pi-side-chat 0.1.0 → 0.1.1

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  2. package/package.json +1 -1
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  Without a side chat, you either interrupt the main agent, open a completely separate Pi session with no context, or context-switch out to the browser. None of those feel great.
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- `pi-side-chat` gives you a fork of the current conversation in an overlay. It starts with the same context, stays separate from the main thread, and disappears when you're done.
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+ `pi-side-chat` gives you a fork of the current conversation in an overlay. It starts with the same context, stays separate from the main thread, and persists across close/reopen cycles until you explicitly clear it.
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  ## Install
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- The extension lives in `/Users/nicobailon/.pi/agent/extensions/pi-side-chat`.
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+ ```bash
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+ pi install npm:pi-side-chat
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+ ```
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  Restart Pi and it will be auto-discovered.
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  Ask a question and press `Enter`.
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- Press `Esc` to close it.
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+ Press `Esc` to close it. Reopen with `Alt+/` to continue where you left off.
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  **Toggle focus**: Press `Alt+/` again to switch back to the main editor without closing the overlay. The side chat stays visible but unfocused. Press `Alt+/` once more to refocus it.
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  **Toggle mode**: Press `Ctrl+T` to switch from read-only mode to edit mode if you need write access.
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+ **Start fresh**: Press `Alt+R` to re-fork from the latest main context, or `Alt+N` for a blank conversation.
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  ## What it does
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  ### Forks the current conversation
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  | `Alt+/` | Open side chat. When already open, toggles focus between side chat and main editor. |
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  | `Enter` | Send message |
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- | `Esc` | Close side chat |
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+ | `Esc` | Interrupt streaming, or close side chat when idle |
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+ | `Alt+R` | Close and reopen with fresh context from main |
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+ | `Alt+N` | Close and reopen with empty conversation |
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  | `Ctrl+T` | Toggle between read-only mode and edit mode (enables write/edit/bash) |
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  | `PgUp` / `Shift+↑` | Scroll up |
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  | `PgDn` / `Shift+↓` | Scroll down |
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  - Only one side chat can be open at a time.
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  - Side chat will not open on top of another visible overlay.
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- - The conversation is ephemeral. Closing the overlay discards it.
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+ - Closing preserves the conversation; reopening restores it. Use Alt+R or Alt+N to start fresh.
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  - Side chat does not merge messages back into the main thread.
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  - Bash overlap detection is heuristic. It catches common write cases, not every possible shell write.
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  - `peek_main` is on-demand, not a live streaming view.
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  "name": "pi-side-chat",
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- "version": "0.1.0",
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+ "version": "0.1.1",
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  "description": "Pi extension that forks the current conversation into a temporary side chat",
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  "type": "module",
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  "main": "index.js",