@timurproko/a1 0.1.8-dev.99e912e → 0.1.8-dev.9a04818

package/README.md

@@ -30,16 +30,20 @@ Pi extension packages install into A1's own profile, so bare `a1` loads them and
 `a1 pi` and `a1 sandbox` do not. Sources are Pi's: `npm:`, git, or a local path.
 
 ```sh
-a1 install npm:pi-mcp-adapter   # install a package into ~/.a1/agent
-a1 remove npm:pi-mcp-adapter    # remove it again (alias: a1 uninstall)
-a1 list                         # list packages installed for a1
-a1 update --extensions          # update every installed package
-a1 update npm:pi-mcp-adapter    # update one of them
-a1 update --models              # refresh model catalogs
+a1 pi install npm:pi-mcp-adapter   # install a package into ~/.a1/agent
+a1 pi remove npm:pi-mcp-adapter    # remove it again (alias: a1 pi uninstall)
+a1 pi list                         # list packages installed for a1
+a1 pi update --extensions          # update every installed package
+a1 pi update npm:pi-mcp-adapter    # update one of them
+a1 update --models                 # refresh A1's model catalogs
 ```
 
 A running session loads a newly installed package after a restart. Pi's own
-profile at `~/.pi/agent` is managed by Pi itself.
+profile at `~/.pi/agent` is managed by Pi itself. Extension configuration is
+isolated too: for example, MCP configuration for bare `a1` belongs under
+`~/.a1/agent` (or the project), so `~/.pi/agent/mcp.json` is not read. Run
+`/mcp setup` inside bare `a1` to configure it; the MCP footer status appears
+when that A1 configuration contains a server.
 
 ## Develop
 

package/dist/native/darwin-arm64/manifest.json

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "platform": "darwin",
   "architecture": "arm64",
   "capability": "unsupported",
-  "builtAt": "2026-08-24T07:36:29.445Z",
+  "builtAt": "2026-08-25T07:10:19.265Z",
   "artifact": {
     "filename": "process-guardian",
     "sha256": "7524bf568992517f50ed53196c861c5edeba0d7275633bb4735ab45bd5963a28",

package/dist/native/linux-x64/manifest.json

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "platform": "linux",
   "architecture": "x64",
   "capability": "supported",
-  "builtAt": "2026-08-24T07:36:31.707Z",
+  "builtAt": "2026-08-25T07:10:17.791Z",
   "artifact": {
     "filename": "process-guardian",
     "sha256": "29e22fe29de2828982bc67ef418c4adcaab1490281477b7bea592ec6fe621bcd",

package/dist/native/win32-x64/manifest.json

@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
   "platform": "win32",
   "architecture": "x64",
   "capability": "supported",
-  "builtAt": "2026-08-24T07:36:58.529Z",
+  "builtAt": "2026-08-25T07:11:29.829Z",
   "artifact": {
     "filename": "process-guardian.exe",
-    "sha256": "c8491147088aa02f51443ecef1aa9f9e36914f9c899e221668bb3a36d9140941",
+    "sha256": "2c1bb33c431cec4d90f29ff5fdf6575a62e19f868a8d1dd4bc09f097d60d5550",
     "size": 172544
   },
   "provenance": {

