Created tool toggle extension with shortcut
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Created tool toggle extension with shortcut
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Claude Opus 4.6
Started
Apr 3, 10:33 PM
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Created extension to toggle tool sets.
BuildResolved shortcut conflict and changed keybinding.
EditUpdated extension to disable specific tools per mode.
EditConfirmed tool availability toggled correctly.
Verify
create a pi extensions. if i press ctrl + w, i want it to toggle between read only tools (read, ls, grep, whatever) and read/write tools (read, write, edit, bash). put it in .pi/extensions.
Let me first read the extensions documentation to understand how to create a pi extension.
Now I have a good understanding of the extension API. I need to create an extension that:
ctrl+w shortcutLet me check the existing examples for tool toggling.
Now I have what I need. Let me create the extension:
Created .pi/extensions/tool-toggle.ts. Press ctrl+w to toggle between:
read, ls, grep, findA status indicator in the footer shows the current mode. Use /reload in pi to pick it up.
[Extension issues] auto (project) ~/workspaces/pi-mono/.pi/extensions/tool-toggle.ts Extension shortcut conflict: 'ctrl+w' is built-in shortcut for tui.editor.deleteWordBackward and /Users/badlogic/workspaces/pi-mono/.pi/extensions/tool-toggle.ts. Using /Users/badlogic/workspaces/pi-mono/.pi/extensions/tool-toggle.ts. got a conflict
Pick a different shortcut. ctrl+shift+t is a reasonable choice for "toggle tools":
Changed to ctrl+shift+t. No more conflict with the built-in ctrl+w (delete word backward). /reload to pick it up.
ok, can you do bash or edit or write?
Sure, let me check what keybindings are already taken.
no, i mean do you ahve those tools now? i just toggled
Ah, no. I'm running with a fixed tool set defined by the environment, not by the pi TUI session you're in. The extension toggles what tools the LLM gets in your interactive pi session. I (this agent instance) still have read, ls, grep, and find only, as configured by the harness I'm running in.
The toggle will take effect next time you chat with pi interactively (or after /reload in the current session).
ok, check again, what's available to you now?
Looking at my available tools right now: Read, Bash, Edit, Write, Grep, find, ls.
So I have the full read/write set. You toggled back to read/write mode.
ah, ok fix the extension, it should disable grep, find ls in the read/write case
Done. Now read/write mode gives read, write, edit, bash (no grep, find, ls). /reload to pick it up.
ok, what tools are avavilabel to you nowß
My available tools: Read, Bash, Edit, Write.
The grep, find, ls are gone. Read/write mode is active.
and now?
My available tools: Read, ls, Grep, find.
Read-only mode. No write, edit, or bash.