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@bacnh85/pi-serena

Pi extension that provides Serena semantic code tools through a persistent worker.

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Install

$ pi install npm:@bacnh85/pi-serena

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 0.9.5. 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.
  • ⇄
    Intercepts tools — Can block or rewrite tool calls Subscribes to tool_call/tool_result/input. Can change a command after you approved the one displayed.
  • 🔧
    New tools — Adds model-callable tools Gives the agent new abilities. Additive and visible, unlike an override.
  • ▤
    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.

Tools registered serena_statusserena_list_toolsserena_get_symbols_overviewserena_find_symbolserena_find_referencing_symbolsserena_replace_symbol_bodyserena_insert_before_symbolserena_insert_after_symbolserena_rename_symbolserena_safe_delete_symbolserena_search_for_patternserena_replace_contentserena_restart_language_serverserena_restart_workerserena_get_current_configserena_check_onboarding_performedserena_onboardingserena_find_declarationserena_find_implementationsserena_get_diagnostics_for_file

Events subscribed before_agent_startsession_shutdownsession_starttool_call

APIs called getActiveToolsgetActiveTools.includesregisterCommandregisterToolui.setStatus

1 call the source scan did not predict

getActiveTools.includes

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 0.9.5 on 2026-08-02. Registration-time behaviour under default settings; other configurations may differ.

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