package/dist/src/cli/dispatch.js

@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ export function cliUsage(capabilities) {
         "",
         ...(capabilities.developmentProfiles ? ["pi", "sandbox"] : []),
         "version",
-        "update [self|<source>|--extensions|--models]",
+        "update [self|--models]",
         "update:next",
         "update:<commit>",
-        "install <source>",
-        "remove <source>",
-        "list",
+        "pi install <source>",
+        "pi remove <source>",
+        "pi list",
+        "pi update [--extensions|<source>]",
     ]);
 }
 const PROFILE_WORDS = new Set(["pi", "sandbox"]);
@@ -32,7 +33,13 @@ export function parseCliCommand(arguments_, capabilities) {
     if (arguments_.length === 0)
         return { kind: "launch", profileId: "a1" };
     const [command, ...rest] = arguments_;
-    if (capabilities.developmentProfiles && (command === "pi" || command === "sandbox")) {
+    if (command === "pi") {
+        if (rest.length > 0)
+            return parsePiPackageCommand(rest);
+        if (capabilities.developmentProfiles)
+            return { kind: "launch", profileId: "pi" };
+    }
+    if (capabilities.developmentProfiles && command === "sandbox") {
         return withoutArguments(rest, { kind: "launch", profileId: command });
     }
     if (command === "version")
@@ -41,11 +48,9 @@ export function parseCliCommand(arguments_, capabilities) {
         return parseColonUpdate(command.slice("update:".length), rest);
     if (command === "update")
         return parseUpdate(rest);
-    if (command === "install" || command === "remove" || command === "uninstall") {
-        return parseSourceCommand(command === "install" ? "install" : "remove", rest);
+    if (command === "install" || command === "remove" || command === "uninstall" || command === "list") {
+        return packageNamespaceRejection(command, rest.join(" ") || undefined);
     }
-    if (command === "list")
-        return withoutArguments(rest, { kind: "packages", request: { verb: "list", source: null } });
     if (command === "ui")
         return { kind: "error", message: `The ui subcommand was removed; run bare ${PRODUCT_TEXT.commandName} for the owned UI.` };
     if (command === "agent")
@@ -71,10 +76,9 @@ function parseColonUpdate(suffix, rest) {
     return { kind: "update", channel: "next", target: suffix };
 }
 /**
- * `update` carries both meanings pinned Pi gives it: itself by default, and the
- * profile's packages when a target says so. Pi is refused as a target because A1
- * certifies each release against one pinned Pi, so moving Pi underneath it would
- * invalidate what was certified.
+ * Top-level `update` owns A1 itself and A1's model catalogs. Extension package
+ * maintenance lives under the `pi` compatibility namespace, while updating the
+ * pinned Pi runtime remains impossible.
  */
 function parseUpdate(rest) {
     if (rest.length === 0)
@@ -90,18 +94,42 @@ function parseUpdate(rest) {
             message: PRODUCT_TEXT.diagnostic(`pins the Pi version it was certified against; run ${PRODUCT_TEXT.commandName} update to move ${PRODUCT_TEXT.displayName} itself.`),
         };
     }
-    // A release channel is spelled with the colon. Taking the bare word as a package
-    // source would turn a near miss into a confident search for a package nobody has.
     if (target === "next" || target === "stable") {
         const form = target === "next" ? `${PRODUCT_TEXT.commandName} update:next` : `${PRODUCT_TEXT.commandName} update`;
         return { kind: "error", message: PRODUCT_TEXT.diagnostic(`selects a release channel with a colon; run ${form}.`) };
     }
-    if (target === "--extensions")
-        return { kind: "packages", request: { verb: "update", source: null } };
     if (target === "--models")
         return { kind: "packages", request: { verb: "refresh-models", source: null } };
+    if (target === "--extensions" || (target !== undefined && !target.startsWith("-"))) {
+        return packageNamespaceRejection("update", target === "--extensions" ? "--extensions" : target);
+    }
+    return unknownOption(target ?? "", "update");
+}
+function parsePiPackageCommand(arguments_) {
+    const [verb, ...rest] = arguments_;
+    if (verb === "install" || verb === "remove" || verb === "uninstall") {
+        return parseSourceCommand(verb === "install" ? "install" : "remove", rest);
+    }
+    if (verb === "list")
+        return withoutArguments(rest, { kind: "packages", request: { verb: "list", source: null } });
+    if (verb === "update")
+        return parsePiPackageUpdate(rest);
+    return { kind: "error", message: PRODUCT_TEXT.diagnostic(`received an unknown pi package command: ${verb ?? ""}`) };
+}
+function parsePiPackageUpdate(rest) {
+    if (rest.length === 0) {
+        return { kind: "error", message: PRODUCT_TEXT.diagnostic(`pi update needs --extensions or a package source.`) };
+    }
+    if (rest.length > 1)
+        return { kind: "error", message: PRODUCT_TEXT.diagnostic("pi update accepts one target.") };
+    const [target] = rest;
+    if (target === "--extensions")
+        return { kind: "packages", request: { verb: "update", source: null } };
+    if (target === "--models") {
+        return { kind: "error", message: PRODUCT_TEXT.diagnostic(`refreshes its model catalogs at the top level; run ${PRODUCT_TEXT.commandName} update --models.`) };
+    }
     if (target === undefined || target.startsWith("-"))
-        return unknownOption(target ?? "", "update");
+        return unknownOption(target ?? "", "pi update");
     if (PROFILE_WORDS.has(target))
         return profileRejection("update");
     return { kind: "packages", request: { verb: "update", source: target } };
@@ -129,6 +157,13 @@ function withoutArguments(rest, command) {
         return profileRejection("list");
     return { kind: "error", message: PRODUCT_TEXT.diagnostic("commands do not accept additional arguments.") };
 }
+function packageNamespaceRejection(verb, target) {
+    const suffix = target === undefined ? "" : ` ${target}`;
+    return {
+        kind: "error",
+        message: PRODUCT_TEXT.diagnostic(`manages extension packages under its pi namespace; run ${PRODUCT_TEXT.commandName} pi ${verb}${suffix}.`),
+    };
+}
 function profileRejection(verb) {
     return {
         kind: "error",

