specific entry
- pi.navigateTree(targetId, options?) - navigate the session tree
HookContext additions:
- ctx.isIdle() - check if agent is streaming
- ctx.waitForIdle() - wait for agent to finish
- ctx.abort() - abort current operation
- ctx.hasQueuedMessages() - check for queued user messages
These enable hooks to programmatically manage sessions (handoff, templates)
and check agent state before showing interactive UI.
Fixes#388
- Remove session_before_new and session_new hook events
- Add reason: 'new' | 'resume' to session_before_switch and session_switch events
- Remove 'new' reason from custom tool onSession (use 'switch' for both /new and /resume)
- Rename reset() to newSession(options?) in AgentSession
- Add NewSessionOptions with optional parentSession for lineage tracking
- Rename branchedFrom to parentSession in SessionHeader
- Rename RPC reset command to new_session with optional parentSession
- Update example hooks to use new event structure
- Update documentation and changelog
Based on discussion in #293
- Add optional 'export' section to theme JSON with pageBg, cardBg, infoBg
- If not specified, colors are auto-derived from userMessageBg
- Add export colors to dark.json and light.json
- Update theme-schema.json and TypeBox schema
- Add documentation to docs/theme.md
- Add margin-top back to tool-output for spacing between header and content
- Add theme property to HookUIContext interface
- Implement in interactive, RPC, and no-op contexts
- Add status-line.ts example hook
- Document styling with theme colors in hooks.md
* Add ctx.ui.setStatus(key, text) API for hooks to display status in footer
- Add setStatus to HookUIContext interface
- Implement in interactive mode (FooterComponent)
- Implement in RPC mode (fire-and-forget)
- Add no-op implementations for headless contexts
- Multiple statuses displayed on single line, sorted by key
- Supports ANSI styling (hooks handle their own colors)
* Remove setStatus from changelog for now
* Fix hook status API to follow TUI rules
- Sanitize status text: replace newlines, tabs, carriage returns with spaces
- Truncate combined status line to terminal width using truncateToWidth
- Update JSDoc to document sanitization and truncation behavior
- Remove unused createHookUIContext method
- Add missing setStatus to test mock
* Add setStatus to changelog
* Use dim ellipsis for hook status truncation for consistency with footer style
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Co-authored-by: Mario Zechner <badlogicgames@gmail.com>
- Add configurable thinkingText color for thinking blocks (defaults to muted)
- Make 'Thinking...' label italic when collapsed
- Fix Ctrl+T during streaming hiding the current message
- Track streamingMessage to properly re-render on toggle
Based on #366 by @paulbettner
- Add setEditorText() and getEditorText() to HookUIContext for prompt generator pattern
- custom() now accepts async factories for fire-and-forget work
- Add CancellableLoader component to tui package
- Add BorderedLoader component for hooks with cancel UI
- Export HookAPI, HookContext, HookFactory from main package
- Update all examples to import from packages instead of relative paths
- Update hooks.md and custom-tools.md documentation
fixes#350
