@lincoln504/pi-research 1.6.4 → 1.6.6

package/README.md

@@ -44,15 +44,15 @@ npm install -g @lincoln504/pi-research
 pi-research skill install
 ```
 
-On npm 12 or newer, allow the one install script search depends on before installing:
+On npm ≥11.19 (and npm 12), dependency install scripts are skipped by default. This
+package needs none of them: better-sqlite3 13 ships prebuilt bindings for every
+supported platform inside its own tarball, and the stealth browser (~500MB)
+self-provisions on its first use instead of at install time — so the first scrape
+takes a few minutes. Nothing needs approving. (On older npm, which still runs
+scripts, a Windows machine without Visual Studio Build Tools can fail while npm
+needlessly recompiles better-sqlite3; upgrading npm fixes that too.)
 
-```bash
-npm config set allow-scripts=better-sqlite3 --location=user
-```
-
-npm 12 stopped running dependency install scripts by default, and the stealth browser's SQLite module is built by one. Skipped, the install still succeeds with a warning — but every search fails with a missing-module error. The config covers both installs; for the standalone install, `--allow-scripts=better-sqlite3` on the `npm install -g` line also works. The bare flag allows nothing, and `pi install` accepts only the config form.
-
-In pi it works out of the box on the session's model and pi's configuration. Standalone use ([agent skill](docs/AGENT-SKILL.md) or [SDK](docs/SDK.md)) needs a model configured. See [Configuration](docs/CONFIGURATION.md). The first install downloads the stealth browser engine, which takes a few minutes.
+In pi it works out of the box on the session's model and pi's configuration. Standalone use ([agent skill](docs/AGENT-SKILL.md) or [SDK](docs/SDK.md)) needs a model configured. See [Configuration](docs/CONFIGURATION.md).
 
 ### How it works
 
@@ -95,3 +95,7 @@ MIT. Bundled third-party licenses are listed in [docs/THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md](do
 ### Package identity
 
 This project is always `@lincoln504/pi-research` on npm. The `pi-research` (unscoped) package is unrelated and deprecated.
+
+### Versioning
+
+pi-research typically follows the latest pi version and is not actively backwards compatible.

package/agent-skill/pi-research/README.md

@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ npm install -g @lincoln504/pi-research
 node "<skill_dir>/scripts/run.mjs" status  # verify detection
 ```
 
-On npm 12 or newer, first run `npm config set allow-scripts=better-sqlite3 --location=user`:
-npm 12 blocks the install script that builds the stealth browser's SQLite module, and
-without it every search fails with a missing-module error.
+On npm ≥11.19 (and npm 12) dependency install scripts are skipped by default — and
+none are needed: better-sqlite3 13 ships prebuilt bindings in its own tarball, and
+the stealth browser self-provisions on its first use (the first scrape takes a few
+minutes). No approval is required.
 
 ### Install the skill
 

package/agent-skill/pi-research/SKILL.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name: pi-research
 description: "Multi-agent web research for any coding agent. Use for anything requiring current information from the internet — news, trends, product/service/company facts, statistics, people, places, events, APIs, library behavior, or 'what is X / how does X work' questions. Also use to search a local knowledge store of previously researched findings before doing live research. Powered by the pi-research engine (search, stealth scraping, security databases, Stack Exchange). Not for reading local files, running project commands, or analyzing this repository's own source."
 license: MIT
-metadata: { "author": "Lincoln Deen", "version": "1.6.4", "package": "@lincoln504/pi-research", "engine": "pi-research-sdk", "openclaw": { "requires": { "bins": ["node"] } } }
+metadata: { "author": "Lincoln Deen", "version": "1.6.6", "package": "@lincoln504/pi-research", "engine": "pi-research-sdk", "openclaw": { "requires": { "bins": ["node"] } } }
 allowed-tools: Bash(node:*)
 ---