@code-fixer-23/pi-bash-tooljack-nu

@code-fixer-23/pi-bash-tooljack-nu keeps Pi's bash-oriented workflow but executes it through Nushell, adds command-aware completion, and makes command reuse faster with both history search and Command Hash Search.

Tools

bash

The bash tool preserves Pi's familiar shell tool name while executing the command with nu -c instead of Bash. Output streams back while the command runs, cancellations are propagated to the Nushell process tree, timeouts are enforced, and oversized output is truncated into a saved nu-tool-output_<timestamp>.txt file.

Arguments:

• string:command is the Nushell command text to execute in the current working directory
• number:timeout optionally aborts the command after the given number of seconds

Extension settings

This extension registers settings with @juanibiapina/pi-extension-settings. Use /extension-settings for global values or /extension-settings-local for project-specific values:

• Maximum Output Lines (maxOutputLines) controls the line threshold before full output is saved. It defaults to Pi's DEFAULT_MAX_LINES.
• Maximum Output Bytes (maxOutputBytes) controls the byte threshold before full output is saved. It defaults to Pi's DEFAULT_MAX_BYTES.

Invalid or non-positive values safely fall back to Pi's defaults. Local project settings are resolved against the command's working directory.

Shortcuts

Ctrl+H

Opens a recent Nushell history picker, filters out pi commands, lets you type to narrow the list in place, and executes the selected history entry directly through Nushell when you press Enter. This makes it easy to rerun or adapt previous shell work without retyping it into the editor.

Features

• # starts Command Hash Search inside the editor. When you type # followed by a command prefix, the extension queries Nushell command metadata and suggests matches by name, category, description, and search terms.
• # also improves insertion behavior for closure-taking commands. When a selected command expects a closure or block, the completion inserts {|$in| $in } so the pipeline is ready to edit immediately.
• $env powers Nushell-aware environment completion. Typing $env or $env. suggests the Nushell environment record and matching environment variable names from the current process.
• session_start installs a custom editor wrapper so Pi's editor keeps its normal autocomplete flow while gaining Nushell-specific completion behavior.
• user_bash replaces Pi's default bash operations with Nushell-backed execution so shell entry points continue to work with the Nushell runtime.
• Large command output is preserved instead of dropped. When output exceeds Pi's byte or line limits, the full text is written to disk and the tool returns a compact pointer to that file.

Development

Run tasks through Nx from the workspace root:

pnpm nx run pi-bash-tooljack-nu:typecheck
pnpm nx run pi-bash-tooljack-nu:lint
pnpm nx run pi-bash-tooljack-nu:test
pnpm nx run pi-bash-tooljack-nu:metadata
pnpm nx run pi-bash-tooljack-nu:check