package/dist/src/foundation/pi-component-adapter/shell-presenters-transcript.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { AssistantMessageComponent, BashExecutionComponent, CompactionSummaryMessageComponent, CustomMessageComponent, DynamicBorder, getMarkdownTheme, parseSkillBlock, ToolExecutionComponent, UserMessageComponent, } from "@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent";
 import { SkillInvocationMessageComponent, } from "./upstream/components/skill-invocation-message.js";
 import { Container, Markdown, Spacer, Text, } from "#pi-tui";
+import { PRODUCT_TEXT } from "../../product-identity.js";
 import { KeybindingsManager, } from "./upstream/adjacent/core/keybindings.js";
 import { PINNED_PI_LAYOUT, piTheme, } from "./theme.js";
 import { componentPort, createTuiFacade, ensureTheme, formatSessionTokens, isRecord, } from "./shell-shared-facade.js";
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ export function renderPiShellPackageUpdateNotice(packages, width) {
     container.addChild(new Spacer(1));
     container.addChild(new DynamicBorder(text => theme.fg("warning", text)));
     container.addChild(new Text(`${theme.bold(theme.fg("warning", "Package Updates Available"))}\n`
-        + `${theme.fg("muted", "Package updates are available. Run ")}${theme.fg("accent", "pi update --extensions")}\n`
+        + `${theme.fg("muted", "Package updates are available. Run ")}${theme.fg("accent", `${PRODUCT_TEXT.commandName} pi update --extensions`)}\n`
         + `${theme.fg("muted", "Packages:")}\n`
         + packages.map(name => `- ${name}`).join("\n"), 1, 0));
     container.addChild(new DynamicBorder(text => theme.fg("warning", text)));

