little-coder 1.4.0 → 1.4.1

package/.pi/extensions/branding/index.ts

@@ -61,10 +61,13 @@ function setTitleForCwd(setTitle: (t: string) => void, cwd: string): void {
 }
 
 export default function (pi: ExtensionAPI) {
-  // session_start fires on initial load AND on every session switch,
-  // so registering once covers both. Pi's own updateTerminalTitle() runs
-  // during init/switch, so re-asserting our title here is what keeps
-  // "π - <cwd>" from sneaking back in.
+  // session_start fires on initial load AND on every session switch.
+  // Pi's updateTerminalTitle() runs in init() *after* session_start, so our
+  // setTitle here gets clobbered back to "π - <cwd>". We reassert the title
+  // on turn_start and turn_end too — pi calls updateTerminalTitle at the same
+  // points (interactive-mode.js:1179, 1346, 3971), so re-setting on every
+  // turn keeps our "little-coder - <cwd>" winning for the duration of a
+  // session.
   pi.on("session_start", async (_event, ctx) => {
     if (!ctx.hasUI) return;
 
@@ -77,4 +80,14 @@ export default function (pi: ExtensionAPI) {
 
     setTitleForCwd(ctx.ui.setTitle.bind(ctx.ui), ctx.cwd);
   });
+
+  pi.on("turn_start", async (_event, ctx) => {
+    if (!ctx.hasUI) return;
+    setTitleForCwd(ctx.ui.setTitle.bind(ctx.ui), ctx.cwd);
+  });
+
+  pi.on("turn_end", async (_event, ctx) => {
+    if (!ctx.hasUI) return;
+    setTitleForCwd(ctx.ui.setTitle.bind(ctx.ui), ctx.cwd);
+  });
 }

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@
 
 All notable changes to little-coder are documented here. The format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/), and little-coder's public interface (CLI, providers, tools, skills) follows semver starting at `v0.0.1` post-rename.
 
+## [v1.4.1] — 2026-05-16
+
+Wire fix for the v1.4.0 startup rebrand. The `[Extensions]` block was still showing for users running from outside the repo root.
+
+### Fixed
+- **`quietStartup` is now actually applied for end users.** v1.4.0 set `"quietStartup": true` in our shipped `.pi/settings.json`, but pi reads global settings from `~/.pi/agent/settings.json` (or the dir pointed to by `PI_CODING_AGENT_DIR`) — not from the npm package's internal `.pi/`. So users running little-coder from anywhere outside the repo root still saw pi's full extension/skill/prompt inventory on startup. The launcher (`bin/little-coder.mjs`) now non-destructively merges `quietStartup: true` into the user's actual global pi settings on every launch, preserving any other keys. To see the inventory anyway: `little-coder --verbose`.
+- **Terminal title now reasserts on `turn_start` / `turn_end`.** Pi's `updateTerminalTitle()` fires multiple times during a session (init, provider count update, session-name change) and was clobbering our `setTitle("little-coder - <cwd>")` back to `π - <cwd>`. The branding extension now re-applies the title on every turn boundary, so after the first prompt the title stays correct.
+
+### Notes for upgraders
+- Existing keys in your `~/.pi/agent/settings.json` are preserved. The launcher only writes `quietStartup` if it isn't already `true`. If you'd previously set `"quietStartup": false` deliberately, you'll see the launcher overwrite it back to `true` — set `--verbose` per-invocation to see the inventory without disabling the global default.
+- No CLI flag, skill-pack, or API changes.
+
+---
+
 ## [v1.4.0] — 2026-05-16
 
 Startup UI rebrand. The TUI's opening frame now reads as **little-coder**, not as pi. Pi remains the substrate; the chrome above it just stops pretending it's the product.

package/bin/little-coder.mjs

@@ -4,7 +4,15 @@
 // custom extension wired in — works from any working directory.
 
 import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
-import { existsSync, readdirSync, readFileSync, statSync } from "node:fs";
+import {
+  existsSync,
+  mkdirSync,
+  readdirSync,
+  readFileSync,
+  statSync,
+  writeFileSync,
+} from "node:fs";
+import { homedir } from "node:os";
 import { dirname, join, resolve } from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { checkForUpdate } from "./update-check.mjs";
@@ -98,7 +106,50 @@ if (process.env.PI_SKIP_VERSION_CHECK === undefined) {
   process.env.PI_SKIP_VERSION_CHECK = "1";
 }
 
-// ---- 8. Spawn pi in the user's cwd ----
+// ---- 8. Force pi's global quietStartup so the loaded-resources block stays hidden ----
+// Pi's interactive mode dumps an [Extensions] / [Skills] / [Prompts] block on
+// every launch unless `quietStartup: true` is set in its global settings
+// (~/.pi/agent/settings.json). Our shipped .pi/settings.json doesn't reach pi
+// because pi reads from <cwd>/.pi/settings.json (project) or <agentDir>/settings.json
+// (global), neither of which is our npm-installed package dir. So the launcher
+// non-destructively merges quietStartup: true into the user's actual global
+// settings file. Existing keys are preserved. To see the full inventory, run
+// `little-coder --verbose` — pi's verbose flag overrides quietStartup.
+try {
+  const agentDirEnv = process.env.PI_CODING_AGENT_DIR;
+  let agentDir;
+  if (agentDirEnv && agentDirEnv.trim().length > 0) {
+    agentDir = agentDirEnv === "~"
+      ? homedir()
+      : agentDirEnv.startsWith("~/")
+        ? homedir() + agentDirEnv.slice(1)
+        : agentDirEnv;
+  } else {
+    agentDir = join(homedir(), ".pi", "agent");
+  }
+  mkdirSync(agentDir, { recursive: true });
+  const globalSettingsPath = join(agentDir, "settings.json");
+  let globalSettings = {};
+  if (existsSync(globalSettingsPath)) {
+    try {
+      const parsed = JSON.parse(readFileSync(globalSettingsPath, "utf-8"));
+      if (parsed && typeof parsed === "object") globalSettings = parsed;
+    } catch {
+      // Corrupted JSON — start fresh rather than throw. Pi would have rejected it too.
+      globalSettings = {};
+    }
+  }
+  if (globalSettings.quietStartup !== true) {
+    globalSettings.quietStartup = true;
+    writeFileSync(globalSettingsPath, JSON.stringify(globalSettings, null, 2));
+  }
+} catch {
+  // Best-effort. If we can't write the settings (read-only HOME, etc.) pi
+  // falls back to its built-in defaults — the [Extensions] block will show
+  // but everything else still works.
+}
+
+// ---- 9. Spawn pi in the user's cwd ----
 const [spawnCmd, spawnArgs] = isWindows
   ? ["cmd.exe", ["/c", piBin, ...piArgs]]
   : [piBin, piArgs];

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "little-coder",
-  "version": "1.4.0",
+  "version": "1.4.1",
   "description": "A pi-based coding agent optimized for small local language models. Reproduces the whitepaper's scaffold-model-fit adaptations as pi extensions.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/itayinbarr/little-coder",
   "repository": {