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@8monkey/pi-context-history

Pi extension that manages conversation context: trims old history, strips stale tool calls, and keeps a rolling summary fed back into the system prompt. Each feature toggles independently.

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Install

$ pi install npm:@8monkey/pi-context-history

Installs from npm into ~/.pi/agent/. Add -l for project-local (.pi/). Manage with pi list / pi update / pi remove.

What this package can reach

Detected automatically from the source at version 0.3.0. This describes access, not safety — you decide whether it's appropriate for what the package claims to do.

  • 🤖
    Behavior — Changes how the agent thinks Modifies the system prompt, injects messages, or rewrites conversation context.
  • ⚡
    Commands — Runs shell commands Spawns processes on your machine.
  • 📁
    Files — Reads files outside your project Touches paths beyond the working directory, such as your home folder.
  • ▤
    UI — Draws its own interface Renders widgets, footers, dialogs or full-screen views.

What it actually did when run

observed

Loaded in a sandbox with no network, a read-only filesystem and a recording stand-in for pi's API. This is what it called — not what the source suggests it might.

Events subscribed before_agent_startcontextsession_start

APIs called registerCommandsessionManager.appendMessagesessionManager.getEntriessessionManager.getEntries.filtersessionManager.getEntries.filter.mapsessionManager.getEntries.filter.map.filtersessionManager.getEntries.filter.map.filter.joinsessionManager.getEntries.findsessionManager.getSessionIdui.notify

6 calls the source scan did not predict

sessionManager.appendMessage · sessionManager.getEntries.filter · sessionManager.getEntries.filter.map · sessionManager.getEntries.filter.map.filter · sessionManager.getEntries.filter.map.filter.join · sessionManager.getEntries.find

Reached through a value the scan could not follow — passed as an argument, stored on another object, or returned by a helper.

Run against version 0.3.0 on 2026-08-02. Registration-time behaviour under default settings; other configurations may differ.

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