package/dist/src/foundation/pi-engine-adapter/adapter.js

@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ import { createPiRuntimeIntegration } from "./runtime-integration.js";
 import { PiSessionCommandIntegration } from "./session-integration.js";
 import { PiSettingsIntegration } from "./settings-integration.js";
 const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
+/**
+ * Engine events delivered before the queue hands the event loop a turn. Small enough
+ * that a streaming burst never holds input, large enough that an ordinary turn is one
+ * batch.
+ */
+const EVENT_DELIVERY_BATCH = 16;
 const DEFAULT_SURFACE = {
     columns: 100,
     rows: 32,
@@ -61,6 +67,8 @@ export class PiEngineAdapter {
     #eventQueue = [];
     #eventQueueProcessing;
     #droppedEventCount = 0;
+    #agentRunActive = false;
+    #statusKind = null;
     #sessionCommands;
     #gitBranch = null;
     #extensionUi;
@@ -143,7 +151,7 @@ export class PiEngineAdapter {
         if (this.#disposed || updates.length === 0)
             return;
         const packages = updates.map(name => `- ${name}`).join("\n");
-        this.#addDiagnostic("info", "package-updates", `Package updates are available. Run pi update --extensions\nPackages:\n${packages}`, true);
+        this.#addDiagnostic("info", "package-updates", `Package updates are available. Run ${PRODUCT_IDENTITY.commandName} pi update --extensions\nPackages:\n${packages}`, true);
         this.#emitView();
     }
     onEvent(listener) {
@@ -373,9 +381,10 @@ export class PiEngineAdapter {
         }
         const extensionCommands = this.#session?.extensionRunner?.getRegisteredCommands?.();
         if (Array.isArray(extensionCommands)) {
-            for (const command of extensionCommands.filter(isRecord)) {
-                const name = stringProperty(command, "name");
-                if (!name || usedNames.has(name))
+            const registered = extensionCommands.filter(isRecord);
+            for (const command of registered) {
+                const name = stringProperty(command, "invocationName") ?? stringProperty(command, "name");
+                if (!name || usedNames.has(name) || isPiPrefixedCompatibilityAlias(command, registered))
                     continue;
                 commands.push({ name, description: stringProperty(command, "description") ?? "Extension command", source: "extension" });
                 usedNames.add(name);
@@ -1350,6 +1359,8 @@ export class PiEngineAdapter {
             submitEnabled: true,
         };
         this.#status = { ...this.#status, workingMessage: null, badges: [] };
+        this.#statusKind = null;
+        this.#agentRunActive = false;
         this.#activeModel = readModel(session.model);
         this.#reconcileActiveModelAvailability();
         this.#thinkingLevel = readThinkingLevel(session.thinkingLevel);
@@ -1402,15 +1413,45 @@ export class PiEngineAdapter {
             this.#emitView();
         }
     }
+    /** Shows the state named by `kind`, which becomes the state a later end can clear. */
+    #enterWorkState(kind, message) {
+        const wasBusy = this.#lifecycle === "busy";
+        this.#statusKind = kind;
+        this.#lifecycle = "busy";
+        this.#status = { ...this.#status, workingMessage: message };
+        if (!wasBusy)
+            this.#emitEvent({ type: "session-lifecycle", lifecycle: "busy", reason: null });
+        this.#emitEvent({ type: "status", status: this.#status });
+    }
+    /**
+     * Ends one named state. A state the shell is not in is left alone, so a finished
+     * compaction or retry cannot clear the working state it never replaced. While the run
+     * continues, ending either of those returns to working rather than to idle.
+     */
+    #endWorkState(kind) {
+        if (this.#statusKind !== kind)
+            return;
+        if (this.#agentRunActive) {
+            this.#enterWorkState("working", "Working...");
+            return;
+        }
+        this.#leaveWorkStates();
+    }
+    /** Leaves every work state and reports the session idle. */
+    #leaveWorkStates() {
+        this.#statusKind = null;
+        this.#lifecycle = "ready";
+        this.#status = { ...this.#status, workingMessage: null };
+        this.#emitEvent({ type: "session-lifecycle", lifecycle: "ready", reason: null });
+        this.#emitEvent({ type: "status", status: this.#status });
+    }
     #handlePiEvent(event) {
         if (!isRecord(event) || typeof event.type !== "string")
             return;
         switch (event.type) {
             case "agent_start":
-                this.#lifecycle = "busy";
-                this.#status = { ...this.#status, workingMessage: "Working..." };
-                this.#emitEvent({ type: "session-lifecycle", lifecycle: "busy", reason: null });
-                this.#emitEvent({ type: "status", status: this.#status });
+                this.#agentRunActive = true;
+                this.#enterWorkState("working", "Working...");
                 return;
             case "message_start":
                 this.#upsertMessageBlock(event.message, "live");
@@ -1453,10 +1494,17 @@ export class PiEngineAdapter {
                     this.#rebuildTranscript(finalMessages, "finalized");
                 else
                     this.#transcript = this.#transcript.map(block => block.status === "live" ? { ...block, status: "finalized" } : block);
-                this.#lifecycle = "ready";
-                this.#status = { ...this.#status, workingMessage: null };
-                this.#emitEvent({ type: "session-lifecycle", lifecycle: "ready", reason: null });
-                this.#emitEvent({ type: "status", status: this.#status });
+                // Ending a turn leaves the working state, as the recorded pinned baseline does, but
+                // it leaves only that state: a compaction or retry being shown outlives the turn
+                // that ended under it. Settlement ends the run, and with it every state — the
+                // engine ends a turn for each continuation it makes and settles once.
+                if (event.type === "agent_settled") {
+                    this.#agentRunActive = false;
+                    this.#leaveWorkStates();
+                }
+                else if (this.#statusKind === null || this.#statusKind === "working") {
+                    this.#leaveWorkStates();
+                }
                 this.#emitView();
                 return;
             }
@@ -1472,20 +1520,16 @@ export class PiEngineAdapter {
                 return;
             }
             case "auto_retry_start":
-                this.#lifecycle = "busy";
-                this.#status = { ...this.#status, workingMessage: "Retrying…" };
-                this.#emitEvent({ type: "status", status: this.#status });
+                this.#enterWorkState("retry", "Retrying…");
                 return;
             case "auto_retry_end":
-            case "compaction_end":
-                this.#lifecycle = "ready";
-                this.#status = { ...this.#status, workingMessage: null };
-                this.#emitEvent({ type: "status", status: this.#status });
+                this.#endWorkState("retry");
                 return;
             case "compaction_start":
-                this.#lifecycle = "busy";
-                this.#status = { ...this.#status, workingMessage: "Compacting…" };
-                this.#emitEvent({ type: "status", status: this.#status });
+                this.#enterWorkState("compaction", "Compacting…");
+                return;
+            case "compaction_end":
+                this.#endWorkState("compaction");
                 return;
             case "thinking_level_changed":
                 this.#thinkingLevel = readThinkingLevel(event.level);
@@ -1847,6 +1891,7 @@ export class PiEngineAdapter {
     }
     async #processEventQueue() {
         try {
+            let deliveredSinceYield = 0;
             while (this.#eventQueue.length > 0) {
                 const event = this.#eventQueue.shift();
                 if (!event)
@@ -1859,6 +1904,14 @@ export class PiEngineAdapter {
                         this.#recordDiagnostic("warning", "event-listener", error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error), true);
                     }
                 }
+                deliveredSinceYield += 1;
+                // A microtask chain runs to exhaustion before the loop turns, so a streaming
+                // burst would hold typed input, pointer reports, and timed indicators until it
+                // drained. Yielding on a macrotask hands those their turn between batches.
+                if (deliveredSinceYield >= EVENT_DELIVERY_BATCH && this.#eventQueue.length > 0) {
+                    deliveredSinceYield = 0;
+                    await new Promise(resolve => { setImmediate(resolve); });
+                }
             }
         }
         finally {
@@ -2274,6 +2327,26 @@ function stringProperty(value, key) {
     const item = value[key];
     return typeof item === "string" && item.length > 0 ? item : undefined;
 }
+/**
+ * Some ecosystem extensions retain a `pi-<name>` slash-command alias beside
+ * their unprefixed command. A1 presents the product-neutral command once while
+ * leaving Pi's runner free to accept the compatibility alias when typed.
+ */
+function isPiPrefixedCompatibilityAlias(command, commands) {
+    const name = stringProperty(command, "name");
+    if (!name?.startsWith("pi-") || name.length === 3)
+        return false;
+    const canonicalName = name.slice(3);
+    const description = stringProperty(command, "description");
+    const sourcePath = extensionCommandSourcePath(command);
+    return commands.some(candidate => candidate !== command
+        && stringProperty(candidate, "name") === canonicalName
+        && stringProperty(candidate, "description") === description
+        && extensionCommandSourcePath(candidate) === sourcePath);
+}
+function extensionCommandSourcePath(command) {
+    return isRecord(command) ? stringProperty(command.sourceInfo, "path") : undefined;
+}
 function compactResourceLabel(path) {
     const segments = path.replaceAll("\\", "/").split("/").filter(Boolean);
     return segments.at(-1) ?? path;

package/dist/src/foundation/pi-owned-ui-integration/session-shell.js

@@ -638,8 +638,10 @@ export class OwnedUiSessionShell {
         });
         this.root.editor.setAutocompleteCommands(this.backend.workflowAutocompleteCommands());
         this.#unsubscribe = this.backend.onEvent(event => {
-            this.#syncView();
-            if (this.view().lifecycle === "ready" && this.#compactionQueue.length > 0)
+            // One view read per event: the model is built by the backend, and building it
+            // twice per streamed chunk is what made a long session cost more per chunk.
+            const view = this.#syncView();
+            if (view.lifecycle === "ready" && this.#compactionQueue.length > 0)
                 void this.#flushCompactionQueue();
             if (event.type === "session-lifecycle" && event.lifecycle === "stopped")
                 this.#resolveStopped?.();
@@ -1257,6 +1259,7 @@ export class OwnedUiSessionShell {
         this.runtime.requestRender();
         for (const listener of this.#listeners)
             listener(view);
+        return view;
     }
     #openOwnedRoute(route) {
         const surface = this.#routeHost?.open(route) ?? null;

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@timurproko/a1",
-  "version": "0.1.8-dev.99e912e",
+  "version": "0.1.8-dev.9a04818",
   "description": "Standalone terminal workspace for supervised native and managed agents",
   "type": "module",
   "packageManager": "npm@11.13.0",